t3.medium
$0.0706/hr
~$51.54/month on-demand in us-east-1-scl-1
The t3.medium is a General purpose instance with 2 vCPUs and 4 GiB of memory with up to 0.26 Gbps bandwidth, starting at $0.071 per hour.
Last updated: Jan 16, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
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Pricing Options
Compute SP
Most flexible - any instance
1 Year - No Upfront
$0.0466/hr
~$34.02/mo
Save 34%
3 Year - No Upfront
$0.0353/hr
~$25.77/mo
Save 50%
EC2 Instance SP
Locked to family - cheaper
1 Year - No Upfront
$0.0405/hr
~$29.57/mo
Save 43%
3 Year - No Upfront
$0.0305/hr
~$22.27/mo
Save 57%
Reserved
Region & instance locked
Spot Pricing
Up to 90% savings - flexible workloads
No spot pricing data available
t3 Family
Switch between sizes in us-east-1-scl-1
| Size | vCPU | Mem |
|---|---|---|
| xlarge | 4 | 16 |
| medium | 2 | 4 |
Instance Specifications
Detailed hardware and capabilities for t3.medium
Processor
ManufacturerIntel
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Sustained Speed2.5 GHz
Architecturex86_64
vCPUs2
Memory4 GiB
Memory per vCPU2.00 GiB
Network
PerformanceUp to 5 Gigabit
Bandwidth0.26 Gbps
Max Interfaces3
IPv4 per Interface6
Enhanced Networking
EFA Support
IPv6
Storage
EBS Only
EBS Optimized
EBS Encryption
EBS NVMe Support
Max Bandwidth2085 Mbps (260.63 MB/s)
Max IOPS11,800
Baseline Bandwidth347 Mbps (43.38 MB/s)
Baseline IOPS2,000
Capabilities
FamilyT3
GenerationCurrent
Burstable
Bare Metal
Dedicated Hosts
Hibernation
Auto Recovery
Free Tier
Usage Classeson-demand, spot
Root Devicesebs
Virtualizationhvm
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