t3.2xlargevst3a.2xlarge

t3a.2xlarge is 10% cheaper than t3.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $23.36 a month.

At a glancet3.2xlarget3a.2xlarge
On-demand$0.3328/hr$0.3008/hr10% less
Lowest rate$0.0661/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.063/hr5% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 32 GiB8 vCPUs, 32 GiB
ProcessorIntel Skylake E5 2686 v5AMD EPYC 7571
Architecturex86_64x86_64
CPUBurstableBest for workloads that are mostly idleBurstableBest for workloads that are mostly idle

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optiont3.2xlarget3a.2xlarget3a.2xlarge vs t3.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.3328$0.3008▼ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$0.066179% off$0.063▼ 5%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.208637% off$0.1886▼ 10%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.143857% off$0.1299▼ 10%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.239928% off$0.217▼ 10%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$0.165250% off$0.1498▼ 9%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where t3.2xlarge leads
Clock speed3.1 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
24% higher
Where t3a.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.3008 vs $0.3328 per hour
10% cheaper

Specs

6 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 10 differt3.2xlarget3a.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Skylake E5 2686 v5AMD EPYC 7571
CPU makerIntelAMD
Clock speed3.1 GHz2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.2 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboAVX; AVX2; AMD Turbo
BurstableYesYes
MemoryAll 1 matcht3.2xlarget3a.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
NetworkingAll 8 matcht3.2xlarget3a.2xlarge
NetworkUp to 5 GigabitUp to 5 Gigabit
Network baseline2.048 Gbps2.048 Gbps
Network peak5 Gbps5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
StorageAll 11 matcht3.2xlarget3a.2xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2780 MbpsUp to 2780 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth695 Mbps695 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,780 Mbps2,780 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput86.875 MB/s86.875 MB/s
EBS max throughput347.5 MB/s347.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,0004,000
EBS max IOPS15,70015,700
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differt3.2xlarget3a.2xlarge
Familyt3t3a
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor1616
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsPartition, SpreadPartition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for t3.2xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regiont3.2xlarget3a.2xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.3328$0.3008▼ 10%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.3328$0.3008▼ 10%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.3328$0.3008▼ 10%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.3584$0.1971▼ 45%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.3648$0.3264▼ 11%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.3712$0.3341▼ 10%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.3776$0.3398▼ 10%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.3776$0.3398▼ 10%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.3834$0.345▼ 10%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.3834$0.343▼ 11%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.384$0.3456▼ 10%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.3904$0.3514▼ 10%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.3904$0.3514▼ 10%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.3968$0.3571▼ 10%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.416$0.3744▼ 10%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.4224$0.3776▼ 11%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.4224$0.3802▼ 10%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.4352$0.3917▼ 10%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.5376$0.4838▼ 10%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.