t3.nanovst8i.nano

t3.nano is 16% cheaper than t8i.nano on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $0.73 a month.

At a glancet3.nanot8i.nano
On-demand$0.0052/hr16% less$0.0062/hr
Lowest rate$0.0005/hr17% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0006/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 0.5 GiB2 vCPUs, 0.5 GiB
ProcessorIntel Skylake E5 2686 v5Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
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.nanot8i.nanot8i.nano vs t3.nano
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0052$0.0062▲ 19%
SpotCan be interrupted90% off$0.000590% off$0.0006▲ 20%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.0033——
3-yr reservedNo upfront58% off$0.0022——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment29% off$0.0037——
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$0.0026——

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where t3.nano leads
On-demand price$0.0052 vs $0.0062 per hour
16% cheaper
Where t8i.nano leads
EBS max bandwidth5,000 Mbps vs 2,085 Mbps
2.4× higher
Sustained clock3.9 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
56% higher
Network peak6.25 Gbps vs 5 Gbps
25% higher

Specs

12 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differt3.nanot8i.nano
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Skylake E5 2686 v5Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz3.9 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AMX; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableYesYes
MemoryAll 1 matcht3.nanot8i.nano
Memory (GiB)0.50.5
Networking2 of 8 differt3.nanot8i.nano
NetworkUp to 5 GigabitUp to 6.25 Gigabit
Network baseline0.032 Gbps0.032 Gbps
Network peak5 Gbps6.25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces22
IPv4 addresses per interface22
Storage5 of 11 differt3.nanot8i.nano
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2085 MbpsUp to 5000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth43 Mbps43 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,085 Mbps5,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5.375 MB/s5.375 MB/s
EBS max throughput260.625 MB/s625 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS250250
EBS max IOPS11,80020,000
Max EBS volumes2732
Instance details1 of 10 differt3.nanot8i.nano
Familyt3t8i
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor0.250.25
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsPartition, SpreadPartition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiont3.nanot8i.nanoDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.0052$0.0062▲ 19%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.0052$0.0062▲ 19%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.0052$0.0062▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.0056$0.0067▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.0056$0.0067▲ 20%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.0057$0.0068▲ 19%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.0058$0.007▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.0059$0.0071▲ 20%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.0059$0.0071▲ 20%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.0059$0.0071▲ 20%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.006$0.0072▲ 20%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.0062$0.0074▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.0065$0.0078▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.0066$0.0079▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.0066$0.0079▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.0068$0.0082▲ 21%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.0084$0.0101▲ 20%

Keep exploring

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Compare t3.nano with

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t8i.nanoGeneral purpose, t8i family, burstable
t8i.nano prices and specsEvery size in the t8i family

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