12 vCPU, 96 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
6 current instance types have 12 vCPUs and 96 GiB of memory: 4 on AWS EC2 and 2 on Azure. The cheapest 12 vCPU, 96 GiB option is z1d.3xlarge on AWS at $1.116 per hour on demand (US East (N. Virginia)). The cheapest on Azure is Standard_L12aos_v4 at $1.356, so AWS is 18% cheaper at this size.
Every 12 vCPU, 96 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | z1d.3xlarge | 12 | 96 | $1.116 | $0.703 | $0.2707 |
| AWS | i3en.3xlarge | 12 | 96 | $1.356 | $0.924 | $0.3204 |
| Azure | Standard_L12aos_v4 | 12 | 96 | $1.356 | $0.8678 | $0.2844 |
| AWS | i8ge.3xlarge | 12 | 96 | $1.424 | – | $0.3095 |
| AWS | i7ie.3xlarge | 12 | 96 | $1.559 | – | $0.3309 |
| Azure | Standard_L12aos_v5 | 12 | 96 | $1.829 | $1.079 | $0.3658 |
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.