Instances Azure VM Standard_D8nlds_v6 Standard_D8nlds_v6
Standard_D8nlds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.56 per hour on demand ($408.80 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.3305 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1179 per hour. It is sold in 57 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.56 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 India centralindia $0.56 $0.1035 $0.3305 $0.1904 $0.4088 $0.2296 Central US centralus $0.56 $0.1034 $0.3305 $0.1793 $0.3808 $0.2128 East US eastus $0.56 $0.1179 $0.3305 $0.1793 $0.3808 $0.2128 East US 2 eastus2 $0.56 $0.1035 $0.3305 $0.1793 $0.3808 $0.2128 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.56 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.56 – – – – – North Central US northcentralus $0.56 $0.1035 $0.3305 $0.1793 $0.3808 $0.2128 West US 2 westus2 $0.56 $0.1035 $0.3305 $0.1793 $0.3808 $0.2128 West US 3 westus3 $0.56 $0.1035 $0.3305 $0.1793 $0.3808 $0.2128 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.602 $0.1113 $0.355 $0.2166 $0.4455 $0.2589 Canada Central canadacentral $0.612 $0.1131 $0.3611 $0.1897 $0.4406 $0.2326 Canada East canadaeast $0.612 $0.1131 $0.3611 $0.1897 $0.4406 $0.2326 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.616 $0.1138 $0.3636 $0.2157 $0.4743 $0.2587 Spain Central spaincentral $0.632 $0.1168 $0.3731 $0.2276 $0.4677 $0.2718 Korea Central koreacentral $0.633 $0.117 $0.3734 $0.2341 $0.4621 $0.2785 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.638 $0.1179 $0.3764 $0.2361 $0.4721 $0.2871 Poland Central polandcentral $0.638 $0.1179 $0.3764 $0.2361 $0.4721 $0.3318 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.643 $0.1188 $0.3795 $0.2187 $0.463 $0.2636 Korea South koreasouth $0.644 $0.119 $0.3801 $0.2384 $0.4701 $0.2834 France Central francecentral $0.664 $0.1227 $0.3917 $0.239 $0.4914 $0.2922 Israel Central israelcentral $0.664 $0.1227 $0.392 $0.2392 $0.4914 $0.2855 UK South uksouth $0.664 $0.1167 $0.3917 $0.239 $0.4914 $0.2855 Italy North italynorth $0.669 $0.1236 $0.3947 $0.2409 $0.4951 $0.2877 South Central US southcentralus $0.672 $0.1242 $0.3966 $0.2151 $0.457 $0.2554 West Central US westcentralus $0.672 $0.1242 $0.3966 $0.2151 $0.457 $0.2554 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.674 $0.1246 $0.3965 $0.2024 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.674 $0.1246 $0.3965 $0.2024 – – UK West ukwest $0.678 $0.1253 $0.3999 $0.244 $0.5017 $0.2915 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.695 $0.1284 $0.4031 $0.2502 $0.5143 $0.3058 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.7 $0.1294 $0.4116 $0.2102 – – West US westus $0.7 $0.1294 $0.4131 $0.2451 $0.518 $0.294 North Europe northeurope $0.702 $0.1297 $0.414 $0.2527 $0.5195 $0.3019 West Europe westeurope $0.702 $0.1297 $0.414 $0.2527 $0.5195 $0.3019 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.703 $0.1299 $0.4147 $0.2601 $0.5202 $0.3656 Japan East japaneast $0.705 $0.1303 $0.4162 $0.2681 $0.5429 $0.3314 Japan West japanwest $0.705 $0.1303 $0.4159 $0.2608 $0.5429 $0.3455 West India westindia $0.717 $0.1325 $0.4231 $0.2438 $0.5234 $0.294 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.728 $0.1345 $0.4297 $0.2476 $0.495 $0.2912 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.728 $0.1345 $0.4297 $0.2694 $0.5314 $0.3203 Australia Central australiacentral $0.731 $0.1351 $0.4315 $0.2487 $0.4971 $0.2924 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.731 $0.0731 $0.4315 $0.2487 $0.4971 $0.2924 Australia East australiaeast $0.731 $0.1351 $0.4315 $0.2487 $0.4971 $0.2924 East Asia eastasia $0.742 $0.1371 $0.4377 $0.2522 $0.5342 $0.3042 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.753 $0.1392 $0.4444 $0.2711 $0.5572 $0.3238 Sweden South swedensouth $0.782 $0.1445 $0.4615 $0.2816 $0.5787 $0.3363 South India southindia $0.79 $0.146 $0.466 $0.2686 $0.5767 $0.3239 Norway East norwayeast $0.801 $0.148 $0.4726 $0.2964 $0.5927 $0.4165 UAE North uaenorth $0.801 $0.148 $0.4726 $0.2884 $0.5927 $0.3444 Germany North germanynorth $0.829 $0.1532 $0.4894 $0.2986 $0.6135 $0.3565 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.861 $0.1591 $0.508 $0.3014 $0.663 $0.3616 France South francesouth $0.863 $0.1595 $0.5092 $0.3107 $0.6386 $0.3797 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.914 $0.1689 $0.5392 $0.3381 $0.6764 $0.4753 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.947 $0.175 $0.5586 $0.3503 $0.6913 $0.4167 South Africa West southafricawest $0.979 $0.1809 $0.5776 $0.3525 $0.7245 $0.421 UAE Central uaecentral $1.041 $0.1924 $0.6144 $0.3749 $0.7703 $0.4476 Norway West norwaywest $1.042 $0.1926 $0.6147 $0.3855 $0.7711 $0.5418 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $1.119 $0.2068 $0.6604 $0.3918 $0.8616 $0.47
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.56 $0.3305 $0.1793 Windows $0.928 $0.6985 $0.5473
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) 16
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_D8nlds_v6 Family Dnldsv6 Category Memory optimized VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dnldsv6-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .