Standard_E2ads_v6

Standard_E2ads_v6 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)). In East US it costs $0.145 per hour on demand ($105.85 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0856 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0306 per hour. It is sold in 61 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.0938 per hour.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
Central India centralindia$0.0938$0.0173$0.0554$0.0357$0.0647$0.0431
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.0938–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.0938–––––
East US eastus$0.145$0.0306$0.0856$0.0552$0.0986$0.0682
East US 2 eastus2$0.145$0.0268$0.0856$0.0552$0.0986$0.0682
North Central US northcentralus$0.145$0.0268$0.0856$0.0552$0.0986$0.0682
West US 2 westus2$0.145$0.0268$0.0856$0.0552$0.0986$0.0682
West US 3 westus3$0.145$0.0268$0.0856$0.0552$0.0986$0.0682
India South Central indiasouthcentral$0.152$0.0281$0.0897$0.0578$0.1049$0.0699
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.155$0.0286$0.0916$0.059$0.1054$0.0729
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.16$0.0296––––
Canada Central canadacentral$0.162$0.0299$0.0955$0.0616$0.1102$0.0761
Canada East canadaeast$0.162$0.0299$0.0955$0.0616$0.1102$0.0761
North Europe northeurope$0.162$0.0299$0.0955$0.0616$0.1102$0.0761
Central US centralus$0.164$0.0303$0.0856$0.0552$0.0986$0.0681
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$0.164$0.0303$0.0968$0.0624$0.1099$0.0771
Malaysia West malaysiawest$0.164$0.0303$0.0968$0.0624$0.1099$0.0771
Korea South koreasouth$0.167$0.0309$0.0984$0.0634$0.1136$0.0785
UK South uksouth$0.169$0.0312$0.0995$0.0642$0.12$0.0794
France Central francecentral$0.17$0.0314$0.1006$0.0648$0.1156$0.0799
Italy North italynorth$0.17$0.0314$0.1006$0.0648$0.1207$0.0816
Spain Central spaincentral$0.17$0.0314$0.1006$0.0648$0.1156$0.0867
West US westus$0.17$0.0314$0.1006$0.0648$0.1156$0.0799
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.173$0.032$0.1018$0.0656$0.1228$0.0813
South Central US southcentralus$0.174$0.0322$0.1025$0.0661$0.1183$0.0818
West Central US westcentralus$0.174$0.0322$0.1025$0.0661$0.1201$0.08
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.175$0.0323$0.1035$0.0667$0.119$0.0823
Poland Central polandcentral$0.175$0.0323$0.1032$0.0665$0.119$0.0893
UK West ukwest$0.175$0.0323$0.1035$0.0667$0.1243$0.0823
West Europe westeurope$0.175$0.0356$0.1035$0.0667$0.119$0.0823
Korea Central koreacentral$0.179$0.0331$0.1055$0.068$0.1217$0.0841
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.179$0.0331$0.1055$0.068$0.1217$0.0841
UAE North uaenorth$0.179$0.0331$0.1055$0.068$0.1217$0.0841
Australia Central australiacentral$0.182$0.0336$0.1075$0.0693$0.1219$0.0855
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.182$0.0182$0.1075$0.0693$0.1219$0.0855
Australia East australiaeast$0.182$0.0336$0.1075$0.0693$0.1219$0.0855
New Zealand North newzealandnorth$0.182$0.0336$0.1075$0.0693$0.1219$0.0855
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.182$0.0336$0.1075$0.0693$0.1238$0.0855
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.182$0.0336$0.1075$0.0693––
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.184$0.034$0.1086$0.0699––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.184$0.034$0.1086$0.0699––
West India westindia$0.186$0.0344$0.1095$0.0705$0.1283$0.0856
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.189$0.0349$0.1115$0.0718$0.1266$0.0888
Japan East japaneast$0.189$0.0349$0.1115$0.0718$0.1285$0.0888
Japan West japanwest$0.189$0.0349$0.1115$0.0718$0.1285$0.0888
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.194$0.0359$0.1145$0.0737$0.1319$0.0912
East Asia eastasia$0.201$0.0371$0.1185$0.0763$0.1367$0.0945
Sweden South swedensouth$0.202$0.0373$0.1194$0.0769$0.1434$0.097
South India southindia$0.204$0.0377$0.1204$0.0776$0.1408$0.0938
Israel Central israelcentral$0.208$0.0384$0.1225$0.0789$0.1414$0.0978
Norway East norwayeast$0.208$0.0384$0.1225$0.0789$0.1414$0.0978
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.208$0.0384$0.1225$0.0789$0.1477$0.0978
France South francesouth$0.221$0.0408$0.1304$0.084$0.1503$0.1039
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$0.224$0.0414$0.1324$0.0853$0.159$0.1053
Germany North germanynorth$0.228$0.0421$0.1344$0.0866$0.155$0.1072
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.233$0.0431$0.1373$0.0885$0.1584$0.1095
UAE Central uaecentral$0.233$0.0431$0.1372$0.0884$0.1584$0.1095
South Africa West southafricawest$0.251$0.0464$0.1483$0.0955$0.1707$0.118
Norway West norwaywest$0.27$0.0499$0.1592$0.1026$0.1836$0.1269
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.27$0.0499$0.1592$0.1026$0.1917$0.1269
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$0.302$0.0558$0.1782$0.1148$0.2054$0.1419

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.145$0.0856$0.0552
Windows$0.237$0.1776$0.1472

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)
ACU (compute units)230
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
Network12.5 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces2
StorageValue
Storage110 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Local NVMe110 GiB
Max data disks4
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)4,000
Max disk throughput (uncached)90 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYes
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_E2ads_v6
FamilyEadsv6
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Serieseadsv6-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.