8 vCPU, 16 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
59 current instance types have 8 vCPUs and 16 GiB of memory: 32 on AWS EC2 and 27 on Azure. The cheapest 8 vCPU, 16 GiB option is Standard_B8pls_v2 on Azure at $0.238 per hour on demand (East US). The cheapest on AWS is c6g.2xlarge at $0.272, so Azure is 13% cheaper at this size.
Every 8 vCPU, 16 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | Standard_B8pls_v2 | 8 | 16 | $0.238 | $0.1404 | $0.2142 |
| Azure | Standard_D8pls_v6 | 8 | 16 | $0.248 | $0.1463 | $0.1083 |
| Azure | Standard_B8als_v2 | 8 | 16 | $0.266 | $0.1572 | $0.2394 |
| AWS | c6g.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.272 | $0.1714 | $0.1398 |
| Azure | Standard_D8pls_v5 | 8 | 16 | $0.272 | $0.1605 | $0.0575 |
| AWS | c7g.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.29 | $0.1911 | $0.1212 |
| Azure | Standard_B8ls_v2 | 8 | 16 | $0.295 | $0.1739 | $0.2655 |
| AWS | c6a.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.306 | $0.2024 | $0.1303 |
| Azure | Standard_D8plds_v5 | 8 | 16 | $0.307 | $0.1813 | $0.0649 |
| AWS | c6gd.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.3072 | $0.1935 | $0.0307 |
| AWS | c5a.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.308 | $0.194 | $0.1129 |
| Azure | Standard_D8plds_v6 | 8 | 16 | $0.312 | $0.1841 | $0.1362 |
| AWS | c8g.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.319 | $0.2102 | $0.1545 |
| Azure | Standard_D8als_v6 | 8 | 16 | $0.322 | $0.1897 | $0.0679 |
| Azure | Standard_D8als_v7 | 8 | 16 | $0.322 | $0.1897 | $0.0625 |
| Azure | Standard_F8s_v2 | 8 | 16 | $0.338 | – | $0.0757 |
| AWS | c7i-flex.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.3392 | $0.2244 | $0.1226 |
| AWS | c5.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.34 | $0.214 | $0.1208 |
| AWS | c6i.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.34 | $0.2249 | $0.1155 |
| Azure | Standard_D8ls_v5 | 8 | 16 | $0.34 | $0.2098 | $0.0718 |
| AWS | c5ad.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.344 | $0.217 | $0.149 |
| AWS | c6gn.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.3456 | $0.2181 | $0.1107 |
| AWS | c9g.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.3478 | – | $0.115 |
| AWS | c8i-flex.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.3561 | – | $0.1152 |
| AWS | c7i.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.357 | $0.2362 | $0.1794 |
| Azure | Standard_D8ls_v6 | 8 | 16 | $0.357 | $0.2213 | $0.0753 |
| AWS | inf1.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.362 | $0.228 | $0.0862 |
| AWS | c7gd.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.3629 | $0.2287 | $0.1526 |
| AWS | c8i.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.3748 | – | $0.1405 |
| Azure | Standard_D8alds_v6 | 8 | 16 | $0.381 | $0.2247 | $0.0803 |
| Azure | Standard_D8alds_v7 | 8 | 16 | $0.381 | $0.2247 | $0.0739 |
| AWS | c5d.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.384 | $0.242 | $0.1576 |
| Azure | Standard_D8lds_v5 | 8 | 16 | $0.384 | $0.2266 | $0.0824 |
| AWS | c8gd.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.3919 | – | $0.0939 |
| Azure | Standard_F8 | 8 | 16 | $0.398 | – | $0.0926 |
| Azure | Standard_F8s | 8 | 16 | $0.398 | – | $0.0926 |
| Azure | Standard_A8_v2 | 8 | 16 | $0.399 | – | $0.0798 |
| AWS | c6id.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.4032 | $0.2541 | $0.3773 |
| AWS | c7a.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.4106 | $0.2716 | $0.1645 |
| AWS | c9gd.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.4272 | – | $0.1619 |
| AWS | c8a.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.4311 | – | $0.1532 |
| Azure | Standard_D8lds_v6 | 8 | 16 | $0.441 | $0.2736 | $0.0929 |
| AWS | c8id.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.4435 | – | $0.1269 |
| AWS | c6in.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.4536 | $0.2858 | $0.1313 |
| Azure | Standard_D8nls_v6 | 8 | 16 | $0.454 | $0.2667 | $0.0957 |
| Azure | Standard_D8ls_v7 | 8 | 16 | $0.469 | – | $0.0867 |
| AWS | c8gb.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.474 | – | $0.185 |
| AWS | c8gn.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.474 | – | $0.1051 |
| Azure | Standard_F8als_v6 | 8 | 16 | $0.484 | $0.3001 | $0.102 |
| Azure | Standard_F8als_v7 | 8 | 16 | $0.484 | $0.3001 | $0.0939 |
| AWS | c7gn.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.4992 | $0.3145 | $0.1625 |
| AWS | c8ib.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.5443 | – | $0.2559 |
| AWS | c8in.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.5443 | – | $0.2509 |
| Azure | Standard_D8lds_v7 | 8 | 16 | $0.554 | – | $0.1024 |
| AWS | g5g.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.556 | $0.3503 | $0.2064 |
| Azure | Standard_D8nlds_v6 | 8 | 16 | $0.56 | $0.3305 | $0.1179 |
| Azure | Standard_F8alds_v7 | 8 | 16 | $0.572 | $0.3549 | $0.111 |
| AWS | c8ine.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.6804 | – | $0.2518 |
| Azure | Standard_NG8ads_V620_v1 | 8 | 16 | $0.78 | $0.546 | $0.1441 |
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.