**Why This Comparison Still Matters

****In many AWS accounts we still see T2 instances running production workloads. Most of the time, this isn’t by choice. It’s usually inheritance — old templates, old AMIs, or “this is what we launched years ago”.

The issue here is: you are likely paying more money for worse performance.---

**How Burstable EC2 Instances Originally Worked

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When AWS introduced T2 instances, burstable compute was a solid idea.

You received:

A low baseline CPU

CPU credits earned during idle time

The ability to burst when needed

For small, spiky workloads, this model worked well enough at the time.…