Need a VM with a good GPU and good CPUs (comparable to g4dn.4xlarge in AWS)

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Need a VM with a good GPU and good CPUs (comparable to g4dn.4xlarge in AWS)

Mike Newton 31

We need to set up a new VM for a client. It needs to have a good GPU, lots of CPUs, and use Intel CPUs. It also needs to be in Australia East. The closest option is Standard_NC6s_v3 but it would need to have more CPUs. An g4dn.4xlarge instance in AWS appears to be a much better fit and is much cheaper (1 T4 GPU, 16 vCPU, 64 GB RAM). But we would much rather host this in Azure, so I want to check if I've missed another Azure option that could compete with AWS for this kind of VM.

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Jackson Martins 10,606 MVP Volunteer Moderator

Hi @Mike Newton
You can use the virtual machines selector to find the best for your purpose:

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/vm-selector/

And you can lear more about GPU Family on:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes-gpu

Get in touch if you need more help with this issue.

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Jackson Martins 10,606 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2022-08-09T06:35:24.857+00:00

In this calculator you can apply the filter you want that will show the vm compatible, below I applied the filter for Intel as at least 18vCPU
Mike Newton 31 Reputation points

2022-08-09T12:10:17.393+00:00

Thanks very much Martins.

Unfortunately all the options that include Intel CPUs are much more expensive than the AWS equivalents and so it doesn't appear that Azure is going to work for this scenario. I had tried the calculator but was hoping I might have been missing something. Hopefully this is something Microsoft can look at in the future.

Thanks,
Mike.
Jackson Martins 10,606 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2022-08-09T12:13:55.9+00:00

@Mike Newton
Maybe they are different proposals, and there are options to reduce cost using Reserved Instance (RI), hybrid OS license benefit, or you can choose to turn off the VM when not in use.

Get in touch if you need more help with this issue.

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Jackson Martins 10,606 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2022-08-09T21:49:26.513+00:00

Hi @Mike Newton

Just checking if the answer helped you
Please "Accept the answer" if the information helped you. This will help us and others in the community as well.
Mike Newton 31 Reputation points

2022-08-09T23:08:55.25+00:00

Unfortunately the AWS costs are still much lower, and we can reserve instances there too. Turning off the VM isn't an option, although we could do that in AWS too. It just seems that Azure can't compete with AWS in this scenario and so we'll need to go with AWS.

We would love to switch back to Azure if they create an offering that can better match g4dn.4xlarge.

Your answer has confirmed that I wasn't missing something.

Thanks, Mike.

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