t2.small vs t8i.small

Instance Typet2.smallt8i.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
Websites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

t – Burstable performance
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
small – Size
vCPUs12
Memory2 GiB2 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
Generationst2.small, t3.small, t8i.small
RDSdb.t2.small
OpenSearcht2.small.search
ElastiCachecache.t2.small
Free Tiernoyes
Burstableyesyes
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedunsupporteddefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 5000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth174 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput21.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance1500 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 Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface44
IPv6 Addresses per Interface44
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.small
t8i.small
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.02480.0269
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.02920.0312
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.02920.0317
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.03040.0317
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.03040.0326
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.0372n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.02500.0269
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.02560.0274
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.02600.0278
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.02640.0283
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.02680.0283
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.02720.0285
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.02760.0288
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.02880.0298
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.02300.0250
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.02300.0250
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.02300.0250
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