db.t2.xlargevsdb.t3.xlarge

db.t2.xlarge and db.t3.xlarge cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.29 per hour.

At a glancedb.t2.xlargedb.t3.xlarge
On-demand$0.29/hr$0.29/hr
Size4 vCPUs, 16 GiB4 vCPUs, 16 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.xlargedb.t3.xlargedb.t3.xlarge vs db.t2.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.29$0.29Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront—29% off$0.2068—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.t2.xlarge leads
Physical cores4 vs 2
2× higher
Where db.t3.xlarge leads
Network peak5 Gbps vs 1.024 Gbps
4.9× higher
Sustained clock2.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
9% higher

Specs

17 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 10 differdb.t2.xlargedb.t3.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores42
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.xlargedb.t3.xlarge
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking2 of 3 differdb.t2.xlargedb.t3.xlarge
NetworkModerateModerate
Network baseline0.75 Gbps1.024 Gbps
Network peak1.024 Gbps5 Gbps
Storage6 of 7 differdb.t2.xlargedb.t3.xlarge
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 3 differdb.t2.xlargedb.t3.xlarge
Familyt2t3
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationNoYes
Other1 of 1 differdb.t2.xlargedb.t3.xlarge
Hardware Basist2.xlarget3.xlarge

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiondb.t2.xlargedb.t3.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.29$0.29Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.29$0.29Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.29$0.29Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.312$0.312Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.32$0.32Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.328$0.328Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.328$0.328Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.336$0.336Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.348$0.35▲ 1%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.348$0.35▲ 1%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.38$0.38Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.424$0.424Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.448$0.448Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.448$0.448Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.448$0.448Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.448$0.448Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.448$0.448Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.604$0.604Same

Keep exploring

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

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

Compare db.t2.xlarge with

db.m5.xlargedb.m5d.xlargedb.m6i.xlargedb.m8i.xlargedb.m7i.xlargedb.m6id.xlargedb.m4.xlargedb.m6idn.xlargedb.m6in.xlarge
db.t3.xlargeGeneral purpose, t3 family, burstable
db.t3.xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the t3 family

Compare db.t3.xlarge with

db.m5.xlargedb.m5d.xlargedb.m6i.xlargedb.m8i.xlargedb.m7i.xlargedb.m6id.xlargedb.m4.xlargedb.m6idn.xlargedb.m6in.xlarge

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