Standard_A8m_v2
Standard_A8m_v2 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 64 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 $0.475 per hour on demand ($346.75 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.095 per hour. It is sold in 58 regions; the cheapest is West US 2 at $0.397 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 | $0.397 | $0.0734 | $0.2684 | $0.1789 |
| West US 3 westus3 | $0.437 | $0.0808 | $0.2955 | $0.197 |
| West Central US westcentralus | $0.442 | $0.0817 | $0.305 | $0.2077 |
| Germany West Central germanywestcentral | $0.453 | $0.0837 | $0.3387 | $0.2426 |
| Italy North italynorth | $0.453 | $0.0837 | $0.3387 | $0.2426 |
| North Europe northeurope | $0.453 | $0.0837 | $0.3323 | $0.2429 |
| Poland Central polandcentral | $0.453 | $0.0837 | – | – |
| Spain Central spaincentral | $0.453 | $0.0837 | $0.3387 | $0.2426 |
| Sweden Central swedencentral | $0.453 | $0.0836 | $0.3443 | $0.2492 |
| West Europe westeurope | $0.453 | $0.0837 | $0.3387 | $0.2426 |
| Indonesia Central indonesiacentral | $0.465 | $0.0859 | $0.3144 | $0.2096 |
| Malaysia West malaysiawest | $0.465 | $0.0859 | $0.3144 | $0.2096 |
| Canada Central canadacentral | $0.475 | $0.1361 | $0.361 | $0.2613 |
| Canada East canadaeast | $0.475 | $0.0878 | $0.361 | $0.2613 |
| Central US centralus | $0.475 | $0.0798 | $0.3211 | $0.2138 |
| East US eastus | $0.475 | $0.095 | $0.3211 | $0.2141 |
| East US 2 eastus2 | $0.475 | $0.1638 | $0.3211 | $0.2141 |
| North Central US northcentralus | $0.475 | $0.0878 | $0.3211 | $0.2141 |
| South Central US southcentralus | $0.475 | $0.0878 | $0.3278 | $0.2233 |
| West US westus | $0.475 | $0.0878 | $0.3278 | $0.2233 |
| UAE North uaenorth | $0.477 | $0.0884 | $0.3625 | $0.2624 |
| Korea South koreasouth | $0.486 | $0.0898 | $0.3694 | $0.2673 |
| Southeast Asia southeastasia | $0.497 | $0.0918 | $0.3604 | $0.2378 |
| Norway East norwayeast | $0.498 | $0.092 | $0.3785 | $0.2739 |
| Switzerland North switzerlandnorth | $0.498 | $0.092 | $0.3785 | $0.2739 |
| Central India centralindia | $0.519 | $0.0959 | $0.3769 | $0.2493 |
| Jio India Central jioindiacentral | $0.519 | – | $0.519 | $0.519 |
| Jio India West jioindiawest | $0.519 | – | $0.519 | $0.519 |
| South India southindia | $0.519 | $0.0959 | $0.3944 | $0.2855 |
| West India westindia | $0.519 | $0.0959 | $0.3944 | $0.2855 |
| Mexico Central mexicocentral | $0.523 | $0.0967 | $0.3536 | $0.2357 |
| Israel Central israelcentral | $0.524 | $0.0968 | $0.3563 | $0.241 |
| Qatar Central qatarcentral | $0.524 | $0.0968 | $0.3982 | $0.2882 |
| US Gov Arizona usgovarizona | $0.53 | $0.0979 | – | – |
| US Gov Texas usgovtexas | $0.53 | $0.0979 | – | – |
| US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia | $0.53 | $0.0979 | – | – |
| South Africa North southafricanorth | $0.532 | $0.0983 | $0.4043 | $0.2926 |
| Korea Central koreacentral | $0.541 | $0.1 | $0.4112 | $0.2976 |
| UK South uksouth | $0.546 | $0.096 | $0.415 | $0.3003 |
| Australia Central australiacentral | $0.552 | $0.102 | $0.3818 | $0.2631 |
| Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 | $0.552 | $0.0552 | $0.3818 | $0.2631 |
| Australia East australiaeast | $0.552 | $0.102 | $0.3818 | $0.2631 |
| Australia Southeast australiasoutheast | $0.552 | $0.102 | $0.4195 | $0.3036 |
| East Asia eastasia | $0.552 | $0.102 | $0.4195 | $0.3036 |
| France Central francecentral | $0.552 | $0.102 | $0.4195 | $0.3036 |
| UK West ukwest | $0.552 | $0.102 | $0.4195 | $0.3036 |
| Germany North germanynorth | $0.588 | $0.1087 | $0.4469 | $0.3234 |
| Sweden South swedensouth | $0.588 | $0.1087 | $0.4469 | $0.3234 |
| UAE Central uaecentral | $0.588 | $0.1087 | $0.4469 | $0.3234 |
| Japan East japaneast | $0.596 | $0.1101 | $0.453 | $0.3278 |
| Japan West japanwest | $0.596 | $0.1101 | $0.453 | $0.3278 |
| New Zealand North newzealandnorth | $0.647 | $0.1196 | $0.4475 | $0.3084 |
| Norway West norwaywest | $0.647 | $0.1196 | $0.4917 | $0.3559 |
| Switzerland West switzerlandwest | $0.648 | $0.1198 | $0.4925 | $0.3564 |
| South Africa West southafricawest | $0.668 | $0.1238 | $0.5077 | $0.3674 |
| Brazil South brazilsouth | $0.673 | $0.1244 | $0.5115 | $0.3702 |
| France South francesouth | $0.718 | $0.1327 | $0.5457 | $0.3949 |
| Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast | $1.192 | $0.2203 | $0.9059 | $0.6556 |
Prices by operating system in East US
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.475 | – | – |
| Windows | $0.72 | – | – |
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) | 64 |
| 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_A8m_v2 |
| Family | Amv2 |
| Category | General purpose |
| VM generations | V1 |
| Encryption at host | No |
| Retirement date | 2028-11-15 |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Series | av2-series |
| Specs source | Azure Resource SKUs API |
Compare Standard_A8m_v2
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Other Amv2 sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_A2m_v2 | 2 | 16 | $0.119 |
| Standard_A4m_v2 | 4 | 32 | $0.237 |
| Standard_A8m_v2 | 8 | 64 | $0.475 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.