EC8ads v6

api name Standard_EC8ads_v6 · Azure Virtual Machines · Ecadsv6 family

The EC8ads v6 is a general purpose Azure Virtual Machines VM size with 8 vCPUs and 64 GiB of memory, running on AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa), starting at $0.413 per hour on demand.

general purposex86-64amd
vCPUs
8

dedicated

memory
64 GiB

8 GiB per vCPU

processor
AMD

x86-64

on-demand
$0.639

$466/mo · eastus

spot
$0.1348

−79% vs on-demand

1-yr reserved
$0.5111

−20% vs on-demand

EC8ads v6 price by region

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

Central IndiacentralindiacheapestAsia$0.413$0.0763$0.3301$0.2476$0.3511$0.2685
East USeastusreferenceNorth America$0.639$0.1348$0.5111$0.3833$0.5432$0.4154
East US 2eastus2North America$0.639$0.1181$0.5111$0.3833$0.5432$0.4154
North Central USnorthcentralusNorth America$0.639$0.1181$0.5111$0.3833$0.5432$0.4154
West US 2westus2North America$0.639$0.1181$0.5111$0.3833$0.5432$0.4154
West US 3westus3North America$0.639$0.1181$0.5111$0.3833$0.5432$0.4154
Sweden CentralswedencentralEurope$0.683$0.1262$0.5463$0.4097$0.5806$0.444
Mexico CentralmexicocentralNorth America$0.702$0.1297$0.5618$0.4213$0.5967$0.4563
Canada CentralcanadacentralNorth America$0.713$0.1318$0.5702$0.4277$0.6061$0.4635
Canada EastcanadaeastNorth America$0.713$0.1318$0.5702$0.4277$0.6061$0.4635
North EuropenortheuropeEurope$0.713$0.1318$0.5702$0.4277$0.6061$0.4635
Central UScentralusNorth America$0.722$0.1333$0.3427$0.2207$0.6137$0.4693
Korea SouthkoreasouthAsia$0.734$0.1356$0.5871$0.4403$0.6239$0.4771
UK SouthuksouthEurope$0.743$0.1373$0.5942$0.4456$0.6316$0.483
France CentralfrancecentralEurope$0.75$0.1386$0.5998$0.4498$0.6375$0.4875
Italy NorthitalynorthEurope$0.75$0.1386$0.5998$0.4498$0.6375$0.4875
Spain CentralspaincentralEurope$0.75$0.1386$0.5998$0.4498$0.6375$0.4875
West USwestusNorth America$0.75$0.1386$0.5998$0.4498$0.6375$0.4875
South Central USsouthcentralusNorth America$0.765$0.1414$0.6118$0.4588$0.6503$0.4973
West Central USwestcentralusNorth America$0.765$0.1414$0.6118$0.4588$0.6503$0.4973
Poland CentralpolandcentralEurope$0.77$0.1423$0.616$0.462$0.6545$0.5005
Germany West CentralgermanywestcentralEurope$0.772$0.1427$0.6174$0.4631$0.6562$0.5018
UK WestukwestEurope$0.772$0.1427$0.6174$0.4631$0.6562$0.5018
West EuropewesteuropeEurope$0.772$0.1427$0.6174$0.4631$0.6562$0.5018
Korea CentralkoreacentralAsia$0.787$0.1454$0.6293$0.472$0.669$0.5116
Qatar CentralqatarcentralMiddle East$0.787$0.1454$0.6293$0.472$0.669$0.5116
UAE NorthuaenorthMiddle East$0.787$0.1454$0.6293$0.472$0.669$0.5116
Australia CentralaustraliacentralOceania$0.802$0.1482$0.6413$0.481$0.6817$0.5213
Australia Central 2australiacentral2Oceania$0.802$0.0802$0.6413$0.481$0.6817$0.5213
Australia EastaustraliaeastOceania$0.802$0.1482$0.6413$0.481$0.6817$0.5213
Southeast AsiasoutheastasiaAsia$0.802$0.1482$0.6413$0.481$0.6817$0.5213
Taiwan NorthtaiwannorthAsia$0.802$0.1482$0.6413$0.481$0.6817$0.5213
US Gov TexasusgovtexasNorth America$0.802$0.1482$0.6413$0.481––
US Gov ArizonausgovarizonaNorth America$0.81$0.1497$0.6477$0.4858––
US Gov VirginiausgovvirginiaNorth America$0.81$0.1497$0.6477$0.4858––
West IndiawestindiaAsia$0.817$0.151$0.6533$0.49$0.6945$0.5311
Australia SoutheastaustraliasoutheastOceania$0.832$0.1538$0.6653$0.499$0.7072$0.5408
Japan EastjapaneastAsia$0.832$0.1538$0.6653$0.499$0.7072$0.5408
Japan WestjapanwestAsia$0.832$0.1538$0.6653$0.499$0.7072$0.5408
South Africa NorthsouthafricanorthAfrica$0.854$0.1578$0.6829$0.5122$0.7259$0.5551
East AsiaeastasiaAsia$0.884$0.1634$0.7068$0.5301$0.7514$0.5746
Sweden SouthswedensouthEurope$0.891$0.1647$0.7124$0.5343$0.7574$0.5792
South IndiasouthindiaAsia$0.898$0.166$0.7188$0.5391$0.7633$0.5837
Israel CentralisraelcentralMiddle East$0.913$0.1687$0.7307$0.5481$0.7761$0.5935
Norway EastnorwayeastEurope$0.913$0.1687$0.7307$0.5481$0.7761$0.5935
Switzerland NorthswitzerlandnorthEurope$0.913$0.1687$0.7307$0.5481$0.7761$0.5935
France SouthfrancesouthEurope$0.972$0.1796$0.778$0.5834$0.8262$0.6318
Germany NorthgermanynorthEurope$1.002$0.1852$0.8018$0.6014$0.8517$0.6513
UAE CentraluaecentralMiddle East$1.023$0.1891$0.8187$0.6141$0.8696$0.665
Brazil SouthbrazilsouthSouth America$1.024$0.1892$0.8194$0.6146$0.8704$0.6656
South Africa WestsouthafricawestAfrica$1.106$0.2044$0.8849$0.6637$0.9401$0.7189
Norway WestnorwaywestEurope$1.188$0.2195$0.9505$0.7128$1.01$0.7722
Switzerland WestswitzerlandwestEurope$1.188$0.2195$0.9505$0.7128$1.01$0.7722
Brazil SoutheastbrazilsoutheastSouth America$1.329$0.2456$1.063$0.7973$1.13$0.8639

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
8
Memory
64 GiB
Memory per vCPU
8 GiB
Processor
AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)
CPU vendor
AMD
Architecture
x86-64
Burstable CPU
No

storage & network

Local storage
300 GB SSD
Storage detail
300 GiB temporary disk

azure details

API name
Standard_EC8ads_v6
Family
Ecadsv6
Category
General purpose
Generation
Current
Regions
54 (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
Cheapest region
Central India · $0.413/hr
Confidential computing
Yes
Premium SSD support
Yes

EC8ads v6 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 EC8ads v6
AzureEC8ads v6864 GiBAMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)$0.639–
AWSr5ad.2xlarge864 GiBAMD EPYC 7571$0.524-18%
r5d.2xlarge864 GiBIntel Xeon Platinum 8175$0.576-10%
Google Cloudc3d-highmem-8-lssd864 GiBAMD Genoa$0.531-17%
c4d-highmem-8-lssd863 GiBAMD Turin$0.5803-9%
AkamaiG8 Dedicated 32x832 GiB (2× less)832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.42-34%
G8 Dedicated 64x1616 vCPU (2×)1664 GiBAMD EPYC$0.84+31%
Vultrvx1-m-8c-64g-480s864 GiBAMD EPYC$0.386-40%
voc-m-8c-64gb-400s-amd864 GiBAMD EPYC$0.438-31%

Ecadsv6 family sizes

all about Ecadsv6→
SizevCPUMemoryLocal storageOn-demandMonthlySpot1-yr
EC2ads v6216 GiB75 GB SSD$0.16$117$0.0338$0.1277
EC4ads v6432 GiB150 GB SSD$0.319$233$0.0673$0.2556
EC8ads v6864 GiB300 GB SSD$0.639$466$0.1348$0.5111
EC16ads v616128 GiB600 GB SSD$1.278$933$0.2697$1.022
EC32ads v632192 GiB1.2 TB SSD$2.556$1,866$0.5393$2.044
EC48ads v648256 GiB1.8 TB SSD$3.833$2,798$0.8088$3.067
EC64ads v664384 GiB2.4 TB SSD$5.111$3,731$1.078$4.089
EC96ads v696672 GiB3.6 TB SSD$7.667$5,597$1.618$6.133

Similar VM sizes on Azure

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EC8ads v6 FAQ

How much does EC8ads v6 cost?

EC8ads v6 costs $0.639 per hour on demand with Linux in East US (eastus), about $466 per month. Across 54 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.413 in Central India to $1.329 in Brazil Southeast. Spot capacity costs $0.1348 per hour (79% less), but can be reclaimed. A 1-yr Reserved commitment brings it to $0.5111 per hour. With Windows it costs $1.007 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does EC8ads v6 have?

EC8ads v6 has 8 vCPUs and 64 GiB of memory (8 GiB per vCPU), running on AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa). It is a general purpose VM size in the Ecadsv6 family.

What is the cheapest region for EC8ads v6?

Central India (centralindia) at $0.413 per hour for Linux on demand, 35% less than East US. EC8ads v6 is sold in 54 Azure regions.

What are the equivalents of EC8ads v6 on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on AWS, r5ad.2xlarge (8 vCPU, 64 GiB, $0.524/hour in US East (N. Virginia)); on Google Cloud, c3d-highmem-8-lssd (8 vCPU, 64 GiB, $0.531/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).