t2.2xlarge
General purpose · t2 series · Intel Xeon Family
- vCPU
- 8
- Memory
- 32 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $0.3712
- Per month
- $271
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0464
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0116
Analysis
The t2.2xlarge is a general purpose instance in the t2 series with 8 vCPUs and 32 GiB of memory on Intel Xeon Family (up to Up to 3.3 GHz), which makes it balanced at 4 GiB of memory per vCPU.
Running it in N. Virginia instead of São Paulo saves $164 a month per instance: $0.3712/hour against $0.5952/hour, a 60% spread.
It is the largest of the 7 t2 sizes. Dropping to the t2.xlarge saves $135 a month. Unit price is not flat across the series ($0.00580 to $0.0464 per vCPU-hour), so the size changes the rate you pay.
At $0.3712/hour on demand in US East (N. Virginia), about $271 a month, the t2.2xlarge is one of the cheaper ways to buy general purpose capacity: only 24% of the 354 current general purpose types cost less per vCPU-hour than its $0.0464.
The newer t3.2xlarge on Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 is 10% cheaper at $0.3328/hour, which makes the t2.2xlarge hard to justify for new deployments.
Looking beyond its own line, 9 of 42 current types with 8 vCPUs and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the t4g.2xlarge on AWS Graviton2 at $0.2688/hour. It is burstable, so it only suits workloads that do not run the CPU flat out.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | $0.3712 | $0.4332 | $0.2300 | $0.1604 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $0.3712 | $0.4332 | $0.2300 | $0.1604 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $0.3712 | $0.4332 | $0.2300 | $0.1604 | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $0.4096 | $0.4716 | $0.2551 | $0.1776 | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $0.5952 | $0.6572 | $0.3380 | $0.2587 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $0.4032 | $0.4652 | $0.2837 | $0.2026 | |
| London eu-west-2 | $0.4224 | $0.4844 | $0.2907 | $0.2144 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $0.4288 | $0.4908 | $0.3057 | $0.2212 | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $0.3968 | $0.4588 | $0.2473 | $0.1672 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $0.4672 | $0.5292 | $0.2904 | $0.1978 | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $0.4672 | $0.5292 | $0.3140 | $0.2261 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $0.4864 | $0.5484 | $0.3286 | $0.2403 |
Shared tenancy, no pre-installed software. Reserved rates are standard, no upfront, per hour. Prices as of 2026-11-04.
Same shape, other types
| Type | vCPU | Memory | $/hour | vs t2.2xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| t4g.2xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.2688 | -28% |
| t3a.2xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.3008 | -19% |
| m6g.2xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.3080 | -17% |
| m7g.2xlarge AWS Graviton3 Processor | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.3264 | -12% |
| t3.2xlarge Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.3328 | -10% |
| m5a.2xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.3440 | -7% |