96 vCPU, 1536 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
6 current instance types have 96 vCPUs and 1536 GiB of memory: 4 on AWS EC2 and 2 on Azure. The cheapest 96 vCPU, 1536 GiB option is x8g.24xlarge on AWS at $9.379 per hour on demand (US East (N. Virginia)). The cheapest on Azure is Standard_M96ls_v4 at $12.511, so AWS is 25% cheaper at this size.
Every 96 vCPU, 1536 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | x8g.24xlarge | 96 | 1536 | $9.379 | $5.78 | $3.479 |
| AWS | x8g.metal-24xl | 96 | 1536 | $9.379 | $5.78 | $1.162 |
| AWS | x2idn.24xlarge | 96 | 1536 | $10.004 | $6.155 | $2.233 |
| AWS | x8i.24xlarge | 96 | 1536 | $10.504 | – | $1.844 |
| Azure | Standard_M96ls_v4 | 96 | 1536 | $12.511 | – | $2.502 |
| Azure | Standard_M96lds_v4 | 96 | 1536 | $13.137 | – | $2.627 |
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.