Standard_B8ms
Standard_B8ms is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 (Haswell)). In East US it costs $0.333 per hour on demand ($243.09 per month) for Linux. It is sold in 58 regions.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| East US eastus | $0.333 | $0.2243 | $0.15 |
| East US 2 eastus2 | $0.333 | $0.2298 | $0.1565 |
| North Central US northcentralus | $0.333 | $0.2243 | $0.15 |
| West US 2 westus2 | $0.333 | $0.2243 | $0.15 |
| West US 3 westus3 | $0.333 | $0.2298 | $0.1565 |
| Sweden Central swedencentral | $0.346 | $0.263 | $0.1903 |
| Central India centralindia | $0.358 | $0.2418 | $0.1577 |
| Jio India Central jioindiacentral | $0.358 | $0.358 | $0.358 |
| Jio India West jioindiawest | $0.358 | $0.358 | $0.358 |
| North Europe northeurope | $0.364 | $0.2766 | $0.2002 |
| Mexico Central mexicocentral | $0.366 | $0.2465 | $0.1649 |
| Spain Central spaincentral | $0.366 | $0.2782 | $0.2013 |
| Canada Central canadacentral | $0.371 | $0.2506 | $0.1678 |
| Canada East canadaeast | $0.371 | $0.2506 | $0.1678 |
| UK West ukwest | $0.376 | $0.2858 | $0.2068 |
| France Central francecentral | $0.378 | $0.2863 | $0.2006 |
| UK South uksouth | $0.378 | $0.2863 | $0.2006 |
| Indonesia Central indonesiacentral | $0.38 | $0.2565 | $0.1682 |
| Malaysia West malaysiawest | $0.38 | $0.2565 | $0.1682 |
| Germany West Central germanywestcentral | $0.384 | $0.2918 | $0.2112 |
| Israel Central israelcentral | $0.384 | $0.2611 | $0.1766 |
| Italy North italynorth | $0.384 | $0.3149 | $0.2227 |
| Poland Central polandcentral | $0.384 | $0.2918 | $0.2112 |
| West Europe westeurope | $0.384 | $0.2918 | $0.2112 |
| US Gov Arizona usgovarizona | $0.39 | – | – |
| US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia | $0.39 | – | – |
| West US westus | $0.397 | $0.2739 | $0.1866 |
| Central US centralus | $0.399 | $0.2753 | $0.1875 |
| South Central US southcentralus | $0.399 | $0.2753 | $0.1875 |
| UAE North uaenorth | $0.399 | $0.3032 | $0.2195 |
| West Central US westcentralus | $0.399 | $0.2753 | $0.1875 |
| Qatar Central qatarcentral | $0.401 | $0.3048 | $0.2206 |
| Korea South koreasouth | $0.415 | $0.3154 | $0.2283 |
| Korea Central koreacentral | $0.416 | $0.2699 | $0.1909 |
| Australia Central australiacentral | $0.422 | $0.3075 | $0.2132 |
| Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 | $0.422 | $0.3075 | $0.2132 |
| Australia East australiaeast | $0.422 | $0.3075 | $0.2132 |
| Norway East norwayeast | $0.422 | $0.3207 | $0.2321 |
| Southeast Asia southeastasia | $0.422 | $0.2848 | $0.1867 |
| Switzerland North switzerlandnorth | $0.4224 | $0.321 | $0.2323 |
| Australia Southeast australiasoutheast | $0.423 | $0.3215 | $0.2327 |
| South Africa North southafricanorth | $0.434 | $0.3298 | $0.2387 |
| Japan East japaneast | $0.435 | $0.3191 | $0.2242 |
| New Zealand North newzealandnorth | $0.444 | $0.3235 | $0.2243 |
| Sweden South swedensouth | $0.449 | $0.3412 | $0.247 |
| East Asia eastasia | $0.467 | $0.315 | $0.2067 |
| US Gov Texas usgovtexas | $0.47 | – | – |
| South India southindia | $0.471 | $0.358 | $0.2591 |
| West India westindia | $0.476 | $0.3618 | $0.2618 |
| Japan West japanwest | $0.479 | $0.364 | $0.2635 |
| Germany North germanynorth | $0.499 | $0.3792 | $0.2745 |
| UAE Central uaecentral | $0.499 | $0.3792 | $0.2745 |
| Brazil South brazilsouth | $0.538 | $0.3315 | $0.2439 |
| France South francesouth | $0.541 | $0.4112 | $0.2976 |
| South Africa West southafricawest | $0.5424 | $0.4122 | $0.2983 |
| Switzerland West switzerlandwest | $0.5488 | $0.4171 | $0.3019 |
| Norway West norwaywest | $0.549 | $0.4172 | $0.302 |
| Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast | $0.699 | $0.5312 | $0.3845 |
Prices by operating system in East US
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.333 | – | – |
| Windows | $0.365 | – | – |
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 (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 (Haswell) |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 32 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Accelerated networking | No |
| Max network interfaces | 4 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | 64 GiB temp SSD |
| Temp disk | 64 GiB |
| Max data disks | 16 |
| Premium SSD | Yes |
| Max disk IOPS (uncached) | 4,320 |
| Max disk throughput (uncached) | 50 MB/s |
| Ephemeral OS disk | Yes |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | Standard_B8ms |
| Family | Bms |
| Category | General purpose |
| VM generations | V1, V2 |
| Encryption at host | Yes |
| Retirement date | 2028-11-15 |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Series | bv1-series |
| Specs source | Azure Resource SKUs API |
Other Bms sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_B1ms | 1 | 2 | $0.0207 |
| Standard_B2ms | 2 | 8 | $0.0832 |
| Standard_B4ms | 4 | 16 | $0.166 |
| Standard_B8ms | 8 | 32 | $0.333 |
| Standard_B12ms | 12 | 48 | $0.499 |
| Standard_B16ms | 16 | 64 | $0.666 |
| Standard_B20ms | 20 | 80 | $0.832 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.