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t3a.small

Part of the T3A 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.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.smallSmallsmall = Small2 vCPUs • 2 GB RAM • EBS only • Up to 5 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$0.0123/ hr
~$8.98/mo
Compute
2vCPUs
1 cores • x86_64
Memory
2GB
1.0 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0062/ vCPU-hr
$0.0062/GB-hr
Network
Up to 5 Gbps
Baseline: 0.128 Gbps
Storage & EBS
260.625MB/s
Max: 11,800 IOPS

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Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads2 vCPUs
Physical Cores1
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score26,578
CoreMark / vCPU13,289 / core
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CoreMark per Dollar2,160,813 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0062
Cost per GB-hr$0.0062

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods8 pods
Max ECS Tasks1 tasks
Max ENIs2
IPv4/v6 per ENI4
Total Addressable IPs8 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 5 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth0.128 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth5 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
EBS Baseline Throughput21.875 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput260.625 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS1,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS11,800
Dedicated EBS ThroughputUp to 2085 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor1
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2019-04-24

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.0123/ hr
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.0302/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.0215/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
19regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 19 regions
RegionOn-Demand Price
ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
Lowest
$0.0123
ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
$0.0234
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$0.0236
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$0.0238
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$0.0245
us-gov-east-1
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
$0.0220
us-gov-west-1
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
$0.0220
ca-central-1
Canada (Central)
$0.0209
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$0.0216
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$0.0204
eu-west-2
EU (London)
$0.0212
eu-south-1
EU (Milan)
$0.0216
eu-west-3
EU (Paris)
$0.0212
il-central-1
Israel (Tel Aviv)
$0.0214
sa-east-1
South America (Sao Paulo)
Highest
$0.0302
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
$0.0188
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
$0.0188
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$0.0223
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
$0.0188