192 vCPU, 3072 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
6 current instance types have 192 vCPUs and 3072 GiB of memory: 4 on AWS EC2 and 2 on Azure. The cheapest 192 vCPU, 3072 GiB option is x8g.48xlarge on AWS at $18.758 per hour on demand (US East (N. Virginia)). The cheapest on Azure is Standard_M192ls_v4 at $25.023, so AWS is 25% cheaper at this size.
Every 192 vCPU, 3072 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | x8g.48xlarge | 192 | 3072 | $18.758 | $11.56 | $2.708 |
| AWS | x8g.metal-48xl | 192 | 3072 | $18.758 | $11.56 | $2.437 |
| AWS | x8i.48xlarge | 192 | 3072 | $21.008 | – | $3.556 |
| AWS | x8i.metal-48xl | 192 | 3072 | $21.008 | – | $8.382 |
| Azure | Standard_M192ls_v4 | 192 | 3072 | $25.023 | – | $5.005 |
| Azure | Standard_M192lds_v4 | 192 | 3072 | $26.274 | – | $5.255 |
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.