32 vCPU, 64 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
52 current instance types have 32 vCPUs and 64 GiB of memory: 29 on AWS EC2 and 23 on Azure. The cheapest 32 vCPU, 64 GiB option is Standard_D32pls_v6 on Azure at $0.992 per hour on demand (East US). The cheapest on AWS is c6g.8xlarge at $1.088, so Azure is 9% cheaper at this size.
Every 32 vCPU, 64 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | Standard_D32pls_v6 | 32 | 64 | $0.992 | $0.5853 | $0.433 |
| Azure | Standard_B32als_v2 | 32 | 64 | $1.065 | $0.6287 | $0.9585 |
| AWS | c6g.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.088 | $0.6854 | $0.3702 |
| Azure | Standard_D32pls_v5 | 32 | 64 | $1.088 | $0.6419 | $0.23 |
| AWS | c7g.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.16 | $0.7644 | $0.4043 |
| Azure | Standard_B32ls_v2 | 32 | 64 | $1.179 | $0.6954 | $1.061 |
| AWS | c6a.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.224 | $0.8097 | $0.4748 |
| AWS | c6gd.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.229 | $0.7741 | $0.3361 |
| Azure | Standard_D32plds_v5 | 32 | 64 | $1.229 | $0.725 | $0.2598 |
| AWS | c5a.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.232 | $0.776 | $0.4063 |
| Azure | Standard_D32plds_v6 | 32 | 64 | $1.248 | $0.7363 | $0.5448 |
| AWS | c8g.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.276 | $0.841 | $0.3904 |
| Azure | Standard_D32als_v6 | 32 | 64 | $1.286 | $0.759 | $0.2712 |
| Azure | Standard_D32als_v7 | 32 | 64 | $1.286 | $0.759 | $0.2495 |
| Azure | Standard_F32s_v2 | 32 | 64 | $1.353 | – | $0.3032 |
| AWS | c7i-flex.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.357 | $0.8974 | $0.4617 |
| AWS | c6i.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.36 | $0.8996 | $0.4397 |
| Azure | Standard_D32ls_v5 | 32 | 64 | $1.36 | $0.8392 | $0.2871 |
| AWS | g5g.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.372 | $0.8644 | $0.5706 |
| AWS | c5ad.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.376 | $0.867 | $0.57 |
| AWS | c6gn.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.382 | $0.8725 | $0.4432 |
| AWS | c9g.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.391 | – | $0.5772 |
| AWS | c8i-flex.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.424 | – | $0.3775 |
| AWS | c7i.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.428 | $0.9446 | $0.648 |
| Azure | Standard_D32ls_v6 | 32 | 64 | $1.428 | $0.8855 | $0.3012 |
| AWS | c7gd.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.452 | $0.9148 | $0.5233 |
| AWS | c8i.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.499 | – | $0.7516 |
| Azure | Standard_D32alds_v6 | 32 | 64 | $1.523 | $0.8987 | $0.321 |
| Azure | Standard_D32alds_v7 | 32 | 64 | $1.523 | $0.8987 | $0.2955 |
| Azure | Standard_D32lds_v5 | 32 | 64 | $1.536 | $0.9063 | $0.3295 |
| AWS | c8gd.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.568 | – | $0.463 |
| AWS | c6id.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.613 | $1.016 | $0.8053 |
| AWS | c7a.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.642 | $1.086 | $0.4867 |
| AWS | c9gd.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.709 | – | $0.6395 |
| AWS | c8a.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.724 | – | $0.5684 |
| Azure | Standard_D32lds_v6 | 32 | 64 | $1.765 | $1.094 | $0.3717 |
| AWS | c8id.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.774 | – | $0.4078 |
| Azure | Standard_D32nls_v6 | 32 | 64 | $1.814 | $1.067 | $0.3826 |
| AWS | c6in.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.814 | $1.143 | $0.4632 |
| Azure | Standard_D32ls_v7 | 32 | 64 | $1.874 | – | $0.3463 |
| AWS | c8gb.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.896 | – | $0.736 |
| AWS | c8gn.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.896 | – | $0.4361 |
| Azure | Standard_F32als_v6 | 32 | 64 | $1.936 | $1.20 | $0.4081 |
| Azure | Standard_F32als_v7 | 32 | 64 | $1.936 | $1.20 | $0.3756 |
| AWS | c7gn.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.997 | $1.258 | $0.6793 |
| AWS | c8ib.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $2.177 | – | $0.867 |
| AWS | c8in.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $2.177 | – | $0.7755 |
| Azure | Standard_D32lds_v7 | 32 | 64 | $2.218 | – | $0.4099 |
| Azure | Standard_D32nlds_v6 | 32 | 64 | $2.241 | $1.322 | $0.472 |
| Azure | Standard_F32alds_v7 | 32 | 64 | $2.29 | $1.419 | $0.4443 |
| AWS | c8ine.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $2.722 | – | $1.125 |
| Azure | Standard_NG32ads_V620_v1 | 32 | 64 | $3.12 | $2.184 | $0.5766 |
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.