Standard_E20_v5vsStandard_E20s_v5

Standard_E20_v5 and Standard_E20s_v5 cost the same on demand in East US, $1.26 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_E20_v5Standard_E20s_v5
On-demand$1.26/hr$1.26/hr
Lowest rate$0.2654/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.2654/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size20 vCPUs, 160 GiB20 vCPUs, 160 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), 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_E20_v5Standard_E20s_v5Standard_E20s_v5 vs Standard_E20_v5
On-demandPay by the hour$1.26$1.26Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.265479% off$0.2654Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront38% off$0.777441% off$0.7434▼ 4%
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$0.497761% off$0.4977Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$0.85232% off$0.852Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.596453% off$0.5964Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E20_v5 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_E20s_v5 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

3 of 20 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 5 matchStandard_E20_v5Standard_E20s_v5
vCPUs2020
Physical cores1010
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 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_E20_v5Standard_E20s_v5
Memory (GiB)160160
NetworkingAll 3 matchStandard_E20_v5Standard_E20s_v5
Network12,500 Mbps12,500 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage1 of 5 differStandard_E20_v5Standard_E20s_v5
Max data disks3232
Premium SSDNoYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)32,00032,000
Max disk throughput (uncached)750 MB/s750 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoNo
Instance details1 of 4 differStandard_E20_v5Standard_E20s_v5
FamilyEv5Esv5
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_E20_v5Standard_E20s_v5
Seriesev5-seriesesv5-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E20_v5 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_E20_v5Standard_E20s_v5Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$1.26$1.26Same
East US 2eastus2$1.26$1.26Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$1.26$1.26Same
West US 2westus2$1.26$1.26Same
West US 3westus3$1.26$1.26Same
Central Indiacentralindia$1.30$1.30Same
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$1.30$1.30Same
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$1.30$1.30Same
Jio India Westjioindiawest$1.30$1.30Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$1.34$1.34Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$1.368$1.368Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$1.368$1.368Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$1.368$1.368Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$1.38$1.38Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$1.38$1.38Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$1.386$1.386Same
West USwestus$1.40$1.40Same
North Europenortheurope$1.41$1.41Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$1.41$1.41Same
Central UScentralus$1.424$1.424Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$1.449$1.449Same
France Centralfrancecentral$1.48$1.48Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$1.48$1.48Same
Italy Northitalynorth$1.48$1.48Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$1.48$1.48Same
UK Southuksouth$1.48$1.48Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$1.51$1.51Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$1.51$1.51Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$1.51$1.51Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$1.512$1.512Same
West Central USwestcentralus$1.512$1.512Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$1.52$1.52Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$1.52$1.52Same
Japan Westjapanwest$1.52$1.52Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$1.52$1.52Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$1.52$1.52Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$1.52$1.52Same
West Europewesteurope$1.52$1.52Same
UK Westukwest$1.525$1.525Same
UAE Northuaenorth$1.551$1.551Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$1.585$1.585Same
West Indiawestindia$1.613$1.613Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$1.638$1.638Same
East Asiaeastasia$1.67$1.67Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$1.672$1.672Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$1.672$1.67Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$1.68$1.68Same
Sweden Southswedensouth$1.742$1.742Same
South Indiasouthindia$1.777$1.777Same
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$1.778$1.778Same
France Southfrancesouth$1.924$1.924Same
Germany Northgermanynorth$1.976$1.976Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$2.01$2.01Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$2.016$2.016Same
Norway Westnorwaywest$2.174$2.174Same
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$2.184$2.184Same
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$2.212$2.21Same
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$2.613$2.613Same

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