Standard_F1as_v6vsStandard_F1as_v7

Standard_F1as_v6 and Standard_F1as_v7 cost the same on demand in East US, $0.0683 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_F1as_v6Standard_F1as_v7
On-demand$0.0683/hr$0.0683/hr
Lowest rate$0.0144/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0133/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_F1as_v6Standard_F1as_v7Standard_F1as_v7 vs Standard_F1as_v6
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0683$0.0683Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.014481% off$0.0133▼ 8%
1-yr reservedNo upfront38% off$0.042438% off$0.0424Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$0.026661% off$0.0266Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$0.047131% off$0.0471Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment54% off$0.031454% off$0.0314Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_F1as_v6 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_F1as_v7 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

18 of 20 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 5 differStandard_F1as_v6Standard_F1as_v7
vCPUs11
Physical cores–1
Threads per core–1
Architecturex86_64x86_64
Processor–AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)
Memory1 of 1 differStandard_F1as_v6Standard_F1as_v7
Memory (GiB)–4
Networking3 of 3 differStandard_F1as_v6Standard_F1as_v7
Network–16,000 Mbps
Accelerated networking–Yes
Max network interfaces–2
Storage5 of 5 differStandard_F1as_v6Standard_F1as_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_F1as_v6Standard_F1as_v7
FamilyFasv6Fasv7
Category–Compute optimized
VM generations–V2
Encryption at host–Yes
Other2 of 2 differStandard_F1as_v6Standard_F1as_v7
Specs sourcederived from size nameAzure Resource SKUs API
Series–fasv7-series

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_F1as_v6 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_F1as_v6Standard_F1as_v7Difference
Central Indiacentralindia$0.0441$0.0441Same
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.0441$0.0441Same
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.0683$0.0683Same
East US 2eastus2$0.0683$0.0683Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.0683$0.0683Same
West US 2westus2$0.0683$0.0683Same
West US 3westus3$0.0683$0.0683Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.073$0.073Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.0751$0.0751Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.0762$0.0762Same
North Europenortheurope$0.0762$0.0762Same
Central UScentralus$0.0772$0.0683▼ 12%
UK Southuksouth$0.0794$0.0794Same
France Centralfrancecentral$0.0802$0.0802Same
Italy Northitalynorth$0.0802$0.0802Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.0802$0.0802Same
West USwestus$0.0802$0.0802Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.0818$0.0818Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.0825$0.0825Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.0826$0.0826Same
West Europewesteurope$0.0826$0.0826Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.0842$0.0842Same
UAE Northuaenorth$0.0842$0.0842Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.0858$0.0858Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.0858$0.0858Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.0858$0.0858Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.0865$0.0865Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.0889$0.0889Same
Japan Westjapanwest$0.0889$0.0889Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.0913$0.0913Same
East Asiaeastasia$0.0945$0.0945Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.0977$0.0977Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.0977$0.0977Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.11$0.11Same

Keep exploring

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

Standard_F1as_v6Fasv6 family
Standard_F1as_v6 prices and specsEvery size in the Fasv6 family
Standard_F1as_v7Compute optimized, Fasv7 family
Standard_F1as_v7 prices and specsEvery size in the Fasv7 family

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