Instances Azure VM Standard_EC96iads_v5 Standard_EC96iads_v5
Standard_EC96iads_v5 is an Azure VM size with 96 vCPUs, 672 GiB memory. In East US it costs $6.917 per hour on demand ($5,049.41 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $5.533 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $1.46 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $4.385 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 $4.385 $0.8103 $3.508 $2.631 $3.693 $2.879 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $4.385 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $4.385 – – – – – East US eastus $6.917 $1.46 $5.533 $4.15 $5.835 $4.541 East US 2 eastus2 $6.917 $1.278 $5.533 $4.15 $5.835 $4.541 North Europe northeurope $7.709 $1.425 $6.167 $4.625 $6.537 $5.311 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $7.814 $1.444 $6.252 $4.689 $6.604 $5.183 Italy North italynorth $7.814 $1.444 $6.252 $4.689 $6.625 $5.384 West Europe westeurope $7.814 $1.444 $6.252 $4.689 $6.625 $5.384 West US westus $7.814 $1.444 $6.252 $4.689 $6.617 $5.166 Central US centralus $7.816 $1.443 $5.533 $4.15 $5.831 $4.533 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $8.089 $1.495 $6.471 $4.853 $6.797 $5.327 UK South uksouth $8.131 $1.503 $6.505 $4.879 $6.872 $5.566 Japan East japaneast $8.395 $1.551 $6.716 $5.037 $7.106 $5.783 Southeast Asia southeastasia $8.395 $1.551 $6.716 $5.037 $7.057 $5.511 UAE North uaenorth $8.496 $1.57 $6.796 $5.097 $7.204 $5.854 East Asia eastasia $9.161 $1.693 $7.329 $5.497 $7.768 $6.312 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $9.891 $1.828 $7.913 $5.935 $8.387 $6.815
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $6.917 $5.533 $4.15 Windows $11.333 $9.949 $8.566
Compute Value vCPUs 96 Physical cores 48 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 ACU (compute units) 230
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 672
Networking Value Accelerated networking No Max network interfaces 8
Storage Value Temp disk 3,600 GiB Max data disks 32 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 80,000 Max disk throughput (uncached) 1,200 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_EC96iads_v5 Family ECiadsv5 VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes Confidential computing SNP
Other Value Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .