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t3.large

Part of the T3 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.largeLargelarge = Large2 vCPUs • 8.0 GiB RAM • EBS only • Up to 5 Gigabit Network
Price (Linux)
$0.0832/ hr
~$60.74/mo
Compute
2vCPUs
1 cores • x86_64
Memory
8.0GiB
4.0 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.0416/ vCPU-hr
$0.0104/GiB-hr
Network
5Gbps
Baseline: 0.512 Gbps
Storage & EBS
347.5MB/s
Max: 15,700 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Skylake E5 2686 v5
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads2 vCPUs
Physical Cores1
Clock Speed3.1 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score27,293
CoreMark / vCPU13,646.3 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding10 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar328,041 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0416
Cost per GiB-hr$0.0104

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods35 pods
Max ECS Tasks2 tasks
Max ENIs3
IPv4/v6 per ENI12
Total Addressable IPs36 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 5 Gigabit
Baseline Bandwidth0.512 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 Throughput86.875 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput347.5 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS4,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS15,700
Dedicated EBS ThroughputUp to 2780 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor4
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2018-08-21

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.0832/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.1344/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.0986/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
37regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 37 regions
Region NameRegion CodeOn-Demand Price
Africa (Cape Town)
af-south-1$0.1085
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
ap-east-1$0.1168
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
ap-south-2$0.0896
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
ap-southeast-3$0.1056
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
ap-southeast-5$0.0950
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
ap-southeast-4$0.1056
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
ap-south-1$0.0896
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)
ap-southeast-6$0.1109
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
ap-northeast-3$0.1088
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
ap-northeast-2$0.1040
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
ap-southeast-1$0.1056
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
ap-southeast-2$0.1056
Asia Pacific (Taipei)
ap-east-2$0.0979
Asia Pacific (Thailand)
ap-southeast-7$0.0950
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
ap-northeast-1$0.1088
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
us-gov-east-1$0.0976
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
us-gov-west-1$0.0976
Canada (Central)
ca-central-1$0.0928
Canada West (Calgary)
ca-west-1$0.0928
EU (Frankfurt)
eu-central-1$0.0960
EU (Ireland)
eu-west-1$0.0912
EU (London)
eu-west-2$0.0944
EU (Milan)
eu-south-1$0.0958
EU (Paris)
eu-west-3$0.0944
EU (Stockholm)
eu-north-1$0.0864
Europe (Spain)
eu-south-2$0.0912
Europe (Zurich)
eu-central-2$0.1056
Israel (Tel Aviv)
il-central-1$0.0958
Mexico (Central)
mx-central-1$0.0874
Middle East (Bahrain)
me-south-1$0.1003
Middle East (UAE)
me-central-1$0.1003
South America (Sao Paulo)Highest
sa-east-1$0.1344
US East (N. Virginia)Lowest
us-east-1$0.0832
US East (Ohio)Lowest
us-east-2$0.0832
US West (Los Angeles)
us-west-2-lax-1$0.0998
US West (N. California)
us-west-1$0.0992
US West (Oregon)Lowest
us-west-2$0.0832