A7

api name Standard_A7 · Azure Virtual Machines · A family

The A7 is a general purpose Azure Virtual Machines VM size with 8 vCPUs and 56 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon, starting at $0.618 per hour on demand.

general purposex86-64intelprevious generation
vCPUs
8

dedicated

memory
56 GiB

7 GiB per vCPU

processor
Intel

x86-64

on-demand
$1.00

$730/mo · eastus

spot
$0.90

−10% vs on-demand

regions
35

across 6 areas

Previous generation. Azure still sells A7, but newer families usually give more performance per dollar. See the similar VM sizes below.

A7 price by region

35 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot · 1-yr Reserved · 3-yr Reserved · 1-yr Savings plan · 3-yr Savings plan

Korea SouthkoreasouthcheapestAsia$0.618$0.5562
Korea CentralkoreacentralAsia$0.687$0.6183
US Gov ArizonausgovarizonaNorth America$0.80$0.72
US Gov TexasusgovtexasNorth America$0.80$0.72
US Gov VirginiausgovvirginiaNorth America$0.80$0.72
East US 2eastus2North America$0.88$0.792
South Central USsouthcentralusNorth America$0.88$0.792
West Central USwestcentralusNorth America$0.88$0.792
West US 2westus2North America$0.88$0.792
South IndiasouthindiaAsia$0.936$0.8424
Canada CentralcanadacentralNorth America$0.968$0.8712
Canada EastcanadaeastNorth America$0.968$0.8712
North EuropenortheuropeEurope$0.992$0.8928
Central UScentralusNorth America$1.00$0.8227
East USeastusreferenceNorth America$1.00$0.90
North Central USnorthcentralusNorth America$1.00$0.90
West USwestusNorth America$1.00$0.90
Japan WestjapanwestAsia$1.032$0.9288
Central IndiacentralindiaAsia$1.04$0.936
West IndiawestindiaAsia$1.04$0.936
Southeast AsiasoutheastasiaAsia$1.08$0.972
West EuropewesteuropeEurope$1.08$0.972
Poland CentralpolandcentralEurope$1.10$0.99
Australia CentralaustraliacentralOceania$1.112$1.001
Australia Central 2australiacentral2Oceania$1.112$1.001
Australia EastaustraliaeastOceania$1.112$1.001
Australia SoutheastaustraliasoutheastOceania$1.112$1.001
Japan EastjapaneastAsia$1.124$1.012
Brazil SouthbrazilsouthSouth America$1.164$1.048
East AsiaeastasiaAsia$1.176$1.058
France CentralfrancecentralEurope$1.188$1.069
Qatar CentralqatarcentralMiddle East$1.188$1.069
UK SouthuksouthEurope$1.188$1.069
UK WestukwestEurope$1.188$1.069
France SouthfrancesouthEurope$1.544$1.39

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
8
Memory
56 GiB
Memory per vCPU
7 GiB
Processor
Intel Xeon
CPU vendor
Intel
Architecture
x86-64
Burstable CPU
No

storage & network

Local storage
605 GB SSD
Storage detail
605 GiB temporary disk

azure details

API name
Standard_A7
Family
A
Category
General purpose
Generation
Previous
Regions
35 (Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
Cheapest region
Korea South · $0.618/hr

A7 equivalents on other clouds

closest match by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and class · Linux on-demand in each provider's reference region

compare side by side→
ProviderInstancevCPUMemoryProcessorOn-demandvs A7
AzureA7856 GiBIntel Xeon$1.00–
AWSi3.2xlarge61 GiB (1.09×)861 GiBIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)$0.624-38%
r5ad.2xlarge64 GiB (1.14×)864 GiBAMD EPYC 7571$0.524-48%
Google Cloudc4-highmem-8-lssd62 GiB (1.11×)862 GiBIntel Emerald Rapids, Intel Granite Rapids$0.6035-40%
c4n-highmem-8-lssd62 GiB (1.11×)862 GiBIntel Emerald Rapids$0.8753-12%
AkamaiG8 Dedicated 32x832 GiB (1.8× less)832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.42-58%
Linode 32GB32 GiB (1.8× less) · burstable CPU832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.288-71%
Vultrvx1-m-8c-64g-480s64 GiB (1.14×)864 GiBAMD EPYC$0.386-61%
voc-m-8c-64gb-400s-amd64 GiB (1.14×)864 GiBAMD EPYC$0.438-56%

A family sizes

all about A→
SizevCPUMemoryLocal storageOn-demandMonthlySpot
A010.75 GiB20 GB SSD$0.02$14.60$0.018
A111.75 GiB70 GB SSD$0.06$43.80$0.054
A223.5 GiB135 GB SSD$0.12$87.60$0.108
A5214 GiB135 GB SSD$0.25$183$0.225
A347 GiB285 GB SSD$0.24$175$0.216
A6428 GiB285 GB SSD$0.50$365$0.45
A4814 GiB605 GB SSD$0.48$350$0.432
A7856 GiB605 GB SSD$1.00$730$0.90

Similar VM sizes on Azure

other Azure families with a similar shape, cheapest first

A7 FAQ

How much does A7 cost?

A7 costs $1.00 per hour on demand with Linux in East US (eastus), about $730 per month. Across 35 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.618 in Korea South to $1.544 in France South. Spot capacity costs $0.90 per hour (10% less), but can be reclaimed. With Windows it costs $1.32 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does A7 have?

A7 has 8 vCPUs and 56 GiB of memory (7 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon. It is a general purpose VM size in the A family.

What is the cheapest region for A7?

Korea South (koreasouth) at $0.618 per hour for Linux on demand, 38% less than East US. A7 is sold in 35 Azure regions.

What are the equivalents of A7 on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on AWS, i3.2xlarge (8 vCPU, 61 GiB, $0.624/hour in US East (N. Virginia)); on Google Cloud, c4-highmem-8-lssd (8 vCPU, 62 GiB, $0.6035/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, G8 Dedicated 32x8 (8 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.42/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vx1-m-8c-64g-480s (8 vCPU, 64 GiB, $0.386/hour in New Jersey).