96 vCPU, 768 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
71 current instance types have 96 vCPUs and 768 GiB of memory: 54 on AWS EC2 and 17 on Azure. The cheapest 96 vCPU, 768 GiB option is r5a.24xlarge on AWS at $5.424 per hour on demand (US East (N. Virginia)). The cheapest on Azure is Standard_E96as_v7 at $5.722, so AWS is 5% cheaper at this size.
Every 96 vCPU, 768 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | r5a.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $5.424 | $3.417 | $1.538 |
| AWS | r6a.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $5.443 | $3.601 | $1.091 |
| AWS | r8g.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $5.655 | $3.741 | $1.826 |
| AWS | r8g.metal-24xl | 96 | 768 | $5.655 | $3.741 | $1.132 |
| Azure | Standard_E96as_v7 | 96 | 768 | $5.722 | $3.376 | $1.068 |
| AWS | r5.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $6.048 | $3.81 | $1.246 |
| AWS | r5.metal | 96 | 768 | $6.048 | $3.81 | $1.307 |
| AWS | r6i.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $6.048 | $4.001 | $1.204 |
| AWS | r9g.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $6.164 | – | $0.9691 |
| AWS | r5ad.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $6.288 | $3.961 | $1.477 |
| Azure | Standard_E96s_v6 | 96 | 768 | $6.35 | $3.937 | $1.317 |
| AWS | r7i.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $6.35 | $4.201 | $3.489 |
| AWS | r7i.metal-24xl | 96 | 768 | $6.35 | $4.201 | $1.22 |
| AWS | r8i.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $6.668 | – | $1.174 |
| AWS | r5d.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $6.912 | $4.355 | $1.977 |
| AWS | r5d.metal | 96 | 768 | $6.912 | $4.355 | $2.184 |
| Azure | Standard_E96ads_v7 | 96 | 768 | $6.97 | $4.112 | $1.301 |
| AWS | r8gd.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $7.054 | – | $2.036 |
| AWS | r8gd.metal-24xl | 96 | 768 | $7.054 | – | $1.375 |
| AWS | r5b.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $7.152 | $4.506 | $2.46 |
| AWS | r5b.metal | 96 | 768 | $7.152 | $4.506 | $1.981 |
| AWS | r5n.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $7.152 | $4.506 | $1.589 |
| AWS | r5n.metal | 96 | 768 | $7.152 | $4.506 | $1.395 |
| Azure | Standard_HB176-96rs_v4 | 96 | 768 | $7.20 | $5.40 | $1.463 |
| AWS | r6id.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $7.258 | $4.561 | $5.712 |
| AWS | r7a.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $7.303 | $4.831 | $1.185 |
| AWS | r8a.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $7.668 | – | $1.122 |
| AWS | r8a.metal-24xl | 96 | 768 | $7.668 | – | $1.375 |
| AWS | r9gd.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $7.689 | – | $1.877 |
| Azure | Standard_E96ds_v6 | 96 | 768 | $7.849 | $4.866 | $1.639 |
| AWS | r8id.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $7.983 | – | $2.002 |
| AWS | r5dn.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $8.016 | $5.05 | $2.527 |
| AWS | r5dn.metal | 96 | 768 | $8.016 | $5.05 | $1.272 |
| AWS | i4i.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $8.237 | $5.345 | $1.705 |
| AWS | i8g.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $8.237 | – | $2.126 |
| AWS | i8g.metal-24xl | 96 | 768 | $8.237 | – | $1.323 |
| Azure | Standard_L96as_v4 | 96 | 768 | $8.256 | $5.036 | $1.73 |
| Azure | Standard_E96s_v7 | 96 | 768 | $8.336 | – | $1.571 |
| Azure | Standard_L96s_v4 | 96 | 768 | $8.352 | $5.095 | $1.753 |
| AWS | r6in.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $8.368 | $5.272 | $1.502 |
| Azure | Standard_E96ns_v6 | 96 | 768 | $8.368 | $4.92 | $1.736 |
| Azure | Standard_M96bs_v3 | 96 | 768 | $8.37 | $4.937 | $1.547 |
| Azure | Standard_E96bs_v6 | 96 | 768 | $8.371 | $4.939 | $1.556 |
| AWS | r8gb.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $8.745 | – | $1.518 |
| AWS | r8gb.metal-24xl | 96 | 768 | $8.745 | – | $1.763 |
| AWS | r8gn.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $8.745 | – | $2.748 |
| AWS | r8gn.metal-24xl | 96 | 768 | $8.745 | – | $1.585 |
| Azure | Standard_M96bds_v3 | 96 | 768 | $8.79 | $5.184 | $2.169 |
| AWS | i7i.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $9.06 | – | $2.275 |
| AWS | i7i.metal-24xl | 96 | 768 | $9.06 | – | $1.476 |
| AWS | hpc7a.48xlarge | 96 | 768 | $9.079 | $7.15 | – |
| AWS | r6idn.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $9.379 | $5.909 | $2.143 |
| Azure | Standard_E96bds_v6 | 96 | 768 | $9.379 | $5.534 | $1.743 |
| Azure | Standard_E96nds_v6 | 96 | 768 | $9.379 | $5.515 | $1.958 |
| Azure | Standard_L96as_v5 | 96 | 768 | $9.768 | $5.958 | $1.954 |
| Azure | Standard_E96ds_v7 | 96 | 768 | $9.979 | – | $1.881 |
| AWS | r8ib.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $10.042 | – | $3.274 |
| AWS | r8in.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $10.042 | – | $3.718 |
| AWS | i3en.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $10.848 | $7.388 | $2.747 |
| AWS | i3en.metal | 96 | 768 | $10.848 | $7.388 | $1.912 |
| AWS | r8idb.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $11.255 | – | $3.612 |
| AWS | r8idn.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $11.255 | – | $4.077 |
| AWS | i8ge.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $11.39 | – | $2.52 |
| AWS | i8ge.metal-24xl | 96 | 768 | $11.39 | – | $1.197 |
| AWS | dl2q.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $11.595 | $7.305 | $1.905 |
| AWS | i7ie.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $12.475 | – | $2.439 |
| AWS | i7ie.metal-24xl | 96 | 768 | $12.475 | – | $2.371 |
| AWS | dl1.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $13.109 | $8.259 | $5.103 |
| Azure | Standard_L96aos_v5 | 96 | 768 | $14.63 | $8.632 | $2.926 |
| AWS | g6e.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $15.066 | $9.491 | $7.469 |
| AWS | p3dn.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $31.212 | $19.215 | $3.121 |
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.