Instances Azure VM Standard_EC2as_v5 Standard_EC2as_v5
Standard_EC2as_v5 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC (Milan)). In East US it costs $0.113 per hour on demand ($82.49 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0904 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0239 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.0715 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 $0.0715 $0.0132 $0.0572 $0.0429 $0.0601 $0.0471 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.0715 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.0715 – – – – – East US eastus $0.113 $0.0239 $0.0904 $0.0678 $0.0953 $0.0746 East US 2 eastus2 $0.113 $0.0209 $0.0904 $0.0678 $0.0953 $0.0746 West US westus $0.126 $0.0233 $0.1008 $0.0756 $0.1063 $0.0833 North Europe northeurope $0.127 $0.0235 $0.1016 $0.0762 $0.1071 $0.0874 Central US centralus $0.128 $0.0236 $0.0904 $0.0678 $0.0952 $0.0742 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.132 $0.0244 $0.1057 $0.0793 $0.1112 $0.0867 UK South uksouth $0.133 $0.0246 $0.1064 $0.0798 $0.1121 $0.0914 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.136 $0.0251 $0.1088 $0.0816 $0.1146 $0.0899 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.137 $0.0253 $0.1096 $0.0822 $0.1153 $0.0905 Italy North italynorth $0.137 $0.0253 $0.1096 $0.0822 $0.1156 $0.0943 Japan East japaneast $0.137 $0.0253 $0.1096 $0.0822 $0.1153 $0.0942 West Europe westeurope $0.137 $0.0253 $0.1096 $0.0822 $0.1156 $0.0943 UAE North uaenorth $0.14 $0.0259 $0.112 $0.084 $0.1181 $0.0964 East Asia eastasia $0.151 $0.0279 $0.1204 $0.0903 $0.1274 $0.1039 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.162 $0.0299 $0.1292 $0.097 $0.1458 $0.1145
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.113 $0.0904 $0.0678 Windows $0.205 $0.1824 $0.1598
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC (Milan) ACU (compute units) 230
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 16
Networking Value Network 3 Gbps Accelerated networking No Max network interfaces 2
Storage Value Max data disks 4 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 3,750 Max disk throughput (uncached) 48 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_EC2as_v5 Family ECasv5 Category Memory optimized VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes Confidential computing SNP
Other Value Series ecasv5-ecadsv5-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 .