96 vCPU, 192 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
45 current instance types have 96 vCPUs and 192 GiB of memory: 31 on AWS EC2 and 14 on Azure. The cheapest 96 vCPU, 192 GiB option is Standard_D96pls_v6 on Azure at $2.976 per hour on demand (East US). The cheapest on AWS is c6a.24xlarge at $3.672, so Azure is 19% cheaper at this size.
Every 96 vCPU, 192 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | Standard_D96pls_v6 | 96 | 192 | $2.976 | $1.756 | $1.299 |
| AWS | c6a.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $3.672 | $2.429 | $1.00 |
| AWS | c5a.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $3.696 | $2.328 | $0.9585 |
| Azure | Standard_D96plds_v6 | 96 | 192 | $3.744 | $2.209 | $1.634 |
| AWS | c8g.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $3.829 | $2.523 | $0.8872 |
| AWS | c8g.metal-24xl | 96 | 192 | $3.829 | $2.523 | $0.8499 |
| Azure | Standard_D96als_v6 | 96 | 192 | $3.859 | $2.277 | $0.8139 |
| Azure | Standard_D96als_v7 | 96 | 192 | $3.859 | $2.277 | $0.7486 |
| AWS | c5.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $4.08 | $2.57 | $1.113 |
| AWS | c5.metal | 96 | 192 | $4.08 | $2.57 | $0.9484 |
| AWS | c6i.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $4.08 | $2.699 | $1.149 |
| Azure | Standard_D96ls_v5 | 96 | 192 | $4.08 | $2.517 | $0.8613 |
| AWS | c5ad.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $4.128 | $2.601 | $0.9104 |
| AWS | c9g.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $4.173 | – | $0.919 |
| AWS | c7i.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $4.284 | $2.834 | $1.542 |
| AWS | c7i.metal-24xl | 96 | 192 | $4.284 | $2.834 | $1.082 |
| Azure | Standard_D96ls_v6 | 96 | 192 | $4.284 | $2.656 | $0.9035 |
| AWS | c8i.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $4.498 | – | $1.281 |
| Azure | Standard_D96alds_v6 | 96 | 192 | $4.57 | $2.696 | $0.9634 |
| Azure | Standard_D96alds_v7 | 96 | 192 | $4.57 | $2.696 | $0.8866 |
| AWS | c5d.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $4.608 | $2.903 | $0.9789 |
| AWS | c5d.metal | 96 | 192 | $4.608 | $2.903 | $1.381 |
| Azure | Standard_D96lds_v5 | 96 | 192 | $4.608 | $2.719 | $0.9884 |
| AWS | c8gd.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $4.703 | – | $0.8404 |
| AWS | c8gd.metal-24xl | 96 | 192 | $4.703 | – | $0.992 |
| AWS | inf1.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $4.721 | $2.974 | $0.616 |
| AWS | c6id.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $4.838 | $3.049 | $1.039 |
| AWS | c7a.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $4.927 | $3.259 | $1.058 |
| AWS | c9gd.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $5.126 | – | $1.297 |
| AWS | c8a.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $5.173 | – | $1.079 |
| AWS | c8a.metal-24xl | 96 | 192 | $5.173 | – | $1.131 |
| AWS | vt1.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $5.20 | $3.276 | $1.051 |
| Azure | Standard_D96lds_v6 | 96 | 192 | $5.295 | $3.283 | $1.115 |
| AWS | c8id.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $5.322 | – | $1.185 |
| Azure | Standard_D96nls_v6 | 96 | 192 | $5.443 | $3.20 | $1.148 |
| AWS | c6in.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $5.443 | $3.429 | $1.021 |
| Azure | Standard_D96ls_v7 | 96 | 192 | $5.623 | – | $1.039 |
| AWS | c8gb.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $5.688 | – | $0.9366 |
| AWS | c8gb.metal-24xl | 96 | 192 | $5.688 | – | $0.6827 |
| AWS | c8gn.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $5.688 | – | $1.088 |
| AWS | c8gn.metal-24xl | 96 | 192 | $5.688 | – | $0.8818 |
| AWS | c8ib.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $6.532 | – | $2.255 |
| AWS | c8in.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $6.532 | – | $1.784 |
| Azure | Standard_D96lds_v7 | 96 | 192 | $6.653 | – | $1.23 |
| Azure | Standard_D96nlds_v6 | 96 | 192 | $6.722 | $3.966 | $1.416 |
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.