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t4g.medium

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.mediumMediummedium = Medium2 vCPUs • 4.0 GiB RAM • EBS only • Up to 5 Gigabit Network
Price (Linux)
$0.0224/ hr
~$16.35/mo
Compute
2vCPUs
2 cores • arm64
Memory
4.0GiB
2.0 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.0112/ vCPU-hr
$0.0056/GiB-hr
Network
5Gbps
Baseline: 0.256 Gbps
Storage & EBS
260.625MB/s
Max: 11,800 IOPS

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 Score39,180
CoreMark / vCPU19,589.9 / core
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CoreMark per Dollar1,749,107 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0112
Cost per GiB-hr$0.0056

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods17 pods
Max ECS Tasks2 tasks
Max ENIs3
IPv4/v6 per ENI6
Total Addressable IPs18 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 5 Gigabit
Baseline Bandwidth0.256 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 Throughput43.375 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput260.625 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS2,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS11,800
Dedicated EBS ThroughputUp to 2085 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor2
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2020-09-14

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.0224/ hr
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.0536/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.0388/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
36regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 36 regions
Region NameRegion CodeOn-Demand Price
Africa (Cape Town)
af-south-1$0.0434
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
ap-east-1$0.0464
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)Lowest
ap-south-2$0.0224
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
ap-southeast-3$0.0424
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
ap-southeast-5$0.0382
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
ap-southeast-4$0.0424
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)Lowest
ap-south-1$0.0224
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)
ap-southeast-6$0.0446
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
ap-northeast-3$0.0435
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
ap-northeast-2$0.0416
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
ap-southeast-1$0.0424
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
ap-southeast-2$0.0424
Asia Pacific (Taipei)
ap-east-2$0.0389
Asia Pacific (Thailand)
ap-southeast-7$0.0382
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
ap-northeast-1$0.0432
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
us-gov-east-1$0.0392
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
us-gov-west-1$0.0392
Canada (Central)
ca-central-1$0.0368
Canada West (Calgary)
ca-west-1$0.0368
EU (Frankfurt)
eu-central-1$0.0384
EU (Ireland)
eu-west-1$0.0368
EU (London)
eu-west-2$0.0376
EU (Milan)
eu-south-1$0.0384
EU (Paris)
eu-west-3$0.0376
EU (Stockholm)
eu-north-1$0.0344
Europe (Spain)
eu-south-2$0.0368
Europe (Zurich)
eu-central-2$0.0422
Israel (Tel Aviv)
il-central-1$0.0386
Mexico (Central)
mx-central-1$0.0353
Middle East (Bahrain)
me-south-1$0.0402
Middle East (UAE)
me-central-1$0.0408
South America (Sao Paulo)Highest
sa-east-1$0.0536
US East (N. Virginia)
us-east-1$0.0336
US East (Ohio)
us-east-2$0.0336
US West (N. California)
us-west-1$0.0400
US West (Oregon)
us-west-2$0.0336