16 vCPU 64 GB VM price: AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud
A VM with 16 to 31 vCPU, 64 GB to under 128 GB costs from $271 a month on-demand (Azure D16ps v6 in centralindia) and from $30.48 on spot (AWS m6g.4xlarge in ap-south-2).
Prices checked 25 October 2026, 08:30 UTC. A month (730 hours) with a 10 GB boot disk, Linux list prices in USD, machine types with dedicated vCPUs.
Google Cloud
$327/month on-demand
n2d-standard-16 in asia-south1. Spot from $57.28.
AWS
$296/month on-demand
m6g.4xlarge in ap-south-1. Spot from $30.48.
Azure
$271/month on-demand
D16ps v6 in centralindia. Spot from $51.23.
On-demand, per zone and cloud
| Zone | Google Cloud | AWS | Azure |
|---|---|---|---|
| us-west US West | $392GCP e2-standard-16 · us-west1 | $450AWS m6g.4xlarge · us-west-2 | $411Azure D16ps v6 · westus2 |
| us-central US Central | $392GCP e2-standard-16 · us-central1 | – | $411Azure D16ps v6 · northcentralus |
| us-east US East | $392GCP e2-standard-16 · us-east5 | $450AWS m6g.4xlarge · us-east-2 | $411Azure D16ps v6 · eastus |
| ca Canada | $432GCP e2-standard-16 · northamerica-northeast2 | $501AWS m6g.4xlarge · ca-west-1 | $457Azure D16ps v6 · canadaeast |
| mx Mexico | $428GCP e2-standard-16 · northamerica-south1 | $473AWS m6g.4xlarge · mx-central-1 | $452Azure D16ps v6 · mexicocentral |
| sa-east Brazil | $623GCP e2-standard-16 · southamerica-east1 | $716AWS m6g.4xlarge · sa-east-1 | $654Azure D16ps v6 · brazilsouth |
| sa-west Chile | $561GCP e2-standard-16 · southamerica-west1 | – | $708Azure D16a v4 · chilecentral |
| eu-west Western Europe | $431GCP e2-standard-16 · europe-west1 | $503AWS m6g.4xlarge · eu-west-1 | $459Azure D16ps v6 · northeurope |
| eu-north Northern Europe | $412GCP e2-standard-16 · europe-north2 | $480AWS m6g.4xlarge · eu-north-1 | $438Azure D16ps v6 · swedencentral |
| eu-central Central Europe | $475GCP e2-standard-16 · europe-central2 | $538AWS m6g.4xlarge · eu-central-1 | $490Azure D16ps v6 · germanywestcentral |
| eu-south Southern Europe | $455GCP e2-standard-16 · europe-west8 | $503AWS m6g.4xlarge · eu-south-2 | $459Azure D16ps v6 · spaincentral |
| me Middle East | $432GCP e2-standard-16 · me-west1 | $528AWS m6g.4xlarge · il-central-1 | $501Azure D16ps v6 · uaenorth |
| af South Africa | $432GCP e2-standard-16 · africa-south1 | $594AWS m6g.4xlarge · af-south-1 | $576Azure D16ps v6 · southafricanorth |
| ap-south India | $327GCP n2d-standard-16 · asia-south1 | $296AWS m6g.4xlarge · ap-south-1 | $271Azure D16ps v6 · centralindia |
| ap-southeast Southeast Asia | $484GCP e2-standard-16 · asia-southeast1 | $477AWS m6g.4xlarge · ap-southeast-7 | $481Azure D16ps v6 · indonesiacentral |
| ap-east Hong Kong, Taiwan | $454GCP e2-standard-16 · asia-east1 | $521AWS m6g.4xlarge · ap-east-2 | $565Azure D16ps v6 · eastasia |
| ap-northeast Japan, Korea | $503GCP e2-standard-16 · asia-northeast3 | $550AWS m6g.4xlarge · ap-northeast-2 | $528Azure D16ps v6 · japaneast |
| au Australia | $473GCP e2-standard-16 · australia-southeast2 | $562AWS m6g.4xlarge · ap-southeast-4 | $512Azure D16ps v6 · australiaeast |
| nz New Zealand | – | $590AWS m6g.4xlarge · ap-southeast-6 | $538Azure D16ps v6 · newzealandnorth |
Spot, per zone and cloud
| Zone | Google Cloud | AWS | Azure |
|---|---|---|---|
| us-west US West | $58.57GCP c2d-standard-16 · us-west3 | $99.51AWS m5.4xlarge · us-west-1 | $77.02Azure D16ps v6 · westus2 |
| us-central US Central | $87.15GCP c3-standard-22 · us-south1 | – | $77.02Azure D16ps v6 · northcentralus |
| us-east US East | $91.99GCP c2-standard-16 · us-east5 | $69.13AWS h1.4xlarge · us-east-2 | $77.02Azure D16ps v6 · eastus2 |
| ca Canada | $57.28GCP n2-standard-16 · northamerica-northeast2 | $63.37AWS m6i.4xlarge · ca-west-1 | $85.50Azure D16ps v6 · canadaeast |
| mx Mexico | $129GCP c3d-standard-16 · northamerica-south1 | $133AWS m6g.4xlarge · mx-central-1 | $84.69Azure D16ps v6 · mexicocentral |
| sa-east Brazil | $125GCP e2-standard-16 · southamerica-east1 | $86.35AWS m6g.4xlarge · sa-east-1 | $123Azure D16ps v6 · brazilsouth |
| sa-west Chile | $119GCP t2d-standard-16 · southamerica-west1 | – | $132Azure D16a v4 · chilecentral |
| eu-west Western Europe | $75.00GCP c4a-standard-16 · europe-west4 | $74.44AWS m7i-flex.4xlarge · eu-west-2 | $84.09Azure D16ps v5 · uksouth |
| eu-north Northern Europe | $111GCP e2-standard-16 · europe-north2 | $60.40AWS m5.4xlarge · eu-north-1 | $81.87Azure D16ps v6 · swedencentral |
| eu-central Central Europe | $93.44GCP e2-standard-16 · europe-west10 | $121AWS i3.4xlarge · eu-central-2 | $91.59Azure D16ps v6 · germanywestcentral |
| eu-south Southern Europe | $65.77GCP n2-standard-16 · europe-west8 | $51.10AWS m6g.4xlarge · eu-south-2 | $85.79Azure D16ps v6 · spaincentral |
| me Middle East | $70.11GCP c2-standard-16 · me-west1 | $97.12AWS m5.4xlarge · il-central-1 | $93.85Azure D16ps v6 · uaenorth |
| af South Africa | $142GCP n4-standard-16 · africa-south1 | $106AWS m6g.4xlarge · af-south-1 | $108Azure D16ps v6 · southafricanorth |
| ap-south India | $62.54GCP n2-standard-16 · asia-south2 | $30.48AWS m6g.4xlarge · ap-south-2 | $51.23Azure D16ps v6 · centralindia |
| ap-southeast Southeast Asia | $107GCP n4-standard-16 · asia-southeast3 | $57.02AWS m6g.4xlarge · ap-southeast-3 | $89.83Azure D16ps v6 · indonesiacentral |
| ap-east Hong Kong, Taiwan | $69.24GCP n4-standard-16 · asia-east2 | $62.33AWS m6gd.4xlarge · ap-east-2 | $105Azure D16ps v6 · eastasia |
| ap-northeast Japan, Korea | $68.88GCP c2d-standard-16 · asia-northeast2 | $104AWS m5.4xlarge · ap-northeast-2 | $98.60Azure D16ps v6 · japaneast |
| au Australia | $61.15GCP c3d-standard-16 · australia-southeast1 | $70.75AWS m6gd.4xlarge · ap-southeast-4 | $65.11Azure D16as v5 · australiacentral2 |
| nz New Zealand | – | $171AWS m6g.4xlarge · ap-southeast-6 | $101Azure D16ps v6 · newzealandnorth |
The cheapest 16 vCPU 64 GB machine types on each cloud
On-demand, each in its cheapest region.
Google Cloud
- n2d-standard-16 16 vCPU, 64 GB, AMD from $327 in asia-south1
- t2d-standard-16 16 vCPU, 64 GB, AMD from $327 in asia-south1
- c2d-standard-16 16 vCPU, 64 GB, AMD from $351 in asia-south1
- n4d-standard-16 16 vCPU, 64 GB, AMD from $378 in asia-south1
- e2-standard-16 16 vCPU, 64 GB, Intel or AMD from $392 in us-west1
AWS
- m6g.4xlarge 16 vCPU, 64 GB, AWS Graviton from $296 in ap-south-1
- m5a.4xlarge 16 vCPU, 64 GB, AMD from $325 in ap-south-1
- m6a.4xlarge 16 vCPU, 64 GB, AMD from $325 in ap-south-1
- m7g.4xlarge 16 vCPU, 64 GB, AWS Graviton from $342 in ap-south-1
- m6gd.4xlarge 16 vCPU, 64 GB, AWS Graviton from $354 in ap-south-1
Azure
- D16ps v6 16 vCPU, 64 GB, Microsoft Cobalt from $271 in centralindia
- D16ps v5 16 vCPU, 64 GB, Ampere from $297 in centralindia
- D16as v5 16 vCPU, 64 GB, AMD from $325 in centralindia
- DC16as v5 16 vCPU, 64 GB, AMD from $325 in centralindia
- D16as v6 16 vCPU, 64 GB, AMD from $344 in centralindia
Other sizes
- 16 vCPU · 16 GB
- 16 vCPU · 32 GB
- 16 vCPU · 128 GB
- 1 vCPU · 4 GB
- 2 vCPU · 8 GB
- 4 vCPU · 16 GB
- 8 vCPU · 32 GB
- 32 vCPU · 128 GB
- 48 vCPU · 192 GB
- 64 vCPU · 256 GB
- 96 vCPU · 384 GB
- 128 vCPU · 512 GB
- 192 vCPU · 768 GB
Questions
What is the cheapest 16 vCPU 64 GB VM?
On-demand: Azure D16ps v6 in centralindia (Pune, India) at $271 a month. Spot: AWS m6g.4xlarge in ap-south-2 (Hyderabad, India) at $30.48 a month. With a 10 GB boot disk, dedicated vCPUs, checked 25 October 2026, 08:30 UTC.
Is AWS, Azure or Google Cloud cheapest for 16 vCPU 64 GB?
Anywhere, on-demand: Google Cloud from $327, AWS from $296 and Azure from $271. Zone by zone, the cheapest on-demand offer is on Google Cloud in 16 of 19 zones, Azure in 2 of 19 zones and AWS in 1 of 19 zones.
How much cheaper is spot for 16 vCPU 64 GB?
The cheapest spot price against the cheapest on-demand price, anywhere: Google Cloud 82%, AWS 90% and Azure 81% less. Spot VMs can be stopped by the provider at any time.
Which machine types count as 16 vCPU 64 GB?
Types with dedicated vCPUs and 16 to 31 vCPU, 64 GB to under 128 GB: at least 16 vCPU and 64 GB, below the next size up, so a slightly bigger type still counts. GPU types are left out.