Compare T3 vs T3A

Compare all instances in the T3 and T3A AWS EC2 instance families, including pricing, configurations, and performance.
t3.2xlarge-vs-t3a.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

T3A Family

When to use?T3a instances provide the same burstable performance model as T3 but run on AMD EPYC processors. They are ideal when you want similar performance characteristics as T3 while reducing compute costs by up to 10%.

Machine Configuration (t3a.2xlarge)

Region
Currency
Pricing
Monthly Cost

$219.5840

Hourly Cost

$0.3008

Reserved - 1 year

$128.5000 ($0.1760 per hour)

Reserved - 3 year

$82.5556 ($0.1131 per hour)

Compute
Value
vCPUs
8
Memory (Gib)
32.00
Memory per vCPU (Gib)
4
Clock Speed (GHz)
2.2
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