Standard_EC20ads_v5

Standard_EC20ads_v5 is an Azure VM size with 20 vCPUs, 160 GiB memory (AMD EPYC (Milan)). In East US it costs $1.31 per hour on demand ($956.30 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.048 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2765 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.831 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$0.831$0.1536$0.6644$0.4983$0.6998$0.5456
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.831–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.831–––––
East US eastus$1.31$0.2765$1.048$0.786$1.105$0.86
East US 2 eastus2$1.31$0.2421$1.048$0.786$1.105$0.86
North Europe northeurope$1.46$0.2698$1.168$0.876$1.238$1.006
Central US centralus$1.48$0.2732$1.048$0.786$1.104$0.8584
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$1.48$0.2735$1.184$0.888$1.251$0.9817
Italy North italynorth$1.48$0.2735$1.184$0.888$1.255$1.02
West Europe westeurope$1.48$0.2735$1.184$0.888$1.255$1.02
West US westus$1.48$0.2735$1.184$0.888$1.253$0.9784
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$1.532$0.2831$1.226$0.9192$1.287$1.009
UK South uksouth$1.54$0.2846$1.232$0.924$1.302$1.054
Japan East japaneast$1.59$0.2938$1.272$0.954$1.346$1.095
Southeast Asia southeastasia$1.59$0.2938$1.272$0.954$1.337$1.044
UAE North uaenorth$1.609$0.2973$1.287$0.9654$1.364$1.109
East Asia eastasia$1.735$0.3206$1.388$1.041$1.471$1.195
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$1.873$0.3461$1.499$1.124$1.588$1.29

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$1.31$1.048$0.786
Windows$2.23$1.968$1.706

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs20
Physical cores10
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC (Milan)
ACU (compute units)230
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)160
NetworkingValue
Network10 Gbps
Accelerated networkingNo
Max network interfaces8
StorageValue
Storage750 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk750 GiB
Max data disks32
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)32,000
Max disk throughput (uncached)480 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYes
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_EC20ads_v5
FamilyECadsv5
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2
Encryption at hostYes
Confidential computingSNP
OtherValue
Seriesecasv5-ecadsv5-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

Other ECadsv5 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
Standard_EC2ads_v5216$0.131
Standard_EC4ads_v5432$0.262
Standard_EC8ads_v5864$0.524
Standard_EC16ads_v516128$1.048
Standard_EC20ads_v520160$1.31
Standard_EC32ads_v532192$2.096
Standard_EC48ads_v548384$3.144
Standard_EC64ads_v564512$4.192
Standard_EC96ads_v596672$6.288

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