Standard_E96-48ads_v5vsStandard_E96-48ds_v5

Standard_E96-48ads_v5 is 9% cheaper than Standard_E96-48ds_v5 on demand in East US, saving $455.52 a month.

At a glanceStandard_E96-48ads_v5Standard_E96-48ds_v5
On-demand$6.288/hr9% less$6.912/hr
Lowest rate$1.324/hr9% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.462/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 672 GiB48 vCPUs, 672 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_E96-48ads_v5Standard_E96-48ds_v5Standard_E96-48ds_v5 vs Standard_E96-48ads_v5
On-demandPay by the hour$6.288$6.912▲ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$1.32479% off$1.462▲ 10%
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$3.7141% off$4.078▲ 10%
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$2.38962% off$2.627▲ 10%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$4.2732% off$4.682▲ 10%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$2.9453% off$3.23▲ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E96-48ads_v5 leads
On-demand price$6.288 vs $6.912 per hour
9% cheaper
Where Standard_E96-48ds_v5 leads
Max disk throughput (uncached)2,600 MB/s vs 1,600 MB/s
63% higher

Specs

6 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_E96-48ads_v5Standard_E96-48ds_v5
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
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_E96-48ads_v5Standard_E96-48ds_v5
Memory (GiB)672672
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_E96-48ads_v5Standard_E96-48ds_v5
Network40,000 Mbps35,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage1 of 7 differStandard_E96-48ads_v5Standard_E96-48ds_v5
Storage3600 GiB temp SSD3600 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk3,600 GiB3,600 GiB
Max data disks3232
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)80,00080,000
Max disk throughput (uncached)1,600 MB/s2,600 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesYes
Instance details1 of 4 differStandard_E96-48ads_v5Standard_E96-48ds_v5
FamilyEadsv5Edsv5
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_E96-48ads_v5Standard_E96-48ds_v5
Serieseadsv5-seriesedsv5-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E96-48ads_v5 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_E96-48ads_v5Standard_E96-48ds_v5Difference
Central Indiacentralindia$3.986$7.248▲ 82%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$3.986$7.248▲ 82%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$3.986$7.248▲ 82%
East USUsed in summaryeastus$6.288$6.912▲ 10%
East US 2eastus2$6.288$6.912▲ 10%
North Central USnorthcentralus$6.288$6.912▲ 10%
West US 2westus2$6.288$6.912▲ 10%
West US 3westus3$6.288$6.912▲ 10%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$6.672$7.296▲ 9%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$6.869$7.517▲ 9%
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$6.869$7.517▲ 9%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$6.912$7.584▲ 10%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$6.912$7.584▲ 10%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$6.917$7.603▲ 10%
North Europenortheurope$7.008$7.68▲ 10%
West USwestus$7.104$7.776▲ 9%
Central UScentralus$7.105$7.811▲ 10%
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$7.23$7.893▲ 9%
Korea Southkoreasouth$7.231$7.949▲ 10%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$7.248$7.248Same
France Centralfrancecentral$7.344$8.112▲ 10%
UK Southuksouth$7.392$8.112▲ 10%
Italy Northitalynorth$7.402$8.064▲ 9%
Spain Centralspaincentral$7.402$7.68▲ 4%
South Central USsouthcentralus$7.546$8.294▲ 10%
West Central USwestcentralus$7.546$8.294▲ 10%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$7.584$8.304▲ 9%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$7.584$8.304▲ 9%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$7.584$8.304▲ 9%
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$7.584$8.304▲ 9%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$7.584$8.304▲ 9%
West Europewesteurope$7.584$8.304▲ 9%
UK Westukwest$7.608$8.364▲ 10%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$7.632$8.352▲ 9%
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$7.632$8.352▲ 9%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$7.632$8.352▲ 9%
Japan Eastjapaneast$7.632$8.352▲ 9%
Japan Westjapanwest$7.632$8.352▲ 9%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$7.632$8.352▲ 9%
Israel Centralisraelcentral$7.723$8.064▲ 4%
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$7.723$8.064▲ 4%
UAE Northuaenorth$7.723$8.448▲ 9%
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$7.86$8.64▲ 10%
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$8.014$8.77▲ 9%
West Indiawestindia$8.049$8.847▲ 10%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$8.174$8.986▲ 10%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$8.304$9.12▲ 10%
East Asiaeastasia$8.328$8.40▲ 1%
Sweden Southswedensouth$8.674$9.485▲ 9%
South Indiasouthindia$8.866$9.746▲ 10%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$8.992$9.134▲ 2%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$8.992$9.12▲ 1%
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$9.399$10.26▲ 9%
France Southfrancesouth$9.547$10.546▲ 10%
Germany Northgermanynorth$9.859$10.795▲ 9%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$9.984$10.944▲ 10%
UAE Centraluaecentral$10.051$10.982▲ 9%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$10.795$11.856▲ 10%
Norway Westnorwaywest$11.689$11.875▲ 2%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$11.689$12.096▲ 3%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$12.979$14.227▲ 10%

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