Instances Azure VM Standard_EC2ads_v6 Standard_EC2ads_v6
Standard_EC2ads_v6 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)). In East US it costs $0.16 per hour on demand ($116.80 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1277 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0338 per hour. It is sold in 55 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.103 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 $0.103 $0.019 $0.0825 $0.0619 $0.0876 $0.067 East US eastus $0.16 $0.0338 $0.1277 $0.0958 $0.136 $0.104 East US 2 eastus2 $0.16 $0.0296 $0.1277 $0.0958 $0.136 $0.104 North Central US northcentralus $0.16 $0.0296 $0.1277 $0.0958 $0.136 $0.104 West US 2 westus2 $0.16 $0.0296 $0.1277 $0.0958 $0.136 $0.104 West US 3 westus3 $0.16 $0.0296 $0.1277 $0.0958 $0.136 $0.104 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.171 $0.0316 $0.1365 $0.1024 $0.1454 $0.1112 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.176 $0.0325 $0.1404 $0.1053 $0.1496 $0.1144 Canada Central canadacentral $0.178 $0.0329 $0.1426 $0.1069 $0.1513 $0.1157 Canada East canadaeast $0.178 $0.0329 $0.1426 $0.1069 $0.1513 $0.1157 North Europe northeurope $0.178 $0.0329 $0.1426 $0.1069 $0.1513 $0.1157 Central US centralus $0.18 $0.0332 $0.0856 $0.0552 $0.153 $0.117 Korea South koreasouth $0.183 $0.0338 $0.1468 $0.1101 $0.1556 $0.119 UK South uksouth $0.186 $0.0344 $0.1485 $0.1114 $0.1581 $0.1209 France Central francecentral $0.187 $0.0346 $0.15 $0.1125 $0.159 $0.1216 Italy North italynorth $0.187 $0.0346 $0.15 $0.1125 $0.159 $0.1216 Spain Central spaincentral $0.187 $0.0346 $0.15 $0.1125 $0.159 $0.1216 West US westus $0.187 $0.0346 $0.15 $0.1125 $0.159 $0.1216 South Central US southcentralus $0.191 $0.0353 $0.153 $0.1147 $0.1624 $0.1242 West Central US westcentralus $0.191 $0.0353 $0.153 $0.1147 $0.1624 $0.1242 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.193 $0.0357 $0.1543 $0.1158 $0.1641 $0.1255 Poland Central polandcentral $0.193 $0.0357 $0.154 $0.1155 $0.1641 $0.1255 UK West ukwest $0.193 $0.0357 $0.1543 $0.1158 $0.1641 $0.1255 West Europe westeurope $0.193 $0.0357 $0.1543 $0.1158 $0.1641 $0.1255 Korea Central koreacentral $0.197 $0.0364 $0.1573 $0.118 $0.1674 $0.1281 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.197 $0.0364 $0.1573 $0.118 $0.1674 $0.1281 UAE North uaenorth $0.197 $0.0364 $0.1573 $0.118 $0.1674 $0.1281 Australia Central australiacentral $0.2 $0.037 $0.1604 $0.1202 $0.17 $0.13 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.2 $0.02 $0.1604 $0.1202 $0.17 $0.13 Australia East australiaeast $0.2 $0.037 $0.1604 $0.1202 $0.17 $0.13 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.2 $0.037 $0.1604 $0.1202 $0.17 $0.13 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.2 $0.037 $0.1604 $0.1202 $0.17 $0.13 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.2 $0.037 $0.1604 $0.1202 – – US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.202 $0.0373 $0.1619 $0.1214 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.202 $0.0373 $0.1619 $0.1214 – – West India westindia $0.204 $0.0377 $0.1634 $0.1225 $0.1734 $0.1326 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.208 $0.0384 $0.1663 $0.1247 $0.1768 $0.1352 Japan East japaneast $0.208 $0.0384 $0.1663 $0.1247 $0.1768 $0.1352 Japan West japanwest $0.208 $0.0384 $0.1663 $0.1247 $0.1768 $0.1352 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.213 $0.0394 $0.1708 $0.128 $0.1811 $0.1385 East Asia eastasia $0.221 $0.0408 $0.1767 $0.1325 $0.1879 $0.1437 Sweden South swedensouth $0.223 $0.0412 $0.1781 $0.1336 $0.1896 $0.145 South India southindia $0.225 $0.0416 $0.1797 $0.1348 $0.1913 $0.1463 Israel Central israelcentral $0.228 $0.0421 $0.1826 $0.137 $0.1938 $0.1482 Norway East norwayeast $0.228 $0.0421 $0.1826 $0.137 $0.1938 $0.1482 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.228 $0.0421 $0.1826 $0.137 $0.1938 $0.1482 France South francesouth $0.243 $0.0449 $0.1945 $0.1459 $0.2066 $0.158 Germany North germanynorth $0.251 $0.0464 $0.2005 $0.1503 $0.2134 $0.1632 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.256 $0.0473 $0.2049 $0.1537 $0.2176 $0.1664 UAE Central uaecentral $0.256 $0.0473 $0.2047 $0.1535 $0.2176 $0.1664 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.261 $0.0482 $0.2086 $0.1564 $0.2219 $0.1697 South Africa West southafricawest $0.277 $0.0512 $0.2212 $0.1659 $0.2355 $0.18 Norway West norwaywest $0.297 $0.0549 $0.2376 $0.1782 $0.2525 $0.1931 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.297 $0.0549 $0.2376 $0.1782 $0.2525 $0.1931 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.332 $0.0614 $0.2658 $0.1993 $0.2822 $0.2158
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.16 $0.1277 $0.0958 Windows $0.252 $0.2197 $0.1878
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa) ACU (compute units) 230
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 16
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking No Max network interfaces 2
Storage Value Storage 75 GiB temp SSD Temp disk 75 GiB Max data disks 4 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 4,000 Max disk throughput (uncached) 90 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_EC2ads_v6 Family ECadsv6 Category Memory optimized VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes Confidential computing SNP
Other Value Series ecadsv6-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 .