Standard_D96ads_v6vsStandard_D96ds_v6

Standard_D96ads_v6 is 8% cheaper than Standard_D96ds_v6 on demand in East US, saving $370.84 a month.

At a glanceStandard_D96ads_v6Standard_D96ds_v6
On-demand$5.472/hr8% less$5.98/hr
Lowest rate$1.153/hr8% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.259/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 384 GiB96 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in East US

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

OptionStandard_D96ads_v6Standard_D96ds_v6Standard_D96ds_v6 vs Standard_D96ads_v6
On-demandPay by the hour$5.472$5.98▲ 9%
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$1.15379% off$1.259▲ 9%
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$3.22838% off$3.708▲ 15%
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$2.07961% off$2.332▲ 12%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$3.77631% off$4.126▲ 9%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment54% off$2.51754% off$2.751▲ 9%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D96ads_v6 leads
On-demand price$5.472 vs $5.98 per hour
8% cheaper
Max disk IOPS (uncached)172,800 vs 153,600
13% higher
Where Standard_D96ds_v6 leads
Max data disks64 vs 32
2× higher

Specs

8 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_D96ads_v6Standard_D96ds_v6
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
ACU (compute units)230–
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_D96ads_v6Standard_D96ds_v6
Memory (GiB)384384
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_D96ads_v6Standard_D96ds_v6
Network40,000 Mbps41,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage3 of 7 differStandard_D96ads_v6Standard_D96ds_v6
Storage6 x 880 GiB temp NVMe SSD6 x 880 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Local NVMe5,280 GiB5,280 GiB
Max data disks3264
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)172,800153,600
Max disk throughput (uncached)4,320 MB/s5,088 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesYes
Instance details1 of 4 differStandard_D96ads_v6Standard_D96ds_v6
FamilyDadsv6Ddsv6
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
VM generationsV2V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_D96ads_v6Standard_D96ds_v6
Seriesdadsv6-seriesddsv6-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D96ads_v6 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D96ads_v6Standard_D96ds_v6Difference
Central Indiacentralindia$3.542$6.292▲ 78%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$3.542$6.292▲ 78%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$3.542$6.292▲ 78%
East USUsed in summaryeastus$5.472$5.98▲ 9%
East US 2eastus2$5.472$5.98▲ 9%
North Central USnorthcentralus$5.472$5.98▲ 9%
West US 2westus2$5.472$5.98▲ 9%
West US 3westus3$5.472$5.98▲ 9%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$5.659$6.288▲ 11%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$5.856$6.354▲ 9%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$6.029$6.578▲ 9%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$6.115$6.665▲ 9%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$6.115$6.665▲ 9%
North Europenortheurope$6.115$6.665▲ 9%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$6.184$6.353▲ 3%
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$6.184$6.353▲ 3%
Central UScentralus$6.192$6.757▲ 9%
Korea Southkoreasouth$6.298$6.877▲ 9%
UK Southuksouth$6.365$6.915▲ 9%
France Centralfrancecentral$6.432$6.977▲ 8%
Italy Northitalynorth$6.432$6.977▲ 8%
Spain Centralspaincentral$6.432$6.665▲ 4%
West USwestus$6.432$6.977▲ 8%
South Central USsouthcentralus$6.557$7.176▲ 9%
West Central USwestcentralus$6.557$7.176▲ 9%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$6.624$7.164▲ 8%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$6.624$7.152▲ 8%
UK Westukwest$6.624$7.236▲ 9%
West Europewesteurope$6.624$7.164▲ 8%
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$6.743$7.333▲ 9%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$6.749$7.351▲ 9%
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$6.749$7.332▲ 9%
UAE Northuaenorth$6.749$7.356▲ 9%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$6.874$7.476▲ 9%
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$6.874$7.476▲ 9%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$6.874$7.476▲ 9%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$6.874$7.476▲ 9%
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$6.874$7.475▲ 9%
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$6.941$7.475▲ 8%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$6.941$7.475▲ 8%
West Indiawestindia$7.008$7.655▲ 9%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$7.133$7.774▲ 9%
Japan Eastjapaneast$7.133$7.724▲ 8%
Japan Westjapanwest$7.133$7.724▲ 8%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$7.325$7.954▲ 9%
East Asiaeastasia$7.574$8.222▲ 9%
Sweden Southswedensouth$7.642$8.26▲ 8%
South Indiasouthindia$7.709$8.432▲ 9%
Israel Centralisraelcentral$7.834$6.977▼ 11%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$7.834$8.552▲ 9%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$7.834$7.954▲ 2%
France Southfrancesouth$8.342$9.07▲ 9%
Germany Northgermanynorth$8.602$9.313▲ 8%
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$8.766$9.533▲ 9%
UAE Centraluaecentral$8.774$9.532▲ 9%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$8.784$9.531▲ 9%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$9.485$10.284▲ 8%
Norway Westnorwaywest$10.186$10.244▲ 1%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$10.186$12.128▲ 19%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$11.395$12.39▲ 9%

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Azure VM Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.