Instances Azure VM Standard_D8lds_v5 Standard_D8lds_v5
Standard_D8lds_v5 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 16 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 $0.384 per hour on demand ($280.32 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.2266 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0824 per hour. It is sold in 60 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 $0.384 $0.0824 $0.2266 $0.1382 $0.2573 $0.169 East US 2 eastus2 $0.384 $0.1413 $0.2266 $0.1382 $0.2918 $0.2074 North Central US northcentralus $0.384 $0.071 $0.2266 $0.1382 $0.2573 $0.169 West US 2 westus2 $0.384 $0.071 $0.2266 $0.1382 $0.2573 $0.169 West US 3 westus3 $0.384 $0.0712 $0.2266 $0.1382 $0.2918 $0.2074 Central India centralindia $0.396 $0.0732 $0.2337 $0.1425 $0.301 $0.2138 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.396 $0.0813 $0.2337 $0.1425 $0.301 $0.2138 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.396 – – – $0.396 $0.396 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.396 – – – $0.396 $0.396 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.403 $0.0745 $0.2379 $0.1452 $0.3063 $0.2176 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.403 $0.0745 $0.2379 $0.1452 $0.3063 $0.2176 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.416 $0.0769 $0.2454 $0.1498 $0.3162 $0.2246 Canada Central canadacentral $0.424 $0.1457 $0.2501 $0.1526 $0.3222 $0.229 Canada East canadaeast $0.424 $0.0784 $0.2501 $0.1526 $0.3222 $0.229 Central US centralus $0.434 $0.0802 $0.2266 $0.1382 $0.2569 $0.1688 North Europe northeurope $0.436 $0.1022 $0.2572 $0.157 $0.3226 $0.2224 Korea Central koreacentral $0.44 $0.0813 $0.2596 $0.1584 $0.3344 $0.2376 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.44 $0.0866 $0.2597 $0.1673 $0.3344 $0.1584 Korea South koreasouth $0.442 $0.0817 $0.2605 $0.159 $0.3359 $0.2387 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.444 $0.0821 $0.262 $0.1599 $0.3374 $0.2398 Italy North italynorth $0.444 $0.0821 $0.262 $0.1599 $0.3286 $0.2264 Poland Central polandcentral $0.444 $0.0821 $0.262 $0.1599 $0.3286 $0.2309 Spain Central spaincentral $0.444 $0.0821 $0.262 $0.1599 $0.3374 $0.2442 West Europe westeurope $0.444 $0.0821 $0.262 $0.1599 $0.3286 $0.2309 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.448 $0.0831 $0.2643 $0.1613 $0.3405 $0.2419 France Central francecentral $0.46 $0.085 $0.2713 $0.1656 $0.3496 $0.2484 UK South uksouth $0.46 $0.085 $0.2713 $0.1656 $0.3496 $0.2484 South Central US southcentralus $0.461 $0.0852 $0.2719 $0.1659 $0.3504 $0.2489 West Central US westcentralus $0.461 $0.0852 $0.2719 $0.1659 $0.3504 $0.2489 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.464 $0.0857 $0.2737 $0.167 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.464 $0.0857 $0.2737 $0.167 – – UK West ukwest $0.465 $0.0859 $0.2741 $0.1673 $0.3534 $0.2511 Israel Central israelcentral $0.48 $0.0887 $0.2832 $0.1824 $0.3552 $0.2448 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.48 $0.0887 $0.2832 $0.1824 $0.3552 $0.2448 UAE North uaenorth $0.48 $0.089 $0.2832 $0.1728 $0.3648 $0.2592 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.48 $0.089 $0.2832 $0.1728 – – West US westus $0.48 $0.0887 $0.2832 $0.1728 $0.3648 $0.2592 Japan East japaneast $0.488 $0.0902 $0.2879 $0.1757 $0.3709 $0.2635 Japan West japanwest $0.488 $0.0902 $0.2879 $0.1757 $0.3709 $0.2635 East Asia eastasia $0.492 $0.0909 $0.2903 $0.1771 $0.3739 $0.2657 West India westindia $0.492 $0.0909 $0.29 $0.1769 $0.3739 $0.2657 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.499 $0.0922 $0.2945 $0.1797 $0.3443 $0.2345 Australia Central australiacentral $0.504 $0.0931 $0.2974 $0.1814 $0.3478 $0.2369 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.504 $0.0504 $0.2974 $0.1814 $0.3478 $0.2369 Australia East australiaeast $0.504 $0.0931 $0.2974 $0.1814 $0.3478 $0.2369 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.52 $0.0961 $0.3068 $0.1872 $0.3952 $0.2808 South India southindia $0.541 $0.1 $0.3194 $0.1949 $0.4112 $0.2921 Sweden South swedensouth $0.541 $0.1 $0.3191 $0.1947 $0.4112 $0.2921 Norway East norwayeast $0.549 $0.1015 $0.324 $0.1977 $0.4172 $0.2965 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.549 $0.1015 $0.324 $0.1977 $0.4172 $0.2965 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.572 $0.1127 $0.3377 $0.2175 $0.4347 $0.2059 Germany North germanynorth $0.577 $0.1066 $0.3405 $0.2078 $0.4385 $0.3116 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.585 $0.1081 $0.3449 $0.2105 $0.4037 $0.275 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.596 $0.1101 $0.3516 $0.2146 $0.453 $0.3218 France South francesouth $0.598 $0.1105 $0.3529 $0.2153 $0.4545 $0.3229 UAE Central uaecentral $0.624 $0.1153 $0.3682 $0.2247 $0.4742 $0.337 South Africa West southafricawest $0.676 $0.1249 $0.3989 $0.2434 $0.5138 $0.365 Norway West norwaywest $0.714 $0.1319 $0.4211 $0.257 $0.5426 $0.3856 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.714 $0.1319 $0.4211 $0.257 $0.5426 $0.3856 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.775 $0.1432 $0.4571 $0.2789 $0.589 $0.4185
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.384 $0.2266 $0.1382 Windows $0.752 $0.5946 $0.5062
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) 16
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 4
Storage Value Storage 300 GiB temp SSD Temp disk 300 GiB Max data disks 16 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 12,800 Max disk throughput (uncached) 290 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_D8lds_v5 Family Dldsv5 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dldsv5-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .