64 vCPU, 1024 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
18 current instance types have 64 vCPUs and 1024 GiB of memory: 6 on AWS EC2 and 12 on Azure. The cheapest 64 vCPU, 1024 GiB option is x2gd.16xlarge on AWS at $5.344 per hour on demand (US East (N. Virginia)). The cheapest on Azure is Standard_M64s_v2 at $6.459, so AWS is 17% cheaper at this size.
Every 64 vCPU, 1024 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | x2gd.16xlarge | 64 | 1024 | $5.344 | $3.293 | $1.563 |
| AWS | x2gd.metal | 64 | 1024 | $5.344 | $3.293 | $1.38 |
| AWS | hpc6id.32xlarge | 64 | 1024 | $6.035 | $4.056 | – |
| AWS | x8g.16xlarge | 64 | 1024 | $6.253 | $3.853 | $2.851 |
| Azure | Standard_M64s_v2 | 64 | 1024 | $6.459 | $3.756 | $1.194 |
| Azure | Standard_M64 | 64 | 1024 | $6.669 | $3.835 | $1.232 |
| Azure | Standard_M64ds_v2 | 64 | 1024 | $6.669 | $3.879 | $1.232 |
| Azure | Standard_M64s | 64 | 1024 | $6.669 | $3.835 | $1.232 |
| AWS | x2idn.16xlarge | 64 | 1024 | $6.669 | $4.103 | $1.49 |
| AWS | x8i.16xlarge | 64 | 1024 | $7.003 | – | $1.462 |
| Azure | Standard_E128-64as_v7 | 64 | 1024 | $7.629 | $4.501 | $1.424 |
| Azure | Standard_M64ls_v4 | 64 | 1024 | $7.934 | – | $1.587 |
| Azure | Standard_M64lds_v4 | 64 | 1024 | $8.33 | – | $1.666 |
| Azure | Standard_E128-64s_v6 | 64 | 1024 | $8.467 | $5.25 | $1.756 |
| Azure | Standard_E128-64ads_v7 | 64 | 1024 | $9.293 | $5.483 | $1.734 |
| Azure | Standard_E128-64ds_v6 | 64 | 1024 | $10.465 | $6.489 | $2.185 |
| Azure | Standard_M128-64bs_v3 | 64 | 1024 | $11.16 | $6.583 | $2.062 |
| Azure | Standard_M128-64bds_v3 | 64 | 1024 | $11.71 | $6.912 | $2.89 |
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.