Standard_EC8as_v6

Standard_EC8as_v6 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)). In East US it costs $0.524 per hour on demand ($382.52 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.4196 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1106 per hour. It is sold in 55 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.339 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$0.339$0.0626$0.271$0.2033$0.2882$0.2204
East US eastus$0.524$0.1106$0.4196$0.3147$0.4454$0.3406
East US 2 eastus2$0.524$0.0968$0.4196$0.3147$0.4454$0.3406
North Central US northcentralus$0.524$0.0968$0.4196$0.3147$0.4454$0.3406
West US 2 westus2$0.524$0.0968$0.4196$0.3147$0.4454$0.3406
West US 3 westus3$0.524$0.0968$0.4196$0.3147$0.4454$0.3406
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.561$0.1037$0.4492$0.3369––
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.577$0.1066$0.4619$0.3464$0.4905$0.3751
Canada Central canadacentral$0.585$0.1081$0.4682$0.3511$0.4973$0.3802
Canada East canadaeast$0.585$0.1081$0.4682$0.3511$0.4973$0.3802
North Europe northeurope$0.585$0.1081$0.4682$0.3511$0.4973$0.3802
Central US centralus$0.593$0.1095$0.2813$0.1812$0.5041$0.3855
Korea South koreasouth$0.604$0.1116$0.483$0.3622$0.5134$0.3926
UK South uksouth$0.61$0.1127$0.4879$0.3659$0.5185$0.3965
France Central francecentral$0.616$0.1138$0.4928$0.3696$0.5236$0.4004
Italy North italynorth$0.616$0.1138$0.4928$0.3696$0.5236$0.4004
Spain Central spaincentral$0.616$0.1138$0.4928$0.3696$0.5236$0.4004
West US westus$0.616$0.1138$0.4928$0.3696$0.5236$0.4004
South Central US southcentralus$0.628$0.1161$0.5026$0.377$0.5338$0.4082
West Central US westcentralus$0.628$0.1161$0.5026$0.377$0.5338$0.4082
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.634$0.1172$0.5075$0.3807$0.5389$0.4121
Poland Central polandcentral$0.634$0.1172$0.5068$0.3802$0.5389$0.4121
UK West ukwest$0.634$0.1172$0.5075$0.3807$0.5389$0.4121
West Europe westeurope$0.634$0.1172$0.5075$0.3807$0.5389$0.4121
Korea Central koreacentral$0.647$0.1196$0.5175$0.3881$0.55$0.4206
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.647$0.1196$0.5175$0.3881$0.55$0.4206
UAE North uaenorth$0.647$0.1196$0.5175$0.3881$0.55$0.4206
Australia Central australiacentral$0.659$0.1218$0.5273$0.3955$0.5602$0.4284
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.659$0.0659$0.5273$0.3955$0.5602$0.4284
Australia East australiaeast$0.659$0.1218$0.5273$0.3955$0.5602$0.4284
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.659$0.1218$0.5273$0.3955$0.5602$0.4284
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.659$0.1218$0.5273$0.3955$0.5602$0.4284
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.659$0.1218$0.5273$0.3955––
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.665$0.1229$0.5322$0.3992––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.665$0.1229$0.5322$0.3992––
West India westindia$0.671$0.124$0.5364$0.4023$0.5704$0.4362
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.683$0.1262$0.5463$0.4097$0.5806$0.444
Japan East japaneast$0.683$0.1262$0.5463$0.4097$0.5806$0.444
Japan West japanwest$0.683$0.1262$0.5463$0.4097$0.5806$0.444
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.701$0.1295$0.5611$0.4208$0.5959$0.4557
East Asia eastasia$0.726$0.1342$0.5808$0.4356$0.6171$0.4719
Sweden South swedensouth$0.732$0.1353$0.5857$0.4393$0.6222$0.4758
South India southindia$0.738$0.1364$0.5906$0.443$0.6273$0.4797
Israel Central israelcentral$0.75$0.1386$0.5998$0.4498$0.6375$0.4875
Norway East norwayeast$0.751$0.1388$0.6005$0.4504$0.6384$0.4882
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.751$0.1388$0.6005$0.4504$0.6384$0.4882
France South francesouth$0.799$0.1477$0.6393$0.4794$0.6792$0.5194
Germany North germanynorth$0.824$0.1523$0.6589$0.4942––
UAE Central uaecentral$0.84$0.1552$0.6724$0.5042$0.714$0.546
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.842$0.1556$0.6737$0.5053$0.7157$0.5473
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$0.856$0.1582$0.685$0.5137$0.7276$0.5564
South Africa West southafricawest$0.909$0.168$0.7273$0.5454$0.7726$0.5909
Norway West norwaywest$0.976$0.1804$0.7807$0.5855$0.8296$0.6344
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.976$0.1804$0.7807$0.5855$0.8296$0.6344
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$1.092$0.2018$0.8736$0.6553$0.9282$0.7098

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.524$0.4196$0.3147
Windows$0.892$0.7876$0.6827

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)
ACU (compute units)230
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)64
NetworkingValue
Network12.5 Gbps
Accelerated networkingNo
Max network interfaces4
StorageValue
Max data disks16
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)15,200
Max disk throughput (uncached)360 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNo
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_EC8as_v6
FamilyECasv6
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
Confidential computingSNP
OtherValue
Seriesecasv6-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.