128 vCPU, 256 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
20 current instance types have 128 vCPUs and 256 GiB of memory: 12 on AWS EC2 and 8 on Azure. The cheapest 128 vCPU, 256 GiB option is c6a.32xlarge on AWS at $4.896 per hour on demand (US East (N. Virginia)). The cheapest on Azure is Standard_D128als_v7 at $5.146, so AWS is 5% cheaper at this size.
Every 128 vCPU, 256 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | c6a.32xlarge | 128 | 256 | $4.896 | $3.239 | $1.487 |
| Azure | Standard_D128als_v7 | 128 | 256 | $5.146 | $3.036 | $0.9983 |
| AWS | c6i.32xlarge | 128 | 256 | $5.44 | $3.599 | $1.292 |
| AWS | c6i.metal | 128 | 256 | $5.44 | $3.599 | $1.26 |
| Azure | Standard_D128ls_v6 | 128 | 256 | $5.713 | $3.542 | $1.205 |
| AWS | c8i.32xlarge | 128 | 256 | $5.997 | – | $1.452 |
| Azure | Standard_D128alds_v7 | 128 | 256 | $6.093 | $3.595 | $1.182 |
| AWS | c6id.32xlarge | 128 | 256 | $6.451 | $4.066 | $2.204 |
| AWS | c6id.metal | 128 | 256 | $6.451 | $4.066 | $6.036 |
| AWS | c7a.32xlarge | 128 | 256 | $6.569 | $4.345 | $1.496 |
| Azure | Standard_D128lds_v6 | 128 | 256 | $7.06 | $4.378 | $1.487 |
| AWS | c8id.32xlarge | 128 | 256 | $7.096 | – | $1.42 |
| AWS | c6in.32xlarge | 128 | 256 | $7.258 | $4.572 | $1.167 |
| AWS | c6in.metal | 128 | 256 | $7.258 | $4.572 | $1.161 |
| Azure | Standard_D128nls_v6 | 128 | 256 | $7.258 | $4.267 | $1.531 |
| Azure | Standard_D128ls_v7 | 128 | 256 | $7.497 | – | $1.385 |
| AWS | c8ib.32xlarge | 128 | 256 | $8.709 | – | $2.635 |
| AWS | c8in.32xlarge | 128 | 256 | $8.709 | – | $2.754 |
| Azure | Standard_D128lds_v7 | 128 | 256 | $8.87 | – | $1.639 |
| Azure | Standard_D128nlds_v6 | 128 | 256 | $8.963 | $5.288 | $1.888 |
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.