Standard_F1ams_v6vsStandard_F1ams_v7

Standard_F1ams_v6 and Standard_F1ams_v7 cost the same on demand in East US, $0.0895 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_F1ams_v6Standard_F1ams_v7
On-demand$0.0895/hr$0.0895/hr
Lowest rate$0.0189/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0174/hr8% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in East US

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

OptionStandard_F1ams_v6Standard_F1ams_v7Standard_F1ams_v7 vs Standard_F1ams_v6
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0895$0.0895Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.018981% off$0.0174▼ 8%
1-yr reservedNo upfront38% off$0.055538% off$0.0555Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$0.034961% off$0.0349Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$0.060932% off$0.0609Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.042153% off$0.0421Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_F1ams_v6 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_F1ams_v7 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

18 of 20 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 5 differStandard_F1ams_v6Standard_F1ams_v7
vCPUs11
Physical cores–1
Threads per core–1
Architecturex86_64x86_64
Processor–AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)
Memory1 of 1 differStandard_F1ams_v6Standard_F1ams_v7
Memory (GiB)–8
Networking3 of 3 differStandard_F1ams_v6Standard_F1ams_v7
Network–16,000 Mbps
Accelerated networking–Yes
Max network interfaces–2
Storage5 of 5 differStandard_F1ams_v6Standard_F1ams_v7
Max data disks–10
Premium SSD–Yes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)–4,000
Max disk throughput (uncached)–118 MB/s
Ephemeral OS disk–No
Instance details4 of 4 differStandard_F1ams_v6Standard_F1ams_v7
FamilyFamsv6Famsv7
Category–Compute optimized
VM generations–V2
Encryption at host–Yes
Other2 of 2 differStandard_F1ams_v6Standard_F1ams_v7
Specs sourcederived from size nameAzure Resource SKUs API
Series–famsv7-series

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_F1ams_v6 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_F1ams_v6Standard_F1ams_v7Difference
Central Indiacentralindia$0.0578$0.0578Same
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.0578$0.0578Same
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.0895$0.0895Same
East US 2eastus2$0.0895$0.0895Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.0895$0.0895Same
West US 2westus2$0.0895$0.0895Same
West US 3westus3$0.0895$0.0895Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.0957$0.0957Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.0984$0.0984Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.0999$0.0999Same
North Europenortheurope$0.0999$0.0999Same
Central UScentralus$0.101$0.0895▼ 11%
UK Southuksouth$0.104$0.104Same
France Centralfrancecentral$0.105$0.105Same
Italy Northitalynorth$0.105$0.105Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.105$0.105Same
West USwestus$0.105$0.105Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.107$0.107Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.108$0.108Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.108$0.108Same
West Europewesteurope$0.108$0.108Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.11$0.11Same
UAE Northuaenorth$0.11$0.11Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.112$0.112Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.112$0.112Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.112$0.112Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.113$0.113Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.117$0.117Same
Japan Westjapanwest$0.117$0.117Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.12$0.12Same
East Asiaeastasia$0.124$0.124Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.128$0.128Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.128$0.128Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.144$0.144Same

Keep exploring

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

Standard_F1ams_v6Famsv6 family
Standard_F1ams_v6 prices and specsEvery size in the Famsv6 family
Standard_F1ams_v7Compute optimized, Famsv7 family
Standard_F1ams_v7 prices and specsEvery size in the Famsv7 family

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