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| general-purposea1.2xlarge | general-purposea1.large | |
|---|---|---|
| Compute | ||
| vCPUs | 8 | 2 |
| Memory | 16 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory per vCPU | 2.00 GB | 2.00 GB |
| Architecture | arm64 | arm64 |
| Processor | AWS | AWS |
| Family | a1 | a1 |
| Category | general-purpose | general-purpose |
| Price in us-east-1 | ||
| On-demand | $0.204$148.92/mo | $0.051$37.23/mo |
| Spot | $0.204$148.92/mo | $0.051$37.23/mo |
| Reserved 1-year | $0.14131% off on-demand | $0.03531% off on-demand |
| Reserved 3-year | $0.09454% off on-demand | $0.02354% off on-demand |
| Spot savings | — | — |
| Cost efficiency in us-east-1 | ||
| $ / vCPU / hr | $0.0255 | $0.0255 |
| $ / GB RAM / hr | $0.0127 | $0.0127 |
| Availability | ||
| Regions | 9 | 9 |
| Cheapest region | ap-south-1 · $0.204 | ap-south-1 · $0.051 |
| Cheapest spot region | us-east-2 · $0.187 | us-east-2 · $0.047 |
| Price snapshot | 2026-08-14 | 2026-08-14 |