8 vCPU, 256 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
18 current instance types have 8 vCPUs and 256 GiB of memory: 2 on AWS EC2 and 16 on Azure. The cheapest 8 vCPU, 256 GiB option is x2iedn.2xlarge on AWS at $1.667 per hour on demand (US East (N. Virginia)). The cheapest on Azure is Standard_E32-8as_v5 at $1.808, so AWS is 8% cheaper at this size.
Every 8 vCPU, 256 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | x2iedn.2xlarge | 8 | 256 | $1.667 | $1.026 | $0.438 |
| AWS | x2iezn.2xlarge | 8 | 256 | $1.668 | $1.027 | $0.4125 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-8as_v5 | 8 | 256 | $1.808 | $1.067 | $0.3808 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-8as_v6 | 8 | 256 | $1.907 | – | $0.4022 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-8as_v7 | 8 | 256 | $1.907 | $1.125 | $0.3558 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-8as_v4 | 8 | 256 | $2.016 | $1.185 | $0.4244 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-8s_v3 | 8 | 256 | $2.016 | – | $0.403 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-8s_v4 | 8 | 256 | $2.016 | $1.185 | $0.4244 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-8s_v5 | 8 | 256 | $2.016 | $1.189 | $0.4246 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-8ads_v5 | 8 | 256 | $2.096 | $1.237 | $0.4414 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-8s_v6 | 8 | 256 | $2.117 | $1.312 | $0.4391 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-8ds_v4 | 8 | 256 | $2.304 | $1.355 | $0.4843 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-8ds_v5 | 8 | 256 | $2.304 | $1.359 | $0.4873 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-8ads_v6 | 8 | 256 | $2.323 | – | $0.4899 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-8ads_v7 | 8 | 256 | $2.323 | $1.371 | $0.4335 |
| Azure | Standard_E32-8ds_v6 | 8 | 256 | $2.616 | $1.622 | $0.5462 |
| Azure | Standard_F32-8ams_v7 | 8 | 256 | $2.864 | $1.776 | $0.5556 |
| Azure | Standard_F32-8amds_v7 | 8 | 256 | $3.489 | $2.163 | $0.6769 |
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.