Standard_E48ads_v7vsStandard_E48ds_v7

Standard_E48ads_v7 is 30% cheaper than Standard_E48ds_v7 on demand in East US, saving $1,098.65 a month.

At a glanceStandard_E48ads_v7Standard_E48ds_v7
On-demand$3.485/hr30% less$4.99/hr
Lowest rate$0.6503/hr31% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.9406/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 384 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)Intel@ Xeon 6 6973P-C (Granite 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_E48ads_v7Standard_E48ds_v7Standard_E48ds_v7 vs Standard_E48ads_v7
On-demandPay by the hour$3.485$4.99▲ 43%
SpotCan be interrupted81% off$0.650381% off$0.9406▲ 45%
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$2.056——
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$1.324——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$2.3732% off$3.393▲ 43%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$1.63853% off$2.345▲ 43%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E48ads_v7 leads
On-demand price$3.485 vs $4.99 per hour
30% cheaper
Where Standard_E48ds_v7 leads
Max disk throughput (uncached)2,832 MB/s vs 2,808 MB/s
1% higher

Specs

4 of 22 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 5 differStandard_E48ads_v7Standard_E48ds_v7
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)Intel@ Xeon 6 6973P-C (Granite Rapids)
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_E48ads_v7Standard_E48ds_v7
Memory (GiB)384384
NetworkingAll 3 matchStandard_E48ads_v7Standard_E48ds_v7
Network35,000 Mbps35,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage1 of 7 differStandard_E48ads_v7Standard_E48ds_v7
Storage6 x 440 GiB temp NVMe SSD6 x 440 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Local NVMe2,640 GiB2,640 GiB
Max data disks6464
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)96,00096,000
Max disk throughput (uncached)2,808 MB/s2,832 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesYes
Instance details1 of 4 differStandard_E48ads_v7Standard_E48ds_v7
FamilyEadsv7Edsv7
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV2V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_E48ads_v7Standard_E48ds_v7
Serieseadsv7-seriesedsv7-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E48ads_v7 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_E48ads_v7Standard_E48ds_v7Difference
Central UScentralus$3.485$4.79▲ 37%
East USUsed in summaryeastus$3.485$4.99▲ 43%
East US 2eastus2$3.485$4.99▲ 43%
North Central USnorthcentralus$3.485$4.99▲ 43%
West US 2westus2$3.485$4.99▲ 43%
West US 3westus3$3.485$4.99▲ 43%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$3.725$5.077▲ 36%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$3.83$5.509▲ 44%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$3.888$5.988▲ 54%
North Europenortheurope$3.888$5.76▲ 48%
UK Southuksouth$4.051$6.02▲ 49%
Italy Northitalynorth$4.09$5.788▲ 42%
Spain Centralspaincentral$4.09$5.538▲ 35%
West USwestus$4.09$6.506▲ 59%
South Central USsouthcentralus$4.171$5.988▲ 44%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$4.20$5.988▲ 43%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$4.21$5.748▲ 37%
West Europewesteurope$4.21$6.227▲ 48%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$4.291$6.147▲ 43%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$4.373$5.988▲ 37%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$4.656$6.147▲ 32%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$4.982$6.586▲ 32%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$5.587$7.983▲ 43%

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