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Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 at 2.5 GHz, x86_64, 1 to 8 vCPUs, 0.5 to 32 GiB

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t2 prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, each type in its cheapest region
Type vCPU Memory Typical spot On-demand Cheapest region Per vCPU-hour
t2.nano1 vCPU, 0.5 GiB 1 0.5 GiB no spot $0.00580 us-east-1 of 16 $0.00580
t2.micro1 vCPU, 1 GiB 1 1 GiB $0.00197 $0.0116 us-east-2 of 16 $0.00197
t2.small1 vCPU, 2 GiB 1 2 GiB $0.00293 $0.0230 us-east-2 of 16 $0.00293
t2.medium2 vCPU, 4 GiB 2 4 GiB $0.0106 $0.0576 ap-northeast-2 of 16 $0.00530
t2.large2 vCPU, 8 GiB 2 8 GiB $0.0186 $0.0928 us-east-2 of 16 $0.00928
t2.xlarge4 vCPU, 16 GiB 4 16 GiB $0.0419 $0.2304 ap-northeast-2 of 16 $0.0105
t2.2xlarge8 vCPU, 32 GiB 8 32 GiB $0.0611 $0.3712 us-east-2 of 16 $0.00764

Per hour on Linux/UNIX, in each type's cheapest region. Typical spot: per pricing run of the last 7 days, the cheapest zone's spot price, averaged, as the finder shows it with that region selected. On-demand: the same region's price. Per vCPU-hour: the spot price, or without spot the on-demand price, per vCPU. Every region is under Prices by region.

The T2 instance family, launched in 2014, is a low-cost, general-purpose burstable type featuring Intel Xeon processors, such as the E5-2686 v4 @ 2.30GHz. These instances utilize a CPU credit model for a baseline performance with the ability to burst to full core, making them ideal for workloads that do not use the full CPU often. They offer EBS-Only instance storage and provide Low to Moderate network performance.

Written by Gemini from web sources and not checked: the specs and prices on this page come from AWS.

Instance Types
t2.nano t2.micro t2.small t2.medium t2.large t2.xlarge t2.2xlarge
vCPUs
1 to 8
Memory
0.5 to 32 GiB
Architecture
x86_64
Processor
Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4
Sustained clock
2.5 GHz
Single-thread PassMark
1775 measured on t2, 2025-11-20
Specs of each type
Type vCPU Memory Local storage Network EBS
t2.nano 1 0.5 GiB EBS only up to 0.512 (0.032 baseline) -
t2.micro 1 1 GiB EBS only up to 1.024 (0.064 baseline) -
t2.small 1 2 GiB EBS only up to 1.024 (0.128 baseline) -
t2.medium 2 4 GiB EBS only up to 1.024 (0.256 baseline) -
t2.large 2 8 GiB EBS only up to 1.024 (0.512 baseline) -
t2.xlarge 4 16 GiB EBS only up to 1.024 (0.75 baseline) -
t2.2xlarge 8 32 GiB EBS only up to 1.024 (1 baseline) -

Network and EBS: peak bandwidth in Gbit/s, with the bandwidth the type sustains when it is lower. Local storage: the instance store, in decimal GB as AWS sizes it.

Ranked by PassMark single-thread score
All x86_64 arm64
#1
m8azn, x8aedz
4257
#3
m8a, c8a, hpc8a, r8a
3803 3801–3803
#7
m8i, m8ib, m8id, m8in, m8idb, m8idn, m8ine, m8i-flex, c8i, c8i-flex, c8ib, c8id, c8in, c8ine, r8i, r8i-flex, r8ib, r8id, r8idb, r8idn, r8in, t8i, x8i
3271 3243–3271
#30
i7i, r7iz
3115 3105–3115
#32
m7a, c7a, c7i, hpc7a, r7a
2955 2875–2955
#37
m7i, r7i
2816 2763–2816
#39
c7i-flex
2700
#40
m6a, m5zn, m7i-flex, c6a, hpc6a, i7ie, r6a, x2iezn
2596 2549–2596
#48
m6i, m6id, m6in, m6idn, c6i, c6id, c6in, hpc6id, i4i, r6i, r6id, r6idn, r6in, x2idn, x2iedn, z1d
2303 2269–2303
#64
c5a, c5ad, c5d
2034 1995–2034
#67
m5d, c5, c5n
1901 1853–1901
#70
m5dn, c4, r5dn, r5n, t2, t3
1777 1746–1777
#76
m5, m5n, i3en, r5, r5b, r5d
1703 1686–1703
#82
m4, c3, i3
1625 1582–1625
#85
r3, r4
1539 1525–1539
#87
m5a, m5ad, r5a, r5ad, t3a
1414 1388–1414

Not benchmarked yet 44

These families have no PassMark single-thread score yet, so they are not ranked.

c1, d2, d3, d3en, dl2q, f2, g4dn, g5, g6, g6e, g6f, g7, g7e, gr6, gr6f, h1, i2, inf1, inf2, m1, m2, m3, mac1, p3dn, p4d, p4de, p5, p5en, p6-b200, p6-b300, t1, trn1, trn1n, u-3tb1, u-6tb1, u7i-12tb, u7i-6tb, u7i-8tb, u7in-16tb, u7in-24tb, u7in-32tb, vt1, x1, x1e

16 regions with a price in the last 7 days. Select up to 4 to compare them in the price history charts under Prices by region.

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Each type's regions on Linux/UNIX, cheapest first, with the same figures as the Prices table, and its price history: the daily mean of every zone and pricing run, over the last 15 UTC days. Each price column is tinted from its cheapest region (green) to its most expensive (red).

t2.nano1 vCPU, 0.5 GiB, 16 regions
t2.nano prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region On-demand
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.00580
us-east-2 Ohio $0.00580
us-west-2 Oregon $0.00580
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.00620
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.00630
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.00640
eu-west-2 London $0.00660
eu-west-3 Paris $0.00660
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.00670
us-west-1 N. California $0.00690
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.00720
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.00730
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.00730
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.00760
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.00760
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.00930
On-demand. UTC days.
t2.micro1 vCPU, 1 GiB, 16 regions
t2.micro prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-2 Ohio $0.00197 $0.0116 83%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.00204 $0.0144 86%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.00230 $0.0186 88%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.00299 $0.0116 74%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.00304 $0.0116 74%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.00310 $0.0146 79%
us-west-1 N. California $0.00316 $0.0138 77%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.00352 $0.0126 72%
eu-west-2 London $0.00406 $0.0132 69%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.00420 $0.0124 66%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.00428 $0.0128 67%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.00460 $0.0132 65%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.00462 $0.0146 68%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.00469 $0.0134 65%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.00510 $0.0152 66%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.00630 $0.0152 59%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
t2.small1 vCPU, 2 GiB, 16 regions
t2.small prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-2 Ohio $0.00293 $0.0230 87%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.00533 $0.0372 86%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.00574 $0.0288 80%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.00590 $0.0230 74%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.00628 $0.0230 73%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.00800 $0.0256 69%
eu-west-2 London $0.00804 $0.0260 69%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.00930 $0.0248 62%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.01000 $0.0292 66%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.0101 $0.0264 62%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0102 $0.0250 59%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0104 $0.0268 61%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0107 $0.0304 65%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0109 $0.0276 61%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0113 $0.0292 61%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.0131 $0.0304 57%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
t2.medium2 vCPU, 4 GiB, 16 regions
t2.medium prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0106 $0.0576 82%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0111 $0.0464 76%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0133 $0.0744 82%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0148 $0.0464 68%
eu-west-2 London $0.0155 $0.0520 70%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0171 $0.0496 66%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0177 $0.0512 66%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0191 $0.0584 67%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0192 $0.0464 59%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.0199 $0.0528 62%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0201 $0.0608 67%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0201 $0.0552 64%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0202 $0.0536 62%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0219 $0.0500 56%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.0222 $0.0608 64%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0249 $0.0584 57%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
t2.large2 vCPU, 8 GiB, 16 regions
t2.large prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0186 $0.0928 80%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0194 $0.1152 83%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0267 $0.0928 71%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0305 $0.0992 69%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0305 $0.1488 79%
eu-west-2 London $0.0321 $0.1056 70%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0321 $0.0928 65%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.0352 $0.1216 71%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.0353 $0.1056 67%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0354 $0.1104 68%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0360 $0.1168 69%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0363 $0.1024 65%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0383 $0.1216 69%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0396 $0.1072 63%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0416 $0.1008 59%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0434 $0.1168 63%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
t2.xlarge4 vCPU, 16 GiB, 16 regions
t2.xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0419 $0.2304 82%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0435 $0.1856 77%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0485 $0.1856 74%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0588 $0.1984 70%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0604 $0.2976 80%
eu-west-2 London $0.0605 $0.2112 71%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.0682 $0.2432 72%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0686 $0.2208 69%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.0692 $0.2112 67%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0706 $0.2336 70%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0747 $0.2048 64%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0801 $0.2432 67%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0859 $0.1856 54%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0874 $0.2016 57%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0879 $0.2336 62%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0931 $0.2144 57%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
t2.2xlarge8 vCPU, 32 GiB, 16 regions
t2.2xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0611 $0.3712 84%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0708 $0.4608 85%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0797 $0.3712 79%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0914 $0.5952 85%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0998 $0.3968 75%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.1030 $0.4864 79%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.1258 $0.4096 69%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1281 $0.4416 71%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.1283 $0.4224 70%
eu-west-2 London $0.1287 $0.4224 70%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.1324 $0.4864 73%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.1351 $0.4672 71%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.1400 $0.3712 62%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.1537 $0.4672 67%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.1584 $0.4032 61%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1589 $0.4288 63%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
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