Instances Azure VM Standard_E8-2s_v5 Standard_E8-2s_v5
Standard_E8-2s_v5 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 64 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 $0.504 per hour on demand ($367.92 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.2974 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1061 per hour. It is sold in 58 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 $0.504 $0.1061 $0.2974 $0.1991 $0.3408 $0.2385 East US 2 eastus2 $0.504 $0.178 $0.2974 $0.1915 $0.3411 $0.2387 North Central US northcentralus $0.504 $0.0931 $0.311 $0.1991 $0.3408 $0.2385 West US 2 westus2 $0.504 $0.0931 $0.311 $0.1991 $0.3408 $0.2385 West US 3 westus3 $0.504 $0.0931 $0.2974 $0.1915 $0.3411 $0.2387 Central India centralindia $0.52 $0.0961 $0.3209 $0.2054 $0.3501 $0.245 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.52 $0.0961 $0.3068 $0.1924 $0.3501 $0.245 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.52 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.52 – – – $0.52 $0.52 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.536 $0.0991 $0.3307 $0.2117 $0.3625 $0.2537 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.547 $0.1011 $0.3218 $0.2025 $0.3699 $0.2589 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.547 $0.1011 $0.3377 $0.2161 $0.3699 $0.2589 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.547 $0.1011 $0.3377 $0.2161 $0.3699 $0.2589 Canada Central canadacentral $0.552 $0.2005 $0.3406 $0.218 $0.3733 $0.2613 Canada East canadaeast $0.552 $0.102 $0.3406 $0.218 $0.3733 $0.2613 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.554 $0.1024 $0.342 $0.219 $0.3746 $0.2622 West US westus $0.56 $0.1035 $0.3455 $0.2212 $0.3787 $0.265 North Europe northeurope $0.564 $0.139 $0.3479 $0.2228 $0.3814 $0.2669 Spain Central spaincentral $0.564 $0.1042 $0.3479 $0.2228 $0.4061 $0.2933 Central US centralus $0.57 $0.1053 $0.2974 $0.1865 $0.3403 $0.2383 Korea South koreasouth $0.58 $0.1072 $0.3576 $0.229 $0.3925 $0.2747 France Central francecentral $0.592 $0.1094 $0.3653 $0.2338 $0.4003 $0.2802 Israel Central israelcentral $0.592 $0.1094 $0.3653 $0.2338 $0.4026 $0.2782 Italy North italynorth $0.592 $0.1094 $0.3653 $0.2338 $0.4026 $0.2782 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.592 $0.1094 $0.3653 $0.2338 $0.4004 $0.2803 UK South uksouth $0.592 $0.1046 $0.3653 $0.2338 $0.4003 $0.2802 Australia Central australiacentral $0.604 $0.1116 $0.3727 $0.2386 $0.4084 $0.2859 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.604 $0.0604 $0.3727 $0.2386 $0.4084 $0.2859 Australia East australiaeast $0.604 $0.1116 $0.3727 $0.2386 $0.4084 $0.2859 South Central US southcentralus $0.605 $0.1118 $0.3732 $0.2389 $0.4095 $0.2866 West Central US westcentralus $0.605 $0.1118 $0.3732 $0.2389 $0.4095 $0.2866 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.608 $0.1124 $0.3751 $0.2401 $0.4111 $0.2878 Japan East japaneast $0.608 $0.1124 $0.3751 $0.2401 $0.4111 $0.2878 Japan West japanwest $0.608 $0.1124 $0.3751 $0.2401 $0.4115 $0.288 Korea Central koreacentral $0.608 $0.1124 $0.3751 $0.2401 $0.4111 $0.2878 Poland Central polandcentral $0.608 $0.1124 $0.3751 $0.2401 $0.4111 $0.2878 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.608 $0.1127 $0.3751 $0.2401 $0.4111 $0.2878 West Europe westeurope $0.608 $0.1124 $0.3751 $0.2401 $0.4111 $0.2878 UK West ukwest $0.61 $0.1127 $0.3763 $0.2409 $0.4128 $0.289 UAE North uaenorth $0.62 $0.1146 $0.3828 $0.2451 $0.4193 $0.2936 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.634 $0.1172 $0.3742 $0.2347 $0.4287 $0.3001 West India westindia $0.645 $0.1192 $0.3806 $0.2387 $0.4365 $0.3055 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.655 $0.121 $0.4042 $0.2588 $0.4433 $0.3103 East Asia eastasia $0.668 $0.1234 $0.4121 $0.2639 $0.4517 $0.3162 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.668 $0.1234 $0.4121 $0.2639 $0.4521 $0.3164 Norway East norwayeast $0.669 $0.1236 $0.4127 $0.2642 $0.4528 $0.3169 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.672 $0.1242 $0.4146 $0.2654 $0.4544 $0.3181 Sweden South swedensouth $0.697 $0.1288 $0.4111 $0.2578 – – South India southindia $0.711 $0.1314 $0.4385 $0.2807 $0.4812 $0.3368 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.711 $0.1314 $0.4197 $0.2675 $0.4808 $0.3365 France South francesouth $0.77 $0.1423 $0.4749 $0.304 $0.5211 $0.3647 Germany North germanynorth $0.79 $0.146 $0.4877 $0.3122 $0.5347 $0.3742 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.804 $0.1486 $0.4961 $0.3176 $0.5437 $0.3779 UAE Central uaecentral $0.807 $0.1491 $0.4976 $0.3186 $0.5462 $0.3823 Norway West norwaywest $0.869 $0.1606 $0.5364 $0.3434 $0.5881 $0.4116 South Africa West southafricawest $0.874 $0.1615 $0.539 $0.3451 $0.5915 $0.414 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.884 $0.1634 $0.5454 $0.3492 $0.5983 $0.4188 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $1.045 $0.1931 $0.6449 $0.4129 $0.7073 $0.495
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.504 $0.2974 $0.1991 Windows $0.872 $0.6654 $0.5671
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 64
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 4
Storage Value Max data disks 16 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 12,800 Max disk throughput (uncached) 290 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_E8-2s_v5 Family Esv5 Category Memory optimized VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series esv5-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 .