Standard_EC8as_v5

Standard_EC8as_v5 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (AMD EPYC (Milan)). In East US it costs $0.452 per hour on demand ($329.96 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.3616 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0954 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.286 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 India centralindia$0.286$0.0529$0.2288$0.1716$0.2403$0.1883
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.286–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.286–––––
East US eastus$0.452$0.0954$0.3616$0.2712$0.381$0.2985
East US 2 eastus2$0.452$0.0835$0.3616$0.2712$0.381$0.2985
West US westus$0.504$0.0931$0.4032$0.3024$0.4251$0.3334
North Europe northeurope$0.508$0.0939$0.4064$0.3048$0.4286$0.3497
Central US centralus$0.511$0.0943$0.3616$0.2712$0.3802$0.2964
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$0.529$0.0978$0.4231$0.3173$0.4455$0.3473
UK South uksouth$0.532$0.0983$0.4256$0.3192$0.4486$0.3656
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.544$0.1005$0.4352$0.3264$0.4583$0.3595
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.548$0.1013$0.4384$0.3288$0.4612$0.3621
Italy North italynorth$0.548$0.1013$0.4384$0.3288$0.4623$0.3772
Japan East japaneast$0.548$0.1013$0.4384$0.3288$0.4612$0.3767
West Europe westeurope$0.548$0.1013$0.4384$0.3288$0.4623$0.3772
UAE North uaenorth$0.56$0.1035$0.4479$0.336$0.4725$0.3855
East Asia eastasia$0.602$0.1113$0.4816$0.3612$0.5079$0.4144
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.646$0.1194$0.5171$0.3878$0.5816$0.4567

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.452$0.3616$0.2712
Windows$0.82$0.7296$0.6392

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC (Milan)
ACU (compute units)230
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)64
NetworkingValue
Network5 Gbps
Accelerated networkingNo
Max network interfaces4
StorageValue
Max data disks16
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)12,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)192 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNo
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_EC8as_v5
FamilyECasv5
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2
Encryption at hostYes
Confidential computingSNP
OtherValue
Seriesecasv5-ecadsv5-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

Compare Standard_EC8as_v5

Other generations

Other ECasv5 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
Standard_EC2as_v5216$0.113
Standard_EC4as_v5432$0.226
Standard_EC8as_v5864$0.452
Standard_EC16as_v516128$0.904
Standard_EC20as_v520160$1.13
Standard_EC32as_v532192$1.808
Standard_EC48as_v548384$2.712
Standard_EC64as_v564512$3.616
Standard_EC96as_v596672$5.424

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