Compare Azure VM Generations

How a VM family changed from one version to the next — v3 to v4 to v5 — so you can see what an upgrade actually buys before making it.

A series

1 gens · 7 VMs

General Purpose (Basic)

Av2

B series

2 gens · 41 VMs

Burstable

BBv2

D series

7 gens · 386 VMs

General Purpose

DDv2Dv3Dv4Dv5Dv6Dv7

DC series

3 gens · 54 VMs
DCv2DCv5DCv6

DS series

2 gens · 18 VMs
DSDSv2

E series

5 gens · 275 VMs

Memory Optimized

Ev3Ev4Ev5Ev6Ev7

EC series

2 gens · 46 VMs
ECv5ECv6

F series

4 gens · 93 VMs

Compute Optimized

FFv2Fv6Fv7

FX series

2 gens · 25 VMs
FXFXv2

G series

1 gens · 5 VMs

Memory & Storage Optimized

G

GS series

1 gens · 5 VMs
GS

HB series

4 gens · 4 VMs
HBv2HBv3HBv4HBv5

HC series

1 gens · 1 VMs
HC

HX series

1 gens · 1 VMs
HX

L series

4 gens · 41 VMs

Storage Optimized

LLv2Lv3Lv4

M series

3 gens · 51 VMs

Memory Optimized (Large)

MMv2Mv3

NC series

1 gens · 4 VMs

GPU Compute

NCv3

ND series

2 gens · 2 VMs

GPU Deep Learning

NDv2NDv4

NP series

1 gens · 3 VMs
NP

NV series

3 gens · 10 VMs

GPU Visualization

NVv2NVv3NVv4

PB series

1 gens · 1 VMs
PB