64 vCPU, 128 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
56 current instance types have 64 vCPUs and 128 GiB of memory: 36 on AWS EC2 and 20 on Azure. The cheapest 64 vCPU, 128 GiB option is hpc7g.16xlarge on AWS at $1.683 per hour on demand (US East (N. Virginia)). The cheapest on Azure is Standard_D64pls_v6 at $1.984, so AWS is 15% cheaper at this size.
Every 64 vCPU, 128 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | hpc7g.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $1.683 | $1.325 | – |
| Azure | Standard_D64pls_v6 | 64 | 128 | $1.984 | $1.171 | $0.866 |
| AWS | c6g.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.176 | $1.371 | $0.5851 |
| AWS | c6g.metal | 64 | 128 | $2.176 | $1.371 | $0.6405 |
| Azure | Standard_D64pls_v5 | 64 | 128 | $2.176 | $1.284 | $0.46 |
| AWS | c7g.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.32 | $1.529 | $0.5886 |
| AWS | c7g.metal | 64 | 128 | $2.32 | $1.529 | $0.6216 |
| AWS | c6a.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.448 | $1.619 | $0.7818 |
| AWS | c6gd.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.458 | $1.548 | $0.5294 |
| AWS | c6gd.metal | 64 | 128 | $2.458 | $1.548 | $0.5893 |
| Azure | Standard_D64plds_v5 | 64 | 128 | $2.458 | $1.45 | $0.5196 |
| AWS | c5a.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.464 | $1.552 | $0.7715 |
| Azure | Standard_D64plds_v6 | 64 | 128 | $2.496 | $1.473 | $1.089 |
| AWS | c8g.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.552 | $1.682 | $0.7128 |
| Azure | Standard_D64als_v6 | 64 | 128 | $2.573 | $1.518 | $0.5426 |
| Azure | Standard_D64als_v7 | 64 | 128 | $2.573 | $1.518 | $0.4992 |
| Azure | Standard_F64s_v2 | 64 | 128 | $2.706 | – | $0.6064 |
| AWS | c7i-flex.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.713 | $1.795 | $0.6456 |
| AWS | c6i.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.72 | $1.799 | $0.7046 |
| Azure | Standard_D64ls_v5 | 64 | 128 | $2.72 | $1.678 | $0.5742 |
| AWS | g5g.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.744 | $1.729 | $0.6346 |
| AWS | g5g.metal | 64 | 128 | $2.744 | $1.729 | $0.4134 |
| AWS | c5ad.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.752 | $1.734 | $0.5734 |
| AWS | c6gn.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.765 | $1.745 | $0.6132 |
| AWS | c9g.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.782 | – | $0.7664 |
| AWS | c8i-flex.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.849 | – | $0.7919 |
| AWS | c7i.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.856 | $1.889 | $1.037 |
| Azure | Standard_D64ls_v6 | 64 | 128 | $2.856 | $1.771 | $0.6023 |
| AWS | c7gd.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.903 | $1.829 | $2.716 |
| AWS | c7gd.metal | 64 | 128 | $2.903 | $1.829 | $0.5444 |
| AWS | c8i.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.999 | – | $0.832 |
| AWS | c6gn.metal | 64 | 128 | $3.027 | $1.90 | – |
| Azure | Standard_D64alds_v6 | 64 | 128 | $3.046 | $1.797 | $0.6421 |
| Azure | Standard_D64alds_v7 | 64 | 128 | $3.046 | $1.797 | $0.5909 |
| Azure | Standard_D64lds_v5 | 64 | 128 | $3.072 | $1.812 | $0.6589 |
| AWS | c8gd.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $3.135 | – | $0.7125 |
| AWS | c6id.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $3.226 | $2.033 | $3.018 |
| AWS | c7a.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $3.284 | $2.173 | $0.735 |
| AWS | c9gd.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $3.418 | – | $0.7368 |
| AWS | c8a.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $3.449 | – | $0.7543 |
| Azure | Standard_D64lds_v6 | 64 | 128 | $3.53 | $2.189 | $0.7434 |
| AWS | c8id.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $3.548 | – | $0.8631 |
| AWS | c6in.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $3.629 | $2.286 | $0.7794 |
| Azure | Standard_D64nls_v6 | 64 | 128 | $3.629 | $2.133 | $0.7654 |
| Azure | Standard_D64ls_v7 | 64 | 128 | $3.748 | – | $0.6926 |
| AWS | c8gb.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $3.792 | – | $0.5961 |
| AWS | c8gn.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $3.792 | – | $0.8196 |
| Azure | Standard_F64als_v6 | 64 | 128 | $3.872 | $2.401 | $0.8162 |
| Azure | Standard_F64als_v7 | 64 | 128 | $3.872 | $2.401 | $0.7512 |
| AWS | c7gn.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $3.994 | $2.516 | $0.8338 |
| AWS | c7gn.metal | 64 | 128 | $3.994 | $2.516 | $0.6676 |
| AWS | c8ib.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $4.355 | – | $1.363 |
| AWS | c8in.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $4.355 | – | $1.183 |
| Azure | Standard_D64lds_v7 | 64 | 128 | $4.435 | – | $0.8196 |
| Azure | Standard_D64nlds_v6 | 64 | 128 | $4.482 | $2.644 | $0.9439 |
| Azure | Standard_F64alds_v7 | 64 | 128 | $4.579 | $2.839 | $0.8883 |
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.