Standard_E96as_v5vsStandard_E96s_v5

Standard_E96as_v5 is 10% cheaper than Standard_E96s_v5 on demand in East US, saving $455.52 a month.

At a glanceStandard_E96as_v5Standard_E96s_v5
On-demand$5.424/hr10% less$6.048/hr
Lowest rate$1.142/hr10% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.274/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 672 GiB96 vCPUs, 672 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7763v (Milan), AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)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_E96as_v5Standard_E96s_v5Standard_E96s_v5 vs Standard_E96as_v5
On-demandPay by the hour$5.424$6.048▲ 12%
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$1.14279% off$1.274▲ 12%
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$3.2041% off$3.568▲ 12%
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$2.06160% off$2.389▲ 16%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$3.67832% off$4.09▲ 11%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$2.56853% off$2.862▲ 11%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E96as_v5 leads
On-demand price$5.424 vs $6.048 per hour
10% cheaper
Where Standard_E96s_v5 leads
Max disk throughput (uncached)2,600 MB/s vs 1,600 MB/s
63% higher

Specs

6 of 21 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_E96as_v5Standard_E96s_v5
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7763v (Milan), AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
ACU (compute units)230–
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_E96as_v5Standard_E96s_v5
Memory (GiB)672672
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_E96as_v5Standard_E96s_v5
Network40,000 Mbps35,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage1 of 5 differStandard_E96as_v5Standard_E96s_v5
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 diskNoNo
Instance details1 of 4 differStandard_E96as_v5Standard_E96s_v5
FamilyEasv5Esv5
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_E96as_v5Standard_E96s_v5
Serieseasv5-seriesesv5-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E96as_v5 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_E96as_v5Standard_E96s_v5Difference
Central Indiacentralindia$3.432$6.24▲ 82%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$3.432$6.24▲ 82%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$3.432$6.24▲ 82%
East USUsed in summaryeastus$5.424$6.048▲ 12%
East US 2eastus2$5.424$6.048▲ 12%
North Central USnorthcentralus$5.424$6.048▲ 12%
West US 2westus2$5.424$6.048▲ 12%
West US 3westus3$5.424$6.048▲ 12%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$5.616$6.24▲ 11%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$5.808$6.432▲ 11%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$5.875$6.566▲ 12%
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$5.875$6.566▲ 12%
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$5.91$6.566▲ 11%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$5.952$6.624▲ 11%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$5.952$6.624▲ 11%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$5.966$6.653▲ 12%
West USwestus$6.048$6.72▲ 11%
North Europenortheurope$6.096$6.768▲ 11%
Central UScentralus$6.129$6.834▲ 12%
Korea Southkoreasouth$6.238$6.955▲ 11%
France Centralfrancecentral$6.384$7.104▲ 11%
Italy Northitalynorth$6.384$7.104▲ 11%
Spain Centralspaincentral$6.384$6.768▲ 6%
UK Southuksouth$6.384$7.104▲ 11%
South Central USsouthcentralus$6.509$7.258▲ 12%
West Central USwestcentralus$6.509$7.258▲ 12%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$6.528$7.248▲ 11%
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$6.528$7.248▲ 11%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$6.528$7.248▲ 11%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$6.528$7.296▲ 12%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$6.528$7.296▲ 12%
UK Westukwest$6.563$7.318▲ 12%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$6.576$7.296▲ 11%
Japan Eastjapaneast$6.576$7.296▲ 11%
Japan Westjapanwest$6.576$7.296▲ 11%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$6.576$7.296▲ 11%
West Europewesteurope$6.576$7.296▲ 11%
Israel Centralisraelcentral$6.72$7.104▲ 6%
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$6.72$7.104▲ 6%
UAE Northuaenorth$6.72$7.445▲ 11%
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$6.854$7.61▲ 11%
West Indiawestindia$6.943$7.741▲ 11%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$7.051$7.862▲ 12%
East Asiaeastasia$7.224$8.016▲ 11%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$7.248$8.064▲ 11%
Sweden Southswedensouth$7.55$8.362▲ 11%
South Indiasouthindia$7.648$8.528▲ 12%
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$7.683$8.536▲ 11%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$7.756$8.026▲ 3%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$7.756$8.016▲ 3%
France Southfrancesouth$8.299$9.235▲ 11%
Germany Northgermanynorth$8.549$9.485▲ 11%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$8.688$9.648▲ 11%
UAE Centraluaecentral$8.736$9.678▲ 11%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$9.422$10.483▲ 11%
Norway Westnorwaywest$10.083$10.433▲ 3%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$10.083$10.608▲ 5%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$11.294$12.542▲ 11%

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