Microsoft Azure → Amazon Web Services
AWS equivalent of Azure VM sizes (series)
The closest AWS equivalent of Azure VM sizes (series) is Amazon EC2 instance types.
About Azure VM sizes (series)
| Provider | Microsoft Azure |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | VM series grouped by type (general purpose B/D, compute F, memory E/M, storage L, GPU N, HPC H). Names encode the CPU vendor (a = AMD, p = Arm) and features (d = local disk, s = premium storage, l = low memory) plus a version, for example Dasv6. |
| Documentation | learn.microsoft.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
AWS mappings (1)
| Capability | AWS equivalent | Match |
|---|---|---|
| Instance types and VM sizes | Amazon EC2 instance types | Direct match |
Virtual machines & images(1)
Instance types and VM sizes Direct match
EC2 instance types map to Azure VM sizes (series). Both group shapes by workload type and use letters in the name for the CPU vendor and features, but the naming schemes are different.
- Rough family mapping: general purpose M/T ↔ D/B, compute optimized C ↔ F, memory optimized R/X/U ↔ E/M, storage optimized I/D ↔ L, GPU P/G ↔ N (ND/NC/NV), HPC Hpc ↔ H (HB/HX).
- Naming. EC2 is family + generation + suffix + size (m7i.2xlarge, where i = Intel, a = AMD, g = Graviton, d = local NVMe, n = network). Azure is family + vCPUs + features + version (Standard_D8as_v6, where a = AMD, p = Arm, d = local disk, s = premium storage capable, l = low memory).
- Burstable. T-series uses CPU credits, with an "unlimited" mode. Azure B-series uses banked credits as well. Check each side's credit and baseline rules before comparing.