16 vCPU, 256 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
24 current instance types have 16 vCPUs and 256 GiB of memory: 4 on AWS EC2 and 20 on Azure. The cheapest 16 vCPU, 256 GiB option is x2gd.4xlarge on AWS at $1.336 per hour on demand (US East (N. Virginia)). The cheapest on Azure is Standard_M16s_v3 at $1.64, so AWS is 19% cheaper at this size.
Every 16 vCPU, 256 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | x2gd.4xlarge | 16 | 256 | $1.336 | $0.8233 | $0.2317 |
| AWS | x8g.4xlarge | 16 | 256 | $1.563 | $0.9633 | $0.754 |
| Azure | Standard_M16s_v3 | 16 | 256 | $1.64 | $0.9539 | $0.328 |
| AWS | x8i.4xlarge | 16 | 256 | $1.751 | – | $0.4242 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-16as_v5 | 16 | 256 | $1.808 | $1.067 | $0.3808 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-16as_v6 | 16 | 256 | $1.907 | – | $0.4022 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-16as_v7 | 16 | 256 | $1.907 | $1.125 | $0.3558 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-16as_v4 | 16 | 256 | $2.016 | $1.185 | $0.4244 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-16s_v3 | 16 | 256 | $2.016 | – | $0.403 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-16s_v4 | 16 | 256 | $2.016 | $1.185 | $0.4244 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-16s_v5 | 16 | 256 | $2.016 | $1.189 | $0.4246 |
| Azure | Standard_M16ls_v4 | 16 | 256 | $2.085 | – | $0.417 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-16ads_v5 | 16 | 256 | $2.096 | $1.237 | $0.4414 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-16s_v6 | 16 | 256 | $2.117 | $1.312 | $0.4391 |
| Azure | Standard_M16lds_v4 | 16 | 256 | $2.189 | – | $0.4379 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-16ds_v4 | 16 | 256 | $2.304 | $1.355 | $0.4843 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-16ds_v5 | 16 | 256 | $2.304 | $1.359 | $0.4873 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-16ads_v6 | 16 | 256 | $2.323 | – | $0.4899 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-16ads_v7 | 16 | 256 | $2.323 | $1.371 | $0.4335 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-16ds_v6 | 16 | 256 | $2.616 | $1.622 | $0.5462 |
| Azure | Standard_F32-16ams_v7 | 16 | 256 | $2.864 | $1.776 | $0.5556 |
| Azure | Standard_D64-16s_v3 | 16 | 256 | $3.072 | – | $0.6141 |
| Azure | Standard_F32-16amds_v7 | 16 | 256 | $3.489 | $2.163 | $0.6769 |
| AWS | p5.4xlarge | 16 | 256 | $6.88 | – | $2.661 |
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.