t2.small vs m1.small

Instance Typet2.smallm1.small
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsWebsites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

t – Burstable performance
2 – Generation
small – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
1 – Generation
small – Size
vCPUs11
Memory2 GiB1.7 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon FamilyIntel Xeon Family
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizest2.2xlarge, t2.large, t2.medium, t2.micro, t2.nano, t2.small, t2.xlargem1.large, m1.medium, m1.small, m1.xlarge
Generationst2.small, t3.small
RDSdb.t2.smalldb.m1.small
OpenSearcht2.small.search
ElastiCachecache.t2.small
Free Tiernono
Burstableyesno
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units1
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 160 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedunsupportedunsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedunsupported
Networking
Networking PerformanceLow to ModerateLow
Enhanced Networkingnono
Max Interfaces32
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface44
IPv6 Addresses per Interface4
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportunsupportedunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.91x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
t2.small
m1.small
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.0470
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.02480.0470
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.0292n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.0292n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.0304n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.0304n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.0372n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.02500.0530
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.02560.0580
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.02600.0580
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.02640.0580
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.02680.0610
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.0272n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.0276n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.0288n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.0230n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.02300.0440
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.02300.0440
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