1 vCPU, 2 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
21 current instance types have 1 vCPUs and 2 GiB of memory: 15 on AWS EC2 and 6 on Azure. The cheapest 1 vCPU, 2 GiB option is Standard_B1ms on Azure at $0.0207 per hour on demand (East US). The cheapest on AWS is t2.small at $0.023, so Azure is 10% cheaper at this size.
Every 1 vCPU, 2 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | Standard_B1ms | 1 | 2 | $0.0207 | – | – |
| AWS | t2.small | 1 | 2 | $0.023 | $0.0144 | $0.0048 |
| AWS | c6g.medium | 1 | 2 | $0.034 | $0.0214 | $0.0123 |
| AWS | c7g.medium | 1 | 2 | $0.0363 | $0.0239 | $0.0143 |
| AWS | c6gd.medium | 1 | 2 | $0.0384 | $0.0242 | $0.0073 |
| AWS | c8g.medium | 1 | 2 | $0.0399 | $0.0263 | $0.018 |
| Azure | Standard_A1_v2 | 1 | 2 | $0.043 | – | $0.0086 |
| AWS | c6gn.medium | 1 | 2 | $0.0432 | $0.0273 | $0.0082 |
| AWS | c9g.medium | 1 | 2 | $0.0435 | – | $0.0065 |
| AWS | c7gd.medium | 1 | 2 | $0.0454 | $0.0286 | $0.0121 |
| AWS | c8gd.medium | 1 | 2 | $0.049 | – | $0.0099 |
| Azure | Standard_F1 | 1 | 2 | $0.0497 | – | $0.0116 |
| Azure | Standard_F1s | 1 | 2 | $0.0497 | – | $0.0116 |
| AWS | c7a.medium | 1 | 2 | $0.0513 | $0.034 | $0.0119 |
| AWS | c9gd.medium | 1 | 2 | $0.0534 | – | $0.0102 |
| AWS | c8a.medium | 1 | 2 | $0.0539 | – | $0.0111 |
| AWS | c8gb.medium | 1 | 2 | $0.0593 | – | $0.0131 |
| AWS | c8gn.medium | 1 | 2 | $0.0593 | – | $0.0127 |
| Azure | Standard_F1als_v7 | 1 | 2 | $0.0605 | $0.0376 | $0.0117 |
| AWS | c7gn.medium | 1 | 2 | $0.0624 | $0.0393 | $0.0124 |
| Azure | Standard_F1alds_v7 | 1 | 2 | $0.0715 | $0.0444 | $0.0139 |
Other sizes
On-demand Linux prices in USD per hour, in each cloud's home region: US East (N. Virginia) for AWS, East US for Azure. Previous-generation types are left out.