Instances Azure VM Standard_E8-2ds_v4 Standard_E8-2ds_v4
Standard_E8-2ds_v4 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.576 per hour on demand ($420.48 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.3387 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1211 per hour. It is sold in 61 regions.
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 East US eastus $0.576 $0.1211 $0.3387 $0.2166 $0.3902 $0.2692 East US 2 eastus2 $0.576 $0.197 $0.3398 $0.2189 $0.3951 $0.2757 North Central US northcentralus $0.576 $0.1064 $0.3387 $0.2166 $0.3902 $0.2692 West US 2 westus2 $0.576 $0.1064 $0.3387 $0.2166 $0.3902 $0.2692 West US 3 westus3 $0.576 $0.1067 $0.3387 $0.2166 $0.3951 $0.2757 Central India centralindia $0.604 $0.1116 $0.3551 $0.2271 $0.4084 $0.2824 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.604 $0.1208 $0.3564 $0.2295 $0.4084 $0.2824 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.604 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.604 – – – $0.604 $0.604 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.608 $0.1124 $0.3587 $0.2311 $0.4158 $0.2897 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.626 $0.1157 $0.3695 $0.238 $0.4294 $0.2997 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.626 $0.1157 $0.3695 $0.238 $0.4294 $0.2997 Canada Central canadacentral $0.632 $0.2078 $0.3716 $0.2376 $0.4301 $0.2957 Canada East canadaeast $0.632 $0.1168 $0.3716 $0.2376 $0.4301 $0.2957 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.634 $0.1172 $0.3726 $0.2382 $0.4349 $0.3035 North Europe northeurope $0.64 $0.1242 $0.3764 $0.2406 $0.4377 $0.305 Spain Central spaincentral $0.64 $0.1183 $0.3764 $0.2406 $0.4672 $0.3328 West US westus $0.648 $0.1198 $0.3811 $0.2436 $0.4445 $0.3072 Central US centralus $0.651 $0.1204 $0.384 $0.2473 $0.4466 $0.3116 Korea South koreasouth $0.658 $0.1216 $0.3884 $0.2502 $0.4514 $0.315 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.658 $0.1316 $0.3868 $0.2473 $0.4514 $0.315 Israel Central israelcentral $0.672 $0.1242 $0.3965 $0.2554 $0.4704 $0.3202 Italy North italynorth $0.672 $0.1242 $0.3965 $0.2554 $0.4906 $0.3494 France Central francecentral $0.676 $0.1249 $0.3975 $0.2542 $0.4577 $0.32 UK South uksouth $0.676 $0.1188 $0.3975 $0.2542 $0.4623 $0.3222 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.691 $0.1277 $0.4078 $0.2627 $0.474 $0.3308 West Central US westcentralus $0.691 $0.1277 $0.4078 $0.2627 $0.474 $0.3308 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.692 $0.1279 $0.4068 $0.2602 $0.474 $0.3295 Korea Central koreacentral $0.692 $0.1279 $0.4062 $0.2602 $0.467 $0.3263 Poland Central polandcentral $0.692 $0.1279 $0.4083 $0.263 $0.474 $0.3295 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.692 $0.1279 $0.4083 $0.263 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.692 $0.1279 $0.4083 $0.263 – – West Europe westeurope $0.692 $0.1279 $0.4083 $0.263 $0.474 $0.3295 West India westindia $0.695 $0.1284 $0.4099 $0.264 $0.4768 $0.3327 Australia Central australiacentral $0.696 $0.1286 $0.4092 $0.2617 $0.4745 $0.328 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.696 $0.0696 $0.4092 $0.2617 $0.4745 $0.328 Australia East australiaeast $0.696 $0.1286 $0.4092 $0.2617 $0.4745 $0.328 Japan East japaneast $0.696 $0.1286 $0.4092 $0.2617 $0.4772 $0.3331 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.696 $0.129 $0.4092 $0.2617 $0.4713 $0.3255 UK West ukwest $0.697 $0.1288 $0.4112 $0.2648 $0.4781 $0.3337 East Asia eastasia $0.7 $0.1294 $0.4116 $0.2632 $0.474 $0.3274 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.704 $0.1301 $0.4139 $0.2647 $0.4815 $0.3355 UAE North uaenorth $0.704 $0.1301 $0.4139 $0.2647 $0.4815 $0.3355 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.72 $0.1331 $0.4248 $0.2736 – – New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.73 $0.1349 $0.4295 $0.2746 $0.4976 $0.344 South Central US southcentralus $0.749 $0.1384 $0.4418 $0.2846 $0.5138 $0.3585 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.76 $0.1404 $0.4469 $0.2858 $0.5198 $0.3621 Norway East norwayeast $0.761 $0.1406 $0.4491 $0.2893 $0.522 $0.3643 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.7612 $0.1407 $0.4491 $0.2892 $0.5222 $0.3644 South India southindia $0.762 $0.1408 $0.4497 $0.2896 $0.5227 $0.3648 Japan West japanwest $0.764 $0.1412 $0.4509 $0.2904 $0.5241 $0.3657 Sweden South swedensouth $0.79 $0.146 $0.4663 $0.3003 $0.5419 $0.3782 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.855 $0.171 $0.5027 $0.3215 $0.5865 $0.4093 France South francesouth $0.876 $0.1619 $0.5166 $0.3327 $0.6009 $0.4193 UAE Central uaecentral $0.899 $0.1661 $0.5301 $0.3414 $0.6167 $0.4304 Germany North germanynorth $0.903 $0.1669 $0.533 $0.3433 $0.6195 $0.4323 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.912 $0.1685 $0.5363 $0.3429 $0.6222 $0.4302 South Africa West southafricawest $0.968 $0.1789 $0.5709 $0.3677 $0.664 $0.4634 Norway West norwaywest $0.99 $0.183 $0.5838 $0.376 $0.6791 $0.4739 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $1.005 $0.1858 $0.593 $0.382 $0.6896 $0.4812 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $1.195 $0.2208 $0.7048 $0.4659 $0.8198 $0.572
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.576 $0.3387 $0.2166 Windows $0.944 $0.7067 $0.5846
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids) ACU (compute units) 195
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 64
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) 192 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_E8-2ds_v4 Family Edsv4 Category Memory optimized VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series edsv4-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 .