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t3.small

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.smallSmallsmall = Small2 vCPUs • 2.0 GiB RAM • EBS only • Up to 5 Gigabit Network
Price (Linux)
$0.0208/ hr
~$15.18/mo
Compute
2vCPUs
1 cores • x86_64
Memory
2.0GiB
1.0 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.0104/ vCPU-hr
$0.0104/GiB-hr
Network
5Gbps
Baseline: 0.128 Gbps
Storage & EBS
260.625MB/s
Max: 11,800 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 Score28,124
CoreMark / vCPU14,062.1 / core
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CoreMark per Dollar1,352,115 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0104
Cost per GiB-hr$0.0104

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods11 pods
Max ECS Tasks2 tasks
Max ENIs3
IPv4/v6 per ENI4
Total Addressable IPs12 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 5 Gigabit
Baseline Bandwidth0.128 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 Throughput21.75 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 Introduced2018-08-21

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.0208/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.0336/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.0247/ 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$0.0271
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
ap-east-1$0.0292
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
ap-south-2$0.0224
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
ap-southeast-3$0.0264
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
ap-southeast-5$0.0238
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
ap-southeast-4$0.0264
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
ap-south-1$0.0224
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)
ap-southeast-6$0.0277
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
ap-northeast-3$0.0272
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
ap-northeast-2$0.0260
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
ap-southeast-1$0.0264
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
ap-southeast-2$0.0264
Asia Pacific (Taipei)
ap-east-2$0.0245
Asia Pacific (Thailand)
ap-southeast-7$0.0238
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
ap-northeast-1$0.0272
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
us-gov-east-1$0.0244
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
us-gov-west-1$0.0244
Canada (Central)
ca-central-1$0.0232
Canada West (Calgary)
ca-west-1$0.0232
EU (Frankfurt)
eu-central-1$0.0240
EU (Ireland)
eu-west-1$0.0228
EU (London)
eu-west-2$0.0236
EU (Milan)
eu-south-1$0.0240
EU (Paris)
eu-west-3$0.0236
EU (Stockholm)
eu-north-1$0.0216
Europe (Spain)
eu-south-2$0.0228
Europe (Zurich)
eu-central-2$0.0264
Israel (Tel Aviv)
il-central-1$0.0240
Mexico (Central)
mx-central-1$0.0218
Middle East (Bahrain)
me-south-1$0.0251
Middle East (UAE)
me-central-1$0.0251
South America (Sao Paulo)Highest
sa-east-1$0.0336
US East (N. Virginia)Lowest
us-east-1$0.0208
US East (Ohio)Lowest
us-east-2$0.0208
US West (Los Angeles)
us-west-2-lax-1$0.0250
US West (N. California)
us-west-1$0.0248
US West (Oregon)Lowest
us-west-2$0.0208