Standard_E8-2ds_v6

Standard_E8-2ds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.654 per hour on demand ($477.42 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.4055 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1366 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$0.654$0.1366$0.4055$0.2551$0.4447$0.3074
East US 2 eastus2$0.654$0.1209$0.4055$0.2551$0.4447$0.3074
North Central US northcentralus$0.654$0.1209$0.4055$0.2551$0.4447$0.3074
West US 2 westus2$0.654$0.1209$0.4055$0.2551$0.4447$0.3074
West US 3 westus3$0.654$0.1209$0.4055$0.2551$0.4447$0.3074
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$0.671$0.124$0.4158$0.2616$0.4563$0.3154
Malaysia West malaysiawest$0.671$0.124––$0.4563$0.3154
Central India centralindia$0.675$0.1247$0.4184$0.2632$0.459$0.3172
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.675–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.675–––––
India South Central indiasouthcentral$0.676$0.1249$0.4191$0.2636$0.4597$0.3177
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.696$0.1286$0.4313$0.2713$0.4733$0.3271
Canada Central canadacentral$0.716$0.1323$0.4442$0.2794$0.4869$0.3365
Canada East canadaeast$0.716$0.1323$0.4442$0.2794$0.4869$0.3365
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.72$0.1331$0.4461$0.2806$0.576$0.396
West US westus$0.727$0.1344$0.4506$0.2834$0.4944$0.3417
North Europe northeurope$0.732$0.1353$0.4538$0.2855$0.4978$0.344
Spain Central spaincentral$0.732$0.1353$0.4538$0.2855$0.4978$0.344
Central US centralus$0.739$0.1357$0.4055$0.2551$0.4434$0.3067
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.748$0.1382$0.4635$0.2915$0.5984$0.4114
Korea South koreasouth$0.752$0.139$0.4663$0.2933$0.6016$0.4136
France Central francecentral$0.768$0.1419$0.4764$0.2997$0.5222$0.361
Israel Central israelcentral$0.768$0.1419$0.4764$0.2997$0.5222$0.361
Italy North italynorth$0.768$0.1419$0.4764$0.2997$0.5222$0.361
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.768$0.1419$0.4764$0.2997$0.5222$0.361
UK South uksouth$0.768$0.1349$0.4764$0.2997$0.5222$0.361
Australia Central australiacentral$0.784$0.1449$0.486$0.3057$0.5331$0.3685
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.784$0.0784$0.486$0.3057$0.5331$0.3685
Australia East australiaeast$0.784$0.1449$0.486$0.3057$0.5331$0.3685
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.784$0.1449$0.486$0.3057––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.784$0.1449$0.486$0.3057––
South Central US southcentralus$0.785$0.1451$0.4866$0.3061$0.628$0.4318
West Central US westcentralus$0.785$0.1451$0.4866$0.3061$0.628$0.4318
Poland Central polandcentral$0.788$0.1456$0.4886$0.3073$0.6304$0.4334
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.789$0.1458$0.4892$0.3077$0.5365$0.3708
Japan East japaneast$0.789$0.1458$0.4892$0.3077$0.5365$0.3708
Japan West japanwest$0.789$0.1458$0.4892$0.3077$0.5365$0.3708
Korea Central koreacentral$0.789$0.1458$0.4892$0.3077$0.5365$0.3708
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.789$0.1458$0.4892$0.3077$0.5365$0.3708
West Europe westeurope$0.789$0.1458$0.4892$0.3077$0.5365$0.3708
UK West ukwest$0.791$0.1462$0.4906$0.3087$0.6328$0.4351
UAE North uaenorth$0.804$0.1486$0.4987$0.3137$0.6432$0.4422
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.818$0.1512$0.507$0.3189––
New Zealand North newzealandnorth$0.823$0.1521$0.5103$0.321$0.5596$0.3868
West India westindia$0.837$0.1547$0.5191$0.3265$0.6696$0.4604
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.85$0.1571$0.5272$0.3316$0.68$0.4675
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.87$0.1608$0.5394$0.3393$0.696$0.4785
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.87$0.1608$0.5394$0.3393$0.696$0.4785
East Asia eastasia$0.899$0.1661$0.5576$0.3508$0.7192$0.4945
Sweden South swedensouth$0.904$0.1671$0.5607$0.3527$0.7232$0.4972
South India southindia$0.922$0.1704$0.5718$0.3597$0.7376$0.5071
Norway East norwayeast$0.935$0.1728$0.5799$0.3648$0.748$0.5143
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$0.972$0.1796$0.6025$0.379$0.7776$0.5346
France South francesouth$0.999$0.1846$0.6193$0.3895$0.7992$0.5495
Germany North germanynorth$1.026$0.1896$0.636$0.4$0.8208$0.5643
Brazil South brazilsouth$1.043$0.1927$0.6469$0.4069$0.7092$0.4902
UAE Central uaecentral$1.047$0.1935$0.649$0.4082$0.8376$0.5759
Norway West norwaywest$1.128$0.2085$0.6995$0.44$0.9024$0.6204
South Africa West southafricawest$1.134$0.2096$0.703$0.4422$0.9072$0.6237
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$1.147$0.212$0.7113$0.4474$0.9176$0.6309
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$1.356$0.2506$0.841$0.529$1.085$0.7458

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.654$0.4055$0.2551
Windows$1.022$0.7735$0.6231

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)64
NetworkingValue
Network12.5 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces4
StorageValue
Storage440 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Local NVMe440 GiB
Max data disks24
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)12,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)424 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYes
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_E8-2ds_v6
FamilyEdsv6
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesedsv6-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

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