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t8i.micro

Part of the T8I 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.88th Generation8 = 8th GenerationAWS 8th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.iIntel Xeon Scalablei = Intel Xeon ScalableIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) (x86_64). Powered by Intel Xeon Scalable x86_64 processors with Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX-512 / AMX) acceleration.microMicromicro = Micro2 vCPUs • 1 GB RAM • EBS only • Up to 6.25 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$0.0125/ hr
~$9.11/mo
Compute
2vCPUs
1 cores • x86_64
Memory
1GB
0.5 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0062/ vCPU-hr
$0.0125/GB-hr
Network
Up to 6.25 Gbps
Baseline: 0.064 Gbps
Storage & EBS
625MB/s
Max: 20,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads2 vCPUs
Physical Cores1
Clock Speed3.9 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark ScoreNot benchmarked
CoreMark / vCPU—
FFmpeg Transcoding—
CoreMark per Dollar—
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0062
Cost per GB-hr$0.0125

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods—
Max ECS Tasks—
Max ENIs2
IPv4/v6 per ENI2
Total Addressable IPs4 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 6.25 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth0.064 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth6.25 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 Throughput625 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS500
EBS Max / Burst IOPS20,000
Dedicated EBS ThroughputUp to 5000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor0.5
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2026-09-17

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.0125/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.0202/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.0146/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
17regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 17 regions
RegionOn-Demand Price
ap-south-2
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
$0.0134
ap-southeast-5
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
$0.0143
ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
$0.0134
ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
$0.0156
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$0.0158
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$0.0158
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$0.0163
ca-central-1
Canada (Central)
$0.0139
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$0.0144
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$0.0137
eu-west-2
EU (London)
$0.0142
eu-west-3
EU (Paris)
$0.0142
sa-east-1
South America (Sao Paulo)
Highest
$0.0202
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
Lowest
$0.0125
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
Lowest
$0.0125
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$0.0149
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
Lowest
$0.0125