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t4g.micro

Part of the T4G 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.44th Generation4 = 4th GenerationAWS 4th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.gAWS Gravitong = AWS GravitonAWS Graviton2 Processor (arm64). Powered by custom 64-bit ARM AWS Graviton processors, delivering industry-leading price-performance and power efficiency.microMicromicro = Micro2 vCPUs • 1 GB RAM • EBS only • Up to 5 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$0.0056/ hr
~$4.09/mo
Compute
2vCPUs
2 cores • arm64
Memory
1GB
0.5 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0028/ vCPU-hr
$0.0056/GB-hr
Network
Up to 5 Gbps
Baseline: 0.064 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

ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Architecturearm64 (ARM64 (Graviton))
vCPUs / Threads2 vCPUs
Physical Cores2
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score38,903
CoreMark / vCPU19,451.5 / core
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CoreMark per Dollar6,946,964 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0028
Cost per GB-hr$0.0056

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods4 pods
Max ECS Tasks1 tasks
Max ENIs2
IPv4/v6 per ENI2
Total Addressable IPs4 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 5 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth0.064 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth5 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingNo
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
EBS Baseline Throughput10.875 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput260.625 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS500
EBS Max / Burst IOPS11,800
Dedicated EBS ThroughputUp to 2085 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor0.5
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2020-09-14

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.0056/ hr
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.0134/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.0097/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
36regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 36 regions
RegionOn-Demand Price
af-south-1
Africa (Cape Town)
$0.0108
ap-east-1
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
$0.0116
ap-south-2
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
Lowest
$0.0056
ap-southeast-3
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
$0.0106
ap-southeast-5
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
$0.0095
ap-southeast-4
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
$0.0106
ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
Lowest
$0.0056
ap-southeast-6
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)
$0.0111
ap-northeast-3
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
$0.0109
ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
$0.0104
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$0.0106
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$0.0106
ap-east-2
Asia Pacific (Taipei)
$0.0097
ap-southeast-7
Asia Pacific (Thailand)
$0.0095
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$0.0108
us-gov-east-1
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
$0.0098
us-gov-west-1
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
$0.0098
ca-central-1
Canada (Central)
$0.0092
ca-west-1
Canada West (Calgary)
$0.0092
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$0.0096
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$0.0092
eu-west-2
EU (London)
$0.0094
eu-south-1
EU (Milan)
$0.0096
eu-west-3
EU (Paris)
$0.0094
eu-north-1
EU (Stockholm)
$0.0086
eu-south-2
Europe (Spain)
$0.0092
eu-central-2
Europe (Zurich)
$0.0106
il-central-1
Israel (Tel Aviv)
$0.0097
mx-central-1
Mexico (Central)
$0.0088
me-south-1
Middle East (Bahrain)
$0.0100
me-central-1
Middle East (UAE)
$0.0102
sa-east-1
South America (Sao Paulo)
Highest
$0.0134
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
$0.0084
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
$0.0084
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$0.0100
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
$0.0084