48 vCPU, 768 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
11 current instance types have 48 vCPUs and 768 GiB of memory: 4 on AWS EC2 and 7 on Azure. The cheapest 48 vCPU, 768 GiB option is x2gd.12xlarge on AWS at $4.008 per hour on demand (US East (N. Virginia)). The cheapest on Azure is Standard_E96-48as_v7 at $5.722, so AWS is 30% cheaper at this size.
Every 48 vCPU, 768 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | x2gd.12xlarge | 48 | 768 | $4.008 | $2.47 | $1.101 |
| AWS | x8g.12xlarge | 48 | 768 | $4.69 | $2.89 | $1.945 |
| AWS | x8i.12xlarge | 48 | 768 | $5.252 | – | $1.296 |
| Azure | Standard_E96-48as_v7 | 48 | 768 | $5.722 | $3.376 | $1.068 |
| Azure | Standard_M48ls_v4 | 48 | 768 | $6.256 | – | $1.251 |
| Azure | Standard_E96-48s_v6 | 48 | 768 | $6.35 | $3.937 | $1.317 |
| Azure | Standard_M48lds_v4 | 48 | 768 | $6.569 | – | $1.314 |
| Azure | Standard_E96-48ads_v7 | 48 | 768 | $6.97 | $4.112 | $1.301 |
| Azure | Standard_HB176-48rs_v4 | 48 | 768 | $7.20 | $5.40 | $1.463 |
| Azure | Standard_E96-48ds_v6 | 48 | 768 | $7.849 | $4.866 | $1.639 |
| AWS | hpc7a.24xlarge | 48 | 768 | $9.079 | $7.15 | – |
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.