t3.small vs r8gb.large

Instance Typet3.smallr8gb.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsWebsites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

t – Burstable performance
3 – Generation
small – Size
High-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
b – EBS optimized
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory2 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Skylake E5 2686 v5AWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizest3.2xlarge, t3.large, t3.medium, t3.micro, t3.nano, t3.small, t3.xlarger8gb.12xlarge, r8gb.16xlarge, r8gb.24xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gb.48xlarge, r8gb.4xlarge, r8gb.8xlarge, r8gb.large, r8gb.medium, r8gb.metal-24xl, r8gb.metal-48xl, r8gb.xlarge
Generationst2.small, t3.small, t8i.small
Variantst3a.smallr8a.large, r8g.large, r8gd.large, r8gn.large, r8i-flex.large, r8i.large, r8ib.large, r8id.large, r8idb.large, r8idn.large, r8in.large
SageMakerml.t3.small
RDSdb.t3.small
OpenSearcht3.small.search
ElastiCachecache.t3.small
Free Tieryesno
Burstableyesno
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2085 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth174 Mbps3125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput21.75 Mbps390.625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance1000 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance11800 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2085 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput260.625 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 5 GigabitUp to 20 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface410
IPv6 Addresses per Interface410
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x7.39x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
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On Demand
Geography
Region
t3.small
r8gb.large
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HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.0236n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.0238n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.0238n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.0240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.0240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.0240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.0244n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.0244n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.0245n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.0248n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.0218n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.0251n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.0251n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.0260n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.0264n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.0264n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.0264n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.0264n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.0264n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.0271n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.0272n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.0224n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.0272n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.0277n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.0292n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.0336n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.0224n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.0228n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.0228n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.0232n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.0232n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.0236n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.0208n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.02080.1822
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.02080.1822
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