t2.medium vs a1.large

Instance Typet2.mediuma1.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsWebsites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

t – Burstable performance
2 – Generation
medium – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Web servers, containerized microservices, caching fleets, distributed data stores, and dev environments.

a – ARM AWS Graviton Processor
1 – Generation
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory4 GiB4 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon FamilyAWS Graviton Processor
Clock Speed2.3 GHz2.3 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizest2.2xlarge, t2.large, t2.medium, t2.micro, t2.nano, t2.small, t2.xlargea1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlarge
Generationst2.medium, t3.medium, t8i.medium
SageMakerml.t2.medium
RDSdb.t2.medium
OpenSearcht2.medium.search
ElastiCachecache.t2.medium
Free Tiernono
Burstableyesno
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedunsupporteddefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth525 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput65.625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceLow to ModerateUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface610
IPv6 Addresses per Interface610
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportunsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.04x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
t2.medium
a1.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)n/a0.0510
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.04960.0510
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.0584n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.0584n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.0608n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.0608n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.0744n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.05000.0576
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.05120.0582
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.05200.0588
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.05280.0642
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.05360.0666
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.0544n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.0552n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.0576n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.04640.0510
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.04640.0510
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.0464n/a
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