t1.micro vs a1.medium

Instance Typet1.microa1.medium
Instance FamilyMicro instancesGeneral purpose
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Websites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

t – Burstable performance
1 – Generation
micro – 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
medium – Size
vCPUs11
Memory0.61 GiB2 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorVariableAWS Graviton Processor
Clock Speed2.3 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizest1.microa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlarge
Generationst1.micro, t2.micro, t3.micro
RDSdb.t1.micro
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedunsupporteddefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth300 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput37.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance2500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceVery LowUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces22
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface24
IPv6 Addresses per Interface4
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportunsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.26x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
t1.micro
a1.medium
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)n/a0.0255
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Singapore) (ap-southeast-1)0.0200n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Sydney) (ap-southeast-2)0.0200n/a
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.0200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.02000.0255
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.02000.0288
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.02400.0291
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.02500.0294
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.02600.0321
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.02700.0333
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.0255
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a0.0255
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