Standard_E8_v3vsStandard_E8s_v3

Standard_E8_v3 and Standard_E8s_v3 cost the same on demand in East US, $0.9448 per hour.

At a glance	Standard_E8_v3	Standard_E8s_v3
On-demand	$0.9448/hr	$0.9448/hr
Lowest rate	$0.7558/hr1-yr savings plan, hourly commitment	$0.7558/hr1-yr savings plan, hourly commitment
Size	8 vCPUs, 64 GiB	8 vCPUs, 64 GiB
Architecture	x86_64	x86_64

Prices in East US

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. MySQL, USD per hour.

Option	Standard_E8_v3	Standard_E8s_v3	Standard_E8s_v3 vs Standard_E8_v3
On-demandPay by the hour	$0.9448	$0.9448	Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront	—	40% off$0.5671	—
3-yr reservedNo upfront	—	60% off$0.3778	—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment	20% off$0.7558	20% off$0.7558	Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E8_v3 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_E8s_v3 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

2 of 7 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 2 match	Standard_E8_v3	Standard_E8s_v3
vCPUs	8	8
Architecture	x86_64	x86_64

MemoryAll 1 match	Standard_E8_v3	Standard_E8s_v3
Memory (GiB)	64	64

NetworkingAll 1 match	Standard_E8_v3	Standard_E8s_v3
Network	4,000 Mbps	4,000 Mbps

Instance details2 of 2 differ	Standard_E8_v3	Standard_E8s_v3
Family	Ev3	Esv3
Category	Business critical	Memory optimized

OtherAll 1 match	Standard_E8_v3	Standard_E8s_v3
Specs source	Microsoft docs	Microsoft docs

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E8_v3 first. MySQL, USD per hour.

Region	Standard_E8_v3	Standard_E8s_v3	Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus	$0.9448	$0.9448	Same
East US 2eastus2	$0.9448	$0.9448	Same
North Central USnorthcentralus	$0.9448	$0.9448	Same
West US 2westus2	$0.9448	$0.9448	Same
West US 3westus3	$0.9448	$0.9448	Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral	$0.976	$0.9869	▲ 1%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral	$1.021	$1.021	Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest	$1.021	$1.021	Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral	$1.039	$1.039	Same
UK Southuksouth	$1.039	$1.039	Same
UK Westukwest	$1.039	$1.039	Same
North Europenortheurope	$1.049	$1.049	Same
West USwestus	$1.049	$1.049	Same
Central Indiacentralindia	$1.078	$1.078	Same
India South Centralindiasouthcentral	$1.078	$1.078	Same
Central UScentralus	$1.085	$1.085	Same
France Centralfrancecentral	$1.12	$1.12	Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast	$1.134	$1.134	Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast	$1.134	$1.134	Same
Japan Eastjapaneast	$1.134	$1.134	Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral	$1.134	$1.134	Same
South Central USsouthcentralus	$1.134	$1.134	Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia	$1.134	$1.134	Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth	$1.134	$1.134	Same
West Central USwestcentralus	$1.134	$1.134	Same
UAE Northuaenorth	$1.136	$1.136	Same
Japan Westjapanwest	$1.14	$1.14	Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral	$1.143	$1.143	Same
Italy Northitalynorth	$1.143	$1.143	Same
Spain Centralspaincentral	$1.143	$1.143	Same
West Europewesteurope	$1.143	$1.143	Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth	$1.191	$1.191	Same
East Asiaeastasia	$1.254	$1.254	Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast	$1.258	$1.258	Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth	$1.258	$1.258	Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth	$1.26	$1.26	Same
Germany Northgermanynorth	$1.486	$1.486	Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth	$1.985	$1.985	Same

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