**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 ** 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. T2 became the default for running applications on top of ec2 instances.--- **Where T2 Starts to Fall Apart ** Over time, several issues became obvious.…