Standard_E96bds_v5vsStandard_E96bds_v6

Standard_E96bds_v5 is 15% cheaper than Standard_E96bds_v6 on demand in East US, saving $994.99 a month.

At a glanceStandard_E96bds_v5Standard_E96bds_v6
On-demand$8.016/hr15% less$9.379/hr
Lowest rate$1.719/hr1% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.743/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 672 GiB96 vCPUs, 768 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)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_E96bds_v5Standard_E96bds_v6Standard_E96bds_v6 vs Standard_E96bds_v5
On-demandPay by the hour$8.016$9.379▲ 17%
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$1.71981% off$1.743▲ 1%
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$4.72941% off$5.534▲ 17%
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$3.04665% off$3.283▲ 8%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$5.4232% off$6.378▲ 18%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment58% off$3.39458% off$3.939▲ 16%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E96bds_v5 leads
On-demand price$8.016 vs $9.379 per hour
15% cheaper
Where Standard_E96bds_v6 leads
Memory (GiB)768 vs 672
14% higher

Specs

19 of 22 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 5 differStandard_E96bds_v5Standard_E96bds_v6
vCPUs9696
Physical cores48–
Threads per core2–
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Memory1 of 1 differStandard_E96bds_v5Standard_E96bds_v6
Memory (GiB)672768
Networking3 of 3 differStandard_E96bds_v5Standard_E96bds_v6
Network25,000 Mbps41,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYes–
Max network interfaces8–
Storage7 of 7 differStandard_E96bds_v5Standard_E96bds_v6
Storage3600 GiB temp SSD6 x 880 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk3,600 GiB–
Max data disks32–
Premium SSDYes–
Max disk IOPS (uncached)120,000–
Max disk throughput (uncached)4,000 MB/s–
Ephemeral OS diskYes–
Instance details3 of 4 differStandard_E96bds_v5Standard_E96bds_v6
FamilyEbdsv5Ebdsv6
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2–
Encryption at hostYes–
Other2 of 2 differStandard_E96bds_v5Standard_E96bds_v6
Seriesebdsv5-ebsv5-seriesebdsv6-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIMicrosoft docs

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E96bds_v5 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_E96bds_v5Standard_E96bds_v6Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$8.016$9.379▲ 17%
East US 2eastus2$8.016$9.379▲ 17%
North Central USnorthcentralus$8.016$9.379▲ 17%
West US 2westus2$8.016$9.379▲ 17%
West US 3westus3$8.016$9.379▲ 17%
Central Indiacentralindia$8.448$13.131▲ 55%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$8.448$13.131▲ 55%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$8.448$13.131▲ 55%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$8.52$9.94▲ 17%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$8.818$10.317▲ 17%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$8.856$11.254▲ 27%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$8.856$11.254▲ 27%
North Europenortheurope$8.976$12.293▲ 37%
Central UScentralus$9.058$9.379▲ 4%
West USwestus$9.072$12.192▲ 34%
Korea Southkoreasouth$9.218$12.62▲ 37%
France Centralfrancecentral$9.48$11.724▲ 24%
UK Southuksouth$9.48$11.724▲ 24%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$9.552$11.176▲ 17%
Italy Northitalynorth$9.552$11.176▲ 17%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$9.552$12.62▲ 32%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$9.552$11.176▲ 17%
Spain Centralspaincentral$9.552$11.176▲ 17%
West Europewesteurope$9.552$12.293▲ 29%
Japan Westjapanwest$9.60$11.40▲ 19%
South Central USsouthcentralus$9.619$11.255▲ 17%
West Central USwestcentralus$9.619$11.254▲ 17%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$9.648$11.457▲ 19%
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$9.648$11.457▲ 19%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$9.648$11.457▲ 19%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$9.648$11.232▲ 16%
UK Westukwest$9.699$11.176▲ 15%
Japan Eastjapaneast$9.744$11.40▲ 17%
Israel Centralisraelcentral$9.888$13.412▲ 36%
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$9.888$13.412▲ 36%
UAE Northuaenorth$9.888$13.412▲ 36%
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$10.087$12.029▲ 19%
West Indiawestindia$10.26$13.131▲ 28%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$10.421$11.457▲ 10%
East Asiaeastasia$10.656$14.266▲ 34%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$10.656$13.13▲ 23%
Sweden Southswedensouth$11.076$12.922▲ 17%
South Indiasouthindia$11.303$14.444▲ 28%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$11.463$13.412▲ 17%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$11.463$13.412▲ 17%
France Southfrancesouth$12.324$15.241▲ 24%
Germany Northgermanynorth$12.418$14.529▲ 17%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$12.792$18.758▲ 47%
UAE Centraluaecentral$12.854$13.412▲ 4%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$13.853$13.13▼ 5%
Norway Westnorwaywest$14.902$17.436▲ 17%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$14.902$17.436▲ 17%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$16.63$24.386▲ 47%

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