Standard_E96ds_v5vsStandard_E96ds_v6

Standard_E96ds_v5 is 12% cheaper than Standard_E96ds_v6 on demand in East US, saving $684.01 a month.

At a glanceStandard_E96ds_v5Standard_E96ds_v6
On-demand$6.912/hr12% less$7.849/hr
Lowest rate$1.462/hr11% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.639/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_E96ds_v5Standard_E96ds_v6Standard_E96ds_v6 vs Standard_E96ds_v5
On-demandPay by the hour$6.912$7.849▲ 14%
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$1.46279% off$1.639▲ 12%
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$4.07838% off$4.866▲ 19%
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$2.62761% off$3.061▲ 17%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$4.68232% off$5.337▲ 14%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$3.2353% off$3.689▲ 14%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E96ds_v5 leads
On-demand price$6.912 vs $7.849 per hour
12% cheaper
Where Standard_E96ds_v6 leads
Max data disks64 vs 32
2× higher
Memory (GiB)768 vs 672
14% higher

Specs

12 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 5 differStandard_E96ds_v5Standard_E96ds_v6
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
Threads per core22
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_E96ds_v5Standard_E96ds_v6
Memory (GiB)672768
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_E96ds_v5Standard_E96ds_v6
Network35,000 Mbps41,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage6 of 8 differStandard_E96ds_v5Standard_E96ds_v6
Storage3600 GiB temp SSD6 x 880 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Temp disk3,600 GiB–
Local NVMe–5,280 GiB
Max data disks3264
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)80,000153,600
Max disk throughput (uncached)2,600 MB/s5,088 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesYes
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_E96ds_v5Standard_E96ds_v6
FamilyEdsv5Edsv6
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_E96ds_v5Standard_E96ds_v6
Seriesedsv5-seriesedsv6-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E96ds_v5 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_E96ds_v5Standard_E96ds_v6Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$6.912$7.849▲ 14%
East US 2eastus2$6.912$7.849▲ 14%
North Central USnorthcentralus$6.912$7.849▲ 14%
West US 2westus2$6.912$7.849▲ 14%
West US 3westus3$6.912$7.849▲ 14%
Central Indiacentralindia$7.248$8.099▲ 12%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$7.248$8.112▲ 12%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$7.248$8.099▲ 12%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$7.248$8.099▲ 12%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$7.296$8.347▲ 14%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$7.517$8.048▲ 7%
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$7.517$8.048▲ 7%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$7.584$8.597▲ 13%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$7.584$8.597▲ 13%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$7.603$8.634▲ 14%
North Europenortheurope$7.68$8.783▲ 14%
Spain Centralspaincentral$7.68$8.783▲ 14%
West USwestus$7.776$8.721▲ 12%
Central UScentralus$7.811$8.869▲ 14%
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$7.893$8.97▲ 14%
Korea Southkoreasouth$7.949$9.026▲ 14%
Israel Centralisraelcentral$8.064$9.22▲ 14%
Italy Northitalynorth$8.064$9.22▲ 14%
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$8.064$9.22▲ 14%
France Centralfrancecentral$8.112$9.22▲ 14%
UK Southuksouth$8.112$9.22▲ 14%
South Central USsouthcentralus$8.294$9.419▲ 14%
West Central USwestcentralus$8.294$9.419▲ 14%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$8.304$9.468▲ 14%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$8.304$9.468▲ 14%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$8.304$9.456▲ 14%
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$8.304$9.406▲ 13%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$8.304$9.406▲ 13%
West Europewesteurope$8.304$9.468▲ 14%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$8.352$9.406▲ 13%
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$8.352$9.406▲ 13%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$8.352$9.406▲ 13%
Japan Eastjapaneast$8.352$9.468▲ 13%
Japan Westjapanwest$8.352$9.468▲ 13%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$8.352$9.468▲ 13%
UK Westukwest$8.364$9.497▲ 14%
East Asiaeastasia$8.40$10.792▲ 28%
UAE Northuaenorth$8.448$9.654▲ 14%
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$8.64$9.811▲ 14%
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$8.77$9.876▲ 13%
West Indiawestindia$8.847$10.046▲ 14%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$8.986$10.204▲ 14%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$9.12$10.439▲ 14%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$9.12$10.439▲ 14%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$9.134$11.224▲ 23%
Sweden Southswedensouth$9.485$10.852▲ 14%
South Indiasouthindia$9.746$11.067▲ 14%
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$10.26$11.661▲ 14%
France Southfrancesouth$10.546$11.986▲ 14%
Germany Northgermanynorth$10.795$12.309▲ 14%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$10.944$12.521▲ 14%
UAE Centraluaecentral$10.982$12.561▲ 14%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$11.856$13.605▲ 15%
Norway Westnorwaywest$11.875$13.54▲ 14%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$12.096$13.766▲ 14%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$14.227$16.277▲ 14%

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