Standard_F48ams_v6vsStandard_F48ams_v7

Standard_F48ams_v6 and Standard_F48ams_v7 cost the same on demand in East US, $4.296 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_F48ams_v6Standard_F48ams_v7
On-demand$4.296/hr$4.296/hr
Lowest rate$0.9056/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.8334/hr8% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 384 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 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_F48ams_v6Standard_F48ams_v7Standard_F48ams_v7 vs Standard_F48ams_v6
On-demandPay by the hour$4.296$4.296Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.905681% off$0.8334▼ 8%
1-yr reservedNo upfront38% off$2.66338% off$2.663Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$1.67561% off$1.675Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$2.92132% off$2.921Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$2.01953% off$2.019Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_F48ams_v6 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_F48ams_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_F48ams_v6Standard_F48ams_v7
vCPUs4848
Physical cores4848
Threads per core11
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_F48ams_v6Standard_F48ams_v7
Memory (GiB)384384
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_F48ams_v6Standard_F48ams_v7
Network28,000 Mbps70,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage3 of 5 differStandard_F48ams_v6Standard_F48ams_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_F48ams_v6Standard_F48ams_v7
FamilyFamsv6Famsv7
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
VM generationsV2V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_F48ams_v6Standard_F48ams_v7
Seriesfamsv6-seriesfamsv7-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_F48ams_v6 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_F48ams_v6Standard_F48ams_v7Difference
Central Indiacentralindia$2.774$2.774Same
Jio India Westjioindiawest$2.774$2.774Same
East USUsed in summaryeastus$4.296$4.296Same
East US 2eastus2$4.296$4.296Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$4.296$4.296Same
West US 2westus2$4.296$4.296Same
West US 3westus3$4.296$4.296Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$4.594$4.594Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$4.723$4.723Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$4.795$4.795Same
North Europenortheurope$4.795$4.795Same
Central UScentralus$4.853$4.296▼ 11%
UK Southuksouth$4.992$4.992Same
France Centralfrancecentral$5.045$5.045Same
Italy Northitalynorth$5.045$5.045Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$5.045$5.045Same
West USwestus$5.045$5.045Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$5.141$5.141Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$5.184$5.184Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$5.194$5.194Same
West Europewesteurope$5.194$5.194Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$5.294$5.294Same
UAE Northuaenorth$5.294$5.294Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$5.39$5.39Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$5.39$5.39Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$5.39$5.39Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$5.443$5.443Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$5.592$5.592Same
Japan Westjapanwest$5.592$5.592Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$5.741$5.741Same
East Asiaeastasia$5.942$5.942Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$6.139$6.139Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$6.139$6.139Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$6.888$6.888Same

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

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