t2.large
General purpose · t2 series · Intel Xeon Family
- vCPU
- 2
- Memory
- 8 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $0.0928
- Per month
- $67.74
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0464
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0116
Analysis
The t2.large is a general purpose instance in the t2 series with 2 vCPUs and 8 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 $40.88 a month per instance: $0.0928/hour against $0.1488/hour, a 60% spread.
It is size 5 of 7 in the t2 series. Stepping up to the t2.xlarge gives 4 vCPUs and 16 GiB for $67.74 more a month. Dropping to the t2.medium saves $33.87 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 $0.0928/hour on demand in US East (N. Virginia), about $67.74 a month, the t2.large 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.large on Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 is 10% cheaper at $0.0832/hour, which makes the t2.large hard to justify for new deployments.
Looking beyond its own line, 9 of 41 current types with 2 vCPUs and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the t4g.large on AWS Graviton2 at $0.0672/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 | $0.0928 | $0.1208 | $0.0575 | $0.0401 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $0.0928 | $0.1208 | $0.0575 | $0.0401 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $0.0928 | $0.1208 | $0.0575 | $0.0401 | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $0.1024 | $0.1304 | $0.0638 | $0.0444 | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $0.1488 | $0.1768 | $0.0845 | $0.0647 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $0.1008 | $0.1288 | $0.0709 | $0.0507 | |
| London eu-west-2 | $0.1056 | $0.1336 | $0.0727 | $0.0536 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $0.1072 | $0.1352 | $0.0764 | $0.0553 | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $0.0992 | $0.1272 | $0.0618 | $0.0418 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $0.1168 | $0.1448 | $0.0726 | $0.0494 | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $0.1168 | $0.1448 | $0.0785 | $0.0565 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $0.1216 | $0.1496 | $0.0822 | $0.0601 |
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.large |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| t4g.large AWS Graviton2 Processor | 2 | 8 GiB | $0.0672 | -28% |
| t3a.large AMD EPYC 7571 | 2 | 8 GiB | $0.0752 | -19% |
| m6g.large AWS Graviton2 Processor | 2 | 8 GiB | $0.0770 | -17% |
| m7g.large AWS Graviton3 Processor | 2 | 8 GiB | $0.0816 | -12% |
| t3.large Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 | 2 | 8 GiB | $0.0832 | -10% |
| m5a.large AMD EPYC 7571 | 2 | 8 GiB | $0.0860 | -7% |