96 vCPU, 384 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
72 current instance types have 96 vCPUs and 384 GiB of memory: 44 on AWS EC2 and 28 on Azure. The cheapest 96 vCPU, 384 GiB option is hpc6a.48xlarge on AWS at $3.321 per hour on demand (US East (N. Virginia)). The cheapest on Azure is Standard_D96ps_v6 at $3.37, so AWS is 1% cheaper at this size.
Every 96 vCPU, 384 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | hpc6a.48xlarge | 96 | 384 | $3.321 | $2.615 | – |
| Azure | Standard_D96ps_v6 | 96 | 384 | $3.37 | $1.988 | $1.471 |
| AWS | m5a.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $4.128 | $2.601 | $1.04 |
| Azure | Standard_D96as_v5 | 96 | 384 | $4.128 | $2.547 | $0.8714 |
| Azure | Standard_DC96as_cc_v5 | 96 | 384 | $4.128 | – | $0.8714 |
| Azure | Standard_DC96as_v5 | 96 | 384 | $4.128 | $3.302 | $0.8714 |
| AWS | m6a.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $4.147 | $2.743 | $0.9891 |
| AWS | m8g.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $4.309 | $2.85 | $0.9272 |
| AWS | m8g.metal-24xl | 96 | 384 | $4.309 | $2.85 | $1.012 |
| Azure | Standard_D96as_v6 | 96 | 384 | $4.358 | $2.571 | $0.9191 |
| Azure | Standard_D96as_v7 | 96 | 384 | $4.358 | $2.571 | $0.8455 |
| Azure | Standard_D96pds_v6 | 96 | 384 | $4.406 | $2.60 | $1.923 |
| AWS | m5.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $4.608 | $2.903 | $0.8559 |
| AWS | m5.metal | 96 | 384 | $4.608 | $2.903 | $0.9496 |
| AWS | m6i.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $4.608 | $3.048 | $1.059 |
| Azure | Standard_D96_v5 | 96 | 384 | $4.608 | $2.843 | $0.9727 |
| Azure | Standard_D96a_v4 | 96 | 384 | $4.608 | $2.709 | $0.9718 |
| Azure | Standard_D96as_v4 | 96 | 384 | $4.608 | $2.709 | $0.9718 |
| Azure | Standard_D96s_v5 | 96 | 384 | $4.608 | $2.843 | $0.9727 |
| AWS | m9g.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $4.696 | – | $1.634 |
| Azure | Standard_DC96as_v6 | 96 | 384 | $4.794 | $3.835 | $1.012 |
| Azure | Standard_D96s_v6 | 96 | 384 | $4.838 | $3.00 | $1.02 |
| AWS | m7i.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $4.838 | $3.201 | $1.007 |
| AWS | m7i.metal-24xl | 96 | 384 | $4.838 | $3.201 | $1.123 |
| AWS | m5ad.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $4.944 | $3.115 | $1.118 |
| Azure | Standard_D96ads_v5 | 96 | 384 | $4.944 | $2.917 | $1.044 |
| Azure | Standard_DC96ads_cc_v5 | 96 | 384 | $4.944 | – | $1.044 |
| Azure | Standard_DC96ads_v5 | 96 | 384 | $4.944 | $3.955 | $1.044 |
| AWS | m8i.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $5.08 | – | $1.474 |
| Azure | Standard_DC96es_v6 | 96 | 384 | $5.322 | $4.258 | $0.9835 |
| AWS | m5d.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $5.424 | $3.417 | $1.345 |
| AWS | m5d.metal | 96 | 384 | $5.424 | $3.417 | $1.181 |
| Azure | Standard_D96d_v5 | 96 | 384 | $5.424 | $3.20 | $1.163 |
| Azure | Standard_D96ds_v5 | 96 | 384 | $5.424 | $3.20 | $1.163 |
| Azure | Standard_D96ads_v6 | 96 | 384 | $5.472 | $3.228 | $1.153 |
| Azure | Standard_D96ads_v7 | 96 | 384 | $5.472 | $3.228 | $1.062 |
| AWS | m8gd.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $5.535 | – | $5.179 |
| AWS | m8gd.metal-24xl | 96 | 384 | $5.535 | – | $1.673 |
| AWS | m7a.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $5.564 | $3.681 | $1.258 |
| AWS | m6id.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $5.695 | $3.588 | $1.01 |
| AWS | m5n.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $5.712 | $3.599 | $1.633 |
| AWS | m5n.metal | 96 | 384 | $5.712 | $3.599 | $1.15 |
| AWS | m8a.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $5.843 | – | $2.317 |
| AWS | m8a.metal-24xl | 96 | 384 | $5.843 | – | $1.27 |
| Azure | Standard_D96ds_v6 | 96 | 384 | $5.98 | $3.708 | $1.259 |
| Azure | Standard_DC96ads_v6 | 96 | 384 | $6.019 | $4.815 | $1.27 |
| AWS | m9gd.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $6.034 | – | $1.251 |
| AWS | m8id.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $6.265 | – | $1.367 |
| Azure | Standard_D96s_v7 | 96 | 384 | $6.35 | – | $1.173 |
| AWS | inf2.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $6.491 | $4.089 | $0.7085 |
| AWS | m5dn.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $6.528 | $4.113 | $2.286 |
| AWS | m5dn.metal | 96 | 384 | $6.528 | $4.113 | $1.669 |
| Azure | Standard_DC96eds_v6 | 96 | 384 | $6.578 | $5.262 | $1.216 |
| AWS | g6.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $6.675 | $4.346 | $2.211 |
| AWS | m6in.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $6.683 | $4.21 | $1.497 |
| Azure | Standard_D96ns_v6 | 96 | 384 | $6.683 | $3.93 | $1.409 |
| AWS | m8gb.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $6.984 | – | $1.382 |
| AWS | m8gb.metal-24xl | 96 | 384 | $6.984 | – | $1.09 |
| AWS | m8gn.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $6.984 | – | $1.662 |
| AWS | m8gn.metal-24xl | 96 | 384 | $6.984 | – | $1.093 |
| AWS | m6idn.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $7.638 | $4.812 | $1.625 |
| Azure | Standard_D96nds_v6 | 96 | 384 | $7.638 | $4.506 | $1.609 |
| AWS | g4dn.metal | 96 | 384 | $7.824 | $4.929 | $3.804 |
| Azure | Standard_D96ds_v7 | 96 | 384 | $7.832 | – | $1.447 |
| AWS | m8ib.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $8.02 | – | $2.461 |
| AWS | m8in.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $8.02 | – | $2.674 |
| AWS | g5.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $8.144 | $5.131 | $2.808 |
| AWS | m8idb.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $9.165 | – | $4.578 |
| AWS | m8idn.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $9.165 | – | $3.688 |
| AWS | m8azn.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $9.91 | – | $1.695 |
| AWS | m8azn.metal-24xl | 96 | 384 | $9.91 | – | $0.991 |
| AWS | g7.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $14.257 | – | $1.783 |
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.