Standard_E8ns_v6

Standard_E8ns_v6 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.697 per hour on demand ($508.81 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.41 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1446 per hour. It is sold in 57 regions; the cheapest is Central US at $0.697 per hour.

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
Central US centralus$0.697$0.1269$0.41$0.2457$0.4713$0.2951
East US eastus$0.697$0.1446$0.41$0.2457$0.4713$0.2951
East US 2 eastus2$0.697$0.1288$0.41$0.2457$0.4713$0.2951
North Central US northcentralus$0.697$0.1288$0.4114$0.2441$0.474$0.2927
West US 2 westus2$0.697$0.1288$0.4114$0.2441$0.474$0.2927
West US 3 westus3$0.697$0.1288$0.4114$0.2441$0.474$0.2927
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.744$0.1375$0.439$0.2753$0.5134$0.3199
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.767$0.1417$0.4525$0.2685$0.5216$0.3221
Korea South koreasouth$0.802$0.1482$0.4732$0.2887$0.5534$0.3449
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.833$0.1539$0.4914$0.2999$0.5664$0.3582
Poland Central polandcentral$0.833$0.1539$0.4914$0.2999$0.5664$0.3582
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.833$0.1539$0.4914$0.2999$0.5664$0.3582
Canada Central canadacentral$0.837$0.1547$0.4937$0.2929$0.5692$0.3515
Canada East canadaeast$0.837$0.1547$0.4937$0.2929$0.5692$0.3515
South Central US southcentralus$0.837$0.1547$0.492$0.2949$0.566$0.3544
West Central US westcentralus$0.837$0.1547$0.492$0.2949$0.566$0.3544
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.838$0.1549$0.4926$0.2946––
UK West ukwest$0.844$0.156$0.4978$0.3122$0.5824$0.3629
Australia Central australiacentral$0.847$0.1565$0.4998$0.2965$0.576$0.3557
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.847$0.0847$0.4998$0.2965$0.576$0.3557
Australia East australiaeast$0.847$0.1565$0.4998$0.2965$0.576$0.3557
Japan East japaneast$0.847$0.1565$0.4998$0.3049$0.5844$0.3642
France Central francecentral$0.872$0.1611$0.5143$0.3225$0.6017$0.375
UK South uksouth$0.872$0.1532$0.5103$0.322$0.5993$0.3734
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.872$0.1611$0.5126$0.3065––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.872$0.1611$0.5126$0.3065––
West India westindia$0.893$0.165$0.5266$0.3213$0.6162$0.384
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.907$0.1676$0.5348$0.3173$0.6168$0.3809
Italy North italynorth$0.907$0.1676$0.5348$0.3354$0.6258$0.39
Spain Central spaincentral$0.907$0.1676$0.5348$0.3354$0.6258$0.39
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.907$0.1676$0.5348$0.3263$0.6258$0.39
West US westus$0.907$0.1676$0.533$0.3194$0.6133$0.384
North Europe northeurope$0.916$0.1693$0.5406$0.339$0.632$0.3939
West Europe westeurope$0.916$0.1693$0.5406$0.339$0.632$0.3939
Korea Central koreacentral$0.941$0.1739$0.5554$0.3389$0.6493$0.4046
Sweden South swedensouth$0.967$0.1787$0.5708$0.3579$0.6672$0.4158
Central India centralindia$0.976$0.1804$0.576$0.3514$0.6734$0.4197
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.976–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.976–––––
South India southindia$0.983$0.1817$0.5801$0.354$0.6783$0.4227
Israel Central israelcentral$0.997$0.1842$0.5884$0.359$0.7378$0.4287
Norway East norwayeast$0.997$0.1842$0.5884$0.359$0.678$0.4287
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.997$0.1842$0.5783$0.359$0.7378$0.4387
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.997$0.1842$0.5884$0.359$0.678$0.4287
UAE North uaenorth$0.997$0.1842$0.5884$0.359$0.7378$0.4287
Japan West japanwest$1.011$0.1868$0.5966$0.364$0.6976$0.4347
South Africa North southafricanorth$1.018$0.1881$0.6007$0.3665$0.7533$0.4377
East Asia eastasia$1.081$0.1998$0.6355$0.3881$0.7384$0.4649
Germany North germanynorth$1.083$0.2001$0.6389$0.4007$0.7473$0.4657
France South francesouth$1.133$0.2094$0.6686$0.4193$0.7818$0.4872
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$1.178$0.2177$0.6953$0.4242$0.8128$0.5065
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$1.296$0.2395$0.7648$0.4667$0.8813$0.5573
UAE Central uaecentral$1.296$0.2395$0.7648$0.4667$0.959$0.5573
Norway West norwaywest$1.297$0.2397$0.7652$0.4669$0.882$0.5577
South Africa West southafricawest$1.324$0.2447$0.7808$0.4764$0.9798$0.5693
Brazil South brazilsouth$1.395$0.2578$0.8228$0.4881$0.9486$0.5859
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$1.813$0.335$1.07$0.6346$1.233$0.7615

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.697$0.41$0.2457
Windows$1.065$0.778$0.6137

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)64
NetworkingValue
Network40 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces8
StorageValue
Max data disks24
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)12,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)424 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNo
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_E8ns_v6
FamilyEnsv6
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesensv6-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.