T3A General Purpose

Balanced compute, memory, and networking for a wide range of workloads.

Name:tBurstable General Purposet = Burstable General PurposeCost-effective instances providing baseline CPU performance with the ability to burst above baseline when workload surges.33rd Generation3 = 3rd GenerationAWS 3rd generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.aAMD EPYCa = AMD EPYCAMD EPYC 7571 (x86_64). Powered by AMD EPYC x86_64 processors, delivering high core counts and cost-effective compute performance.

Alternatives to t3a

OptionPrice vs t3aWhy look at it
t3Compare →
+11%+$0.008/hr
large, Linux on-demand, us-east-1		Intel (x86_64), same vCPU and RAM
t4gCompare →
-11%-$0.008/hr
large, Linux on-demand, us-east-1		Graviton (arm64), newer generation, same vCPU and RAM

Common use cases

  • Web servers
  • Application servers
  • Small-to-medium databases
  • Development environments

Head-to-Head Architecture Comparisons

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Low-cost baseline compute with CPU credit burst mechanics

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Instance types (7)

InstancevCPUMemoryArchitectureFrom (Linux, $/hr)
t3a.large28 GBx86_64$0.0493
t3a.medium24 GBx86_64$0.0246
t3a.micro21 GBx86_64$0.0062
t3a.nano21 GBx86_64$0.0031
t3a.small22 GBx86_64$0.0123
t3a.xlarge416 GBx86_64$0.0986
t3a.2xlarge832 GBx86_64$0.1971