Friday, February 26, 2021

AWS EC2 T3 vs T2

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:
InstancevCPUsECUBaseline Performance per 1 vCPUMemoryPrice/Hour (Linux)Price/Hour (Windows)
t3.xlarge4Variable40%16 GiB$0.166$0.24
t2.xlarge4Variable22.5%16 GiB$0.186$0.227
m5.xlarge416n/a16 GiB$0.192$0.376
r5.large28n/a16 GiB$0.126$0.218