New T3 Instances – Burstable, Cost-Effective Performance | AWS News Blog
Amazon EC2 T3 Instances: When to Select Them for Your Workloads | Densify
AWS EC2 T3 instances offer a balance of compute, memory, and network resources, and are designed to provide a baseline level of CPU performance with the ability to burst above that baseline when needed.T3 instances are unlimited by default, meaning that, while they won’t be throttled, they can rack up additional costs if you run CPU-hungry workloads.
T3 instances are powered by the Nitro system which means that they support network and EBS bursting.
Cost Comparison of T3 vs T2, M5, & R5 Instances
Should You Use T3 for Your Workloads?
Let’s compare EC2 instance types with 16GB RAM:
Let’s compare EC2 instance types with 16GB RAM:
| Instance | vCPUs | ECU | Baseline Performance per 1 vCPU | Memory | Price/Hour (Linux) | Price/Hour (Windows) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| t3.xlarge | 4 | Variable | 40% | 16 GiB | $0.166 | $0.24 |
| t2.xlarge | 4 | Variable | 22.5% | 16 GiB | $0.186 | $0.227 |
| m5.xlarge | 4 | 16 | n/a | 16 GiB | $0.192 | $0.376 |
| r5.large | 2 | 8 | n/a | 16 GiB | $0.126 | $0.218 |
