t3.largevsm4.large

t3.large is 17% cheaper than m4.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $12.26 a month.

At a glancet3.largem4.large
On-demand$0.0832/hr17% less$0.1/hr
Lowest rate$0.0235/hr21% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0299/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 GiB
ProcessorIntel Skylake E5 2686 v5Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)
Architecturex86_64x86_64
CPUBurstableBest for workloads that are mostly idleFull CPUSteady performance, no credits to manage

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiont3.largem4.largem4.large vs t3.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0832$0.1▲ 20%
SpotCan be interrupted72% off$0.023570% off$0.0299▲ 27%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.052238% off$0.062▲ 19%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.035957% off$0.0432▲ 20%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.0629% off$0.0712▲ 19%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$0.041350% off$0.0497▲ 20%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where t3.large leads
On-demand price$0.0832 vs $0.1 per hour
17% cheaper
CPU modelEarns credits while idle, then bursts
Burstable
EBS max bandwidth2,780 Mbps vs 450 Mbps
6.2× higher
Network peak5 Gbps vs 1.2 Gbps
4.2× higher
Where m4.large leads
CPU modelSteady performance, no credits to manage
Full CPU
Max EBS volumes40 vs 27
48% higher

Specs

25 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 11 differt3.largem4.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Skylake E5 2686 v5Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz2.4 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo
BurstableYesNo
ECU–6.5
MemoryAll 1 matcht3.largem4.large
Memory (GiB)88
Networking6 of 8 differt3.largem4.large
NetworkUp to 5 GigabitModerate
Network baseline0.512 Gbps0.45 Gbps
Network peak5 Gbps1.2 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)No
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces32
IPv4 addresses per interface1210
Storage9 of 11 differt3.largem4.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredNo
EBS throughputUp to 2780 Mbps450 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth695 Mbps450 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,780 Mbps450 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput86.875 MB/s56.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput347.5 MB/s56.25 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,0003,600
EBS max IOPS15,7003,600
Max EBS volumes2740
Instance details4 of 10 differt3.largem4.large
Familyt3m4
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroXen
Placement groupsPartition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for t3.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regiont3.largem4.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.0832$0.1▲ 20%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.0832$0.1▲ 20%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.0832$0.1▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.0896$0.105▲ 17%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.0912$0.111▲ 22%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.0928$0.111▲ 20%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.0944$0.116▲ 23%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.096$0.12▲ 25%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.0976$0.126▲ 29%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.0992$0.117▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.104$0.123▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.1056$0.125▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.1056$0.125▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.1088$0.129▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.1088$0.129▲ 19%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.1344$0.159▲ 18%

Keep exploring

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

t3.largeGeneral purpose, t3 family, burstable
t3.large prices and specsEvery size in the t3 family

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m4.largeGeneral purpose, m4 family
m4.large prices and specsEvery size in the m4 family

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