8 vCPU, 64 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
99 current instance types have 8 vCPUs and 64 GiB of memory: 44 on AWS EC2 and 55 on Azure. The cheapest 8 vCPU, 64 GiB option is Standard_E8ps_v6 on Azure at $0.369 per hour on demand (East US). The cheapest on AWS is r6g.2xlarge at $0.4032, so Azure is 8% cheaper at this size.
Every 8 vCPU, 64 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | Standard_E8ps_v6 | 8 | 64 | $0.369 | $0.2176 | $0.1717 |
| Azure | Standard_E8ps_v5 | 8 | 64 | $0.403 | $0.2379 | $0.0852 |
| AWS | r6g.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.4032 | $0.254 | $0.1225 |
| AWS | r7g.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.4284 | $0.2834 | $0.1589 |
| AWS | r5a.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.452 | $0.285 | $0.176 |
| Azure | Standard_E8as_v5 | 8 | 64 | $0.452 | $0.2667 | $0.0952 |
| Azure | Standard_EC8as_cc_v5 | 8 | 64 | $0.452 | – | $0.0954 |
| Azure | Standard_EC8as_v5 | 8 | 64 | $0.452 | $0.3616 | $0.0954 |
| AWS | r6a.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.4536 | $0.3001 | $0.1129 |
| AWS | r6gd.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.4608 | $0.2903 | $0.1274 |
| Azure | Standard_E8pds_v5 | 8 | 64 | $0.461 | $0.2719 | $0.0975 |
| Azure | Standard_E8pds_v6 | 8 | 64 | $0.468 | $0.2761 | $0.2178 |
| AWS | r8g.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.4713 | $0.3118 | $0.1099 |
| Azure | Standard_A8m_v2 | 8 | 64 | $0.475 | – | $0.095 |
| Azure | Standard_E8as_v6 | 8 | 64 | $0.477 | $0.2813 | $0.1006 |
| Azure | Standard_E8as_v7 | 8 | 64 | $0.477 | $0.2813 | $0.089 |
| AWS | r5.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.504 | $0.318 | $0.1297 |
| AWS | r6i.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.504 | $0.3334 | $0.2977 |
| Azure | Standard_E8_v3 | 8 | 64 | $0.504 | – | $0.1008 |
| Azure | Standard_E8_v4 | 8 | 64 | $0.504 | $0.2963 | $0.1061 |
| Azure | Standard_E8_v5 | 8 | 64 | $0.504 | $0.311 | $0.1061 |
| Azure | Standard_E8a_v4 | 8 | 64 | $0.504 | $0.2963 | $0.1061 |
| Azure | Standard_E8as_v4 | 8 | 64 | $0.504 | $0.2963 | $0.1061 |
| Azure | Standard_E8s_v3 | 8 | 64 | $0.504 | – | $0.1008 |
| Azure | Standard_E8s_v4 | 8 | 64 | $0.504 | $0.2963 | $0.1061 |
| Azure | Standard_E8s_v5 | 8 | 64 | $0.504 | $0.2974 | $0.1061 |
| AWS | r9g.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.5137 | – | $0.1546 |
| AWS | r5ad.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.524 | $0.33 | $0.1809 |
| Azure | Standard_E8ads_v5 | 8 | 64 | $0.524 | $0.3091 | $0.1104 |
| Azure | Standard_EC8ads_cc_v5 | 8 | 64 | $0.524 | – | $0.1106 |
| Azure | Standard_EC8ads_v5 | 8 | 64 | $0.524 | $0.4192 | $0.1106 |
| Azure | Standard_EC8as_v6 | 8 | 64 | $0.524 | $0.4196 | $0.1106 |
| AWS | r8i-flex.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.5279 | – | $0.1813 |
| Azure | Standard_E8s_v6 | 8 | 64 | $0.529 | $0.3281 | $0.1097 |
| AWS | r7i.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.5292 | $0.3501 | $0.1593 |
| AWS | r7gd.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.5443 | $0.3421 | $0.137 |
| AWS | r8i.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.5557 | – | $0.1677 |
| AWS | r5d.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.576 | $0.363 | $0.2793 |
| Azure | Standard_E8d_v4 | 8 | 64 | $0.576 | $0.3387 | $0.1211 |
| Azure | Standard_E8d_v5 | 8 | 64 | $0.576 | $0.3398 | $0.1218 |
| Azure | Standard_E8ds_v4 | 8 | 64 | $0.576 | $0.3387 | $0.1211 |
| Azure | Standard_E8ds_v5 | 8 | 64 | $0.576 | $0.3398 | $0.1218 |
| Azure | Standard_E8ads_v6 | 8 | 64 | $0.581 | $0.3427 | $0.1225 |
| Azure | Standard_E8ads_v7 | 8 | 64 | $0.581 | $0.3427 | $0.1084 |
| Azure | Standard_EC8es_v6 | 8 | 64 | $0.582 | $0.4656 | $0.1076 |
| AWS | r8gd.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.5878 | – | $0.2825 |
| AWS | r5b.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.596 | $0.3755 | $0.22 |
| AWS | r5n.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.596 | $0.375 | $0.2177 |
| Azure | Standard_E8bs_v5 | 8 | 64 | $0.596 | $0.3516 | $0.1255 |
| AWS | r6id.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.6048 | $0.3801 | $0.5659 |
| AWS | r7a.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.6086 | $0.4026 | $0.1504 |
| AWS | i4g.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.6178 | $0.4009 | $0.1442 |
| Azure | Standard_L8as_v3 | 8 | 64 | $0.624 | $0.3993 | $0.1333 |
| Azure | Standard_L8s_v2 | 8 | 64 | $0.624 | – | $0.1445 |
| AWS | r8a.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.639 | – | $0.1714 |
| Azure | Standard_EC8ads_v6 | 8 | 64 | $0.639 | $0.5111 | $0.1348 |
| AWS | r9gd.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.6407 | – | $0.1946 |
| Azure | Standard_E8ds_v6 | 8 | 64 | $0.654 | $0.4055 | $0.1366 |
| AWS | r8id.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.6653 | – | $0.1705 |
| AWS | r5dn.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.668 | $0.421 | $0.2905 |
| Azure | Standard_E8bds_v5 | 8 | 64 | $0.668 | $0.3941 | $0.1433 |
| AWS | i4i.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.686 | $0.445 | $0.2504 |
| Azure | Standard_L8s | 8 | 64 | $0.686 | – | $0.1268 |
| AWS | i8g.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.6864 | – | $0.1726 |
| Azure | Standard_L8as_v4 | 8 | 64 | $0.688 | $0.4196 | $0.1442 |
| Azure | Standard_E8s_v7 | 8 | 64 | $0.695 | – | $0.131 |
| Azure | Standard_L8s_v3 | 8 | 64 | $0.696 | $0.4454 | $0.1525 |
| Azure | Standard_L8s_v4 | 8 | 64 | $0.696 | $0.4245 | $0.1461 |
| Azure | Standard_E8ns_v6 | 8 | 64 | $0.697 | $0.41 | $0.1446 |
| AWS | r6in.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.6973 | $0.4393 | $0.2698 |
| Azure | Standard_E8bs_v6 | 8 | 64 | $0.698 | $0.4115 | $0.1298 |
| Azure | Standard_F8ams_v6 | 8 | 64 | $0.716 | $0.4439 | $0.1509 |
| Azure | Standard_F8ams_v7 | 8 | 64 | $0.716 | $0.4439 | $0.1389 |
| Azure | Standard_EC8eds_v6 | 8 | 64 | $0.719 | $0.5756 | $0.1329 |
| AWS | r8gb.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.7287 | – | $0.2626 |
| AWS | r8gn.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.7287 | – | $0.2723 |
| AWS | r7iz.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.744 | $0.4687 | $0.2768 |
| AWS | z1d.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.744 | $0.469 | $0.2273 |
| AWS | i7i.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.755 | – | $0.3163 |
| Azure | Standard_DC8s_v3 | 8 | 64 | $0.768 | – | $0.1692 |
| AWS | r6idn.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.7816 | $0.4924 | $0.3627 |
| Azure | Standard_E8bds_v6 | 8 | 64 | $0.782 | $0.4612 | $0.1453 |
| Azure | Standard_E8nds_v6 | 8 | 64 | $0.782 | $0.4596 | $0.1633 |
| Azure | Standard_L8as_v5 | 8 | 64 | $0.814 | $0.4966 | $0.1628 |
| Azure | Standard_E8ds_v7 | 8 | 64 | $0.832 | – | $0.1568 |
| AWS | r8ib.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.8368 | – | $0.3349 |
| AWS | r8in.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.8368 | – | $0.38 |
| Azure | Standard_F8amds_v7 | 8 | 64 | $0.872 | $0.5408 | $0.1692 |
| AWS | i3en.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.904 | $0.616 | $0.2165 |
| Azure | Standard_DC8ds_v3 | 8 | 64 | $0.904 | – | $0.1992 |
| Azure | Standard_L8aos_v4 | 8 | 64 | $0.904 | $0.5785 | $0.1896 |
| AWS | r8idb.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.9379 | – | $0.3017 |
| AWS | r8idn.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.9379 | – | $0.3354 |
| AWS | i8ge.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.9492 | – | $0.2384 |
| AWS | d3.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $0.999 | $0.629 | $0.2569 |
| AWS | i7ie.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $1.04 | – | $0.2963 |
| Azure | Standard_L8aos_v5 | 8 | 64 | $1.219 | $0.7193 | $0.2438 |
| AWS | g6e.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $2.242 | $1.413 | $2.098 |
| AWS | g7e.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $3.363 | – | $1.889 |
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.