t2.micro vs t8i.micro

Instance Typet2.microt8i.micro
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsWebsites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

t – Burstable performance
2 – Generation
micro – Size
Websites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

t – Burstable performance
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
micro – Size
vCPUs12
Memory1 GiB1 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon FamilyIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizest2.2xlarge, t2.large, t2.medium, t2.micro, t2.nano, t2.small, t2.xlarget8i.medium, t8i.micro, t8i.nano, t8i.small
Generationst1.micro, t2.micro, t3.micro, t8i.micro
RDSdb.t2.micro
OpenSearcht2.micro.search
ElastiCachecache.t2.micro
Free Tiernoyes
Burstableyesyes
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedunsupporteddefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 5000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth87 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput10.875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth5000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput625 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceLow to ModerateUp to 6.25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnono
Max Interfaces22
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface22
IPv6 Addresses per Interface22
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportunsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.04x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
t2.micro
t8i.micro
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.01240.0134
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.01460.0156
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.01460.0158
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.01520.0158
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.01520.0163
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.0186n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.01260.0134
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.01280.0137
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.01320.0139
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.01320.0142
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.01340.0142
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.01360.0143
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.01380.0144
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.01440.0149
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.01160.0125
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.01160.0125
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.01160.0125
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