t3.mediumvst3a.medium

t3a.medium is 10% cheaper than t3.medium on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2.92 a month.

At a glancet3.mediumt3a.medium
On-demand$0.0416/hr$0.0376/hr10% less
Lowest rate$0.0139/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0123/hr12% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 4 GiB2 vCPUs, 4 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.mediumt3a.mediumt3a.medium vs t3.medium
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0416$0.0376▼ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted67% off$0.013967% off$0.0123▼ 12%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.026137% off$0.0236▼ 10%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.01857% off$0.0162▼ 10%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.0328% off$0.0271▼ 10%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$0.020650% off$0.0187▼ 9%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where t3.medium leads
Clock speed3.1 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
24% higher
Where t3a.medium leads
On-demand price$0.0376 vs $0.0416 per hour
10% cheaper
EBS baseline bandwidth350 Mbps vs 347 Mbps
1% higher

Specs

8 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 10 differt3.mediumt3a.medium
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
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.mediumt3a.medium
Memory (GiB)44
NetworkingAll 8 matcht3.mediumt3a.medium
NetworkUp to 5 GigabitUp to 5 Gigabit
Network baseline0.256 Gbps0.256 Gbps
Network peak5 Gbps5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface66
Storage2 of 11 differt3.mediumt3a.medium
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2085 MbpsUp to 2085 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth347 Mbps350 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,085 Mbps2,085 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput43.375 MB/s43.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput260.625 MB/s260.625 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS2,0002,000
EBS max IOPS11,80011,800
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differt3.mediumt3a.medium
Familyt3t3a
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor22
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsPartition, SpreadPartition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiont3.mediumt3a.mediumDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.0416$0.0376▼ 10%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.0416$0.0376▼ 10%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.0416$0.0376▼ 10%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.0448$0.0246▼ 45%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.0456$0.0408▼ 11%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.0464$0.0418▼ 10%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.0472$0.0425▼ 10%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.0472$0.0425▼ 10%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.0479$0.0431▼ 10%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.0479$0.0429▼ 10%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.048$0.0432▼ 10%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.0488$0.0439▼ 10%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.0488$0.0439▼ 10%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.0496$0.0446▼ 10%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.052$0.0468▼ 10%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.0528$0.0472▼ 11%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.0528$0.0475▼ 10%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.0544$0.049▼ 10%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.0672$0.0605▼ 10%

Keep exploring

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

t3.mediumGeneral purpose, t3 family, burstable
t3.medium prices and specsEvery size in the t3 family

Compare t3.medium with

t2.mediumt8i.medium
t3a.mediumGeneral purpose, t3a family, burstable
t3a.medium prices and specsEvery size in the t3a family

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