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EC2as_v5

The 'EC' sub-family of VM size series are one of Azure's security focused memory-optimized VM instances.

The EC2as_v5 is a azure vm instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for vm workloads.

Last updated at Tue Apr 28 2026
Instance Info
Compute Value
vCPUs 2
Memory (GB) 16
CPU Architecture x64
Capacity Support True
VM Generations V1,V2
VM Deployment Types IaaS
Network Value
Accelerated Networking False
Storage Value
Local Temp Storage (MB) 0
Cache/Temp Storage Throughput (IOPS) 9000
Cache/Temp Storage Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) 125000000
Uncached Disk Throughput (IOPS) 3750
Uncached Disk Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) 48000000
Premium I/O True
Encryption True
Memory Maintenance True
Family Instances
Instance vCPUs Memory
EC2as_v5 2 16
EC4as_v5 4 32
EC8as_v5 8 64
EC16as_v5 16 128
EC20as_v5 20 160
EC32as_v5 32 192
EC48as_v5 48 384
EC64as_v5 64 512
EC96as_v5 96 672
Related Instances
Instance vCPUs Memory
E2ads_v5 2 16
A2m_v2 2 16
E2ads_v6 2 16
DC2ds_v3 2 16
DC2s_v3 2 16
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