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t3 EC2 instance family

Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL at 2.5 GHz, x86_64, 2 to 8 vCPUs, 0.5 to 32 GiB

Prices Description Specs Performance ranking Available Regions Prices by region
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t3 prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, each type in its cheapest region
Type vCPU Memory Typical spot On-demand Cheapest region Per vCPU-hour
t3.nano2 vCPU, 0.5 GiB 2 0.5 GiB $0.000500 $0.00540 eu-north-1 of 34 $0.000250
t3.micro2 vCPU, 1 GiB 2 1 GiB $0.00110 $0.0108 eu-north-1 of 34 $0.000550
t3.small2 vCPU, 2 GiB 2 2 GiB $0.00260 $0.0264 ap-southeast-3 of 34 $0.00130
t3.medium2 vCPU, 4 GiB 2 4 GiB $0.00530 $0.0528 ap-southeast-3 of 34 $0.00265
t3.large2 vCPU, 8 GiB 2 8 GiB $0.00900 $0.0896 ap-south-2 of 34 $0.00450
t3.xlarge4 vCPU, 16 GiB 4 16 GiB $0.0179 $0.1792 ap-south-2 of 34 $0.00448
t3.2xlarge8 vCPU, 32 GiB 8 32 GiB $0.0358 $0.3584 ap-south-2 of 34 $0.00448

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 T3 instance family, generally available since August 21, 2018, features burstable performance using custom 2.5 GHz Intel Xeon Scalable processors, including the Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL model. Built on the AWS Nitro System, these general-purpose instances offer up to 5 Gbps of peak network bandwidth and up to 2.05 Gbps of burst EBS throughput. They utilize Amazon EBS for all storage and do not include local instance storage. A key feature is the default "Unlimited" bursting capability for CPU, network, and EBS, making them ideal for workloads with variable CPU usage.

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

Instance Types
t3.nano t3.micro t3.small t3.medium t3.large t3.xlarge t3.2xlarge
vCPUs
2 to 8
Memory
0.5 to 32 GiB
Architecture
x86_64
Processor
Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL
Sustained clock
2.5 GHz
Single-thread PassMark
1746 measured on t3, 2026-09-30: the median of its types in runs-on.com benchmarks
Specs of each type
Type vCPU Memory Local storage Network EBS
t3.nano 2 0.5 GiB EBS only up to 5 (0.032 baseline) up to 2.085 (0.043 baseline)
t3.micro 2 1 GiB EBS only up to 5 (0.064 baseline) up to 2.085 (0.087 baseline)
t3.small 2 2 GiB EBS only up to 5 (0.128 baseline) up to 2.085 (0.174 baseline)
t3.medium 2 4 GiB EBS only up to 5 (0.256 baseline) up to 2.085 (0.347 baseline)
t3.large 2 8 GiB EBS only up to 5 (0.512 baseline) up to 2.78 (0.695 baseline)
t3.xlarge 4 16 GiB EBS only up to 5 (1.024 baseline) up to 2.78 (0.695 baseline)
t3.2xlarge 8 32 GiB EBS only up to 5 (2.048 baseline) up to 2.78 (0.695 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

34 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).

t3.nano2 vCPU, 0.5 GiB, 34 regions
t3.nano prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.000500 $0.00540 91%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.000500 $0.00520 90%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.000500 $0.00520 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.000700 $0.00660 89%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.000700 $0.00650 89%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.000766 $0.00560 86%
eu-west-2 London $0.000772 $0.00590 87%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.000800 $0.00840 90%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.000843 $0.00520 84%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.000883 $0.00560 84%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.000949 $0.00580 84%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.00100 $0.00590 83%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.00110 $0.00660 83%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.00110 $0.00600 82%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.00120 $0.00730 84%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.00120 $0.00680 82%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.00126 $0.00680 81%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.00130 $0.00660 80%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.00130 $0.00660 80%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.00130 $0.00600 78%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.00140 $0.00660 79%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.00140 $0.00570 75%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.00141 $0.00570 75%
mx-central-1 Mexico Central $0.00169 $0.00550 69%
ap-east-2 Taipei $0.00175 $0.00610 71%
us-west-1 N. California $0.00192 $0.00620 69%
ap-southeast-7 Thailand $0.00196 $0.00590 67%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.00200 $0.00580 66%
ap-southeast-6 New Zealand $0.00210 $0.00690 70%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.00216 $0.00680 68%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.00227 $0.00600 62%
ap-southeast-5 Malaysia $0.00248 $0.00590 58%
me-central-1 UAE no spot $0.00630
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.00630
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
t3.micro2 vCPU, 1 GiB, 34 regions
t3.micro prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.00110 $0.0108 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.00130 $0.0130 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.00130 $0.0132 90%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.00155 $0.0112 86%
eu-west-2 London $0.00157 $0.0118 87%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.00168 $0.0104 84%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.00205 $0.0114 82%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.00223 $0.0168 87%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.00232 $0.0104 78%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.00238 $0.0120 80%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.00240 $0.0120 80%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.00253 $0.0132 81%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.00267 $0.0104 74%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.00268 $0.0136 80%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.00304 $0.0146 79%
mx-central-1 Mexico Central $0.00328 $0.0109 70%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.00340 $0.0112 70%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.00357 $0.0116 69%
ap-east-2 Taipei $0.00361 $0.0122 70%
us-west-1 N. California $0.00364 $0.0124 71%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.00394 $0.0116 66%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.00397 $0.0132 70%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.00399 $0.0118 66%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.00402 $0.0132 70%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.00410 $0.0114 64%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.00416 $0.0120 65%
ap-southeast-5 Malaysia $0.00422 $0.0119 65%
ap-southeast-6 New Zealand $0.00430 $0.0139 69%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.00434 $0.0136 68%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.00443 $0.0132 66%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.00467 $0.0136 66%
ap-southeast-7 Thailand $0.00500 $0.0119 58%
me-central-1 UAE no spot $0.0125
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.0125
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
t3.small2 vCPU, 2 GiB, 34 regions
t3.small prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.00260 $0.0264 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.00347 $0.0216 84%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.00388 $0.0224 83%
eu-west-2 London $0.00406 $0.0236 83%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.00429 $0.0260 84%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.00434 $0.0292 85%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.00454 $0.0208 78%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.00505 $0.0264 81%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.00544 $0.0208 74%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.00559 $0.0228 75%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.00573 $0.0336 83%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.00607 $0.0208 71%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.00610 $0.0232 74%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.00611 $0.0240 75%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.00680 $0.0240 72%
ap-east-2 Taipei $0.00715 $0.0245 71%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.00731 $0.0271 73%
us-west-1 N. California $0.00772 $0.0248 69%
ap-southeast-5 Malaysia $0.00784 $0.0238 67%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.00787 $0.0236 67%
mx-central-1 Mexico Central $0.00789 $0.0218 64%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.00796 $0.0224 64%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.00807 $0.0264 69%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.00810 $0.0272 70%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.00831 $0.0232 64%
ap-southeast-6 New Zealand $0.00847 $0.0277 69%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.00914 $0.0264 65%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.00947 $0.0228 58%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.00958 $0.0240 60%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.00968 $0.0272 64%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0103 $0.0264 61%
ap-southeast-7 Thailand $0.0104 $0.0238 56%
me-central-1 UAE no spot $0.0251
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.0251
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
t3.medium2 vCPU, 4 GiB, 34 regions
t3.medium prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.00530 $0.0528 90%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.00858 $0.0448 81%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.0109 $0.0432 75%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0112 $0.0520 79%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0115 $0.0672 83%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0115 $0.0416 72%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0123 $0.0456 73%
eu-west-2 London $0.0143 $0.0472 70%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0149 $0.0416 64%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0151 $0.0416 64%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.0151 $0.0464 68%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.0158 $0.0479 67%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.0161 $0.0479 66%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.0163 $0.0528 69%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.0168 $0.0584 71%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0174 $0.0448 61%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0183 $0.0464 61%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.0183 $0.0472 61%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0185 $0.0544 66%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0190 $0.0528 64%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0191 $0.0480 60%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.0193 $0.0542 64%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0196 $0.0456 57%
mx-central-1 Mexico Central $0.0199 $0.0437 54%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.0203 $0.0528 62%
me-central-1 UAE $0.0206 $0.0502 59%
ap-east-2 Taipei $0.0213 $0.0490 57%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0213 $0.0496 57%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.0215 $0.0544 61%
ap-southeast-7 Thailand $0.0218 $0.0475 54%
ap-southeast-5 Malaysia $0.0220 $0.0475 54%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0223 $0.0528 58%
ap-southeast-6 New Zealand $0.0248 $0.0554 55%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.0502
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
t3.large2 vCPU, 8 GiB, 34 regions
t3.large prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.00900 $0.0896 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0104 $0.1040 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.0106 $0.1056 90%
eu-west-2 London $0.0149 $0.0944 84%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.0185 $0.1056 83%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.0198 $0.0864 77%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.0208 $0.0958 78%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.0219 $0.0928 76%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0229 $0.0912 75%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0238 $0.0832 71%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.0243 $0.1168 79%
ap-east-2 Taipei $0.0270 $0.0979 72%
mx-central-1 Mexico Central $0.0274 $0.0874 69%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0279 $0.0832 66%
ap-southeast-5 Malaysia $0.0279 $0.0950 71%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.0298 $0.1085 73%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0301 $0.0928 68%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.0302 $0.1088 72%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0306 $0.0832 63%
ap-southeast-6 New Zealand $0.0313 $0.1109 72%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.0324 $0.1056 69%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.0329 $0.0958 66%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0345 $0.0992 65%
ap-southeast-7 Thailand $0.0347 $0.0950 63%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0382 $0.1056 64%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.0384 $0.0944 59%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0408 $0.1344 70%
me-central-1 UAE $0.0411 $0.1003 59%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0411 $0.1088 62%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0412 $0.0896 54%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0429 $0.0912 53%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0441 $0.0960 54%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0445 $0.1056 58%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.1003
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
t3.xlarge4 vCPU, 16 GiB, 34 regions
t3.xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.0179 $0.1792 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0208 $0.2080 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.0211 $0.2112 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0279 $0.1824 85%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.0361 $0.2112 83%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.0364 $0.2112 83%
eu-west-2 London $0.0373 $0.1888 80%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.0383 $0.1728 78%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.0418 $0.1856 77%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0437 $0.1664 74%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0438 $0.1664 74%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.0532 $0.1917 72%
ap-east-2 Taipei $0.0536 $0.1958 73%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0578 $0.1664 65%
ap-southeast-5 Malaysia $0.0579 $0.1901 70%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0581 $0.1792 68%
mx-central-1 Mexico Central $0.0589 $0.1747 66%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.0590 $0.2176 73%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0590 $0.2176 73%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.0601 $0.1917 69%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0622 $0.2688 77%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0624 $0.1856 66%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.0624 $0.2336 73%
ap-southeast-6 New Zealand $0.0632 $0.2218 72%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.0645 $0.2170 70%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0650 $0.1984 67%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0745 $0.2112 65%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0754 $0.2112 64%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.0765 $0.1888 59%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0786 $0.1824 57%
ap-southeast-7 Thailand $0.0844 $0.1901 56%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0913 $0.1920 52%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.2006
me-central-1 UAE no spot $0.2006
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
t3.2xlarge8 vCPU, 32 GiB, 34 regions
t3.2xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.0358 $0.3584 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.0422 $0.4224 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0437 $0.4160 89%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0439 $0.3648 88%
eu-west-2 London $0.0549 $0.3776 85%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0712 $0.3328 79%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.0725 $0.4224 83%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.0841 $0.3712 77%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.0846 $0.3456 76%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0862 $0.3328 74%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.0863 $0.3834 77%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.0916 $0.4224 78%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.0919 $0.3834 76%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0985 $0.4352 77%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0993 $0.5376 82%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.1036 $0.3328 69%
ap-southeast-5 Malaysia $0.1072 $0.3802 72%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.1077 $0.3584 70%
ap-southeast-7 Thailand $0.1097 $0.3802 71%
ap-east-2 Taipei $0.1098 $0.3917 72%
mx-central-1 Mexico Central $0.1117 $0.3494 68%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1128 $0.3968 72%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.1143 $0.4352 74%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.1200 $0.3712 68%
ap-southeast-6 New Zealand $0.1247 $0.4435 72%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.1268 $0.4339 71%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.1320 $0.3776 65%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.1347 $0.4672 71%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.1431 $0.4224 66%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.1486 $0.4224 65%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.1544 $0.3648 58%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1679 $0.3840 56%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.4013
me-central-1 UAE no spot $0.4013
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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