128 vCPU, 512 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
28 current instance types have 128 vCPUs and 512 GiB of memory: 18 on AWS EC2 and 10 on Azure. The cheapest 128 vCPU, 512 GiB option is m6a.32xlarge on AWS at $5.53 per hour on demand (US East (N. Virginia)). The cheapest on Azure is Standard_D128as_v7 at $5.811, so AWS is 5% cheaper at this size.
Every 128 vCPU, 512 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | m6a.32xlarge | 128 | 512 | $5.53 | $3.658 | $1.939 |
| Azure | Standard_D128as_v7 | 128 | 512 | $5.811 | $3.429 | $1.127 |
| AWS | m6i.32xlarge | 128 | 512 | $6.144 | $4.064 | $1.457 |
| AWS | m6i.metal | 128 | 512 | $6.144 | $4.064 | $1.235 |
| Azure | Standard_D128s_v6 | 128 | 512 | $6.451 | $4.00 | $1.361 |
| AWS | m8i.32xlarge | 128 | 512 | $6.774 | – | $1.55 |
| Azure | Standard_DC128es_v6 | 128 | 512 | $7.096 | $5.677 | $1.311 |
| Azure | Standard_D128ads_v7 | 128 | 512 | $7.296 | $4.305 | $1.415 |
| AWS | m7a.32xlarge | 128 | 512 | $7.419 | $4.908 | $2.185 |
| AWS | m6id.32xlarge | 128 | 512 | $7.594 | $4.784 | $1.983 |
| AWS | m6id.metal | 128 | 512 | $7.594 | $4.784 | $1.895 |
| Azure | Standard_D128ds_v6 | 128 | 512 | $7.973 | $4.943 | $1.679 |
| AWS | m8id.32xlarge | 128 | 512 | $8.353 | – | $1.738 |
| Azure | Standard_D128s_v7 | 128 | 512 | $8.467 | – | $1.565 |
| Azure | Standard_DC128eds_v6 | 128 | 512 | $8.77 | $7.016 | $1.621 |
| AWS | m6in.32xlarge | 128 | 512 | $8.911 | $5.614 | $1.526 |
| AWS | m6in.metal | 128 | 512 | $8.911 | $5.614 | $0.8911 |
| Azure | Standard_D128ns_v6 | 128 | 512 | $8.911 | $5.24 | $1.879 |
| AWS | m6idn.32xlarge | 128 | 512 | $10.184 | $6.416 | $2.141 |
| AWS | m6idn.metal | 128 | 512 | $10.184 | $6.416 | $1.018 |
| Azure | Standard_D128nds_v6 | 128 | 512 | $10.184 | $6.008 | $2.145 |
| Azure | Standard_D128ds_v7 | 128 | 512 | $10.442 | – | $1.93 |
| AWS | m8ib.32xlarge | 128 | 512 | $10.693 | – | $2.77 |
| AWS | m8in.32xlarge | 128 | 512 | $10.693 | – | $3.108 |
| AWS | m8idb.32xlarge | 128 | 512 | $12.22 | – | $3.331 |
| AWS | m8idn.32xlarge | 128 | 512 | $12.22 | – | $3.877 |
| AWS | trn1.32xlarge | 128 | 512 | $21.50 | $13.229 | $2.15 |
| AWS | trn1n.32xlarge | 128 | 512 | $24.78 | $15.247 | $9.187 |
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.