Standard_E16-8ads_v6vsStandard_E16-8ads_v7

Standard_E16-8ads_v6 and Standard_E16-8ads_v7 cost the same on demand in East US, $1.162 per hour.

At a glance	Standard_E16-8ads_v6	Standard_E16-8ads_v7
On-demand	$1.162/hr	$1.162/hr
Lowest rate	$0.2451/hrSpot, can be interrupted	$0.2168/hr12% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size	8 vCPUs, 128 GiB	8 vCPUs, 128 GiB
Processor	AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)	AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)
Architecture	x86_64	x86_64

Prices in East US

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

Option	Standard_E16-8ads_v6	Standard_E16-8ads_v7	Standard_E16-8ads_v7 vs Standard_E16-8ads_v6
On-demandPay by the hour	$1.162	$1.162	Same
SpotCan be interrupted	79% off$0.2451	81% off$0.2168	▼ 12%
1-yr reservedNo upfront	—	41% off$0.6854	—
3-yr reservedNo upfront	—	62% off$0.4414	—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment	32% off$0.7902	32% off$0.7902	Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment	53% off$0.5461	53% off$0.5461	Same

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E16-8ads_v6 leads

Physical cores8 vs 4

2× higher

Where Standard_E16-8ads_v7 leads

Max data disks48 vs 32

50% higher

9 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

MemoryAll 1 match	Standard_E16-8ads_v6	Standard_E16-8ads_v7
Memory (GiB)	128	128

Storage3 of 7 differ	Standard_E16-8ads_v6	Standard_E16-8ads_v7
Storage	2 x 440 GiB temp NVMe SSD	2 x 440 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Local NVMe	880 GiB	880 GiB
Max data disks	32	48
Premium SSD	Yes	Yes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)	30,400	32,000
Max disk throughput (uncached)	720 MB/s	936 MB/s
Ephemeral OS disk	Yes	Yes

Other1 of 2 differ	Standard_E16-8ads_v6	Standard_E16-8ads_v7
Series	eadsv6-series	eadsv7-series
Specs source	Azure Resource SKUs API	Azure Resource SKUs API

Cheapest for Standard_E16-8ads_v6 first. Linux, USD per hour.

Region	Standard_E16-8ads_v6	Standard_E16-8ads_v7	Difference
Central Indiacentralindia	$0.75	$0.75	Same
Jio India Westjioindiawest	$0.75	$0.75	Same
East USUsed in summaryeastus	$1.162	$1.162	Same
East US 2eastus2	$1.162	$1.162	Same
North Central USnorthcentralus	$1.162	$1.162	Same
West US 2westus2	$1.162	$1.162	Same
West US 3westus3	$1.162	$1.162	Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral	$1.242	$1.242	Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral	$1.277	$1.277	Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral	$1.296	$1.296	Same
North Europenortheurope	$1.296	$1.296	Same
Central UScentralus	$1.312	$1.162	▼ 11%
UK Southuksouth	$1.35	$1.35	Same
France Centralfrancecentral	$1.363	$1.363	Same
Italy Northitalynorth	$1.363	$1.363	Same
Spain Centralspaincentral	$1.363	$1.363	Same
West USwestus	$1.363	$1.363	Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth	$1.381	$1.458	▲ 6%
South Central USsouthcentralus	$1.39	$1.39	Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral	$1.40	$1.40	Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral	$1.403	$1.403	Same
West Europewesteurope	$1.403	$1.403	Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral	$1.43	$1.43	Same
UAE Northuaenorth	$1.43	$1.43	Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast	$1.458	$1.458	Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia	$1.458	$1.458	Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia	$1.472	$1.472	Same
Japan Eastjapaneast	$1.512	$1.512	Same
Japan Westjapanwest	$1.512	$1.512	Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth	$1.552	$1.552	Same
East Asiaeastasia	$1.606	$1.606	Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast	$1.661	$1.661	Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth	$1.661	$1.661	Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth	$1.862	$1.862	Same

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

Standard_E16-8ads_v6Memory optimized, Eadsv6 family

Compare Standard_E16-8ads_v6 with

Standard_E16-8ads_v7Memory optimized, Eadsv7 family

The best committed rate on these two is 53–62% below on-demand. Connect your cloud accounts to unlock greater savings with commitment protection.

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