t3a.xlarge

t3a.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.1504 per hour on demand ($109.79 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0943 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0371 per hour. It is sold in 19 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.0986 per hour.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.0986$0.0385$0.0621$0.0416$0.0714$0.0478
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.1504$0.0371$0.0943$0.065$0.1085$0.0749
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.1504$0.0462$0.0943$0.065$0.1085$0.0749
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.1504$0.0598$0.0943$0.065$0.1085$0.0749
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.1632$0.0839$0.1028$0.0705$0.1337$0.0945
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.167$0.0628$0.1052$0.0722$0.121$0.0832
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.1699$0.0546$0.107$0.0734$0.138$0.0994
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.1699$0.0666$0.107$0.0734$0.138$0.0994
Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1$0.1715$0.0655$0.1081$0.0741$0.1405$0.0993
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$0.1725$0.0637$0.1087$0.0745$0.1411$0.0998
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.1728$0.0749$0.1089$0.0746$0.1433$0.1016
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.1757–$0.1107$0.0759$0.1436$0.0953
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.1757–$0.1107$0.0759$0.1436$0.0953
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.1786$0.0597$0.1125$0.0771$0.151$0.1024
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.1872$0.0647$0.1131$0.0809$0.1301$0.0947
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.1888$0.0746$0.1187$0.0799$0.1364$0.092
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.1901$0.0688$0.1198$0.0821$0.1485$0.1058
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.1958$0.0665$0.1234$0.0846$0.1539$0.1113
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.2419$0.0502$0.1389$0.1045$0.1598$0.1209
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by regionAzure equivalents

Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.1504$0.0943$0.065
Ubuntu Pro$0.1574––
SUSE$0.2067$0.1443$0.11
RHEL$0.208$0.1519$0.1226
Linux SQL Web$0.218$0.1619$0.1326
Windows$0.224$0.1679$0.1386
RHEL SQL Web$0.2756––
RHEL HA$0.278$0.2219$0.1926
Windows SQL Web$0.2916$0.2355$0.2062
Linux SQL Std$0.6304$0.5743$0.545
RHEL SQL Std$0.688––
Windows SQL Std$0.704$0.6479$0.6186
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.758––
Linux SQL Ent$1.65$1.594$1.565
RHEL SQL Ent$1.708––
Windows SQL Ent$1.724$1.668$1.639
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.778––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
CPU makerAMD
Clock speed2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.2 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; AMD Turbo
BurstableYes
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 5 Gbps
Network baseline1.024 Gbps
Network peak5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2780 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth695 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,780 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput86.875 MB/s
EBS max throughput347.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,000
EBS max IOPS15,700
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typet3a.xlarge
Familyt3a
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor8
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsPartition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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Other t3a sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
t3a.nano20.5$0.0047
t3a.micro21$0.0094
t3a.small22$0.0188
t3a.medium24$0.0376
t3a.large28$0.0752
t3a.xlarge416$0.1504
t3a.2xlarge832$0.3008

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.