Standard_A8_v2
Standard_A8_v2 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M 2.1 GHz (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.399 per hour on demand ($291.27 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0798 per hour. It is sold in 58 regions; the cheapest is West US 2 at $0.333 per hour.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West US 2 westus2 | $0.333 | $0.0615 | $0.2251 | $0.1501 |
| West US 3 westus3 | $0.333 | $0.0615 | $0.2251 | $0.1501 |
| West Central US westcentralus | $0.367 | $0.0678 | $0.2532 | $0.1725 |
| Germany West Central germanywestcentral | $0.38 | $0.0702 | $0.2841 | $0.2035 |
| Italy North italynorth | $0.38 | $0.0702 | $0.2841 | $0.2035 |
| North Europe northeurope | $0.38 | $0.0702 | $0.2788 | $0.2038 |
| Poland Central polandcentral | $0.38 | $0.0702 | – | – |
| Spain Central spaincentral | $0.38 | $0.0702 | $0.2841 | $0.2035 |
| Sweden Central swedencentral | $0.38 | $0.0701 | $0.2888 | $0.209 |
| West Europe westeurope | $0.38 | $0.0702 | $0.2841 | $0.2035 |
| UK South uksouth | $0.383 | $0.0674 | $0.2911 | $0.2107 |
| US Gov Arizona usgovarizona | $0.387 | $0.0715 | – | – |
| US Gov Texas usgovtexas | $0.387 | $0.0715 | – | – |
| US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia | $0.387 | $0.0715 | – | – |
| Indonesia Central indonesiacentral | $0.391 | $0.0723 | $0.2644 | $0.1762 |
| Malaysia West malaysiawest | $0.391 | $0.0723 | $0.2644 | $0.1762 |
| Switzerland North switzerlandnorth | $0.394 | $0.0728 | $0.2994 | $0.2167 |
| Canada Central canadacentral | $0.399 | $0.1144 | $0.3032 | $0.2195 |
| Canada East canadaeast | $0.399 | $0.0737 | $0.3032 | $0.2195 |
| Central US centralus | $0.399 | $0.0671 | $0.2697 | $0.1795 |
| East US eastus | $0.399 | $0.0798 | $0.2698 | $0.1798 |
| East US 2 eastus2 | $0.399 | $0.1376 | $0.2698 | $0.1798 |
| North Central US northcentralus | $0.399 | $0.0737 | $0.2698 | $0.1798 |
| South Central US southcentralus | $0.399 | $0.0737 | $0.2753 | $0.1875 |
| West US westus | $0.399 | $0.0737 | $0.2753 | $0.1875 |
| Qatar Central qatarcentral | $0.4 | $0.0739 | $0.304 | $0.22 |
| UAE North uaenorth | $0.4 | $0.0741 | $0.304 | $0.22 |
| Israel Central israelcentral | $0.401 | $0.0741 | $0.2727 | $0.1845 |
| Korea South koreasouth | $0.405 | $0.0748 | $0.3078 | $0.2228 |
| Southeast Asia southeastasia | $0.417 | $0.0771 | $0.3024 | $0.1995 |
| Norway East norwayeast | $0.419 | $0.0774 | $0.3184 | $0.2305 |
| Germany North germanynorth | $0.426 | $0.0787 | $0.3238 | $0.2343 |
| Central India centralindia | $0.433 | $0.08 | $0.3145 | $0.208 |
| Jio India Central jioindiacentral | $0.433 | – | $0.433 | $0.433 |
| Jio India West jioindiawest | $0.433 | – | $0.433 | $0.433 |
| South India southindia | $0.433 | $0.08 | $0.3291 | $0.2382 |
| West India westindia | $0.433 | $0.08 | $0.3291 | $0.2382 |
| Mexico Central mexicocentral | $0.44 | $0.0813 | $0.2975 | $0.1983 |
| South Africa North southafricanorth | $0.446 | $0.0824 | $0.339 | $0.2453 |
| Korea Central koreacentral | $0.45 | $0.0832 | $0.342 | $0.2475 |
| Australia Central australiacentral | $0.464 | $0.0857 | $0.3209 | $0.2212 |
| Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 | $0.464 | $0.0464 | $0.3209 | $0.2212 |
| Australia East australiaeast | $0.464 | $0.0857 | $0.3209 | $0.2212 |
| Australia Southeast australiasoutheast | $0.464 | $0.0857 | $0.3526 | $0.2552 |
| East Asia eastasia | $0.464 | $0.0857 | $0.3526 | $0.2552 |
| France Central francecentral | $0.464 | $0.0857 | $0.3526 | $0.2552 |
| UK West ukwest | $0.464 | $0.0857 | $0.3526 | $0.2552 |
| Sweden South swedensouth | $0.495 | $0.0915 | $0.3762 | $0.2723 |
| UAE Central uaecentral | $0.495 | $0.0915 | $0.3762 | $0.2723 |
| Japan East japaneast | $0.5 | $0.0924 | $0.38 | $0.275 |
| Japan West japanwest | $0.5 | $0.0924 | $0.38 | $0.275 |
| Switzerland West switzerlandwest | $0.512 | $0.0946 | $0.3891 | $0.2816 |
| New Zealand North newzealandnorth | $0.544 | $0.1005 | $0.3762 | $0.2593 |
| Norway West norwaywest | $0.544 | $0.1005 | $0.4134 | $0.2992 |
| South Africa West southafricawest | $0.559 | $0.1036 | $0.4248 | $0.3075 |
| Brazil South brazilsouth | $0.566 | $0.1046 | $0.4302 | $0.3113 |
| France South francesouth | $0.603 | $0.1114 | $0.4583 | $0.3317 |
| Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast | $0.737 | $0.1362 | $0.5601 | $0.4054 |
Prices by operating system in East US
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.399 | – | – |
| Windows | $0.6 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 8 |
| Physical cores | 8 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M 2.1 GHz (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids) |
| ACU (compute units) | 100 |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 16 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | 2 Gbps |
| Accelerated networking | No |
| Max network interfaces | 8 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | 80 GiB temp SSD |
| Temp disk | 80 GiB |
| Max data disks | 16 |
| Premium SSD | No |
| Max disk IOPS (uncached) | 12,800 |
| Max disk throughput (uncached) | 192 MB/s |
| Ephemeral OS disk | No |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | Standard_A8_v2 |
| Family | Av2 |
| Category | General purpose |
| VM generations | V1 |
| Encryption at host | No |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Series | av2-series |
| Specs source | Azure Resource SKUs API |
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Other Av2 sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_A1_v2 | 1 | 2 | $0.043 |
| Standard_A2_v2 | 2 | 4 | $0.0903 |
| Standard_A4_v2 | 4 | 8 | $0.191 |
| Standard_A8_v2 | 8 | 16 | $0.399 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.