Standard_D96lds_v5vsStandard_D96lds_v6

Standard_D96lds_v5 is 13% cheaper than Standard_D96lds_v6 on demand in East US, saving $501.51 a month.

At a glanceStandard_D96lds_v5Standard_D96lds_v6
On-demand$4.608/hr13% less$5.295/hr
Lowest rate$0.9884/hr11% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.115/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 192 GiB96 vCPUs, 192 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)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_D96lds_v5Standard_D96lds_v6Standard_D96lds_v6 vs Standard_D96lds_v5
On-demandPay by the hour$4.608$5.295▲ 15%
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.988479% off$1.115▲ 13%
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$2.71938% off$3.283▲ 21%
3-yr reservedNo upfront64% off$1.65961% off$2.065▲ 24%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment33% off$3.08733% off$3.548▲ 15%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment56% off$2.02756% off$2.33▲ 15%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D96lds_v5 leads
On-demand price$4.608 vs $5.295 per hour
13% cheaper
Where Standard_D96lds_v6 leads
Max data disks64 vs 32
2× higher

Specs

11 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 5 differStandard_D96lds_v5Standard_D96lds_v6
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_D96lds_v5Standard_D96lds_v6
Memory (GiB)192192
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_D96lds_v5Standard_D96lds_v6
Network35,000 Mbps41,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage6 of 8 differStandard_D96lds_v5Standard_D96lds_v6
Storage3600 GiB temp SSD6 x 880 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Temp disk3,600 GiB–
Local NVMe–5,280 GiB
Max data disks3264
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)80,000153,600
Max disk throughput (uncached)2,600 MB/s5,088 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesYes
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_D96lds_v5Standard_D96lds_v6
FamilyDldsv5Dldsv6
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
VM generationsV1, V2V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_D96lds_v5Standard_D96lds_v6
Seriesdldsv5-seriesdldsv6-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D96lds_v5 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D96lds_v5Standard_D96lds_v6Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$4.608$5.295▲ 15%
East US 2eastus2$4.608$5.295▲ 15%
North Central USnorthcentralus$4.608$5.295▲ 15%
West US 2westus2$4.608$5.295▲ 15%
West US 3westus3$4.608$5.295▲ 15%
Central Indiacentralindia$4.752$5.295▲ 11%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$4.752$5.28▲ 11%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$4.752$5.295▲ 11%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$4.752$5.295▲ 11%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$4.992$5.669▲ 14%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$5.088$5.794▲ 14%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$5.088$5.794▲ 14%
Central UScentralus$5.207$5.984▲ 15%
North Europenortheurope$5.232$5.681▲ 9%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$5.28$5.98▲ 13%
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$5.283$5.999▲ 14%
Korea Southkoreasouth$5.299$6.089▲ 15%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$5.328$6.042▲ 13%
Italy Northitalynorth$5.328$6.292▲ 18%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$5.328$6.048▲ 14%
Spain Centralspaincentral$5.328$5.98▲ 12%
West Europewesteurope$5.328$6.042▲ 13%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$5.376$6.105▲ 14%
France Centralfrancecentral$5.52$6.292▲ 14%
UK Southuksouth$5.52$6.292▲ 14%
South Central USsouthcentralus$5.53$6.354▲ 15%
West Central USwestcentralus$5.53$6.354▲ 15%
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$5.568$6.354▲ 14%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$5.568$6.354▲ 14%
UK Westukwest$5.576$6.407▲ 15%
Israel Centralisraelcentral$5.76$6.578▲ 14%
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$5.76$6.578▲ 14%
UAE Northuaenorth$5.76$6.514▲ 13%
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$5.76$6.618▲ 15%
West USwestus$5.76$6.603▲ 15%
Japan Eastjapaneast$5.856$6.665▲ 14%
Japan Westjapanwest$5.856$6.665▲ 14%
West Indiawestindia$5.898$6.778▲ 15%
East Asiaeastasia$5.904$7.282▲ 23%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$5.99$6.883▲ 15%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$6.048$6.915▲ 14%
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$6.048$6.915▲ 14%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$6.048$6.915▲ 14%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$6.24$7.044▲ 13%
Sweden Southswedensouth$6.49$7.369▲ 14%
South Indiasouthindia$6.497$7.466▲ 15%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$6.589$7.572▲ 15%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$6.589$7.044▲ 7%
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$6.868$7.799▲ 14%
Germany Northgermanynorth$6.926$7.855▲ 13%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$7.152$8.16▲ 14%
France Southfrancesouth$7.176$8.179▲ 14%
UAE Centraluaecentral$7.488$8.552▲ 14%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$8.112$9.232▲ 14%
Norway Westnorwaywest$8.566$9.843▲ 15%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$8.566$9.843▲ 15%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$9.298$10.609▲ 14%

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