24 vCPU, 192 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
8 current instance types have 24 vCPUs and 192 GiB of memory: 4 on AWS EC2 and 4 on Azure. The cheapest 24 vCPU, 192 GiB option is z1d.6xlarge on AWS at $2.232 per hour on demand (US East (N. Virginia)). The cheapest on Azure is Standard_DC24s_v3 at $2.304, so AWS is 3% cheaper at this size.
Every 24 vCPU, 192 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | z1d.6xlarge | 24 | 192 | $2.232 | $1.406 | $0.6464 |
| Azure | Standard_DC24s_v3 | 24 | 192 | $2.304 | – | $0.5076 |
| AWS | i3en.6xlarge | 24 | 192 | $2.712 | $1.847 | $0.918 |
| Azure | Standard_DC24ds_v3 | 24 | 192 | $2.712 | – | $0.5975 |
| Azure | Standard_L24aos_v4 | 24 | 192 | $2.712 | $1.736 | $0.5687 |
| AWS | i8ge.6xlarge | 24 | 192 | $2.848 | – | $0.5677 |
| AWS | i7ie.6xlarge | 24 | 192 | $3.119 | – | $0.8231 |
| Azure | Standard_L24aos_v5 | 24 | 192 | $3.658 | $2.158 | $0.7316 |
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.