t3.2xlarge
General purpose · t3 series · Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5
- vCPU
- 8
- Memory
- 32 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $0.3328
- Per month
- $243
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0416
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0104
Analysis
The t3.2xlarge is a general purpose instance in the t3 series with 8 vCPUs and 32 GiB of memory on Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 (up to 3.1 GHz), which makes it balanced at 4 GiB of memory per vCPU.
Within the same generation and size, the t3a.2xlarge on AMD EPYC 7571 costs $0.3008/hour, 9.6% less ($23.36 a month).
At $0.3328/hour on demand in US East (N. Virginia), about $243 a month, the t3.2xlarge is one of the cheaper ways to buy general purpose capacity: only 13% of the 354 current general purpose types cost less per vCPU-hour than its $0.0416.
Running it in N. Virginia instead of São Paulo saves $150 a month per instance: $0.3328/hour against $0.5376/hour, a 62% spread.
It is the largest of the 7 t3 sizes. Dropping to the t3.xlarge saves $121 a month. Unit price is not flat across the series ($0.00260 to $0.0416 per vCPU-hour), so the size changes the rate you pay.
It is 10% cheaper than the older t2.2xlarge on Intel Xeon Family, so staying on the previous generation costs more as well as being slower.
Reserving it for a year with no upfront payment cuts the Linux rate to $0.2086/hour, which beats on demand once it runs more than 63% of the time; three years brings it to $0.1438/hour, 57% below on demand. Windows Server roughly adds 44% to the bill at $0.4800/hour, because the licence is charged per vCPU.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | $0.3328 | $0.4800 | $0.2086 | $0.1438 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $0.3328 | $0.4800 | $0.2086 | $0.1438 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $0.3328 | $0.4800 | $0.2086 | $0.1438 | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $0.3712 | $0.5184 | $0.2339 | $0.1604 | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $0.5376 | $0.6848 | $0.3088 | $0.2322 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $0.3648 | $0.5120 | $0.2298 | $0.1576 | |
| London eu-west-2 | $0.3776 | $0.5248 | $0.2379 | $0.1631 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $0.3840 | $0.5312 | $0.2419 | $0.1659 | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $0.3584 | $0.5056 | $0.2257 | $0.1513 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $0.4224 | $0.5696 | $0.2656 | $0.1789 | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $0.4224 | $0.5696 | $0.2661 | $0.1825 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $0.4352 | $0.5824 | $0.2742 | $0.1880 |
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 t3.2xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| t4g.2xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.2688 | -19% |
| t3a.2xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.3008 | -10% |
| m6g.2xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.3080 | -7% |
| m7g.2xlarge AWS Graviton3 Processor | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.3264 | -2% |
| m5a.2xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.3440 | +3% |
| m6a.2xlarge AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.3456 | +4% |