t2.micro
Part of the T2 General Purpose family — 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.22nd Generation2 = 2nd GenerationAWS 2nd generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.microMicromicro = Micro1 vCPUs • 1 GB RAM • EBS only • Low to Moderate NetworkPrice (Linux)
$0.0116/ hr
~$8.47/mo
Compute
1vCPUs
1 cores • x86_64
Memory
1GB
1.0 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0116/ vCPU-hr
$0.0116/GB-hr
Network
Low to Moderate
Baseline: 0.064 Gbps
Storage & EBS
EBSOnly
EBS only
Alternatives to t2.micro
Technical Specifications & Limits
Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limitsCompute & Processor
ProcessorIntel Xeon Family
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads1 vCPUs
Physical Cores1
Clock SpeedUp to 3.3 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)
Performance & Benchmarks
CoreMark Score22,258
CoreMark / vCPU22,258.5 / core
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CoreMark per Dollar1,918,793 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0116
Cost per GB-hr$0.0116
Containers & Kubernetes
EKS Max Pods4 pods
Max ECS Tasks1 tasks
Max ENIs2
IPv4/v6 per ENI2
Total Addressable IPs4 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationStandard CNI
Networking & Bandwidth
Network PerformanceLow to Moderate
Baseline Bandwidth0.064 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth1.024 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingNo
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported
Storage & EBS Optimization
Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
EBS Baseline Throughput—
EBS Max Throughput—
EBS Baseline IOPS—
EBS Max / Burst IOPS—
Dedicated EBS Throughput1 Mbps
Platform & Architecture Details
Hypervisor / SystemXen Hypervisor
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor0.5
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2014-07-01
Regional Pricing Matrix
Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regionsLowest Price Region
$0.0116/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)Highest Price Region
$0.0186/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)Global Fleet Average
$0.0137/ hr
Across all active regionsRegional Coverage
17regions
Available worldwide| Region | On-Demand Price |
|---|---|
ap-south-1 Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $0.0124 |
ap-northeast-3 Asia Pacific (Osaka) | $0.0152 |
ap-northeast-2 Asia Pacific (Seoul) | $0.0144 |
ap-southeast-1 Asia Pacific (Singapore) | $0.0146 |
ap-southeast-2 Asia Pacific (Sydney) | $0.0146 |
ap-northeast-1 Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | $0.0152 |
us-gov-west-1 AWS GovCloud (US-West) | $0.0136 |
ca-central-1 Canada (Central) | $0.0128 |
eu-central-1 EU (Frankfurt) | $0.0134 |
eu-west-1 EU (Ireland) | $0.0126 |
eu-west-2 EU (London) | $0.0132 |
eu-west-3 EU (Paris) | $0.0132 |
sa-east-1 HighestSouth America (Sao Paulo) | $0.0186 |
us-east-1 LowestUS East (N. Virginia) | $0.0116 |
us-east-2 LowestUS East (Ohio) | $0.0116 |
us-west-1 US West (N. California) | $0.0138 |
us-west-2 LowestUS West (Oregon) | $0.0116 |
| Region | On-Demand Price |
|---|---|
ap-south-1 Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $0.0170 |
ap-northeast-3 Asia Pacific (Osaka) | $0.0198 |
ap-northeast-2 Asia Pacific (Seoul) | $0.0190 |
ap-southeast-1 Asia Pacific (Singapore) | $0.0192 |
ap-southeast-2 Asia Pacific (Sydney) | $0.0192 |
ap-northeast-1 Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | $0.0198 |
us-gov-west-1 AWS GovCloud (US-West) | $0.0182 |
ca-central-1 Canada (Central) | $0.0174 |
eu-central-1 EU (Frankfurt) | $0.0180 |
eu-west-1 EU (Ireland) | $0.0172 |
eu-west-2 EU (London) | $0.0178 |
eu-west-3 EU (Paris) | $0.0178 |
sa-east-1 HighestSouth America (Sao Paulo) | $0.0232 |
us-east-1 LowestUS East (N. Virginia) | $0.0162 |
us-east-2 LowestUS East (Ohio) | $0.0162 |
us-west-1 US West (N. California) | $0.0184 |
us-west-2 LowestUS West (Oregon) | $0.0162 |
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