Azure compute unit (ACU)

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The concept of the Azure Compute Unit (ACU) provides a way of comparing compute (CPU) performance across Azure SKUs. This will help you easily identify which SKU is most likely to satisfy your performance needs. ACU is currently standardized on a Small (Standard_A1) VM being 100 and all other SKUs then represent approximately how much faster that SKU can run a standard benchmark.

Important

The ACU is only a guideline. The results for your workload may vary.


SKU Family ACU \ vCPU vCPU: Core
A0 50 1:1
A1 - A4 100 1:1
A5 - A7 100 1:1
A1_v2 - A8_v2 100 1:1
A2m_v2 - A8m_v2 100 1:1
A8 - A11 225* 1:1
D1 - D14 160 - 250 1:1
D1_v2 - D15_v2 210 - 250* 1:1
DS1 - DS14 160 - 250 1:1
DS1_v2 - DS15_v2 210 - 250* 1:1
D_v3 160 - 190* 2:1***
Ds_v3 160 - 190* 2:1***
E_v3 160 - 190* 2:1***
Es_v3 160 - 190* 2:1***
F2s_v2 - F72s_v2 195 - 210* 2:1***
F1 - F16 210 - 250* 1:1
F1s - F16s 210 - 250* 1:1
G1 - G5 180 - 240* 1:1
GS1 - GS5 180 - 240* 1:1
H 290 - 300* 1:1
HB 199 - 216** 1:1
HC 297 - 315* 1:1
L4s - L32s 180 - 240* 1:1
L8s_v2 - L80s_v2 150 - 175** 2:1
M 160 - 180 2:1***

*ACUs use Intel® Turbo technology to increase CPU frequency and provide a performance increase. The amount of the performance increase can vary based on the VM size, workload, and other workloads running on the same host.

**ACUs use AMD® Boost technology to increase CPU frequency and provide a performance increase. The amount of the performance increase can vary based on the VM size, workload, and other workloads running on the same host.

***Hyper-threaded and capable of running nested virtualization

Here are links to more information about the different sizes: