Ev3 and Esv3-series

Applies to: ✔️ Linux VMs ✔️ Windows VMs ✔️ Flexible scale sets ✔️ Uniform scale sets

The Ev3 and Esv3-series run on the 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel® Xeon® 8171M 2.1 GHz (Skylake), or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell) processor in a hyper-threaded configuration, providing a better value proposition for most general purpose workloads, and bringing the Ev3 into alignment with the general purpose VMs of most other clouds. Memory has been expanded (from 7 GiB/vCPU to 8 GiB/vCPU) while disk and network limits have been adjusted on a per core basis to align with the move to hyperthreading. The Ev3 is the follow up to the high memory VM sizes of the D/Dv2 families.

Ev3-series

Ev3-series instances run on the 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel® Xeon® 8171M 2.1 GHz (Skylake), or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell) processors, and feature Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0. Ev3-series instances are ideal for memory-intensive enterprise applications.

Data disk storage is billed separately from virtual machines. To use premium storage disks, use the ESv3 sizes. The pricing and billing meters for ESv3 sizes are the same as Ev3-series.

Ev3-series VM’s feature Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology.

ACU: 160 - 190
Premium Storage: Not Supported
Premium Storage caching: Not Supported
Live Migration: Supported
Memory Preserving Updates: Supported
VM Generation Support: Generation 1
Accelerated Networking: Supported
Ephemeral OS Disks: Not Supported
Nested Virtualization: Supported

Size vCPU Memory: GiB Temp storage (SSD) GiB Max data disks Max temp storage throughput: IOPS / Read MBps / Write MBps Max NICs / Network bandwidth
Standard_E2_v31 2 16 50 4 3000/46/23 2/1000
Standard_E4_v3 4 32 100 8 6000/93/46 2/2000
Standard_E8_v3 8 64 200 16 12000/187/93 4/4000
Standard_E16_v3 16 128 400 32 24000/375/187 8/8000
Standard_E20_v3 20 160 500 32 30000/469/234 8/10000
Standard_E32_v3 32 256 800 32 48000/750/375 8/16000
Standard_E48_v3 48 384 1200 32 96000/1000/500 8/24000
Standard_E64_v3 64 432 1600 32 96000/1000/500 8/30000
Standard_E64i_v3 2 64 432 1600 32 96000/1000/500 8/30000

1 Accelerated networking can only be applied to a single NIC. 2 Instance is isolated to hardware dedicated to a single customer.

Esv3-series

Esv3-series instances run on the 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel® Xeon® 8171M 2.1 GHz (Skylake), or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell) processor, feature Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and use premium storage. Esv3-series instances are ideal for memory-intensive enterprise applications.

Esv3-series VM’s feature Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology.

ACU: 160-190
Premium Storage: Supported
Premium Storage caching: Supported
Live Migration: Supported
Memory Preserving Updates: Supported
VM Generation Support: Generation 1 and 2
Accelerated Networking: Supported
Ephemeral OS Disks: Supported
Nested Virtualization: Supported

Size vCPU Memory: GiB Temp storage (SSD) GiB Max data disks Max cached and temp storage throughput: IOPS/MBps (cache size in GiB) Burst cached and temp storage throughput: IOPS/MBps3 Max uncached disk throughput: IOPS/MBps Burst uncached disk throughput: IOPS/MBps3 Max NICs/ Expected network bandwidth (Mbps)
Standard_E2s_v34 2 16 32 4 4000/32 (50) 4000/100 3200/48 4000/200 2/1000
Standard_E4s_v3 1 4 32 64 8 8000/64 (100) 8000/200 6400/96 8000/200 2/2000
Standard_E8s_v3 1 8 64 128 16 16000/128 (200) 16000/400 12800/192 16000/400 4/4000
Standard_E16s_v3 1 16 128 256 32 32000/256 (400) 32000/800 25600/384 32000/800 8/8000
Standard_E20s_v3 20 160 320 32 40000/320 (400) 40000/1000 32000/480 40000/1000 8/10000
Standard_E32s_v3 1 32 256 512 32 64000/512 (800) 64000/1600 51200/768 64000/1600 8/16000
Standard_E48s_v3 48 384 768 32 96000/768 (1200) 96000/2000 76800/1152 80000/2000 8/24000
Standard_E64s_v3 1 64 432 864 32 128000/1024 (1600) 128000/2000 80000/1200 80000/2000 8/30000
Standard_E64is_v3 2 64 432 864 32 128000/1024 (1600) 128000/2000 80000/1200 80000/2000 8/30000

1 Constrained core sizes available.
2 Instance is isolated to hardware dedicated to a single customer.
3 Esv3-series VMs can burst their disk performance and get up to their bursting max for up to 30 minutes at a time.
4 Accelerated networking can only be applied to a single NIC.

Size table definitions

  • Storage capacity is shown in units of GiB or 1024^3 bytes. When you compare disks measured in GB (1000^3 bytes) to disks measured in GiB (1024^3) remember that capacity numbers given in GiB may appear smaller. For example, 1023 GiB = 1098.4 GB.

  • Disk throughput is measured in input/output operations per second (IOPS) and MBps where MBps = 10^6 bytes/sec.

  • Data disks can operate in cached or uncached modes. For cached data disk operation, the host cache mode is set to ReadOnly or ReadWrite. For uncached data disk operation, the host cache mode is set to None.

  • To learn how to get the best storage performance for your VMs, see Virtual machine and disk performance.

  • Expected network bandwidth is the maximum aggregated bandwidth allocated per VM type across all NICs, for all destinations. For more information, see Virtual machine network bandwidth.

    Upper limits aren't guaranteed. Limits offer guidance for selecting the right VM type for the intended application. Actual network performance will depend on several factors including network congestion, application loads, and network settings. For information on optimizing network throughput, see Optimize network throughput for Azure virtual machines. To achieve the expected network performance on Linux or Windows, you may need to select a specific version or optimize your VM. For more information, see Bandwidth/Throughput testing (NTTTCP).

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