Ddsv6vsEdsv6

Size for size, Ddsv6 is on average 24% cheaper than Edsv6 on demand in East US, across 9 shared sizes. Same size and generation, tuned for different work (general, compute or memory).

At a glanceDdsv6Edsv6
Sizes here1023
From$0.125/hr$0.164/hr
vCPUs2 to 1922 to 128
Memory8 to 768 GiB16 to 1024 GiB
Architecturex86_64x86_64
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized

On-demand prices by size in East US

USD per hour for Linux. Pick a size to compare the two types.

SizeDdsv6Edsv6Edsv6 vs Ddsv6
2Standard_D2ds_v6 $0.125Standard_E2ds_v6 $0.164▲ 31%
4Standard_D4ds_v6 $0.249Standard_E4ds_v6 $0.327▲ 31%
8Standard_D8ds_v6 $0.498Standard_E8ds_v6 $0.654▲ 31%
16Standard_D16ds_v6 $0.997Standard_E16ds_v6 $1.308▲ 31%
32Standard_D32ds_v6 $1.993Standard_E32ds_v6 $2.616▲ 31%
48Standard_D48ds_v6 $2.99Standard_E48ds_v6 $3.924▲ 31%
64Standard_D64ds_v6 $3.987Standard_E64ds_v6 $5.233▲ 31%
96Standard_D96ds_v6 $5.98Standard_E96ds_v6 $7.849▲ 31%
128Standard_D128ds_v6 $7.973Standard_E128ds_v6 $10.465▲ 31%

Key differences

The biggest lead each family has.

Where Ddsv6 leads
On-demand priceCheaper in 9 of 9 shared sizes
24% cheaper
Spot priceLower in 9 of 9 shared sizes
Cheaper spot
Largest size192 vCPUs vs 128
Bigger
Where Edsv6 leads
Sizes23 sizes here vs 10
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