16 vCPU 128 GB VM price: AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud
A VM with 16 to 31 vCPU, 128 GB to under 256 GB costs from $133 a month on-demand (Azure F16ams v6 in newzealandnorth) and from $28.43 on spot (Azure F16ams v6 in newzealandnorth).
Prices checked 25 October 2026, 14:51 UTC. A month (730 hours) with a 10 GB boot disk, Linux list prices in USD, machine types with dedicated vCPUs.
Google Cloud
$441/month on-demand
n2d-highmem-16 in asia-south1. Spot from $76.90.
AWS
$381/month on-demand
r6g.4xlarge in ap-south-1. Spot from $38.87.
Azure
$133/month on-demand
F16ams v6 in newzealandnorth. Spot from $28.43.
On-demand, per zone and cloud
| Zone | Google Cloud | AWS | Azure |
|---|---|---|---|
| us-west US West | $529GCP e2-highmem-16 · us-west1 | $589AWS r6g.4xlarge · us-west-2 | $540Azure E16ps v6 · westus2 |
| us-central US Central | $529GCP e2-highmem-16 · us-central1 | – | $540Azure E16ps v6 · northcentralus |
| us-east US East | $529GCP e2-highmem-16 · us-east5 | $589AWS r6g.4xlarge · us-east-2 | $540Azure E16ps v6 · eastus |
| ca Canada | $582GCP e2-highmem-16 · northamerica-northeast2 | $646AWS r6g.4xlarge · ca-west-1 | $599Azure E16ps v6 · canadaeast |
| mx Mexico | $577GCP e2-highmem-16 · northamerica-south1 | $619AWS r6g.4xlarge · mx-central-1 | $593Azure E16ps v6 · mexicocentral |
| sa-east Brazil | $839GCP e2-highmem-16 · southamerica-east1 | $941AWS r6g.4xlarge · sa-east-1 | $859Azure E16ps v6 · brazilsouth |
| sa-west Chile | $756GCP e2-highmem-16 · southamerica-west1 | – | $926Azure E16as v4 · chilecentral |
| eu-west Western Europe | $582GCP e2-highmem-16 · europe-west1 | $660AWS r6g.4xlarge · eu-west-1 | $603Azure E16ps v6 · northeurope |
| eu-north Northern Europe | $555GCP e2-highmem-16 · europe-north2 | $626AWS r6g.4xlarge · eu-north-1 | $575Azure E16ps v6 · swedencentral |
| eu-central Central Europe | $640GCP e2-highmem-16 · europe-central2 | $711AWS r6g.4xlarge · eu-central-1 | $645Azure E16ps v6 · germanywestcentral |
| eu-south Southern Europe | $614GCP e2-highmem-16 · europe-west8 | $660AWS r6g.4xlarge · eu-south-2 | $603Azure E16ps v6 · spaincentral |
| me Middle East | $582GCP e2-highmem-16 · me-west1 | $693AWS r6g.4xlarge · il-central-1 | $659Azure E16ps v6 · uaenorth |
| af South Africa | $582GCP e2-highmem-16 · africa-south1 | $786AWS r6g.4xlarge · af-south-1 | $757Azure E16ps v6 · southafricanorth |
| ap-south India | $441GCP n2d-highmem-16 · asia-south1 | $381AWS r6g.4xlarge · ap-south-1 | $355Azure E16ps v6 · centralindia |
| ap-southeast Southeast Asia | $652GCP e2-highmem-16 · asia-southeast1 | $605AWS r6g.4xlarge · ap-southeast-7 | $631Azure E16ps v6 · indonesiacentral |
| ap-east Hong Kong, Taiwan | $612GCP e2-highmem-16 · asia-east1 | $640AWS r6g.4xlarge · ap-east-2 | $719Azure E16as v4 · taiwannorth |
| ap-northeast Japan, Korea | $678GCP e2-highmem-16 · asia-northeast3 | $711AWS r6g.4xlarge · ap-northeast-3 | $694Azure E16ps v6 · japaneast |
| au Australia | $638GCP e2-highmem-16 · australia-southeast2 | $706AWS r6g.4xlarge · ap-southeast-4 | $673Azure E16ps v6 · australiaeast |
| nz New Zealand | – | $742AWS r6g.4xlarge · ap-southeast-6 | $133Azure F16ams v6 · newzealandnorth |
Spot, per zone and cloud
| Zone | Google Cloud | AWS | Azure |
|---|---|---|---|
| us-west US West | $78.57GCP c2d-highmem-16 · us-west3 | $136AWS r6g.4xlarge · us-west-1 | $101Azure E16ps v6 · westus2 |
| us-central US Central | $114GCP c3-highmem-22 · us-south1 | – | $101Azure E16ps v6 · northcentralus |
| us-east US East | $118GCP m4-hypermem-16 · us-east5 | $141AWS r8i-flex.4xlarge · us-east-2 | $101Azure E16ps v6 · eastus2 |
| ca Canada | $76.90GCP n2-highmem-16 · northamerica-northeast2 | $116AWS r6g.4xlarge · ca-west-1 | $112Azure E16ps v6 · canadaeast |
| mx Mexico | $174GCP c3d-highmem-16 · northamerica-south1 | $81.65AWS r8g.4xlarge · mx-central-1 | $111Azure E16ps v6 · mexicocentral |
| sa-east Brazil | $164GCP n4-highmem-16 · southamerica-east1 | $121AWS r5.4xlarge · sa-east-1 | $160Azure E16ps v6 · brazilsouth |
| sa-west Chile | $154GCP m4-hypermem-16 · southamerica-west1 | – | $172Azure E16as v4 · chilecentral |
| eu-west Western Europe | $97.90GCP c4a-highmem-16 · europe-west4 | $104AWS r8g.4xlarge · eu-west-2 | $101Azure E16ps v6 · uksouth |
| eu-north Northern Europe | $149GCP e2-highmem-16 · europe-north2 | $63.32AWS r6g.4xlarge · eu-north-1 | $107Azure E16ps v6 · swedencentral |
| eu-central Central Europe | $126GCP e2-highmem-16 · europe-west10 | $139AWS r6g.4xlarge · eu-central-2 | $120Azure E16ps v6 · germanywestcentral |
| eu-south Southern Europe | $88.34GCP n2-highmem-16 · europe-west8 | $66.73AWS r6g.4xlarge · eu-south-2 | $112Azure E16ps v6 · spaincentral |
| me Middle East | $105GCP c2d-highmem-16 · me-central2 | $145AWS r6g.4xlarge · il-central-1 | $123Azure E16ps v6 · uaenorth |
| af South Africa | $186GCP n4-highmem-16 · africa-south1 | $149AWS r6gd.4xlarge · af-south-1 | $141Azure E16ps v6 · southafricanorth |
| ap-south India | $83.94GCP n2-highmem-16 · asia-south2 | $38.87AWS r6g.4xlarge · ap-south-2 | $66.75Azure E16ps v6 · centralindia |
| ap-southeast Southeast Asia | $140GCP n4-highmem-16 · asia-southeast3 | $71.99AWS r6g.4xlarge · ap-southeast-3 | $118Azure E16ps v6 · indonesiacentral |
| ap-east Hong Kong, Taiwan | $90.07GCP n4-highmem-16 · asia-east2 | $96.25AWS r6g.4xlarge · ap-east-1 | $138Azure E16ps v6 · eastasia |
| ap-northeast Japan, Korea | $92.43GCP c2d-highmem-16 · asia-northeast2 | $85.52AWS r7g.4xlarge · ap-northeast-2 | $129Azure E16ps v6 · japaneast |
| au Australia | $92.78GCP c2d-highmem-16 · australia-southeast1 | $124AWS r7g.4xlarge · ap-southeast-4 | $81.46Azure E16as v5 · australiacentral2 |
| nz New Zealand | – | $103AWS r8i.4xlarge · ap-southeast-6 | $28.43Azure F16ams v6 · newzealandnorth |
The cheapest 16 vCPU 128 GB machine types on each cloud
On-demand, each in its cheapest region.
Google Cloud
- n2d-highmem-16 16 vCPU, 128 GB, AMD from $441 in asia-south1
- c2d-highmem-16 16 vCPU, 128 GB, AMD from $473 in asia-south1
- n4d-highmem-16 16 vCPU, 128 GB, AMD from $496 in asia-south1
- e2-highmem-16 16 vCPU, 128 GB, Intel or AMD from $529 in us-west1
- n4a-highmem-16 16 vCPU, 128 GB, Google Axion from $592 in us-west1
AWS
- r6g.4xlarge 16 vCPU, 128 GB, AWS Graviton from $381 in ap-south-1
- r5a.4xlarge 16 vCPU, 128 GB, AMD from $418 in ap-south-1
- r6a.4xlarge 16 vCPU, 128 GB, AMD from $418 in ap-south-1
- r6gd.4xlarge 16 vCPU, 128 GB, AWS Graviton from $437 in ap-south-1
- r7g.4xlarge 16 vCPU, 128 GB, AWS Graviton from $439 in ap-south-1
Azure
- F16ams v6 16 vCPU, 128 GB, AMD from $133 in newzealandnorth
- E16ps v6 16 vCPU, 128 GB, Microsoft Cobalt from $355 in centralindia
- E16ps v5 16 vCPU, 128 GB, Ampere from $381 in centralindia
- E16as v5 16 vCPU, 128 GB, AMD from $419 in centralindia
- EC16as v5 16 vCPU, 128 GB, AMD from $419 in centralindia
Other sizes
- 16 vCPU · 16 GB
- 16 vCPU · 32 GB
- 16 vCPU · 64 GB
- 1 vCPU · 8 GB
- 2 vCPU · 16 GB
- 4 vCPU · 32 GB
- 8 vCPU · 64 GB
- 32 vCPU · 256 GB
- 48 vCPU · 384 GB
- 64 vCPU · 512 GB
- 96 vCPU · 768 GB
- 128 vCPU · 1024 GB
- 192 vCPU · 1536 GB
Questions
What is the cheapest 16 vCPU 128 GB VM?
On-demand: Azure F16ams v6 in newzealandnorth (Auckland, New Zealand) at $133 a month. Spot: Azure F16ams v6 in newzealandnorth (Auckland, New Zealand) at $28.43 a month. With a 10 GB boot disk, dedicated vCPUs, checked 25 October 2026, 14:51 UTC.
Is AWS, Azure or Google Cloud cheapest for 16 vCPU 128 GB?
Anywhere, on-demand: Google Cloud from $441, AWS from $381 and Azure from $133. Zone by zone, the cheapest on-demand offer is on Google Cloud in 15 of 19 zones, Azure in 3 of 19 zones and AWS in 1 of 19 zones.
How much cheaper is spot for 16 vCPU 128 GB?
The cheapest spot price against the cheapest on-demand price, anywhere: Google Cloud 83%, AWS 90% and Azure 79% less. Spot VMs can be stopped by the provider at any time.
Which machine types count as 16 vCPU 128 GB?
Types with dedicated vCPUs and 16 to 31 vCPU, 128 GB to under 256 GB: at least 16 vCPU and 128 GB, below the next size up, so a slightly bigger type still counts. GPU types are left out.