Instances Azure VM Standard_B8s_v2 Standard_B8s_v2
Standard_B8s_v2 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.333 per hour on demand ($243.09 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1963 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2997 per hour. It is sold in 58 regions.
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
Region On-demand Spot 1-yr reserved 3-yr reserved 1-yr savings plan 3-yr savings plan East US eastus $0.333 $0.2997 $0.1963 $0.1264 $0.2231 $0.1499 East US 2 eastus2 $0.333 $0.2997 $0.1963 $0.1264 $0.2231 $0.1499 North Central US northcentralus $0.333 $0.2997 $0.1963 $0.1264 $0.2231 $0.1499 West US 2 westus2 $0.333 $0.2997 $0.1963 $0.1264 $0.2231 $0.1499 West US 3 westus3 $0.333 $0.2997 $0.1963 $0.1264 $0.2298 $0.1565 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.346 $0.3114 $0.2039 $0.1313 $0.263 $0.1834 Central India centralindia $0.358 $0.3222 $0.2114 $0.1326 $0.2434 $0.1575 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.358 – – – $0.358 $0.358 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.358 – – – $0.358 $0.358 North Europe northeurope $0.365 $0.3285 $0.2152 $0.1386 $0.2774 $0.1935 Spain Central spaincentral $0.365 $0.3285 $0.2152 $0.1386 $0.2774 $0.1935 Canada Central canadacentral $0.371 $0.3339 $0.2191 $0.1411 $0.2486 $0.1669 Canada East canadaeast $0.371 $0.3339 $0.2191 $0.1411 $0.2486 $0.1669 Central US centralus $0.376 $0.2978 $0.1963 $0.1264 $0.2215 $0.1489 France Central francecentral $0.378 $0.3402 $0.2228 $0.1435 $0.2873 $0.2003 UK South uksouth $0.378 $0.3402 $0.2228 $0.1435 $0.2873 $0.2003 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.38 $0.342 $0.2243 $0.1407 $0.2546 $0.1672 Israel Central israelcentral $0.383 $0.3447 $0.2261 $0.1456 $0.2911 $0.203 Italy North italynorth $0.383 $0.3447 $0.2261 $0.1456 $0.2911 $0.203 Korea South koreasouth $0.383 $0.3447 $0.2258 $0.1454 $0.2911 $0.2107 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.383 $0.3447 $0.2261 $0.1456 $0.2911 $0.203 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.384 $0.3456 $0.2266 $0.1459 $0.2918 $0.2112 Poland Central polandcentral $0.384 $0.3456 $0.2266 $0.1459 $0.2918 $0.2035 West Europe westeurope $0.384 $0.3456 $0.2266 $0.1459 $0.2918 $0.2112 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.39 $0.351 $0.2304 $0.1484 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.39 $0.351 $0.2304 $0.1484 – – Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.392 $0.0862 $0.2313 $0.149 $0.2626 $0.1725 West US westus $0.397 $0.3573 $0.2341 $0.1508 $0.2739 $0.1866 South Central US southcentralus $0.399 $0.3591 $0.2356 $0.1518 $0.2753 $0.1875 West Central US westcentralus $0.399 $0.3591 $0.2356 $0.1518 $0.2753 $0.1875 UAE North uaenorth $0.401 $0.3609 $0.2368 $0.1525 $0.3048 $0.2125 UK West ukwest $0.403 $0.3627 $0.2376 $0.153 $0.3063 $0.2217 Korea Central koreacentral $0.416 $0.3744 $0.233 $0.1581 $0.2704 $0.1914 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.416 $0.3744 $0.2454 $0.1581 – – Australia Central australiacentral $0.422 $0.3798 $0.2492 $0.1605 $0.3081 $0.2152 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.422 $0.3798 $0.2492 $0.1605 $0.3081 $0.2152 Australia East australiaeast $0.422 $0.3798 $0.2492 $0.1605 $0.3081 $0.2152 Norway East norwayeast $0.422 $0.3798 $0.2492 $0.1605 $0.3207 $0.2321 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.422 $0.3798 $0.2492 $0.1563 $0.2827 $0.1857 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.422 $0.3798 $0.2492 $0.1605 $0.3207 $0.2321 West India westindia $0.426 $0.3834 $0.2514 $0.1619 $0.3238 $0.2343 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.433 $0.3897 $0.2553 $0.1644 $0.3291 $0.2382 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.434 $0.3906 $0.2561 $0.1649 $0.3298 $0.2257 Japan East japaneast $0.435 $0.3915 $0.2567 $0.1654 $0.3176 $0.2219 Japan West japanwest $0.435 $0.3915 $0.2567 $0.1654 $0.3176 $0.2219 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.444 $0.3996 $0.2616 $0.1685 $0.3241 $0.2264 Sweden South swedensouth $0.449 $0.4041 $0.2651 $0.1707 $0.3412 $0.247 East Asia eastasia $0.467 $0.4203 $0.2757 $0.1729 $0.3129 $0.2055 South India southindia $0.469 $0.4221 $0.2768 $0.1783 $0.3564 $0.258 France South francesouth $0.491 $0.4419 $0.2896 $0.1865 $0.3732 $0.2701 Germany North germanynorth $0.499 $0.4491 $0.2945 $0.1897 $0.3792 $0.2745 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.51 $0.1122 $0.3007 $0.1936 $0.3417 $0.2244 UAE Central uaecentral $0.522 $0.4698 $0.3078 $0.1982 $0.3967 $0.2871 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.538 $0.4842 $0.2903 $0.2043 $0.3336 $0.2421 Norway West norwaywest $0.549 $0.4941 $0.324 $0.2087 $0.4172 $0.302 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.549 $0.4941 $0.324 $0.2087 $0.4172 $0.302 South Africa West southafricawest $0.564 $0.5076 $0.3329 $0.2144 $0.4286 $0.3102 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.699 $0.6291 $0.4123 $0.2656 $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 $0.1963 $0.1264 Windows $0.37 $0.2333 $0.1634
Compute Value vCPUs 8 Physical cores 4 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 32
Networking Value Network 6.25 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 4
Storage Value Max data disks 16 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 12,800 Max disk throughput (uncached) 290 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_B8s_v2 Family Bsv2 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series bsv2-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .