t3.nano
General purpose · t3 series · Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5
- vCPU
- 2
- Memory
- 0.5 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $0.00520
- Per month
- $3.80
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.00260
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0104
Analysis
The t3.nano is a general purpose instance in the t3 series with 2 vCPUs and 0.5 GiB of memory on Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 (up to 3.1 GHz), which makes it very compute-heavy at 0.25 GiB of memory per vCPU.
At $0.00520/hour on demand in US East (N. Virginia), about $3.80 a month, the t3.nano is one of the cheaper ways to buy general purpose capacity: only 1% of the 354 current general purpose types cost less per vCPU-hour than its $0.00260.
Within the same generation and size, the t3a.nano on AMD EPYC 7571 costs $0.00470/hour, 9.6% less ($0.3650 a month).
Running it in N. Virginia instead of São Paulo saves $2.34 a month per instance: $0.00520/hour against $0.00840/hour, a 62% spread.
It is the smallest of the 7 t3 sizes. Stepping up to the t3.micro gives 2 vCPUs and 1 GiB for $3.80 more 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.nano on Intel Xeon Family, so staying on the previous generation costs more as well as being slower.
Looking beyond its own line, 2 of 4 current types with 2 vCPUs and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the t4g.nano on AWS Graviton2 at $0.00420/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 | $0.00520 | $0.00980 | $0.00330 | $0.00220 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $0.00520 | $0.00980 | $0.00330 | $0.00220 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $0.00520 | $0.00980 | $0.00330 | $0.00220 | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $0.00580 | $0.0104 | $0.00370 | $0.00250 | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $0.00840 | $0.0130 | $0.00480 | $0.00360 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $0.00570 | $0.0103 | $0.00360 | $0.00250 | |
| London eu-west-2 | $0.00590 | $0.0105 | $0.00370 | $0.00250 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $0.00600 | $0.0106 | $0.00380 | $0.00260 | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $0.00560 | $0.0102 | $0.00350 | $0.00240 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $0.00660 | $0.0112 | $0.00420 | $0.00280 | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $0.00660 | $0.0112 | $0.00420 | $0.00290 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $0.00680 | $0.0114 | $0.00430 | $0.00290 |
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.nano |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| t4g.nano AWS Graviton2 Processor | 2 | 0.5 GiB | $0.00420 | -19% |
| t3a.nano AMD EPYC 7571 | 2 | 0.5 GiB | $0.00470 | -10% |
| t8i.nano Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) | 2 | 0.5 GiB | $0.00624 | +20% |