t3a.small
t3a.small is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 2 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.0188 per hour on demand ($13.72 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0118 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0047 per hour. It is sold in 19 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.0123 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 | $0.0123 | $0.0049 | $0.0078 | $0.0052 | $0.0089 | $0.006 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.0188 | $0.0047 | $0.0118 | $0.0081 | $0.0136 | $0.0094 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.0188 | $0.0031 | $0.0118 | $0.0081 | $0.0136 | $0.0094 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.0188 | $0.0087 | $0.0118 | $0.0081 | $0.0136 | $0.0094 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.0204 | $0.0091 | $0.0129 | $0.0088 | $0.0167 | $0.0118 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.0209 | $0.0097 | $0.0132 | $0.009 | $0.0151 | $0.0104 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.0212 | $0.008 | $0.0134 | $0.0092 | $0.0173 | $0.0124 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.0212 | $0.0078 | $0.0134 | $0.0092 | $0.0173 | $0.0124 |
| Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1 | $0.0214 | $0.0057 | $0.0135 | $0.0093 | $0.0176 | $0.0124 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.0216 | $0.01 | $0.0136 | $0.0093 | $0.0179 | $0.0127 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.0216 | $0.0049 | $0.0136 | $0.0093 | $0.0176 | $0.0125 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.022 | – | $0.0138 | $0.0095 | $0.0179 | $0.0119 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.022 | – | $0.0138 | $0.0095 | $0.0179 | $0.0119 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.0223 | $0.0092 | $0.0141 | $0.0096 | $0.0189 | $0.0128 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.0234 | $0.0095 | $0.0141 | $0.0101 | $0.0163 | $0.0118 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.0236 | $0.0113 | $0.0148 | $0.01 | $0.017 | $0.0115 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.0238 | $0.0089 | $0.015 | $0.0103 | $0.0186 | $0.0132 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.0245 | $0.0098 | $0.0154 | $0.0106 | $0.0192 | $0.0139 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.0302 | $0.0053 | $0.0174 | $0.0131 | $0.02 | $0.0151 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.0188 | $0.0118 | $0.0081 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.0223 | – | – |
| Windows | $0.0372 | $0.0302 | $0.0265 |
| RHEL | $0.0476 | $0.0406 | $0.0369 |
| SUSE | $0.0498 | $0.0248 | $0.0191 |
| RHEL HA | $0.0826 | $0.0756 | $0.0719 |
| Linux SQL Web | $0.0864 | $0.0794 | $0.0757 |
| Windows SQL Web | $0.1048 | $0.0978 | $0.0941 |
| RHEL SQL Web | $0.1152 | – | – |
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) | 2 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 5 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 0.128 Gbps |
| Network peak | 5 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 2 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 4 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 2085 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 175 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 2,085 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 21.875 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 260.625 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 1,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 11,800 |
| Max EBS volumes | 27 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | t3a.small |
| Family | t3a |
| Category | General purpose |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 1 |
| 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.