48 vCPU, 192 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
81 current instance types have 48 vCPUs and 192 GiB of memory: 42 on AWS EC2 and 39 on Azure. The cheapest 48 vCPU, 192 GiB option is Standard_D48ps_v6 on Azure at $1.685 per hour on demand (East US). The cheapest on AWS is m6g.12xlarge at $1.848, so Azure is 9% cheaper at this size.
Every 48 vCPU, 192 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | Standard_D48ps_v6 | 48 | 192 | $1.685 | $0.9941 | $0.7355 |
| AWS | m6g.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $1.848 | $1.159 | $0.4319 |
| Azure | Standard_D48ps_v5 | 48 | 192 | $1.848 | $1.09 | $0.3907 |
| AWS | m7g.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $1.958 | $1.296 | $0.6567 |
| AWS | m5a.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.064 | $1.30 | $0.5891 |
| Azure | Standard_D48as_v5 | 48 | 192 | $2.064 | $1.274 | $0.4357 |
| Azure | Standard_DC48as_cc_v5 | 48 | 192 | $2.064 | – | $0.4357 |
| Azure | Standard_DC48as_v5 | 48 | 192 | $2.064 | $1.651 | $0.4357 |
| AWS | m6a.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.074 | $1.372 | $0.684 |
| AWS | m8g.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.154 | $1.425 | $0.4307 |
| AWS | m6gd.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.17 | $1.367 | $0.4689 |
| Azure | Standard_D48pds_v5 | 48 | 192 | $2.17 | $1.28 | $0.4587 |
| Azure | Standard_D48as_v6 | 48 | 192 | $2.179 | $1.286 | $0.4596 |
| Azure | Standard_D48as_v7 | 48 | 192 | $2.179 | $1.286 | $0.4227 |
| Azure | Standard_D48pds_v6 | 48 | 192 | $2.203 | $1.30 | $0.9616 |
| AWS | m7i-flex.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.298 | $1.52 | $0.6936 |
| AWS | m5.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.304 | $1.452 | $0.4515 |
| AWS | m6i.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.304 | $1.524 | $0.5713 |
| Azure | Standard_D48_v3 | 48 | 192 | $2.304 | – | $0.4606 |
| Azure | Standard_D48_v4 | 48 | 192 | $2.304 | $1.359 | $0.4859 |
| Azure | Standard_D48_v5 | 48 | 192 | $2.304 | $1.422 | $0.4864 |
| Azure | Standard_D48a_v4 | 48 | 192 | $2.304 | $1.355 | $0.4859 |
| Azure | Standard_D48as_v4 | 48 | 192 | $2.304 | $1.355 | $0.4859 |
| Azure | Standard_D48s_v3 | 48 | 192 | $2.304 | – | $0.4606 |
| Azure | Standard_D48s_v4 | 48 | 192 | $2.304 | $1.355 | $0.4859 |
| Azure | Standard_D48s_v5 | 48 | 192 | $2.304 | $1.422 | $0.4864 |
| AWS | m9g.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.348 | – | $0.6572 |
| Azure | Standard_DC48as_v6 | 48 | 192 | $2.397 | $1.918 | $0.5058 |
| AWS | m8i-flex.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.413 | – | $0.8067 |
| Azure | Standard_D48s_v6 | 48 | 192 | $2.419 | $1.50 | $0.5102 |
| AWS | m7i.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.419 | $1.60 | $0.649 |
| AWS | m5ad.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.472 | $1.557 | $0.7167 |
| Azure | Standard_D48ads_v5 | 48 | 192 | $2.472 | $1.458 | $0.5218 |
| Azure | Standard_DC48ads_cc_v5 | 48 | 192 | $2.472 | – | $0.5218 |
| Azure | Standard_DC48ads_v5 | 48 | 192 | $2.472 | $1.978 | $0.5218 |
| AWS | m8i.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.54 | – | $0.8156 |
| AWS | m7gd.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.563 | $1.615 | $2.398 |
| Azure | Standard_DC48es_v6 | 48 | 192 | $2.661 | $2.129 | $0.4918 |
| AWS | m5d.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.712 | $1.709 | $0.7098 |
| Azure | Standard_D48d_v4 | 48 | 192 | $2.712 | $1.595 | $0.5741 |
| Azure | Standard_D48d_v5 | 48 | 192 | $2.712 | $1.60 | $0.5817 |
| Azure | Standard_D48ds_v4 | 48 | 192 | $2.712 | $1.595 | $0.5741 |
| Azure | Standard_D48ds_v5 | 48 | 192 | $2.712 | $1.60 | $0.5817 |
| Azure | Standard_D48ads_v6 | 48 | 192 | $2.736 | $1.614 | $0.5767 |
| Azure | Standard_D48ads_v7 | 48 | 192 | $2.736 | $1.614 | $0.5308 |
| AWS | m8gd.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.768 | – | $2.59 |
| AWS | m7a.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.782 | $1.84 | $0.6881 |
| AWS | m6id.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.848 | $1.794 | $0.5366 |
| AWS | m5n.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.856 | $1.799 | $0.8339 |
| AWS | m8a.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.921 | – | $0.6882 |
| Azure | Standard_D48ds_v6 | 48 | 192 | $2.99 | $1.854 | $0.6297 |
| Azure | Standard_DC48ads_v6 | 48 | 192 | $3.01 | $2.408 | $0.6351 |
| AWS | m9gd.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $3.017 | – | $0.7798 |
| AWS | m8id.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $3.132 | – | $0.8757 |
| Azure | Standard_D48s_v7 | 48 | 192 | $3.175 | – | $0.5867 |
| AWS | m5dn.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $3.264 | $2.056 | $0.9127 |
| Azure | Standard_F48as_v6 | 48 | 192 | $3.278 | $2.033 | $0.691 |
| Azure | Standard_F48as_v7 | 48 | 192 | $3.278 | $2.033 | $0.6359 |
| Azure | Standard_DC48eds_v6 | 48 | 192 | $3.289 | $2.631 | $0.6078 |
| AWS | m6in.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $3.341 | $2.105 | $0.9371 |
| Azure | Standard_D48ns_v6 | 48 | 192 | $3.342 | $1.965 | $0.7048 |
| AWS | m8gb.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $3.492 | – | $0.8122 |
| AWS | m8gn.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $3.492 | – | $0.7712 |
| AWS | m6idn.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $3.819 | $2.406 | $0.7777 |
| Azure | Standard_D48nds_v6 | 48 | 192 | $3.819 | $2.253 | $0.8043 |
| AWS | g4dn.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $3.912 | $2.465 | $1.205 |
| Azure | Standard_D48ds_v7 | 48 | 192 | $3.916 | – | $0.7237 |
| AWS | m5zn.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $3.964 | $2.497 | $1.214 |
| AWS | m5zn.metal | 48 | 192 | $3.964 | $2.497 | $0.9883 |
| AWS | m8ib.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $4.01 | – | $1.70 |
| AWS | m8in.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $4.01 | – | $1.433 |
| Azure | Standard_F48ads_v7 | 48 | 192 | $4.116 | $2.552 | $0.7985 |
| AWS | m8idb.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $4.583 | – | $2.143 |
| AWS | m8idn.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $4.583 | – | $1.636 |
| AWS | g6.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $4.602 | $2.996 | $1.735 |
| AWS | m8azn.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $4.955 | – | $1.161 |
| AWS | m8azn.metal-12xl | 48 | 192 | $4.955 | – | $0.9794 |
| AWS | m8ine.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $5.012 | – | $1.925 |
| AWS | g5.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $5.672 | $3.573 | $2.087 |
| AWS | d3en.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $6.309 | $3.974 | $0.8661 |
| AWS | g7.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $7.128 | – | $0.7249 |
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.