Standard_E96_v5vsStandard_E96s_v5

Standard_E96_v5 and Standard_E96s_v5 cost the same on demand in East US, $6.048 per hour.

At a glance	Standard_E96_v5	Standard_E96s_v5
On-demand	$6.048/hr	$6.048/hr
Lowest rate	$1.274/hrSpot, can be interrupted	$1.274/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size	96 vCPUs, 672 GiB	96 vCPUs, 672 GiB
Processor	Intel 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)
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_E96_v5	Standard_E96s_v5	Standard_E96s_v5 vs Standard_E96_v5
On-demandPay by the hour	$6.048	$6.048	Same
SpotCan be interrupted	79% off$1.274	79% off$1.274	Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront	38% off$3.732	41% off$3.568	▼ 4%
3-yr reservedNo upfront	60% off$2.389	60% off$2.389	Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment	32% off$4.09	32% off$4.09	Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment	53% off$2.862	53% off$2.862	Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E96_v5 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_E96s_v5 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

4 of 20 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 5 match	Standard_E96_v5	Standard_E96s_v5
vCPUs	96	96
Physical cores	48	48
Threads per core	2	2
Architecture	x86_64	x86_64
Processor	Intel 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 match	Standard_E96_v5	Standard_E96s_v5
Memory (GiB)	672	672

Networking1 of 3 differ	Standard_E96_v5	Standard_E96s_v5
Network	30,000 Mbps	35,000 Mbps
Accelerated networking	Yes	Yes
Max network interfaces	8	8

Storage1 of 5 differ	Standard_E96_v5	Standard_E96s_v5
Max data disks	32	32
Premium SSD	No	Yes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)	80,000	80,000
Max disk throughput (uncached)	2,600 MB/s	2,600 MB/s
Ephemeral OS disk	No	No

Instance details1 of 4 differ	Standard_E96_v5	Standard_E96s_v5
Family	Ev5	Esv5
Category	Memory optimized	Memory optimized
VM generations	V1, V2	V1, V2
Encryption at host	Yes	Yes

Other1 of 2 differ	Standard_E96_v5	Standard_E96s_v5
Series	ev5-series	esv5-series
Specs source	Azure Resource SKUs API	Azure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E96_v5 first. Linux, USD per hour.

Region	Standard_E96_v5	Standard_E96s_v5	Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus	$6.048	$6.048	Same
East US 2eastus2	$6.048	$6.048	Same
North Central USnorthcentralus	$6.048	$6.048	Same
West US 2westus2	$6.048	$6.048	Same
West US 3westus3	$6.048	$6.048	Same
Central Indiacentralindia	$6.24	$6.24	Same
India South Centralindiasouthcentral	$6.24	$6.24	Same
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral	$6.24	$6.24	Same
Jio India Westjioindiawest	$6.24	$6.24	Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral	$6.432	$6.432	Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral	$6.566	$6.566	Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest	$6.566	$6.566	Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth	$6.566	$6.566	Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral	$6.624	$6.624	Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast	$6.624	$6.624	Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral	$6.653	$6.653	Same
West USwestus	$6.72	$6.72	Same
North Europenortheurope	$6.768	$6.768	Same
Spain Centralspaincentral	$6.768	$6.768	Same
Central UScentralus	$6.834	$6.834	Same
Korea Southkoreasouth	$6.955	$6.955	Same
France Centralfrancecentral	$7.104	$7.104	Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral	$7.104	$7.104	Same
Italy Northitalynorth	$7.104	$7.104	Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral	$7.104	$7.104	Same
UK Southuksouth	$7.104	$7.104	Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral	$7.248	$7.248	Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2	$7.248	$7.248	Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast	$7.248	$7.248	Same
South Central USsouthcentralus	$7.258	$7.258	Same
West Central USwestcentralus	$7.258	$7.258	Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral	$7.296	$7.296	Same
Japan Eastjapaneast	$7.296	$7.296	Same
Japan Westjapanwest	$7.296	$7.296	Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral	$7.296	$7.296	Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral	$7.296	$7.296	Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia	$7.296	$7.296	Same
West Europewesteurope	$7.296	$7.296	Same
UK Westukwest	$7.318	$7.318	Same
UAE Northuaenorth	$7.445	$7.445	Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth	$7.61	$7.61	Same
West Indiawestindia	$7.741	$7.741	Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast	$7.862	$7.862	Same
East Asiaeastasia	$8.016	$8.016	Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast	$8.026	$8.026	Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth	$8.026	$8.016	Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth	$8.064	$8.064	Same
Sweden Southswedensouth	$8.362	$8.362	Same
South Indiasouthindia	$8.528	$8.528	Same
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest	$8.536	$8.536	Same
France Southfrancesouth	$9.235	$9.235	Same
Germany Northgermanynorth	$9.485	$9.485	Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth	$9.648	$9.648	Same
UAE Centraluaecentral	$9.678	$9.678	Same
Norway Westnorwaywest	$10.433	$10.433	Same
South Africa Westsouthafricawest	$10.483	$10.483	Same
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest	$10.616	$10.608	Same
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast	$12.542	$12.542	Same

Keep exploring

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

Standard_E96_v5Memory optimized, Ev5 family

Standard_E96_v5 prices and specs Every size in the Ev5 family

Compare Standard_E96_v5 with

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Standard_E96s_v5Memory optimized, Esv5 family

Standard_E96s_v5 prices and specs Every size in the Esv5 family

Compare Standard_E96s_v5 with

Standard_D96s_v5 Standard_E96as_v5 Standard_E96ps_v5 Standard_E96s_v6

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