32 vCPU, 192 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
6 current instance types have 32 vCPUs and 192 GiB of memory: 1 on AWS EC2 and 5 on Azure. The cheapest 32 vCPU, 192 GiB option is Standard_EC32as_cc_v5 on Azure at $1.808 per hour on demand (East US). The cheapest on AWS is is4gen.8xlarge at $4.61, so Azure is 61% cheaper at this size.
Every 32 vCPU, 192 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | Standard_EC32as_cc_v5 | 32 | 192 | $1.808 | – | $0.3817 |
| Azure | Standard_EC32as_v5 | 32 | 192 | $1.808 | $1.446 | $0.3817 |
| Azure | Standard_EC32ads_cc_v5 | 32 | 192 | $2.096 | – | $0.4425 |
| Azure | Standard_EC32ads_v5 | 32 | 192 | $2.096 | $1.677 | $0.4425 |
| Azure | Standard_M32ts | 32 | 192 | $2.707 | $1.557 | $0.5003 |
| AWS | is4gen.8xlarge | 32 | 192 | $4.61 | $3.144 | $0.8393 |
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.