Standard_D8nls_v6

Standard_D8nls_v6 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.454 per hour on demand ($331.42 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.2667 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0957 per hour. It is sold in 57 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.454 per hour.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
Central India centralindia$0.454$0.0839$0.2676$0.1542$0.3314$0.1861
Central US centralus$0.454$0.0838$0.2667$0.1433$0.307$0.1723
East US eastus$0.454$0.0957$0.2667$0.1433$0.307$0.1723
East US 2 eastus2$0.454$0.0839$0.2667$0.1433$0.307$0.1723
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.454–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.454–––––
North Central US northcentralus$0.454$0.0839$0.2676$0.1452$0.3087$0.1725
West US 2 westus2$0.454$0.0839$0.2676$0.1452$0.3087$0.1725
West US 3 westus3$0.454$0.0839$0.2676$0.1452$0.3087$0.1725
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.487$0.09$0.2874$0.1754$0.3604$0.2094
Canada Central canadacentral$0.496$0.0917$0.2924$0.1537$0.3571$0.1885
Canada East canadaeast$0.496$0.0917$0.2924$0.1537$0.3571$0.1885
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.499$0.0922$0.2944$0.1746$0.3842$0.2096
Korea Central koreacentral$0.512$0.0946$0.3023$0.1896$0.3738$0.2253
Spain Central spaincentral$0.512$0.0946$0.3021$0.1843$0.3789$0.2202
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.517$0.0955$0.3048$0.1911$0.3826$0.2327
Poland Central polandcentral$0.517$0.0955$0.3048$0.1911$0.3826$0.2688
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.521$0.0963$0.3073$0.1771$0.3751$0.2136
Korea South koreasouth$0.522$0.0965$0.3078$0.193$0.3811$0.2297
France Central francecentral$0.538$0.0994$0.3172$0.1935$0.3981$0.2367
Israel Central israelcentral$0.538$0.0994$0.3175$0.1937$0.3981$0.2313
UK South uksouth$0.538$0.0945$0.3161$0.1957$0.3971$0.2326
Italy North italynorth$0.542$0.1002$0.3196$0.1951$0.4011$0.2331
South Central US southcentralus$0.544$0.1005$0.32$0.172$0.3679$0.2064
West Central US westcentralus$0.544$0.1005$0.32$0.172$0.3679$0.2064
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.546$0.1009$0.321$0.1639––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.546$0.1009$0.321$0.1639––
UK West ukwest$0.549$0.1015$0.3239$0.1976$0.4063$0.2361
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.563$0.104$0.3264$0.2026$0.4166$0.2477
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.567$0.1048$0.3333$0.1702––
West US westus$0.567$0.1048$0.3334$0.1981$0.4167$0.2376
North Europe northeurope$0.568$0.105$0.3353$0.2046$0.4203$0.2442
West Europe westeurope$0.568$0.105$0.3353$0.2046$0.4203$0.2442
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.569$0.1052$0.3358$0.2106$0.4211$0.2959
Japan East japaneast$0.571$0.1055$0.337$0.217$0.4397$0.2684
Japan West japanwest$0.571$0.1055$0.3368$0.2112$0.4397$0.2798
West India westindia$0.581$0.1074$0.3426$0.1974$0.4241$0.2382
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.59$0.109$0.3479$0.2005$0.4012$0.236
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.59$0.109$0.3479$0.2182$0.4307$0.2596
Australia Central australiacentral$0.592$0.1094$0.3494$0.2013$0.4026$0.2368
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.592$0.0592$0.3494$0.2013$0.4026$0.2368
Australia East australiaeast$0.592$0.1094$0.3494$0.2013$0.4026$0.2368
East Asia eastasia$0.601$0.1111$0.3532$0.2038$0.4347$0.2443
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.61$0.1127$0.3598$0.2196$0.4514$0.2623
Sweden South swedensouth$0.633$0.117$0.3736$0.228$0.4684$0.2722
South India southindia$0.64$0.1183$0.3774$0.2175$0.4672$0.2624
Norway East norwayeast$0.649$0.1199$0.3826$0.24$0.4803$0.3375
UAE North uaenorth$0.649$0.1199$0.3826$0.2335$0.4803$0.2791
Germany North germanynorth$0.672$0.1242$0.3962$0.2418$0.4973$0.289
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.697$0.1288$0.4113$0.244$0.5367$0.2927
France South francesouth$0.699$0.1292$0.4123$0.2516$0.5173$0.3076
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.74$0.1368$0.4365$0.2738$0.5476$0.3848
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$0.767$0.1417$0.4523$0.2836$0.5599$0.3375
South Africa West southafricawest$0.793$0.1465$0.4677$0.2854$0.5868$0.341
UAE Central uaecentral$0.843$0.1558$0.4975$0.3036$0.6238$0.3625
Norway West norwaywest$0.844$0.156$0.4978$0.3122$0.6246$0.4389
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$0.906$0.1674$0.5347$0.3172$0.6976$0.3805

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.454$0.2667$0.1433
Windows$0.822$0.6347$0.5113

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
Network40 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces8
StorageValue
Max data disks24
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)12,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)424 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNo
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_D8nls_v6
FamilyDnlsv6
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesdnlsv6-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

Other Dnlsv6 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
Standard_D2nls_v624$0.113
Standard_D4nls_v648$0.227
Standard_D8nls_v6816$0.454
Standard_D16nls_v61632$0.907
Standard_D32nls_v63264$1.814
Standard_D48nls_v64896$2.722
Standard_D64nls_v664128$3.629
Standard_D96nls_v696192$5.443
Standard_D128nls_v6128256$7.258

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.