128 vCPU, 1024 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
34 current instance types have 128 vCPUs and 1024 GiB of memory: 20 on AWS EC2 and 14 on Azure. The cheapest 128 vCPU, 1024 GiB option is r6a.32xlarge on AWS at $7.258 per hour on demand (US East (N. Virginia)). The cheapest on Azure is Standard_E128as_v7 at $7.629, so AWS is 5% cheaper at this size.
Every 128 vCPU, 1024 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | r6a.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 | $7.258 | $4.801 | $1.563 |
| Azure | Standard_E128as_v7 | 128 | 1024 | $7.629 | $4.501 | $1.424 |
| AWS | r6i.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 | $8.064 | $5.334 | $1.652 |
| AWS | r6i.metal | 128 | 1024 | $8.064 | $5.334 | $1.644 |
| Azure | Standard_E128s_v6 | 128 | 1024 | $8.467 | $5.25 | $1.756 |
| AWS | r8i.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 | $8.891 | – | $1.696 |
| Azure | Standard_E128ads_v7 | 128 | 1024 | $9.293 | $5.483 | $1.734 |
| AWS | r6id.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 | $9.677 | $6.082 | $9.054 |
| AWS | r6id.metal | 128 | 1024 | $9.677 | $6.082 | $9.054 |
| AWS | r7a.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 | $9.738 | $6.441 | $1.673 |
| Azure | Standard_E128ds_v6 | 128 | 1024 | $10.465 | $6.489 | $2.185 |
| AWS | r8id.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 | $10.645 | – | $3.142 |
| AWS | i4i.metal | 128 | 1024 | $10.982 | $7.127 | $2.043 |
| AWS | i4i.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 | $10.982 | $7.127 | $2.252 |
| Azure | Standard_E128s_v7 | 128 | 1024 | $11.114 | – | $2.095 |
| Azure | Standard_E128ns_v6 | 128 | 1024 | $11.157 | $6.56 | $2.314 |
| AWS | r6in.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 | $11.157 | $7.029 | $1.428 |
| AWS | r6in.metal | 128 | 1024 | $11.157 | $7.029 | $1.209 |
| Azure | Standard_M128bs_v3 | 128 | 1024 | $11.16 | $6.583 | $2.062 |
| Azure | Standard_E128bs_v6 | 128 | 1024 | $11.162 | $6.585 | $2.075 |
| Azure | Standard_M128bds_v3 | 128 | 1024 | $11.71 | $6.912 | $2.89 |
| AWS | r7iz.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 | $11.904 | $7.50 | $2.739 |
| AWS | r7iz.metal-32xl | 128 | 1024 | $11.904 | $7.50 | $1.325 |
| AWS | r6idn.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 | $12.505 | $7.878 | $2.46 |
| AWS | r6idn.metal | 128 | 1024 | $12.505 | $7.878 | $1.549 |
| Azure | Standard_E128nds_v6 | 128 | 1024 | $12.505 | $7.353 | $2.611 |
| Azure | Standard_E128bds_v6 | 128 | 1024 | $12.506 | $7.378 | $2.324 |
| Azure | Standard_L128as_v5 | 128 | 1024 | $13.024 | $7.945 | $2.605 |
| Azure | Standard_E128ds_v7 | 128 | 1024 | $13.306 | – | $2.508 |
| AWS | r8ib.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 | $13.389 | – | $4.617 |
| AWS | r8in.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 | $13.389 | – | $3.037 |
| AWS | r8idb.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 | $15.006 | – | $1.501 |
| AWS | r8idn.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 | $15.006 | – | $4.764 |
| Azure | Standard_L128aos_v5 | 128 | 1024 | $19.507 | $11.509 | $3.901 |
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.