Instances Azure VM Standard_FX12-6mds_v2 Standard_FX12-6mds_v2
Standard_FX12-6mds_v2 is an Azure VM size with 6 vCPUs, 252 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $1.641 per hour on demand ($1,197.93 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.9355 per hour, 43% less. Spot capacity is about $0.3597 per hour. It is sold in 57 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 $1.641 $0.3597 $0.9355 $0.4431 $1.132 $0.5744 East US 2 eastus2 $1.641 $0.3033 $0.9355 $0.4431 $1.132 $0.5744 West US 3 westus3 $1.641 $0.3033 $0.9355 $0.4431 $1.132 $0.5744 West US 2 westus2 $1.642 $0.3034 $0.9357 $0.4432 $1.133 $0.5747 Central India centralindia $1.694 $0.3131 $0.9655 $0.4573 $1.169 $0.5929 Mexico Central mexicocentral $1.805 $0.361 $1.037 $0.504 $1.245 $0.6316 Canada Central canadacentral $1.806 $0.3337 $1.029 $0.4876 $1.246 $0.6321 Central US centralus $1.855 $0.3424 $0.9355 $0.4431 $1.132 $0.5732 Sweden Central swedencentral $1.872 $0.3459 $1.067 $0.5055 $1.292 $0.6552 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $1.92 $0.3548 $1.133 $0.7297 $1.306 $0.8832 Malaysia West malaysiawest $1.92 $0.384 $1.103 $0.5361 $1.325 $0.6718 North Central US northcentralus $1.969 $0.3938 $1.131 $0.5499 $1.358 $0.689 South Central US southcentralus $1.969 $0.3639 $1.123 $0.5317 $1.496 $1.083 West Central US westcentralus $1.969 $0.3639 $1.123 $0.5317 $1.496 $1.083 North Europe northeurope $1.97 $0.3641 $1.123 $0.5319 $1.359 $0.6895 Spain Central spaincentral $1.97 $0.3641 $1.123 $0.5319 $1.359 $0.6895 UK West ukwest $1.986 $0.367 $1.132 $0.5362 $1.509 $1.092 Qatar Central qatarcentral $2.02 $0.3733 $1.151 $0.5453 $1.394 $0.707 UAE North uaenorth $2.02 $0.3733 $1.151 $0.5453 $1.394 $0.707 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $2.052 $0.3792 $1.169 $0.5539 – – US Gov Texas usgovtexas $2.052 $0.3792 $1.169 $0.5539 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $2.052 $0.3792 $1.169 $0.5539 – – Canada East canadaeast $2.068 $0.4136 $1.188 $0.5774 $1.427 $0.7236 France Central francecentral $2.068 $0.3822 $1.179 $0.5585 $1.427 $0.7238 UK South uksouth $2.068 $0.3822 $1.179 $0.5585 $1.427 $0.7238 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $2.134 $0.3944 $1.216 $0.5761 $1.622 $1.174 Italy North italynorth $2.134 $0.4268 $1.225 $0.5957 $1.472 $0.7467 Poland Central polandcentral $2.134 $0.4268 $1.225 $0.5957 $1.472 $0.7467 West US westus $2.134 $0.3944 $1.217 $0.5763 $1.472 $0.7469 Korea South koreasouth $2.216 $0.4432 $1.272 $0.6186 $1.529 $0.7754 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $2.298 $0.4247 $1.31 $0.6206 $1.586 $0.8043 West Europe westeurope $2.298 $0.4247 $1.31 $0.6206 $1.586 $0.8043 South India southindia $2.314 $0.4276 $1.319 $0.6248 $1.759 $1.273 South Africa North southafricanorth $2.344 $0.4332 $1.336 $0.633 $1.617 $0.8204 Israel Central israelcentral $2.347 $0.4694 $1.348 $0.6553 $1.619 $0.8212 UAE Central uaecentral $2.347 $0.4694 $1.348 $0.6553 $1.619 $0.8212 Japan West japanwest $2.38 $0.476 $1.367 $0.6644 $1.642 $0.8328 Southeast Asia southeastasia $2.38 $0.4398 $1.357 $0.6425 $1.642 $0.833 Taiwan North taiwannorth $2.38 $0.4398 $1.357 $0.6425 $1.642 $0.833 Australia East australiaeast $2.381 $0.44 $1.357 $0.6427 $1.643 $0.8334 Japan East japaneast $2.381 $0.44 $1.357 $0.6427 $1.643 $0.8334 Korea Central koreacentral $2.381 $0.44 $1.357 $0.6427 $1.643 $0.8334 Australia Central australiacentral $2.413 $0.4826 $1.385 $0.6736 $1.665 $0.8443 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $2.413 $0.4826 $1.385 $0.6736 $1.665 $0.8443 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $2.499 $0.4618 $1.474 $0.8995 $1.699 $1.075 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $2.528 $0.4672 $1.441 $0.6826 $1.744 $0.8848 East Asia eastasia $2.544 $0.5088 $1.461 $0.7102 $1.755 $0.8901 Norway East norwayeast $2.56 $0.512 $1.47 $0.7148 $1.766 $0.8957 West India westindia $2.56 $0.512 $1.47 $0.7148 $1.766 $0.8957 Sweden South swedensouth $2.774 $0.5548 $1.593 $0.7744 $1.914 $0.9706 Germany North germanynorth $2.988 $0.5522 $1.703 $0.8067 $2.271 $1.643 France South francesouth $3.053 $0.6106 $1.753 $0.8523 $2.106 $1.068 Norway West norwaywest $3.053 $0.6106 $1.753 $0.8523 $2.106 $1.068 South Africa West southafricawest $3.053 $0.6106 $1.753 $0.8523 $2.106 $1.068 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $3.053 $0.6106 $1.753 $0.8523 $2.106 $1.068 Brazil South brazilsouth $3.201 $0.5915 $1.825 $0.8643 $2.209 $1.12 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $4.267 $0.8534 $2.451 $1.191 $2.944 $1.493
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $1.641 $0.9355 $0.4431 Windows $2.193 $1.488 $0.9951
Compute Value vCPUs 6 Physical cores 3 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 252
Networking Value Network 25 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 4
Storage Value Storage 2 x 440 GiB temp NVMe SSD Local NVMe 880 GiB Max data disks 48 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 49,500 Max disk throughput (uncached) 1,636 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_FX12-6mds_v2 Family FXmdsv2 Category Compute optimized VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series fxmdsv2-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .