t8i.micro
General purpose · t8i series · Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
- vCPU
- 2
- Memory
- 1 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $0.0125
- Per month
- $9.11
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.00624
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0125
Analysis
The t8i.micro is a general purpose instance in the t8i series with 2 vCPUs and 1 GiB of memory on Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) (up to 3.9 GHz), which makes it very compute-heavy at 0.5 GiB of memory per vCPU.
At $0.0125/hour on demand in US East (N. Virginia), about $9.11 a month, the t8i.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 $0.00624.
Running it in N. Virginia instead of São Paulo saves $5.61 a month per instance: $0.0125/hour against $0.0202/hour, a 62% spread.
It is size 2 of 4 in the t8i series. Stepping up to the t8i.small gives 2 vCPUs and 2 GiB for $9.11 more a month. Dropping to the t8i.nano saves $4.56 a month. Unit price is not flat across the series ($0.00312 to $0.0250 per vCPU-hour), so the size changes the rate you pay.
Looking beyond its own line, 3 of 4 current types with 2 vCPUs and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the t4g.micro on AWS Graviton2 at $0.00840/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 | $0.0125 | $0.0235 | – | – | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $0.0125 | $0.0235 | – | – | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $0.0125 | $0.0235 | – | – | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $0.0139 | $0.0250 | – | – | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $0.0202 | $0.0312 | – | – | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $0.0137 | $0.0247 | – | – | |
| London eu-west-2 | $0.0142 | $0.0252 | – | – | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $0.0144 | $0.0254 | – | – | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $0.0134 | $0.0245 | – | – | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $0.0158 | $0.0269 | – | – | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $0.0158 | $0.0269 | – | – | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $0.0163 | $0.0274 | – | – |
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 t8i.micro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| t4g.micro AWS Graviton2 Processor | 2 | 1 GiB | $0.00840 | -33% |
| t3a.micro AMD EPYC 7571 | 2 | 1 GiB | $0.00940 | -25% |
| t3.micro Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 | 2 | 1 GiB | $0.0104 | -17% |
Cost calculator
Specs
| vCPU | 2 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 1 GiB (0.5 per vCPU) |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) |
| Clock | 3.9 GHz |
| Storage | EBS only |
| Network | Up to 6.25 Gigabit |
t8i sizes
| t8i.nano | 2 vCPU | $0.00624 |
| t8i.micro | 2 vCPU | $0.0125 |
| t8i.small | 2 vCPU | $0.0250 |
| t8i.medium | 2 vCPU | $0.0499 |