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t2 EC2 instance family

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

Prices Description Specs Performance ranking Available Regions Prices by region
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t2 prices per hour on Windows, 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 $0.00810 us-east-1 of 16 $0.00810
t2.micro1 vCPU, 1 GiB 1 1 GiB $0.00580 $0.0162 us-east-1 of 16 $0.00580
t2.small1 vCPU, 2 GiB 1 2 GiB $0.0121 $0.0380 ap-northeast-2 of 16 $0.0121
t2.medium2 vCPU, 4 GiB 2 4 GiB $0.0226 $0.0644 us-east-2 of 16 $0.0113
t2.large2 vCPU, 8 GiB 2 8 GiB $0.0373 $0.1208 us-east-1 of 16 $0.0187
t2.xlarge4 vCPU, 16 GiB 4 16 GiB $0.0596 $0.2266 us-east-1 of 16 $0.0149
t2.2xlarge8 vCPU, 32 GiB 8 32 GiB $0.0991 $0.4332 us-east-1 of 16 $0.0124

Per hour on Windows, 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 Windows, 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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region On-demand
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.00810
us-east-2 Ohio $0.00810
us-west-2 Oregon $0.00810
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.00850
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.00860
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.00870
eu-west-2 London $0.00890
eu-west-3 Paris $0.00890
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.00900
us-west-1 N. California $0.00920
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.00950
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.00960
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.00960
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.00990
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.00990
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0116
On-demand. UTC days.
t2.micro1 vCPU, 1 GiB, 16 regions
t2.micro prices per hour on Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.00580 $0.0162 64%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.00600 $0.0190 68%
eu-west-2 London $0.00615 $0.0178 65%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.00624 $0.0162 61%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.00640 $0.0170 62%
us-west-1 N. California $0.00648 $0.0184 65%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.00650 $0.0232 72%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.00662 $0.0178 63%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.00667 $0.0162 59%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.00670 $0.0174 62%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.00680 $0.0192 65%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.00700 $0.0180 61%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.00719 $0.0192 63%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.00730 $0.0198 63%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.00762 $0.0172 56%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.00883 $0.0198 55%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0121 $0.0380 68%
eu-west-2 London $0.0123 $0.0352 65%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0129 $0.0464 72%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0130 $0.0320 59%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0131 $0.0348 62%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0132 $0.0368 64%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0133 $0.0320 58%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.0134 $0.0356 62%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0135 $0.0320 58%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0137 $0.0384 64%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0140 $0.0340 59%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0141 $0.0360 61%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0142 $0.0384 63%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0146 $0.0396 63%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0152 $0.0340 55%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.0203 $0.0396 49%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0226 $0.0644 65%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0234 $0.0644 64%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0238 $0.0756 69%
eu-west-2 London $0.0244 $0.0704 65%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0247 $0.0644 62%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0254 $0.0924 73%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0254 $0.0732 65%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0259 $0.0676 62%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.0260 $0.0708 63%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0265 $0.0692 62%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0280 $0.0764 63%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0281 $0.0716 61%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0288 $0.0788 63%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0301 $0.0680 56%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.0339 $0.0788 57%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0343 $0.0764 55%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0373 $0.1208 69%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0373 $0.1208 69%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0395 $0.1432 72%
eu-west-2 London $0.0400 $0.1336 70%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0412 $0.1208 66%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.0424 $0.1336 68%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0429 $0.1768 76%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0431 $0.1384 69%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0432 $0.1272 66%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0458 $0.1448 68%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0475 $0.1352 65%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0478 $0.1448 67%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0481 $0.1304 63%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0495 $0.1496 67%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0522 $0.1288 59%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.0598 $0.1496 60%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0596 $0.2266 74%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0596 $0.2266 74%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0640 $0.2714 76%
eu-west-2 London $0.0650 $0.2522 74%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0672 $0.2266 70%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0692 $0.2618 74%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0694 $0.2394 71%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.0697 $0.2522 72%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0708 $0.3386 79%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0791 $0.2554 69%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0802 $0.2746 71%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0805 $0.2746 71%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0840 $0.2842 70%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0900 $0.2458 63%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0904 $0.2426 63%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.1045 $0.2842 63%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0991 $0.4332 77%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0991 $0.4332 77%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.1081 $0.5228 79%
eu-west-2 London $0.1099 $0.4844 77%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.1160 $0.4332 73%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.1184 $0.4588 74%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.1193 $0.4844 75%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1197 $0.5036 76%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.1215 $0.6572 82%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.1236 $0.4716 74%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.1314 $0.5292 75%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1381 $0.4908 72%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.1411 $0.5292 73%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.1480 $0.5484 73%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.1585 $0.4652 66%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.1899 $0.5484 65%
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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