Instances Azure VM Standard_EC96ias_v5 Standard_EC96ias_v5
Standard_EC96ias_v5 is an Azure VM size with 96 vCPUs, 672 GiB memory. In East US it costs $5.966 per hour on demand ($4,355.18 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $4.773 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $1.259 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $3.775 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 $3.775 $0.6976 $3.02 $2.265 $3.172 $2.486 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $3.775 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $3.775 – – – – – East US eastus $5.966 $1.259 $4.773 $3.58 $5.029 $3.939 East US 2 eastus2 $5.966 $1.103 $4.773 $3.58 $5.029 $3.939 West US westus $6.653 $1.23 $5.322 $3.992 $5.612 $4.401 North Europe northeurope $6.706 $1.239 $5.364 $4.023 $5.658 $4.616 Central US centralus $6.742 $1.245 $4.773 $3.58 $5.016 $3.91 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $6.98 $1.29 $5.584 $4.188 $5.878 $4.583 UK South uksouth $7.022 $1.298 $5.618 $4.213 $5.921 $4.826 Southeast Asia southeastasia $7.181 $1.327 $5.745 $4.309 $6.05 $4.745 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $7.234 $1.337 $5.787 $4.34 $6.088 $4.78 Italy North italynorth $7.234 $1.337 $5.787 $4.34 $6.103 $4.98 Japan East japaneast $7.234 $1.337 $5.787 $4.34 $6.088 $4.973 West Europe westeurope $7.234 $1.337 $5.787 $4.34 $6.103 $4.98 UAE North uaenorth $7.392 $1.366 $5.914 $4.435 $6.237 $5.089 East Asia eastasia $7.946 $1.468 $6.357 $4.768 $6.704 $5.47 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $8.532 $1.577 $6.826 $5.119 $7.681 $6.032
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $5.966 $4.773 $3.58 Windows $10.382 $9.189 $7.996
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 Max data disks 32 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 80,000 Max disk throughput (uncached) 1,200 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_EC96ias_v5 Family ECiasv5 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 .