Compare T3 vs M5

Compare all instances in the T3 and M5 AWS EC2 instance families, including pricing, configurations, and performance.
t3.2xlarge-vs-m5.2xlarge

T3 Family

When to use?T3 instances are burstable general-purpose instances designed for workloads with low to moderate baseline CPU usage and occasional spikes. They are well suited for microservices, development environments, and repositories.

Machine Configuration (t3.2xlarge)

Region
Currency
Pricing
Monthly Cost

$242.9440

Hourly Cost

$0.3328

Reserved - 1 year

$142.1667 ($0.1947 per hour)

Reserved - 3 year

$91.3333 ($0.1251 per hour)

Compute
Value
vCPUs
8
Memory (Gib)
32.00
Memory per vCPU (Gib)
4
Clock Speed (GHz)
2.5
CPU Architecture
x86_64
Networking
Value
Network Performance
Up to 5 Gigabit
IPv6
true
Storage
Value
Disk Space (GiB)
N/A
EBS Optimized
True
Max Bandwidth (Mbps) on EBS
2780
Max Throughput (MB/s) on EBS
347.50
Max I/O Operations/second (IOPS)
15700

M5 Family

When to use?M5 instances are general-purpose instances offering a balanced mix of compute, memory, and networking resources. They are well suited for application servers, mid-sized databases, caching layers, and enterprise workloads that require predictable performance.

Machine Configuration (m5.2xlarge)

Region
Currency
Pricing
Monthly Cost

$280.3200

Hourly Cost

$0.3840

Reserved - 1 year

$164.8333 ($0.2258 per hour)

Reserved - 3 year

$105.3889 ($0.1444 per hour)

Compute
Value
vCPUs
8
Memory (Gib)
32.00
Memory per vCPU (Gib)
4
Clock Speed (GHz)
3.1
CPU Architecture
x86_64
Networking
Value
Network Performance
Up to 10 Gigabit
IPv6
true
Storage
Value
Disk Space (GiB)
N/A
EBS Optimized
True
Max Bandwidth (Mbps) on EBS
4750
Max Throughput (MB/s) on EBS
593.75
Max I/O Operations/second (IOPS)
18750