Instances Azure VM Standard_DC96as_v5 Standard_DC96as_v5
Standard_DC96as_v5 is an Azure VM size with 96 vCPUs, 384 GiB memory (AMD EPYC (Milan)). In East US it costs $4.128 per hour on demand ($3,013.44 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $3.302 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.8714 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $2.666 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 $2.666 $0.4927 $2.133 $1.60 $2.262 $1.73 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $2.666 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $2.666 – – – – – East US eastus $4.128 $0.8714 $3.302 $2.477 $3.49 $2.687 East US 2 eastus2 $4.128 $0.7629 $3.302 $2.477 $3.49 $2.687 North Europe northeurope $4.608 $0.8516 $3.686 $2.765 $4.169 $3.261 Central US centralus $4.665 $0.8612 $3.302 $2.477 $3.485 $2.678 UK South uksouth $4.80 $0.887 $3.84 $2.88 $4.217 $3.338 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $4.829 $0.8924 $3.863 $2.897 $4.097 $3.134 West US westus $4.848 $0.8959 $3.878 $2.909 $4.386 $3.384 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $4.992 $0.9225 $3.994 $2.995 $4.418 $3.533 Italy North italynorth $4.992 $0.9225 $3.994 $2.995 $4.517 $3.533 West Europe westeurope $4.992 $0.9225 $3.994 $2.995 $4.516 $3.533 UAE North uaenorth $5.088 $0.9403 $4.07 $3.053 $4.603 $3.601 Southeast Asia southeastasia $5.184 $0.958 $4.147 $3.11 $4.412 $3.38 Japan East japaneast $5.376 $0.9935 $4.301 $3.226 $4.712 $3.74 East Asia eastasia $5.712 $1.056 $4.57 $3.427 $5.168 $4.042 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $5.903 $1.091 $4.723 $3.542 $5.34 $4.178
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $4.128 $3.302 $2.477 Windows $8.544 $7.718 $6.893
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 Max data disks 32 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 80,000 Max disk throughput (uncached) 1,200 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_DC96as_v5 Family DCasv5 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes Confidential computing SNP
Other Value Series dcasv5-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 .