Instances Azure VM Standard_DC96ads_v5 Standard_DC96ads_v5
Standard_DC96ads_v5 is an Azure VM size with 96 vCPUs, 384 GiB memory (AMD EPYC (Milan)). In East US it costs $4.944 per hour on demand ($3,609.12 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $3.955 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $1.044 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $3.221 per hour.
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
Region On-demand Spot 1-yr reserved 3-yr reserved 1-yr savings plan 3-yr savings plan Central India centralindia $3.221 $0.5952 $2.577 $1.933 $2.735 $2.086 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $3.221 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $3.221 – – – – – East US eastus $4.944 $1.044 $3.955 $2.966 $4.187 $3.214 East US 2 eastus2 $4.944 $0.9137 $3.955 $2.966 $4.187 $3.214 North Europe northeurope $5.52 $1.02 $4.416 $3.312 $4.97 $3.903 Central US centralus $5.587 $1.031 $3.955 $2.966 $5.03 $3.942 UK South uksouth $5.76 $1.064 $4.608 $3.456 $5.061 $3.997 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $5.789 $1.07 $4.631 $3.473 $4.915 $3.748 West US westus $5.856 $1.082 $4.685 $3.514 $5.272 $4.056 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $6.00 $1.109 $4.80 $3.60 $5.304 $4.242 Italy North italynorth $6.00 $1.109 $4.80 $3.60 $5.402 $4.242 West Europe westeurope $6.00 $1.109 $4.80 $3.60 $5.402 $4.242 UAE North uaenorth $6.091 $1.126 $4.873 $3.655 $5.484 $4.306 Southeast Asia southeastasia $6.192 $1.144 $4.954 $3.715 $5.264 $4.025 Japan East japaneast $6.432 $1.189 $5.146 $3.859 $5.638 $4.478 East Asia eastasia $6.816 $1.26 $5.453 $4.09 $6.136 $4.819 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $7.07 $1.306 $5.656 $4.242 $6.365 $4.998
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $4.944 $3.955 $2.966 Windows $9.36 $8.371 $7.382
Compute Value vCPUs 96 Physical cores 48 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC (Milan) ACU (compute units) 230
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 384
Networking Value Network 20 Gbps Accelerated networking No Max network interfaces 8
Storage Value Storage 3600 GiB temp SSD Temp disk 3,600 GiB Max data disks 32 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 80,000 Max disk throughput (uncached) 1,200 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_DC96ads_v5 Family DCadsv5 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes Confidential computing SNP
Other Value Series dcadsv5-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .