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| general-purposea1.xlarge | general-purposea1.medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Compute | ||
| vCPUs | 4 | 1 |
| Memory | 8 GB | 2 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 | $0.102$74.46/mo | $0.025$18.61/mo |
| Spot | $0.101$73.51/mo | $0.025$18.40/mo |
| Reserved 1-year | $0.07031% off on-demand | $0.01831% off on-demand |
| Reserved 3-year | $0.04754% off on-demand | $0.01254% off on-demand |
| Spot savings | 1% | 1% |
| 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 · $0.102 | ap-south-1 · $0.025 |
| Cheapest spot region | us-east-2 · $0.088 | us-east-2 · $0.022 |
| Price snapshot | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-17 |