Standard_E20ads_v5vsStandard_E20ds_v5

Standard_E20ads_v5 is 9% cheaper than Standard_E20ds_v5 on demand in East US, saving $94.90 a month.

At a glanceStandard_E20ads_v5Standard_E20ds_v5
On-demand$1.31/hr9% less$1.44/hr
Lowest rate$0.2759/hr9% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.3046/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size20 vCPUs, 160 GiB20 vCPUs, 160 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7763v (Milan), AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)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_E20ads_v5Standard_E20ds_v5Standard_E20ds_v5 vs Standard_E20ads_v5
On-demandPay by the hour$1.31$1.44▲ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.275979% off$0.3046▲ 10%
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$0.772941% off$0.8495▲ 10%
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.497862% off$0.5472▲ 10%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$0.889632% off$0.9755▲ 10%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.612453% off$0.6729▲ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E20ads_v5 leads
On-demand price$1.31 vs $1.44 per hour
9% cheaper
Where Standard_E20ds_v5 leads
Max disk throughput (uncached)750 MB/s vs 480 MB/s
56% higher

Specs

5 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_E20ads_v5Standard_E20ds_v5
vCPUs2020
Physical cores1010
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7763v (Milan), AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
ACU (compute units)230–
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_E20ads_v5Standard_E20ds_v5
Memory (GiB)160160
NetworkingAll 3 matchStandard_E20ads_v5Standard_E20ds_v5
Network12,500 Mbps12,500 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage1 of 7 differStandard_E20ads_v5Standard_E20ds_v5
Storage750 GiB temp SSD750 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk750 GiB750 GiB
Max data disks3232
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)32,00032,000
Max disk throughput (uncached)480 MB/s750 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesYes
Instance details1 of 4 differStandard_E20ads_v5Standard_E20ds_v5
FamilyEadsv5Edsv5
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_E20ads_v5Standard_E20ds_v5
Serieseadsv5-seriesedsv5-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E20ads_v5 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_E20ads_v5Standard_E20ds_v5Difference
Central Indiacentralindia$0.83$1.51▲ 82%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.83$1.51▲ 82%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.83$1.51▲ 82%
East USUsed in summaryeastus$1.31$1.44▲ 10%
East US 2eastus2$1.31$1.44▲ 10%
North Central USnorthcentralus$1.31$1.44▲ 10%
West US 2westus2$1.31$1.44▲ 10%
West US 3westus3$1.31$1.44▲ 10%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$1.39$1.52▲ 9%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$1.431$1.566▲ 9%
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$1.431$1.566▲ 9%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$1.44$1.58▲ 10%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$1.44$1.58▲ 10%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$1.441$1.584▲ 10%
North Europenortheurope$1.46$1.60▲ 10%
Central UScentralus$1.48$1.627▲ 10%
West USwestus$1.48$1.62▲ 9%
Korea Southkoreasouth$1.506$1.656▲ 10%
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$1.506$1.644▲ 9%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$1.51$1.51Same
France Centralfrancecentral$1.53$1.69▲ 10%
UK Southuksouth$1.54$1.69▲ 10%
Italy Northitalynorth$1.542$1.68▲ 9%
Spain Centralspaincentral$1.542$1.60▲ 4%
South Central USsouthcentralus$1.572$1.728▲ 10%
West Central USwestcentralus$1.572$1.728▲ 10%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$1.58$1.73▲ 9%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$1.58$1.73▲ 9%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$1.58$1.73▲ 9%
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$1.58$1.73▲ 9%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$1.58$1.73▲ 9%
West Europewesteurope$1.58$1.73▲ 9%
UK Westukwest$1.585$1.742▲ 10%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$1.59$1.74▲ 9%
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$1.59$1.74▲ 9%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$1.59$1.74▲ 9%
Japan Eastjapaneast$1.59$1.74▲ 9%
Japan Westjapanwest$1.59$1.74▲ 9%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$1.59$1.74▲ 9%
Israel Centralisraelcentral$1.609$1.68▲ 4%
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$1.609$1.68▲ 4%
UAE Northuaenorth$1.609$1.76▲ 9%
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$1.638$1.80▲ 10%
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$1.67$1.827▲ 9%
West Indiawestindia$1.677$1.843▲ 10%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$1.703$1.872▲ 10%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$1.73$1.90▲ 10%
East Asiaeastasia$1.735$1.75▲ 1%
Sweden Southswedensouth$1.807$1.976▲ 9%
South Indiasouthindia$1.847$2.03▲ 10%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$1.873$1.903▲ 2%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$1.873$1.90▲ 1%
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$1.958$2.138▲ 9%
France Southfrancesouth$1.989$2.197▲ 10%
Germany Northgermanynorth$2.054$2.249▲ 9%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$2.08$2.28▲ 10%
UAE Centraluaecentral$2.094$2.288▲ 9%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$2.249$2.47▲ 10%
Norway Westnorwaywest$2.435$2.474▲ 2%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$2.435$2.52▲ 3%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$2.704$2.964▲ 10%

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