192 vCPU, 384 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
30 current instance types have 192 vCPUs and 384 GiB of memory: 28 on AWS EC2 and 2 on Azure. The cheapest 192 vCPU, 384 GiB option is c6a.48xlarge on AWS at $7.344 per hour on demand (US East (N. Virginia)). The cheapest on Azure is Standard_D192ls_v7 at $11.245, so AWS is 35% cheaper at this size.
Every 192 vCPU, 384 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | c6a.48xlarge | 192 | 384 | $7.344 | $4.858 | $1.356 |
| AWS | c6a.metal | 192 | 384 | $7.344 | $4.858 | $2.03 |
| AWS | c8g.48xlarge | 192 | 384 | $7.657 | $5.046 | $1.311 |
| AWS | c8g.metal-48xl | 192 | 384 | $7.657 | $5.046 | $1.662 |
| AWS | c9g.48xlarge | 192 | 384 | $8.346 | – | $2.595 |
| AWS | c9g.metal-48xl | 192 | 384 | $8.346 | – | $2.023 |
| AWS | c7i.48xlarge | 192 | 384 | $8.568 | $5.668 | $2.341 |
| AWS | c7i.metal-48xl | 192 | 384 | $8.568 | $5.668 | $1.742 |
| AWS | c8i.48xlarge | 192 | 384 | $8.996 | – | $2.079 |
| AWS | c8i.metal-48xl | 192 | 384 | $8.996 | – | $2.094 |
| AWS | c8gd.48xlarge | 192 | 384 | $9.406 | – | $1.926 |
| AWS | c8gd.metal-48xl | 192 | 384 | $9.406 | – | $1.628 |
| AWS | c7a.48xlarge | 192 | 384 | $9.853 | $6.518 | $2.291 |
| AWS | c7a.metal-48xl | 192 | 384 | $9.853 | $6.518 | $2.352 |
| AWS | c9gd.48xlarge | 192 | 384 | $10.253 | – | $2.953 |
| AWS | c9gd.metal-48xl | 192 | 384 | $10.253 | – | $1.665 |
| AWS | c8a.48xlarge | 192 | 384 | $10.346 | – | $2.589 |
| AWS | c8a.metal-48xl | 192 | 384 | $10.346 | – | $2.13 |
| AWS | c8id.48xlarge | 192 | 384 | $10.645 | – | $1.644 |
| AWS | c8id.metal-48xl | 192 | 384 | $10.645 | – | $1.274 |
| Azure | Standard_D192ls_v7 | 192 | 384 | $11.245 | – | $2.078 |
| AWS | c8gb.48xlarge | 192 | 384 | $11.376 | – | $2.103 |
| AWS | c8gb.metal-48xl | 192 | 384 | $11.376 | – | $1.612 |
| AWS | c8gn.48xlarge | 192 | 384 | $11.376 | – | $2.13 |
| AWS | c8gn.metal-48xl | 192 | 384 | $11.376 | – | $1.52 |
| AWS | c8ib.48xlarge | 192 | 384 | $13.064 | – | $2.738 |
| AWS | c8ib.metal-48xl | 192 | 384 | $13.064 | – | $2.134 |
| AWS | c8in.48xlarge | 192 | 384 | $13.064 | – | $2.82 |
| AWS | c8in.metal-48xl | 192 | 384 | $13.064 | – | $2.002 |
| Azure | Standard_D192lds_v7 | 192 | 384 | $13.306 | – | $2.459 |
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.