db.t2.2xlargevsdb.t3.2xlarge

db.t3.2xlarge is 0% cheaper than db.t2.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $0.73 a month.

At a glancedb.t2.2xlargedb.t3.2xlarge
On-demand$0.58/hr$0.579/hr0% less
Size8 vCPUs, 32 GiB8 vCPUs, 32 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon FamilyIntel Skylake E5 2686 v5 (2.5 GHz)
Architecturex86_64x86_64
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. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Optiondb.t2.2xlargedb.t3.2xlargedb.t3.2xlarge vs db.t2.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.58$0.579Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront—29% off$0.4135—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.t2.2xlarge leads
Physical cores8 vs 4
2× higher
Where db.t3.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.579 vs $0.58 per hour
0% cheaper
Network peak5 Gbps vs 1.024 Gbps
4.9× higher
Sustained clock2.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
9% higher

Specs

17 of 26 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 10 differdb.t2.2xlargedb.t3.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores84
Threads per core12
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon FamilyIntel Skylake E5 2686 v5 (2.5 GHz)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speedUp to 3.3 GHz–
Sustained clock2.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel Turbo–
BurstableYesYes
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.t2.2xlargedb.t3.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking2 of 3 differdb.t2.2xlargedb.t3.2xlarge
NetworkModerateModerate
Network baseline1 Gbps2.048 Gbps
Network peak1.024 Gbps5 Gbps
Storage6 of 7 differdb.t2.2xlargedb.t3.2xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth–695 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth–2,780 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput–86.875 MB/s
EBS max throughput–347.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS–4,000
EBS max IOPS–15,700
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.t2.2xlargedb.t3.2xlarge
Familyt2t3
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationNoYes
Normalization factor3232
Other1 of 1 differdb.t2.2xlargedb.t3.2xlarge
Hardware Basist2.2xlarget3.2xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.t2.2xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.t2.2xlargedb.t3.2xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.58$0.579Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.58$0.579Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.58$0.579Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.624$0.624Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.64$0.64Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.656$0.656Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.656$0.656Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.672$0.672Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.696$0.7▲ 1%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.696$0.7▲ 1%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.76$0.76Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.848$0.848Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.896$0.896Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.896$0.896Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.896$0.896Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.896$0.896Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.896$0.896Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.208$1.208Same

Keep exploring

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

db.t2.2xlargeGeneral purpose, t2 family, burstable
db.t2.2xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the t2 family

Compare db.t2.2xlarge with

db.m5.2xlargedb.m5d.2xlargedb.m6i.2xlargedb.m6id.2xlargedb.m4.2xlargedb.m6idn.2xlargedb.m6in.2xlarge
db.t3.2xlargeGeneral purpose, t3 family, burstable
db.t3.2xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the t3 family

Compare db.t3.2xlarge with

db.m5.2xlargedb.m5d.2xlargedb.m6i.2xlargedb.m6id.2xlargedb.m4.2xlargedb.m6idn.2xlargedb.m6in.2xlarge

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