Microsoft Azure Instance Types

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Instance types offered by Microsoft Azure.

Note: This is not an exhaustive list of plans and instance types offered by Microsoft Azure. Only plans that have been tested by VPSBenchmarks or may be tested in the future are included.

General purpose compute

Bs

Bs-series are economical virtual machines that provide a low-cost option for workloads that typically run at a low to moderate baseline CPU performance, but sometimes need to burst to significantly higher CPU performance when the demand rises. These workloads don’t require the use of the full CPU all the time, but occasionally will need to burst to finish some tasks more quickly. Many applications such as development and test servers, low traffic web servers, small databases, micro services, servers for proof-of-concepts, build servers, and code repositories fit into this model.
Very small temporary storage is included.

Cost per vCPU: Between $15.18 and $30.39
RAM per vCPU: Between 2.0 and 4.0GB
Hourly billing: yes
CPU type: Mix
Shared CPU: yes
Storage included: yes
Provider page for instance type: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/#pricing
Plans: B2sB1MSB2MS 
Da v4

The Dav4 and Dasv4 Azure VM-series provide up to 96 vCPUs, 384 GiBs of RAM and 2,400 GiBs of SSD-based temporary storage and feature the AMD EPYC™ 7452 processor.
The "s" variants support "Premium SSD disk storage" and have smaller temporary storage.

Cost per vCPU: $35.04
RAM per vCPU: 4GB
Hourly billing: yes
CPU type: Amd
Shared CPU: no
Storage included: yes
Provider page for instance type: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/series/
Plans: D2as v4D2a v4 
Dads v5

The Dads v5-series virtual machines are based on the 3rd Generation AMD EPYCTM 7763v (Milan) processor. This processor's frequency can achieve up to 3.5GHz. The Dads v5 virtual machine sizes feature high performance, large local SSD storage (up to 3,600 GiB) and provide a better value proposition for most general-purpose workloads compared to the prior Das v4 VM generation (e.g., more local SSD capacity and faster local disk IOPS).

Cost per vCPU: $37.59
RAM per vCPU: 4GB
Hourly billing: yes
CPU type: Amd
Shared CPU: no
Storage included: yes
Provider page for instance type: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/#pricing
Das v5

The Das v5-series virtual machines are based on the 3rd Generation AMD EPYCTM 7763v (Milan) processor. This processor's frequency can achieve up to 3.5GHz. The Das v5 VM sizes offer a combination of vCPUs and memory able to meet the requirements associated with most production workloads.
The Das v5 virtual machine sizes do not have any temporary storage thus lowering the price of entry.

Cost per vCPU: $31.39
RAM per vCPU: 4GB
Hourly billing: yes
CPU type: Amd
Shared CPU: no
Storage included: no
Provider page for instance type: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/#pricing
Plans: D2as v5 
Dd v4

The Ddv4 series virtual machines are based on the Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8272CL processor. This custom processor runs at a base speed of 2.5Ghz and can achieve up to 3.4Ghz all core turbo frequency. The Ddv4/Ddsv4 virtual machine sizes feature fast, large local SSD storage (up to 2,400 GiB) and are well suited for applications that benefit from low latency, high-speed local storage.

Cost per vCPU: $41.24
RAM per vCPU: 4GB
Hourly billing: yes
CPU type: Intel
Shared CPU: no
Storage included: yes
Provider page for instance type: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/#pricing
Plans: D2ds v4 
Dds v5

The Ddsv5 series virtual machines are based on the 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake) processor in a hyper-threaded configuration. The Ddv5 and Ddsv5 virtual machine sizes feature high performance, large local SSD storage (up to 3,600 GiB) and provide a better value proposition for most general-purpose workloads compared to the prior generation (e.g., increased scalability and an upgraded CPU class).

Cost per vCPU: $41.24
RAM per vCPU: 4GB
Hourly billing: yes
CPU type: Intel
Shared CPU: no
Storage included: yes
Provider page for instance type: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/#pricing
Plans: D2s v5 
Dpl v6

The Dplsv6-series virtual machines are powered by Azure’s first-generation Cobalt 100 processor, delivering outstanding performance for general-purpose workloads. The Azure Cobalt 100 processor operates at 3.4 GHz and provides an entire physical core for each virtual machine vCPU. These virtual machines offer 2 GiB of memory per vCPU and a wide range of vCPU sizes.

Cost per vCPU: $22.60
RAM per vCPU: 2GB
Hourly billing: yes
CPU type: Arm
Shared CPU: yes
Storage included: yes
Provider page for instance type: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dpsv6-series
Plans: D2pls v6 
Dplds v5

The Dplsv5-series and Dpldsv5-series virtual machines are based on the Arm architecture, delivering outstanding price-performance for general-purpose workloads. These virtual machines feature the Ampere® Altra® Arm-based processor operating at 3.0 GHz, which provides an entire physical core for each virtual machine vCPU. These virtual machines offer a range of vCPU sizes, up to 2 GiB of memory per vCPU, and temporary storage options able to meet the requirements of most non-memory-intensive and scale-out workloads such as microservices, small databases, caches, gaming servers, and more.

Cost per vCPU: $28.00
RAM per vCPU: 2GB
Hourly billing: yes
CPU type: Arm
Shared CPU: yes
Storage included: yes
Provider page for instance type: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/dplsv5-dpldsv5-series
Plans: D2plds v5 
Ds v5

The Dv5 and Ddv5 series virtual machines feature the 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake) processor in a hyper-threaded configuration. They can scale up to 96 vCPUs with configurations similar to the Dv4 and Ddv4 series VMs.
They support Azure Premium SSDs and Ultra Disk storage depending on regional availability.

Cost per vCPU: $35.04
RAM per vCPU: 4GB
Hourly billing: yes
CPU type: Intel
Shared CPU: no
Storage included: no
Provider page for instance type: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/series/
Plans: D8s v5 

Memory optimized

Eads v5

The Eads v5-series virtual machines are based on the 3rd Generation AMD EPYCTM 7763v (Milan) processor. This processor has base frequency of 2.55Ghz and can achieve up to 3.7 GHz. The Eads v5 VM sizes feature up to 672 GiB of RAM, high performance, and large local SSD storage (up to 3,600 GiB.) These virtual machines are ideal for memory-intensive enterprise applications, relational database servers, and in-memory analytics workloads.

Cost per vCPU: $47.82
RAM per vCPU: 8GB
Hourly billing: yes
CPU type: Amd
Shared CPU: no
Storage included: yes
Provider page for instance type: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/#pricing

Compute optimized

Fs v2

The Fsv2-series virtual machines provide 2-GiB of RAM and 8 GB of local temporary storage (SSD) per vCPU(s) and are optimized for compute intensive workloads. The Fsv2-series VMs are hyper-threaded and based on the Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8272CL (second generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors), or the Intel Xeon® Platinum 8168 (Skylake) processor.
The Fsv2 VMs can be attached to Premium SSD or Ultra Disk persistent storage.

Cost per vCPU: $30.88
RAM per vCPU: 2GB
Hourly billing: yes
CPU type: Intel
Shared CPU: no
Storage included: yes
Provider page for instance type: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/#pricing
Plans: F2s v2 

GPU compute

NCasT4_v3

The NCasT4_v3-series virtual machines are powered by Nvidia Tesla T4 GPUs and AMD EPYC 7V12(Rome) CPUs. The VMs feature up to 4 NVIDIA T4 GPUs with 16 GB of memory each, up to 64 non-multithreaded AMD EPYC 7V12 (Rome) processor cores(base frequency of 2.45 GHz, all-cores peak frequency of 3.1 GHz and single-core peak frequency of 3.3 GHz) and 440 GiB of system memory.

CPU type: Nvidia
Shared CPU: no
Storage included: yes
Provider page for instance type: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/ncast4v3-series
Plans: NC4as T4 v3NC8as T4 v3NC16as T4 v3NC64as T4 v3 

GPU Compute

NCsv3

NCv3-series VMs are powered by NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPUs. From 6 to 24 Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 vCPUs.

CPU type: Nvidia
Shared CPU: no
Storage included: yes
Provider page for instance type: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/machine-learning/
Plans: NC24s v3NC12s v3NC6s v3 
NVv3

The NVv3-series virtual machines are powered by NVIDIA Tesla M60 GPUs and NVIDIA GRID technology with Intel E5-2690 v4 (Broadwell) CPUs and Intel Hyper-Threading Technology. These virtual machines are targeted for GPU accelerated graphics applications and virtual desktops where customers want to visualize their data, simulate results to view, work on CAD, or render and stream content

CPU type: Nvidia
Shared CPU: no
Storage included: yes
Provider page for instance type: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nv-family
Plans: NV12s v3NV24s v3NV48s v3 

General Purpose

Dads v6

The Azure Dadsv6-series virtual machines are based on AMD's 4th Generation EPYC™ 9004 processors with a boosted maximum frequency of 3.7GHz. They offer a combination of vCPU, memory, and fast local NVMe temporary storage, making them suitable for most production workloads. Configurations are available with up to 96 vCPUs and 384 GiB of RAM. Disk storage is billed separately.

Cost per vCPU: $0.06
RAM per vCPU: 4GB
Hourly billing: yes
CPU type: Amd
Shared CPU: no
Storage included: yes
Provider page for instance type: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dadsv6-series?tabs=sizebasic
Dadsv6

Dadsv6-series Azure VMs utilize AMD's 4th Generation EPYC™ 9004 processors, achieving a boosted maximum frequency of 3.7GHz. These virtual machines offer a combination of vCPU, memory, and fast local NVMe temporary storage suitable for most production workloads. They are available in sizes up to 96 vCPU and 384 GiB of RAM and support various disk types, although disk storage is billed separately.

Cost per vCPU: $0.06
RAM per vCPU: 4GB
Hourly billing: yes
CPU type: Amd
Shared CPU: no
Storage included: yes
Provider page for instance type: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dadsv6-series?tabs=sizebasic
Das v6

The Azure Dasv6-series Virtual Machines are a general-purpose offering utilizing AMD's 4th Generation EPYC™ 9004 processors, capable of reaching boosted frequencies of up to 3.7GHz. These VMs provide a balance of vCPU and memory suitable for most production workloads, with configurations scaling up to 96 vCPUs and 384 GiB of RAM. They offer a compelling value proposition for workloads that do not necessitate local temporary storage.

Cost per vCPU: $0.04
RAM per vCPU: 4GB
Hourly billing: yes
CPU type: Amd
Shared CPU: no
Storage included: no
Provider page for instance type: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dasv6-series
Plans: D4as_v6D8as_v6 

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