t3a.medium
t3a.medium is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 4 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.0376 per hour on demand ($27.45 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0236 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0123 per hour. It is sold in 19 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.0246 per hour.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.0246 | $0.0086 | $0.0155 | $0.0104 | $0.0178 | $0.012 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.0376 | $0.0123 | $0.0236 | $0.0162 | $0.0271 | $0.0187 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.0376 | $0.0092 | $0.0236 | $0.0162 | $0.0271 | $0.0187 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.0376 | $0.017 | $0.0236 | $0.0162 | $0.0271 | $0.0187 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.0408 | $0.0211 | $0.0257 | $0.0176 | $0.0334 | $0.0236 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.0418 | $0.018 | $0.0263 | $0.018 | $0.0303 | $0.0208 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.0425 | $0.0138 | $0.0268 | $0.0184 | $0.0345 | $0.0248 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.0425 | $0.0177 | $0.0268 | $0.0184 | $0.0345 | $0.0248 |
| Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1 | $0.0429 | $0.016 | $0.027 | $0.0185 | $0.0351 | $0.0248 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.0431 | $0.0143 | $0.0272 | $0.0186 | $0.0353 | $0.025 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.0432 | $0.0208 | $0.0272 | $0.0187 | $0.0358 | $0.0254 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.0439 | – | $0.0277 | $0.019 | $0.0359 | $0.0238 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.0439 | – | $0.0277 | $0.019 | $0.0359 | $0.0238 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.0446 | $0.0183 | $0.0281 | $0.0193 | $0.0377 | $0.0256 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.0468 | $0.0198 | $0.0283 | $0.0202 | $0.0325 | $0.0237 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.0472 | $0.0239 | $0.0297 | $0.02 | $0.0341 | $0.023 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.0475 | $0.0169 | $0.0299 | $0.0205 | $0.0371 | $0.0265 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.049 | $0.0189 | $0.0308 | $0.0212 | $0.0385 | $0.0278 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.0605 | $0.0137 | $0.0347 | $0.0261 | $0.0399 | $0.0302 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.0376 | $0.0236 | $0.0162 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.0411 | – | – |
| Windows | $0.056 | $0.042 | $0.0346 |
| RHEL | $0.0664 | $0.0524 | $0.045 |
| SUSE | $0.0939 | $0.0486 | $0.0382 |
| RHEL HA | $0.1014 | $0.0874 | $0.08 |
| Linux SQL Web | $0.1052 | $0.0912 | $0.0838 |
| Windows SQL Web | $0.1236 | $0.1096 | $0.1022 |
| RHEL SQL Web | $0.134 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 2 |
| Physical cores | 1 |
| Threads per core | 2 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | AMD EPYC 7571 |
| CPU maker | AMD |
| Clock speed | 2.5 GHz |
| Sustained clock | 2.2 GHz |
| Processor features | AVX; AVX2; AMD 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 | 350 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 2,085 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 43.75 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 | t3a.medium |
| Family | t3a |
| 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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Other processors
Other t3a sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| t3a.nano | 2 | 0.5 | $0.0047 |
| t3a.micro | 2 | 1 | $0.0094 |
| t3a.small | 2 | 2 | $0.0188 |
| t3a.medium | 2 | 4 | $0.0376 |
| t3a.large | 2 | 8 | $0.0752 |
| t3a.xlarge | 4 | 16 | $0.1504 |
| t3a.2xlarge | 8 | 32 | $0.3008 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.