Instances Azure VM Standard_D8pds_v5 Standard_D8pds_v5
Standard_D8pds_v5 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Ampere Altra). In East US it costs $0.362 per hour on demand ($264.26 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.2134 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0765 per hour. It is sold in 24 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.242 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 $0.242 $0.0447 $0.1426 $0.0918 $0.167 $0.1097 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.242 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.242 – – – – – East US eastus $0.362 $0.0765 $0.2134 $0.1374 $0.248 $0.1664 East US 2 eastus2 $0.362 $0.0669 $0.2134 $0.1374 $0.2461 $0.1643 North Central US northcentralus $0.362 $0.0669 $0.2134 $0.1374 $0.2461 $0.1643 West US 2 westus2 $0.362 $0.0669 $0.2134 $0.1374 $0.2461 $0.1643 West US 3 westus3 $0.362 $0.0669 $0.2134 $0.1374 – – Sweden Central swedencentral $0.384 $0.071 $0.2266 $0.1421 $0.2918 $0.1997 North Europe northeurope $0.403 $0.0745 $0.2379 $0.1532 $0.3057 $0.2074 Canada Central canadacentral $0.404 $0.0747 $0.2384 $0.1535 $0.307 $0.2222 Central US centralus $0.409 $0.0755 $0.2134 $0.1374 $0.2454 $0.164 UK South uksouth $0.417 $0.0733 $0.2459 $0.1584 $0.3129 $0.2187 France Central francecentral $0.424 $0.0784 $0.2501 $0.1611 $0.3222 $0.2332 West US westus $0.424 $0.0784 $0.2501 $0.1611 $0.2926 $0.1993 South Central US southcentralus $0.434 $0.0802 $0.2558 $0.1648 $0.2995 $0.204 West Central US westcentralus $0.434 $0.0802 $0.2561 $0.1649 $0.2995 $0.204 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.436 $0.0806 $0.2572 $0.1657 $0.3314 $0.2398 West Europe westeurope $0.436 $0.0806 $0.2572 $0.1657 $0.3314 $0.2398 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.452 $0.0835 $0.2667 $0.1718 $0.3136 $0.2077 Australia East australiaeast $0.456 $0.0843 $0.2691 $0.1733 $0.3332 $0.2313 Japan East japaneast $0.468 $0.0865 $0.2761 $0.1779 $0.3489 $0.247 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.48 $0.0887 – – $0.3648 $0.264 East Asia eastasia $0.498 $0.092 $0.2938 $0.1892 $0.3785 $0.2739
Compute Value vCPUs 8 Physical cores 8 Threads per core 1 Architecture arm64 Processor Ampere Altra
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 32
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_D8pds_v5 Family Dpdsv5 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dpdsv5-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 .