Microsoft Launches Azure VMs Powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC Turin Processors

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Azure's new AMD-based Virtual Machines (VMs) powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC™ (Turin) processors, marking a significant advancement in cloud computing performance and efficiency. These new VMs include general-purpose (Dasv7, Dalsv7), memory-optimized (Easv7), and compute-optimized (Fasv7, Falsv7, Famsv7) series, available with or without local disks, offering customers unprecedented flexibility and performance for their workloads.

Performance Breakthroughs and Workload Optimization

The new Azure AMD-based VMs deliver substantial performance improvements across various workload types. Customers can expect up to 35% better CPU performance and price-performance compared to equivalent v6 AMD-based VMs. The performance gains are particularly impressive for specific workloads:

• Java applications: Up to 25% improvement
• In-memory cache applications: Up to 65% boost
• Crypto workloads: Up to 80% enhancement
• Web server applications: Up to 130% increase

These improvements stem from the 5th Generation AMD EPYC processor family, built on the newest 'Zen 5' core architecture. The processors feature AVX-512 with a full 512-bit data path for vector and floating-point operations, higher memory bandwidth, and improved instructions per clock compared to the previous generation.

Series-Specific Capabilities

Dasv7 and Dalsv7-series VMs are designed for general computing tasks such as e-commerce, web front ends, virtualization, customer relationship management applications (CRM), and entry to mid-range databases. The Dalsv7-series specifically targets cost-efficient solutions for low memory workloads like web servers, video encoding, and batch processing.

Easv7-series VMs are optimized for memory-heavy workloads including enterprise applications, data warehousing, business intelligence, and in-memory analytics. These VMs now scale up to 160 vCPUs, an increase from 96 vCPUs in the previous generation, and support up to 1280 GiB of memory.

Falsv7, Fasv7, and Famsv7-series deliver full-core performance without Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) for compute-intensive tasks like scientific simulations, financial modeling, and gaming. These VMs support up to 80 vCPUs—up from 64 vCPUs in the prior generation—and introduce a new 1-core option.

Enhanced Scalability and Configuration Options

The new VM series introduces several scalability improvements. Dasv7, Dalsv7, and Easv7 VMs now scale up to 160 vCPUs, while the compute-optimized series support up to 80 vCPUs. Additionally, customers can now choose constrained-core VM sizes, reducing the vCPU total by 50% or 75% while maintaining other resources.

Memory capacity has also been significantly increased, with up to 640 GiB for Dasv7 and 1280 GiB for Easv7 series. The VMs support three memory (GiB)-to-vCPU ratios: 2:1, 4:1, and 8:1, providing flexibility for different workload requirements.

Performance and Security Enhancements

The new VMs leverage Azure Boost technology to enhance performance and security, utilize the Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA), and support the NVMe protocol for both local and remote disks. Performance improvements include:

• Remote storage: Up to 20% higher IOPS, up to 50% greater throughput
• Local storage: Up to 55% higher throughput
• Network performance: Up to 75% improvement compared to corresponding D-series and E-series v6 VMs

Security remains a top priority with AMD Infinity Guard hardware-based security features, including Transparent Secure Memory Encryption (TSME), ensuring sensitive information remains protected throughout the VM lifecycle.

Regional Availability and Partner Ecosystem

The new VMs are available in multiple Azure regions including Australia East, Central US, Germany West Central, Japan East, North Europe, South Central US, Southeast Asia, UK South, West Europe, West US 2, and West US 3. The large 160 vCPU Easv7-series and Eadsv7-series sizes are available in North Europe, South Central US, West Europe, and West US 2, with more regions coming in 2026.

Technology partners have already begun testing and validating the new VM series. Elastic reports up to 13% better indexing throughput with Daldsv7 VMs compared to previous generation Daldsv6 VMs. FlashGrid highlights the 80 Gbps network with jumbo frame capability as especially helpful for efficient operation of FlashGrid Cluster with Oracle RAC on Azure VMs. VertiGIS notes significant performance improvements for single-threaded, CPU-bound applications like ArcGIS Enterprise.

Getting Started with Azure v7-series VMs

Customers can learn more about these latest Azure AMD-based VMs by visiting the specification pages for each series. For pricing details, visit the Azure Virtual Machines pricing page. These VMs support all remote disk types, with disk storage billed separately.

The new VM series also introduces Azure Integrated HSM (Hardware Security Module), which will continue to be in preview. This ephemeral HSM cache enables secure key management within Azure VMs by ensuring that cryptographic keys remain protected inside a FIPS 140-3 Level 3-compliant boundary throughout their lifecycle.

With these new capabilities, Microsoft continues to strengthen its partnership with AMD, delivering leadership compute performance for the world's most demanding cloud environments. The combination of enhanced performance, scalability, and security makes these new Azure v7-series VMs an ideal choice for organizations looking to optimize their cloud infrastructure for modern workloads.

For more information about specific VM series and their capabilities, visit the official Azure documentation pages for Dasv7-series, Easv7-series, and Fasv7-series.