Standard_E8s_v6

Standard_E8s_v6 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.529 per hour on demand ($386.17 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.3281 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1097 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$0.529$0.1097$0.3281$0.2064$0.3597$0.2486
East US 2 eastus2$0.529$0.0978$0.3281$0.2064$0.3597$0.2486
North Central US northcentralus$0.529$0.0978$0.3281$0.2064$0.3597$0.2486
West US 2 westus2$0.529$0.0978$0.3281$0.2064$0.3597$0.2486
West US 3 westus3$0.529$0.0978$0.3281$0.2064$0.3597$0.2486
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$0.543$0.1003$0.3364$0.2116$0.3692$0.2552
Malaysia West malaysiawest$0.543$0.1003$0.3364$0.2116$0.3692$0.2552
Central India centralindia$0.546$0.1009$0.3385$0.2129$0.3713$0.2566
India South Central indiasouthcentral$0.546$0.1009$0.3385$0.2129$0.3713$0.2566
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.546–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.546–––––
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.563$0.104$0.349$0.2195$0.3828$0.2646
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.575$0.1063$0.3563$0.2241$0.46$0.3162
Canada Central canadacentral$0.58$0.1072$0.3594$0.226$0.3944$0.2726
Canada East canadaeast$0.58$0.1072$0.3594$0.226$0.3944$0.2726
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.582$0.1076$0.361$0.2271$0.4656$0.3201
West US westus$0.588$0.1087$0.3646$0.2293$0.3998$0.2764
North Europe northeurope$0.592$0.1094$0.3672$0.231$0.4026$0.2782
Spain Central spaincentral$0.592$0.1094$0.3672$0.231$0.4026$0.2782
Central US centralus$0.598$0.1089$0.3281$0.2064$0.3576$0.247
Korea South koreasouth$0.609$0.1125$0.3773$0.2373$0.4872$0.335
France Central francecentral$0.622$0.1149$0.3854$0.2424$0.423$0.2923
Israel Central israelcentral$0.622$0.1149$0.3854$0.2424$0.423$0.2923
Italy North italynorth$0.622$0.1149$0.3854$0.2424$0.423$0.2923
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.622$0.1149$0.3854$0.2424$0.423$0.2923
UK South uksouth$0.622$0.1093$0.3854$0.2424$0.423$0.2923
Australia Central australiacentral$0.634$0.1172$0.3933$0.2473$0.4311$0.298
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.634$0.0634$0.3933$0.2473$0.4311$0.298
Australia East australiaeast$0.634$0.1172$0.3933$0.2473$0.4311$0.298
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.634$0.1172$0.3933$0.2473––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.634$0.1172$0.3933$0.2473––
South Central US southcentralus$0.635$0.1173$0.3937$0.2477$0.508$0.3493
West Central US westcentralus$0.635$0.1173$0.3937$0.2477$0.508$0.3493
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.638$0.1179$0.3958$0.249$0.4338$0.2999
Japan East japaneast$0.638$0.1179$0.3958$0.249$0.4338$0.2999
Japan West japanwest$0.638$0.1179$0.3958$0.249$0.4338$0.2999
Korea Central koreacentral$0.638$0.1179$0.3958$0.249$0.4338$0.2999
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.638$0.1179$0.3958$0.249$0.4338$0.2999
West Europe westeurope$0.638$0.1179$0.3958$0.249$0.4338$0.2999
Poland Central polandcentral$0.64$0.1183$0.3968$0.2496$0.512$0.352
UK West ukwest$0.64$0.1183$0.397$0.2497$0.512$0.352
UAE North uaenorth$0.651$0.1203$0.4035$0.2538$0.5208$0.3581
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.662$0.1223$0.4102$0.258––
New Zealand North newzealandnorth$0.666$0.1231$0.4129$0.2597$0.4529$0.313
West India westindia$0.677$0.1251$0.42$0.2642$0.5416$0.3724
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.688$0.1271$0.4266$0.2683$0.5504$0.3784
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.704$0.1301$0.4364$0.2745$0.5632$0.3872
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.704$0.1301$0.4364$0.2745$0.5632$0.3872
East Asia eastasia$0.728$0.1345$0.4511$0.2838$0.5824$0.4004
Sweden South swedensouth$0.732$0.1353$0.4537$0.2854$0.5856$0.4026
South India southindia$0.746$0.1379$0.4627$0.291$0.5968$0.4103
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$0.747$0.138$0.4631$0.2913$0.5976$0.4109
Norway East norwayeast$0.757$0.1399$0.4692$0.2951$0.6056$0.4164
France South francesouth$0.808$0.1493$0.501$0.3151$0.6464$0.4444
Germany North germanynorth$0.83$0.1534$0.5145$0.3237$0.664$0.4565
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.844$0.156$0.5234$0.3293$0.5739$0.3967
UAE Central uaecentral$0.847$0.1565$0.5251$0.3303$0.6776$0.4659
Norway West norwaywest$0.913$0.1687$0.566$0.356$0.7304$0.5022
South Africa West southafricawest$0.917$0.1695$0.5687$0.3577$0.7336$0.5044
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.928$0.1715$0.5755$0.362$0.7424$0.5104
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$1.097$0.2027$0.6804$0.428$0.8776$0.6034

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.529$0.3281$0.2064
Windows$0.897$0.6961$0.5744

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
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
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_E8s_v6
FamilyEsv6
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesesv6-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

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Standard_E48s_v648384$3.175
Standard_E96-48s_v648768$6.35
Standard_E64s_v664512$4.234
Standard_E128-64s_v6641024$8.467
Standard_E96s_v696768$6.35
Standard_E128s_v61281024$8.467

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