cache.t2.mediumvscache.t3.medium

cache.t2.medium and cache.t3.medium cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.068 per hour.

At a glancecache.t2.mediumcache.t3.medium
On-demand$0.068/hr$0.068/hr
Size2 vCPUs, 3.22 GiB2 vCPUs, 3.09 GiB
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. Redis, USD per hour.

Optioncache.t2.mediumcache.t3.mediumcache.t3.medium vs cache.t2.medium
On-demandPay by the hour$0.068$0.068Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront—32% off$0.046—
3-yr reservedNo upfront—49% off$0.035—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where cache.t2.medium leads
Physical cores2 vs 1
2× higher
Memory (GiB)3.22 vs 3.09
4% higher
Where cache.t3.medium leads
Network peak5 Gbps vs 1.024 Gbps
4.9× higher
Sustained clock2.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
9% higher

Specs

8 of 15 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 6 differcache.t2.mediumcache.t3.medium
vCPUs22
Physical cores21
Threads per core12
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock2.3 GHz2.5 GHz
BurstableYesYes
Memory1 of 1 differcache.t2.mediumcache.t3.medium
Memory (GiB)3.223.09
Networking2 of 3 differcache.t2.mediumcache.t3.medium
NetworkLow to ModerateUp to 5 Gigabit
Network baseline0.256 Gbps0.256 Gbps
Network peak1.024 Gbps5 Gbps
Instance details1 of 4 differcache.t2.mediumcache.t3.medium
Familyt2t3
CategoryStandardStandard
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor1.61.6
Other1 of 1 differcache.t2.mediumcache.t3.medium
Hardware Basist2.mediumt3.medium

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for cache.t2.medium first. Redis, USD per hour.

Regioncache.t2.mediumcache.t3.mediumDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.068$0.068Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.068$0.068Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.068$0.068Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.073$0.072▼ 1%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.075$0.074▼ 1%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.077$0.076▼ 1%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.077$0.076▼ 1%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.078$0.076▼ 3%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.08$0.08Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.08$0.08Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.088$0.088Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.099$0.085▼ 14%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.104$0.104Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.104$0.099▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.104$0.1▼ 4%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.104$0.1▼ 4%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.104$0.103▼ 1%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.14$0.128▼ 9%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

cache.t2.mediumStandard, t2 family, burstable
cache.t2.medium prices and specsEvery size in the t2 family
cache.t3.mediumStandard, t3 family, burstable
cache.t3.medium prices and specsEvery size in the t3 family

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AWS ElastiCache Redis prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.