Standard_F48als_v6vsStandard_F48als_v7

Standard_F48als_v6 and Standard_F48als_v7 cost the same on demand in East US, $2.904 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_F48als_v6Standard_F48als_v7
On-demand$2.904/hr$2.904/hr
Lowest rate$0.6122/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.5634/hr8% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 96 GiB48 vCPUs, 96 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in East US

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

OptionStandard_F48als_v6Standard_F48als_v7Standard_F48als_v7 vs Standard_F48als_v6
On-demandPay by the hour$2.904$2.904Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.612281% off$0.5634▼ 8%
1-yr reservedNo upfront38% off$1.8038% off$1.80Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$1.10362% off$1.103Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment33% off$1.94633% off$1.946Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment56% off$1.27856% off$1.278Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_F48als_v6 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_F48als_v7 leads
Max disk throughput (uncached)5,664 MB/s vs 2,160 MB/s
2.6× higher

Specs

7 of 20 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 5 differStandard_F48als_v6Standard_F48als_v7
vCPUs4848
Physical cores4848
Threads per core11
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_F48als_v6Standard_F48als_v7
Memory (GiB)9696
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_F48als_v6Standard_F48als_v7
Network28,000 Mbps70,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage3 of 5 differStandard_F48als_v6Standard_F48als_v7
Max data disks3264
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)86,400192,000
Max disk throughput (uncached)2,160 MB/s5,664 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoNo
Instance details1 of 4 differStandard_F48als_v6Standard_F48als_v7
FamilyFalsv6Falsv7
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
VM generationsV2V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_F48als_v6Standard_F48als_v7
Seriesfalsv6-seriesfalsv7-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_F48als_v6 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_F48als_v6Standard_F48als_v7Difference
Central Indiacentralindia$1.877$1.877Same
Jio India Westjioindiawest$1.877$1.877Same
East USUsed in summaryeastus$2.904$2.904Same
East US 2eastus2$2.904$2.904Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$2.904$2.904Same
West US 2westus2$2.904$2.904Same
West US 3westus3$2.904$2.904Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$3.106$3.106Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$3.192$3.192Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$3.24$3.24Same
North Europenortheurope$3.24$3.24Same
Central UScentralus$3.278$2.904▼ 11%
UK Southuksouth$3.374$3.374Same
France Centralfrancecentral$3.408$3.408Same
Italy Northitalynorth$3.408$3.408Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$3.408$3.408Same
West USwestus$3.408$3.408Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$3.475$3.475Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$3.504$3.504Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$3.509$3.509Same
West Europewesteurope$3.509$3.509Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$3.576$3.576Same
UAE Northuaenorth$3.576$3.576Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$3.643$3.643Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$3.643$3.643Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$3.643$3.643Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$3.677$3.677Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$3.778$3.778Same
Japan Westjapanwest$3.778$3.778Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$3.878$3.878Same
East Asiaeastasia$4.018$4.018Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$4.152$4.152Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$4.152$4.152Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$4.656$4.656Same

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