Instances Azure VM Standard_D8nds_v6 Standard_D8nds_v6
Standard_D8nds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.636 per hour on demand ($464.28 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.3756 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1339 per hour. It is sold in 57 regions; the cheapest is Central US at $0.636 per hour.
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 Central US centralus $0.636 $0.1174 $0.3756 $0.2164 $0.4325 $0.2608 East US eastus $0.636 $0.1339 $0.3756 $0.2164 $0.4325 $0.2608 East US 2 eastus2 $0.636 $0.1175 $0.3756 $0.2164 $0.4325 $0.2608 North Central US northcentralus $0.636 $0.1175 $0.3756 $0.2164 $0.4325 $0.2608 West US 2 westus2 $0.636 $0.1175 $0.3756 $0.2164 $0.4325 $0.2608 West US 3 westus3 $0.636 $0.1175 $0.3756 $0.2164 $0.4325 $0.2608 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.664 $0.1227 $0.3918 $0.2191 $0.498 $0.3453 Central India centralindia $0.679 $0.1255 $0.4003 $0.2307 $0.4685 $0.2784 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.679 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.679 – – – – – Canada Central canadacentral $0.697 $0.1288 $0.4111 $0.2369 $0.474 $0.2788 Canada East canadaeast $0.697 $0.1288 $0.4111 $0.2369 $0.474 $0.2788 Spain Central spaincentral $0.697 $0.1288 $0.4111 $0.2369 $0.5228 $0.3137 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.7 $0.1294 $0.4131 $0.2381 $0.476 $0.28 Korea South koreasouth $0.732 $0.1353 $0.4318 $0.2635 $0.4978 $0.3148 West US westus $0.734 $0.1356 $0.4329 $0.2495 $0.5872 $0.3376 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.758 $0.1401 $0.4473 $0.2881 $0.5761 $0.3714 Poland Central polandcentral $0.758 $0.1401 $0.4473 $0.2578 $0.5761 $0.3638 South Central US southcentralus $0.764 $0.1412 $0.4506 $0.2597 $0.5195 $0.3132 West Central US westcentralus $0.764 $0.1412 $0.4506 $0.2597 $0.5195 $0.3132 UK West ukwest $0.77 $0.1423 $0.4543 $0.2618 $0.5775 $0.3465 Korea Central koreacentral $0.772 $0.1427 $0.4556 $0.278 $0.525 $0.332 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.782 $0.1445 $0.4611 $0.2657 $0.5474 $0.3206 France Central francecentral $0.796 $0.1471 $0.4694 $0.2705 $0.597 $0.3582 UK South uksouth $0.796 $0.1399 $0.4694 $0.2705 $0.597 $0.3582 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.796 $0.1471 $0.4678 $0.2796 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.796 $0.1471 $0.4678 $0.2796 – – US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.8 $0.1478 $0.4705 $0.2813 – – Australia Central australiacentral $0.805 $0.1488 $0.4749 $0.3059 $0.5877 $0.3623 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.805 $0.0805 $0.4749 $0.3059 $0.5877 $0.3623 Australia East australiaeast $0.805 $0.1488 $0.4749 $0.3059 $0.5877 $0.3623 West India westindia $0.815 $0.1506 $0.4807 $0.277 $0.5624 $0.3342 Japan East japaneast $0.819 $0.1514 $0.4832 $0.3112 $0.6143 $0.3849 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.826 $0.1526 $0.4874 $0.2809 $0.6278 $0.3965 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.827 $0.1528 $0.4881 $0.3144 $0.6037 $0.3722 Italy North italynorth $0.827 $0.1528 $0.4881 $0.2813 $0.6203 $0.3722 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.827 $0.1528 $0.4881 $0.2979 $0.5624 $0.3556 North Europe northeurope $0.834 $0.1541 $0.492 $0.2836 $0.6255 $0.3753 West Europe westeurope $0.834 $0.1541 $0.492 $0.2836 $0.6255 $0.3753 Sweden South swedensouth $0.863 $0.1595 $0.5092 $0.2849 $0.6473 $0.4488 South India southindia $0.897 $0.1658 $0.5295 $0.3051 $0.6189 $0.3678 Israel Central israelcentral $0.91 $0.1682 $0.537 $0.3277 $0.6734 $0.3913 Norway East norwayeast $0.91 $0.1682 $0.537 $0.3095 $0.6916 $0.4368 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.91 $0.1682 $0.5279 $0.3277 $0.6734 $0.4004 UAE North uaenorth $0.91 $0.1682 $0.537 $0.3277 $0.6734 $0.3913 Japan West japanwest $0.923 $0.1706 $0.5445 $0.3507 $0.6923 $0.4338 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.929 $0.1717 $0.5483 $0.3346 $0.6875 $0.3995 Germany North germanynorth $0.986 $0.1822 $0.5815 $0.3253 $0.7395 $0.5127 East Asia eastasia $0.987 $0.1824 $0.5821 $0.3354 $0.6909 $0.4047 France South francesouth $1.034 $0.1911 $0.6103 $0.3516 $0.7755 $0.4653 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $1.074 $0.1985 $0.6337 $0.3652 $0.8162 $0.5155 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $1.076 $0.1988 $0.6346 $0.3872 $0.7317 $0.4627 UAE Central uaecentral $1.183 $0.2186 $0.6981 $0.426 $0.8754 $0.5087 Norway West norwaywest $1.184 $0.2188 $0.6985 $0.4025 $0.8998 $0.5683 South Africa West southafricawest $1.208 $0.2232 $0.7128 $0.4349 $0.8939 $0.5194 Brazil South brazilsouth $1.273 $0.2353 $0.751 $0.4328 $0.8656 $0.5092 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $1.655 $0.3058 $0.9764 $0.5626 $1.125 $0.662
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.636 $0.3756 $0.2164 Windows $1.004 $0.7436 $0.5844
Compute Value vCPUs 8 Physical cores 4 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 32
Networking Value Network 40 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 8
Storage Value Storage 440 GiB temp NVMe SSD Local NVMe 440 GiB Max data disks 24 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 12,800 Max disk throughput (uncached) 424 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_D8nds_v6 Family Dndsv6 Category Memory optimized VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dndsv6-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 .