Standard_D8s_v5

Standard_D8s_v5 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 32 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 $0.2369 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0811 per hour. It is sold in 61 regions.

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
East US eastus$0.384$0.0811$0.2369$0.1517$0.2633$0.1767
East US 2 eastus2$0.384$0.1101$0.2369$0.1517$0.265$0.1805
North Central US northcentralus$0.384$0.071$0.2369$0.1517$0.2633$0.1767
West US 2 westus2$0.384$0.071$0.2369$0.1517$0.2633$0.1767
West US 3 westus3$0.384$0.0712$0.2266$0.1459$0.265$0.1805
Central India centralindia$0.404$0.0747$0.2493$0.1596$0.2786$0.1842
India South Central indiasouthcentral$0.404$0.0747$0.2384$0.1495$0.2786$0.1842
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.404–––$0.404$0.404
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.404–––$0.404$0.404
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.408$0.0754$0.2517$0.1611$0.3075$0.2114
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.422$0.078$0.2606$0.1669$0.2894$0.1942
Canada Central canadacentral$0.428$0.1544$0.264$0.1691$0.2913$0.1952
Canada East canadaeast$0.428$0.0791$0.264$0.1691$0.2913$0.1952
North Europe northeurope$0.428$0.0985$0.264$0.1691$0.3225$0.2218
Spain Central spaincentral$0.428$0.0791$0.264$0.1691$0.3253$0.2354
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$0.432$0.0798$0.2666$0.1706$0.2981$0.203
Malaysia West malaysiawest$0.432$0.0798$0.2666$0.1706$0.2981$0.203
Central US centralus$0.434$0.0801$0.2266$0.1421$0.263$0.1766
Korea South koreasouth$0.442$0.0817$0.2725$0.1744$0.3359$0.2431
UK South uksouth$0.444$0.0821$0.274$0.1754$0.3336$0.2334
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.446$0.0824$0.2755$0.1763$0.31$0.2052
France Central francecentral$0.448$0.0828$0.2764$0.177$0.3376$0.2322
Israel Central israelcentral$0.448$0.0828$0.2764$0.177$0.3376$0.2321
Italy North italynorth$0.448$0.0831$0.2764$0.177$0.3405$0.233
West US westus$0.448$0.0828$0.2764$0.177$0.3091$0.2106
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.46$0.085$0.2838$0.1817$0.3496$0.253
Poland Central polandcentral$0.46$0.085$0.2838$0.1817$0.3496$0.253
West Europe westeurope$0.46$0.085$0.2838$0.1817$0.3496$0.253
South Central US southcentralus$0.461$0.0852$0.2844$0.182$0.3181$0.2167
West Central US westcentralus$0.461$0.0852$0.2844$0.182$0.3181$0.2167
UK West ukwest$0.465$0.0859$0.2866$0.1835$0.3534$0.2558
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.471$0.087$0.2905$0.186$0.3549$0.244
UAE North uaenorth$0.471$0.087$0.2905$0.186$0.3549$0.244
Korea Central koreacentral$0.472$0.0872$0.2912$0.1865$0.3155$0.2254
Australia Central australiacentral$0.48$0.0887$0.2961$0.1896$0.357$0.2474
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.48$0.048$0.2961$0.1896$0.357$0.2474
Australia East australiaeast$0.48$0.0887$0.2961$0.1896$0.357$0.2474
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.48$0.089$0.2961$0.1896$0.3336$0.2209
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.48$0.089$0.2961$0.1896––
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.484$0.0894$0.2986$0.1912––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.484$0.0894$0.2856$0.1839––
West India westindia$0.492$0.0909$0.29$0.1818$0.3739$0.2706
Japan East japaneast$0.496$0.0917$0.3061$0.1959$0.3708$0.261
Japan West japanwest$0.496$0.0917$0.3061$0.1959$0.377$0.2728
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.499$0.0922$0.308$0.1972$0.3792$0.2745
New Zealand North newzealandnorth$0.504$0.0931$0.2974$0.1895$0.3749$0.2598
Norway East norwayeast$0.506$0.0935$0.3122$0.1999$0.3846$0.2783
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.506$0.0938$0.3122$0.1999$0.3846$0.2783
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.508$0.0939$0.3135$0.2006$0.3828$0.2632
East Asia eastasia$0.528$0.0976$0.3258$0.2086$0.367$0.243
Sweden South swedensouth$0.53$0.0979$0.3273$0.2095$0.4028$0.2915
South India southindia$0.541$0.1$0.334$0.2139$0.4112$0.2976
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$0.58$0.1072$0.3424$0.2182$0.4031$0.2669
France South francesouth$0.582$0.1076$0.3594$0.2301$0.4423$0.3201
Germany North germanynorth$0.598$0.1105$0.3689$0.2362$0.4545$0.3289
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.612$0.1131$0.3776$0.2417$0.3877$0.2885
UAE Central uaecentral$0.612$0.1131$0.3776$0.2417$0.4651$0.3366
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.657$0.1214$0.4055$0.2596$0.4993$0.3614
Norway West norwaywest$0.658$0.1216$0.4058$0.2598$0.5001$0.3619
South Africa West southafricawest$0.66$0.122$0.4074$0.2608$0.5016$0.363
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$0.796$0.1471$0.4909$0.3143$0.605$0.4378

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.384$0.2369$0.1517
Windows$0.752$0.6049$0.5197

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)32
NetworkingValue
Network12.5 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces4
StorageValue
Max data disks16
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)12,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)290 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNo
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_D8s_v5
FamilyDsv5
CategoryGeneral purpose
VM generationsV1, V2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesdsv5-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

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SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
Standard_D2s_v528$0.096
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Standard_D16s_v51664$0.768
Standard_D32s_v532128$1.536
Standard_D48s_v548192$2.304
Standard_D64s_v564256$3.072
Standard_D96s_v596384$4.608

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