32 vCPU, 1024 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
6 current instance types have 32 vCPUs and 1024 GiB of memory: 2 on AWS EC2 and 4 on Azure. The cheapest 32 vCPU, 1024 GiB option is x2iedn.8xlarge on AWS at $6.669 per hour on demand (US East (N. Virginia)). The cheapest on Azure is Standard_E128-32as_v7 at $7.629, so AWS is 13% cheaper at this size.
Every 32 vCPU, 1024 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | x2iedn.8xlarge | 32 | 1024 | $6.669 | $4.103 | $1.825 |
| AWS | x2iezn.8xlarge | 32 | 1024 | $6.672 | $4.108 | $1.596 |
| Azure | Standard_E128-32as_v7 | 32 | 1024 | $7.629 | $4.501 | $1.424 |
| Azure | Standard_E128-32s_v6 | 32 | 1024 | $8.467 | $5.25 | $1.756 |
| Azure | Standard_E128-32ads_v7 | 32 | 1024 | $9.293 | $5.483 | $1.734 |
| Azure | Standard_E128-32ds_v6 | 32 | 1024 | $10.465 | $6.489 | $2.185 |
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.