Standard_L96as_v4vsStandard_L96as_v5

Standard_L96as_v4 is 15% cheaper than Standard_L96as_v5 on demand in East US, saving $1,103.76 a month.

At a glanceStandard_L96as_v4Standard_L96as_v5
On-demand$8.256/hr15% less$9.768/hr
Lowest rate$1.73/hr11% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.954/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 768 GiB96 vCPUs, 768 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_L96as_v4Standard_L96as_v5Standard_L96as_v5 vs Standard_L96as_v4
On-demandPay by the hour$8.256$9.768▲ 18%
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$1.7380% off$1.954▲ 13%
1-yr reservedNo upfront39% off$5.03639% off$5.958▲ 18%
3-yr reservedNo upfront60% off$3.30260% off$3.907▲ 18%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$6.02727% off$7.131▲ 18%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$4.12850% off$4.884▲ 18%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_L96as_v4 leads
On-demand price$8.256 vs $9.768 per hour
15% cheaper
Where Standard_L96as_v5 leads
Max data disks64 vs 32
2× higher

Specs

8 of 22 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 5 differStandard_L96as_v4Standard_L96as_v5
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_L96as_v4Standard_L96as_v5
Memory (GiB)768768
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_L96as_v4Standard_L96as_v5
Network40,000 Mbps70,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage4 of 7 differStandard_L96as_v4Standard_L96as_v5
Storage12 x 1920 GiB temp NVMe SSD6 x 3840 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Local NVMe21,456 GiB21,456 GiB
Max data disks3264
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)172,800192,000
Max disk throughput (uncached)4,320 MB/s5,664 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesYes
Instance details1 of 4 differStandard_L96as_v4Standard_L96as_v5
FamilyLasv4Lasv5
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized
VM generationsV2V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_L96as_v4Standard_L96as_v5
Serieslasv4-serieslasv5-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_L96as_v4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_L96as_v4Standard_L96as_v5Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$8.256$9.768▲ 18%
East US 2eastus2$8.256$9.768▲ 18%
West US 2westus2$8.256$9.768▲ 18%
West US 3westus3$8.256$9.768▲ 18%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$8.606$12.698▲ 48%
North Europenortheurope$9.12$13.968▲ 53%
West USwestus$9.12$12.698▲ 39%
Central UScentralus$9.312$9.768▲ 5%
Italy Northitalynorth$9.557$12.698▲ 33%
UK Southuksouth$9.60$12.21▲ 27%
West Europewesteurope$9.792$13.968▲ 43%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$9.821$12.698▲ 29%
South Central USsouthcentralus$9.888$11.724▲ 19%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$13.147$19.536▲ 49%

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