t3.medium
t3.medium is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 4 GiB memory (Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.0416 per hour on demand ($30.37 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0261 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0139 per hour. It is sold in 36 regions.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr reserved | 3-yr reserved | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.0416 | $0.0139 | $0.0261 | $0.018 | $0.03 | $0.0206 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.0416 | $0.0102 | $0.0261 | $0.018 | $0.03 | $0.0206 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.0416 | $0.0123 | $0.0261 | $0.018 | $0.03 | $0.0206 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.0432 | $0.0072 | $0.0272 | $0.0187 | $0.0354 | $0.025 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $0.0437 | – | $0.0274 | $0.0189 | $0.0315 | $0.0217 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.0448 | $0.0181 | $0.0282 | $0.0189 | $0.0325 | $0.0217 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $0.0448 | $0.0045 | $0.0282 | $0.0189 | $0.0325 | $0.0217 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.0456 | $0.0139 | $0.0287 | $0.0197 | $0.0373 | $0.0264 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.0456 | $0.0189 | $0.0287 | $0.0197 | $0.0373 | $0.0264 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.0464 | $0.016 | $0.0292 | $0.02 | $0.0336 | $0.0231 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $0.0464 | $0.0118 | $0.0292 | $0.02 | $0.0336 | $0.0231 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.0472 | $0.0131 | $0.0297 | $0.0204 | $0.0383 | $0.0276 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.0472 | $0.0159 | $0.0297 | $0.0204 | $0.0383 | $0.0276 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $0.0475 | $0.0231 | $0.0299 | $0.0201 | $0.0344 | $0.0232 |
| Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7 | $0.0475 | $0.0196 | $0.0299 | $0.0201 | $0.0344 | $0.0232 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.0479 | $0.0164 | $0.0302 | $0.0207 | $0.0392 | $0.0277 |
| Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1 | $0.0479 | $0.017 | $0.0302 | $0.0207 | $0.0392 | $0.0277 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.048 | $0.0177 | $0.0302 | $0.0207 | $0.0398 | $0.0282 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.0488 | – | $0.0307 | $0.0211 | $0.0399 | $0.0265 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.0488 | – | $0.0307 | $0.0211 | $0.0399 | $0.0265 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $0.049 | – | – | – | $0.0385 | $0.0278 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.0496 | $0.0161 | $0.0312 | $0.0214 | $0.0419 | $0.0285 |
| Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 | $0.0502 | $0.0058 | $0.0316 | $0.0217 | $0.0411 | $0.029 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1 | $0.0502 | $0.0178 | $0.0316 | $0.0217 | $0.0411 | $0.029 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.052 | $0.0145 | $0.0314 | $0.0225 | $0.0361 | $0.0263 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.0528 | $0.0219 | $0.0332 | $0.0224 | $0.0382 | $0.0257 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.0528 | $0.0191 | $0.0333 | $0.0228 | $0.0412 | $0.0294 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $0.0528 | $0.0053 | $0.0332 | $0.0224 | $0.0382 | $0.0257 |
| Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4 | $0.0528 | $0.0163 | $0.0333 | $0.0228 | $0.0412 | $0.0294 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $0.0528 | $0.0218 | $0.0333 | $0.0228 | $0.0438 | $0.0311 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.0542 | $0.0216 | $0.0342 | $0.0234 | $0.0444 | $0.0314 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.0544 | $0.0179 | $0.0343 | $0.0235 | $0.0427 | $0.0309 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $0.0544 | $0.0217 | $0.0343 | $0.0235 | $0.0427 | $0.0309 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $0.0554 | – | – | – | $0.0433 | $0.0309 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.0584 | $0.0176 | $0.0367 | $0.0247 | $0.0422 | $0.0285 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.0672 | $0.0113 | $0.0386 | $0.029 | $0.0444 | $0.0336 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.0416 | $0.0261 | $0.018 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.0451 | – | – |
| Windows | $0.06 | $0.0445 | $0.0364 |
| RHEL | $0.0704 | $0.0549 | $0.0468 |
| SUSE | $0.0979 | $0.0511 | $0.04 |
| RHEL HA | $0.1054 | $0.0899 | $0.0818 |
| Linux SQL Web | $0.1092 | $0.0937 | $0.0856 |
| Windows SQL Web | $0.1276 | $0.1121 | $0.104 |
| RHEL SQL Web | $0.138 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 2 |
| Physical cores | 1 |
| Threads per core | 2 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 |
| CPU maker | Intel |
| Clock speed | 3.1 GHz |
| Sustained clock | 2.5 GHz |
| Processor features | AVX; AVX2; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo |
| Burstable | Yes |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 4 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 5 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 0.256 Gbps |
| Network peak | 5 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 3 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 6 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 2085 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 347 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 2,085 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 43.375 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 260.625 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 2,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 11,800 |
| Max EBS volumes | 27 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | t3.medium |
| Family | t3 |
| Category | General purpose |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 2 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | Yes |
| Nitro Enclaves | No |
| Boot modes | Legacy BIOS, UEFI |
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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.