AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 344

A company plans to run a compute-intensive workload that uses graphics processing units (GPUs).

Which Amazon EC2 instance type should the company use?

Answer options

• A. Accelerated computing
• B. Compute optimized
• C. Storage optimized
• D. General purpose

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Accelerated computing instances utilize hardware accelerators, such as graphics processing units (GPUs), to deliver high performance for compute-intensive tasks like machine learning and graphics processing. Compute optimized instances rely on high-performance CPUs rather than GPUs, while storage optimized and general purpose instances are designed for high-I/O storage workloads and balanced resource needs, respectively.