Instances Azure VM Standard_EC2as_v6 Standard_EC2as_v6
Standard_EC2as_v6 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)). In East US it costs $0.131 per hour on demand ($95.63 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1049 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0276 per hour. It is sold in 55 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.0847 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 $0.0847 $0.0157 $0.0678 $0.0508 $0.072 $0.0551 East US eastus $0.131 $0.0276 $0.1049 $0.0787 $0.1114 $0.0852 East US 2 eastus2 $0.131 $0.0242 $0.1049 $0.0787 $0.1114 $0.0852 North Central US northcentralus $0.131 $0.0242 $0.1049 $0.0787 $0.1114 $0.0852 West US 2 westus2 $0.131 $0.0242 $0.1049 $0.0787 $0.1114 $0.0852 West US 3 westus3 $0.131 $0.0242 $0.1049 $0.0787 $0.1114 $0.0852 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.14 $0.0259 $0.1123 $0.0842 – – Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.144 $0.0266 $0.1154 $0.0866 $0.1224 $0.0936 Canada Central canadacentral $0.146 $0.027 $0.117 $0.0878 $0.1241 $0.0949 Canada East canadaeast $0.146 $0.027 $0.117 $0.0878 $0.1241 $0.0949 North Europe northeurope $0.146 $0.027 $0.117 $0.0878 $0.1241 $0.0949 Central US centralus $0.148 $0.0273 $0.0703 $0.0453 $0.1258 $0.0962 Korea South koreasouth $0.151 $0.0279 $0.1208 $0.0906 $0.1284 $0.0982 UK South uksouth $0.152 $0.0281 $0.1219 $0.0915 $0.1292 $0.0988 France Central francecentral $0.154 $0.0285 $0.1232 $0.0924 $0.1309 $0.1001 Italy North italynorth $0.154 $0.0285 $0.1232 $0.0924 $0.1309 $0.1001 Spain Central spaincentral $0.154 $0.0285 $0.1232 $0.0924 $0.1309 $0.1001 West US westus $0.154 $0.0285 $0.1232 $0.0924 $0.1309 $0.1001 South Central US southcentralus $0.157 $0.029 $0.1257 $0.0943 $0.1335 $0.1021 West Central US westcentralus $0.157 $0.029 $0.1257 $0.0943 $0.1335 $0.1021 Poland Central polandcentral $0.158 $0.0292 $0.1267 $0.0951 $0.1343 $0.1027 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.159 $0.0294 $0.1269 $0.0952 $0.1352 $0.1034 UK West ukwest $0.159 $0.0294 $0.1269 $0.0952 $0.1352 $0.1034 West Europe westeurope $0.159 $0.0294 $0.1269 $0.0952 $0.1352 $0.1034 Korea Central koreacentral $0.162 $0.0299 $0.1293 $0.097 $0.1377 $0.1053 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.162 $0.0299 $0.1293 $0.097 $0.1377 $0.1053 UAE North uaenorth $0.162 $0.0299 $0.1293 $0.097 $0.1377 $0.1053 Australia Central australiacentral $0.165 $0.0305 $0.1318 $0.0989 $0.1403 $0.1073 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.165 $0.0165 $0.1318 $0.0989 $0.1403 $0.1073 Australia East australiaeast $0.165 $0.0305 $0.1318 $0.0989 $0.1403 $0.1073 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.165 $0.0305 $0.1318 $0.0989 $0.1403 $0.1073 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.165 $0.0305 $0.1318 $0.0989 $0.1403 $0.1073 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.165 $0.0305 $0.1318 $0.0989 – – US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.166 $0.0307 $0.1331 $0.0998 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.166 $0.0307 $0.1331 $0.0998 – – West India westindia $0.168 $0.031 $0.1341 $0.1006 $0.1428 $0.1092 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.171 $0.0316 $0.1365 $0.1024 $0.1454 $0.1112 Japan East japaneast $0.171 $0.0316 $0.1365 $0.1024 $0.1454 $0.1112 Japan West japanwest $0.171 $0.0316 $0.1365 $0.1024 $0.1454 $0.1112 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.175 $0.0323 $0.1403 $0.1052 $0.1488 $0.1138 East Asia eastasia $0.182 $0.0336 $0.1452 $0.1089 $0.1547 $0.1183 Sweden South swedensouth $0.183 $0.0338 $0.1465 $0.1098 $0.1556 $0.119 South India southindia $0.185 $0.0342 $0.1477 $0.1107 $0.1573 $0.1203 Israel Central israelcentral $0.187 $0.0346 $0.15 $0.1125 $0.159 $0.1216 Norway East norwayeast $0.188 $0.0347 $0.1501 $0.1126 $0.1598 $0.1222 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.188 $0.0347 $0.1501 $0.1126 $0.1598 $0.1222 France South francesouth $0.2 $0.037 $0.1598 $0.1199 $0.17 $0.13 Germany North germanynorth $0.206 $0.0381 $0.1647 $0.1236 – – UAE Central uaecentral $0.21 $0.0388 $0.168 $0.1261 $0.1785 $0.1365 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.211 $0.039 $0.1684 $0.1263 $0.1794 $0.1372 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.214 $0.0395 $0.1712 $0.1284 $0.1819 $0.1391 South Africa West southafricawest $0.227 $0.042 $0.1818 $0.1363 $0.193 $0.1475 Norway West norwaywest $0.244 $0.0451 $0.1952 $0.1464 $0.2074 $0.1586 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.244 $0.0451 $0.1952 $0.1464 $0.2074 $0.1586 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.273 $0.0505 $0.2184 $0.1638 $0.2321 $0.1775
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.131 $0.1049 $0.0787 Windows $0.223 $0.1969 $0.1707
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 Max data disks 4 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 4,000 Max disk throughput (uncached) 90 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_EC2as_v6 Family ECasv6 Category Memory optimized VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes Confidential computing SNP
Other Value Series ecasv6-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 .