t3.micro
General purpose · t3 series · Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5
- vCPU
- 2
- Memory
- 1 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $0.0104
- Per month
- $7.59
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.00520
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0104
Analysis
The t3.micro is a general purpose instance in the t3 series with 2 vCPUs and 1 GiB of memory on Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 (up to 3.1 GHz), which makes it very compute-heavy at 0.5 GiB of memory per vCPU.
At $0.0104/hour on demand in US East (N. Virginia), about $7.59 a month, the t3.micro is one of the cheaper ways to buy general purpose capacity: only 2% of the 354 current general purpose types cost less per vCPU-hour than its $0.00520.
Within the same generation and size, the t3a.micro on AMD EPYC 7571 costs $0.00940/hour, 9.6% less ($0.7300 a month).
Running it in N. Virginia instead of São Paulo saves $4.67 a month per instance: $0.0104/hour against $0.0168/hour, a 62% spread.
It is size 2 of 7 in the t3 series. Stepping up to the t3.small gives 2 vCPUs and 2 GiB for $7.59 more a month. Dropping to the t3.nano saves $3.80 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.micro on Intel Xeon Family, so staying on the previous generation costs more as well as being slower.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | $0.0104 | $0.0196 | $0.00650 | $0.00450 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $0.0104 | $0.0196 | $0.00650 | $0.00450 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $0.0104 | $0.0196 | $0.00650 | $0.00450 | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $0.0116 | $0.0208 | $0.00730 | $0.00500 | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $0.0168 | $0.0260 | $0.00960 | $0.00730 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $0.0114 | $0.0206 | $0.00720 | $0.00490 | |
| London eu-west-2 | $0.0118 | $0.0210 | $0.00740 | $0.00510 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $0.0120 | $0.0212 | $0.00760 | $0.00520 | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $0.0112 | $0.0204 | $0.00710 | $0.00470 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $0.0132 | $0.0224 | $0.00830 | $0.00560 | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $0.0132 | $0.0224 | $0.00830 | $0.00570 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $0.0136 | $0.0228 | $0.00860 | $0.00590 |
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.micro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| t4g.micro AWS Graviton2 Processor | 2 | 1 GiB | $0.00840 | -19% |
| t3a.micro AMD EPYC 7571 | 2 | 1 GiB | $0.00940 | -10% |
| t8i.micro Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) | 2 | 1 GiB | $0.0125 | +20% |