16 vCPU, 32 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
57 current instance types have 16 vCPUs and 32 GiB of memory: 31 on AWS EC2 and 26 on Azure. The cheapest 16 vCPU, 32 GiB option is Standard_B16pls_v2 on Azure at $0.476 per hour on demand (East US). The cheapest on AWS is c6g.4xlarge at $0.544, so Azure is 13% cheaper at this size.
Every 16 vCPU, 32 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | Standard_B16pls_v2 | 16 | 32 | $0.476 | $0.2808 | $0.4284 |
| Azure | Standard_D16pls_v6 | 16 | 32 | $0.496 | $0.2927 | $0.2165 |
| Azure | Standard_B16als_v2 | 16 | 32 | $0.533 | $0.3143 | $0.4797 |
| AWS | c6g.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.544 | $0.3427 | $0.1982 |
| Azure | Standard_D16pls_v5 | 16 | 32 | $0.544 | $0.321 | $0.115 |
| AWS | c7g.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.58 | $0.3822 | $0.2424 |
| Azure | Standard_B16ls_v2 | 16 | 32 | $0.589 | $0.3478 | $0.5301 |
| AWS | c6a.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.612 | $0.4048 | $0.2362 |
| Azure | Standard_D16plds_v5 | 16 | 32 | $0.614 | $0.3624 | $0.1298 |
| AWS | c6gd.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.6144 | $0.3871 | $0.2042 |
| AWS | c5a.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.616 | $0.388 | $0.2238 |
| Azure | Standard_D16plds_v6 | 16 | 32 | $0.624 | $0.3682 | $0.2724 |
| AWS | c8g.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.6381 | $0.4205 | $0.2376 |
| Azure | Standard_D16als_v6 | 16 | 32 | $0.643 | $0.3795 | $0.1356 |
| Azure | Standard_D16als_v7 | 16 | 32 | $0.643 | $0.3795 | $0.1247 |
| Azure | Standard_F16s_v2 | 16 | 32 | $0.677 | – | $0.1517 |
| AWS | c7i-flex.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.6783 | $0.4487 | $0.2289 |
| AWS | c5.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.68 | $0.428 | $0.2208 |
| AWS | c6i.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.68 | $0.4498 | $0.2732 |
| Azure | Standard_D16ls_v5 | 16 | 32 | $0.68 | $0.4195 | $0.1435 |
| AWS | c5ad.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.688 | $0.433 | $0.2639 |
| AWS | c6gn.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.6912 | $0.4363 | $0.2594 |
| AWS | c9g.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.6955 | – | $0.2553 |
| AWS | c8i-flex.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.7122 | – | $0.2565 |
| AWS | c7i.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.714 | $0.4723 | $0.1827 |
| Azure | Standard_D16ls_v6 | 16 | 32 | $0.714 | $0.4427 | $0.1506 |
| AWS | c7gd.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.7258 | $0.4574 | $0.1781 |
| AWS | c8i.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.7497 | – | $0.2324 |
| Azure | Standard_D16alds_v6 | 16 | 32 | $0.762 | $0.4493 | $0.1606 |
| Azure | Standard_D16alds_v7 | 16 | 32 | $0.762 | $0.4493 | $0.1478 |
| AWS | c5d.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.768 | $0.484 | $0.2569 |
| Azure | Standard_D16lds_v5 | 16 | 32 | $0.768 | $0.4531 | $0.1647 |
| AWS | c8gd.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.7838 | – | $0.2693 |
| Azure | Standard_F16 | 16 | 32 | $0.796 | – | $0.1852 |
| Azure | Standard_F16s | 16 | 32 | $0.796 | – | $0.1852 |
| AWS | c6id.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.8064 | $0.5082 | $0.6101 |
| AWS | c7a.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.8211 | $0.5432 | $0.2777 |
| AWS | g5g.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.828 | $0.5216 | $0.2637 |
| AWS | c9gd.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.8544 | – | $0.3298 |
| AWS | c8a.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.8622 | – | $0.2549 |
| Azure | Standard_D16lds_v6 | 16 | 32 | $0.883 | $0.5471 | $0.186 |
| AWS | c8id.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.887 | – | $0.178 |
| Azure | Standard_D16nls_v6 | 16 | 32 | $0.907 | $0.5333 | $0.1913 |
| AWS | c6in.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.9072 | $0.5715 | $0.2631 |
| Azure | Standard_D16ls_v7 | 16 | 32 | $0.937 | – | $0.1732 |
| AWS | c8gb.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.948 | – | $0.3105 |
| AWS | c8gn.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.948 | – | $0.242 |
| Azure | Standard_F16als_v6 | 16 | 32 | $0.968 | $0.6001 | $0.2041 |
| Azure | Standard_F16als_v7 | 16 | 32 | $0.968 | $0.6001 | $0.1878 |
| AWS | c7gn.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.9984 | $0.629 | $0.3666 |
| AWS | c8ib.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $1.089 | – | $0.5077 |
| AWS | c8in.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $1.089 | – | $0.5688 |
| Azure | Standard_D16lds_v7 | 16 | 32 | $1.109 | – | $0.2049 |
| Azure | Standard_D16nlds_v6 | 16 | 32 | $1.12 | $0.6611 | $0.2359 |
| Azure | Standard_F16alds_v7 | 16 | 32 | $1.145 | $0.7097 | $0.2221 |
| AWS | c8ine.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $1.361 | – | $0.7074 |
| Azure | Standard_NG16ads_V620_v1 | 16 | 32 | $1.56 | $1.092 | $0.2883 |
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.