Instances Azure VM Standard_FX12ms_v2 Standard_FX12ms_v2
Standard_FX12ms_v2 is an Azure VM size with 12 vCPUs, 252 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $1.328 per hour on demand ($969.44 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.7568 per hour, 43% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2911 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 $1.328 $0.2911 $0.7568 $0.3585 $0.9163 $0.4648 East US 2 eastus2 $1.328 $0.2454 $0.7568 $0.3585 $0.9163 $0.4648 West US 2 westus2 $1.328 $0.2454 $0.7571 $0.3586 $0.9163 $0.4648 West US 3 westus3 $1.328 $0.2454 $0.7568 $0.3585 $0.9163 $0.4648 Central India centralindia $1.37 $0.2532 $0.7812 $0.37 $0.9453 $0.4795 Canada Central canadacentral $1.461 $0.27 $0.8329 $0.3945 $1.008 $0.5114 Mexico Central mexicocentral $1.461 $0.2922 $0.8389 $0.4078 $1.008 $0.5112 Central US centralus $1.501 $0.2771 $0.7568 $0.3585 $0.9141 $0.4638 Sweden Central swedencentral $1.515 $0.28 $0.8635 $0.409 $1.045 $0.5303 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $1.554 $0.2872 $0.9167 $0.5904 $1.057 $0.7148 Malaysia West malaysiawest $1.554 $0.3108 $0.8922 $0.4338 $1.072 $0.5437 North Central US northcentralus $1.593 $0.3186 $0.9152 $0.4449 $1.099 $0.5574 South Central US southcentralus $1.593 $0.2944 $0.9083 $0.4303 $1.211 $0.8762 West Central US westcentralus $1.593 $0.2944 $0.9083 $0.4303 $1.211 $0.8762 North Europe northeurope $1.594 $0.2946 $0.9086 $0.4304 $1.10 $0.5579 Spain Central spaincentral $1.594 $0.2946 $0.9086 $0.4304 $1.10 $0.5579 UK West ukwest $1.607 $0.297 $0.9159 $0.4338 $1.221 $0.8839 Qatar Central qatarcentral $1.634 $0.302 $0.9314 $0.4412 $1.127 $0.5719 UAE North uaenorth $1.634 $0.302 $0.9314 $0.4412 $1.127 $0.5719 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $1.66 $0.3068 $0.946 $0.4481 – – US Gov Texas usgovtexas $1.66 $0.3068 $0.946 $0.4481 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $1.66 $0.3068 $0.946 $0.4481 – – Canada East canadaeast $1.673 $0.3346 $0.9608 $0.4672 $1.154 $0.5854 France Central francecentral $1.674 $0.3094 $0.954 $0.4519 $1.155 $0.5859 UK South uksouth $1.674 $0.3094 $0.954 $0.4519 $1.155 $0.5859 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $1.726 $0.319 $0.984 $0.4661 $1.312 $0.9493 Italy North italynorth $1.726 $0.3452 $0.9914 $0.482 $1.191 $0.6039 Poland Central polandcentral $1.726 $0.3452 $0.9914 $0.482 $1.191 $0.6039 Taiwan North taiwannorth $1.726 $0.319 $0.9914 $0.482 $1.191 $0.6039 West US westus $1.727 $0.3192 $0.9842 $0.4662 $1.192 $0.6045 Korea South koreasouth $1.793 $0.3586 $1.03 $0.5005 $1.237 $0.6274 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $1.86 $0.3437 $1.06 $0.5021 $1.283 $0.651 West Europe westeurope $1.86 $0.3437 $1.06 $0.5021 $1.283 $0.651 South India southindia $1.872 $0.3459 $1.067 $0.5055 $1.423 $1.03 South Africa North southafricanorth $1.897 $0.3506 $1.081 $0.5122 $1.309 $0.664 Israel Central israelcentral $1.899 $0.3798 $1.091 $0.5302 $1.31 $0.6645 UAE Central uaecentral $1.899 $0.3798 $1.094 $0.5334 $1.31 $0.665 Japan West japanwest $1.925 $0.385 $1.106 $0.5376 $1.328 $0.6736 Australia East australiaeast $1.926 $0.3559 $1.098 $0.5201 $1.329 $0.6741 Japan East japaneast $1.926 $0.3559 $1.098 $0.5201 $1.329 $0.6741 Korea Central koreacentral $1.926 $0.3559 $1.098 $0.5201 $1.329 $0.6741 Southeast Asia southeastasia $1.926 $0.3559 $1.098 $0.5199 $1.329 $0.6741 Australia Central australiacentral $1.952 $0.3904 $1.121 $0.545 $1.347 $0.683 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $1.952 $0.3904 $1.121 $0.545 $1.347 $0.683 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $2.022 $0.3737 $1.193 $0.7278 $1.375 $0.8695 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $2.046 $0.3781 $1.166 $0.5523 $1.412 $0.7161 East Asia eastasia $2.058 $0.4116 $1.182 $0.5747 $1.42 $0.7201 Norway East norwayeast $2.072 $0.4144 $1.19 $0.5783 $1.429 $0.725 West India westindia $2.072 $0.4144 $1.19 $0.5783 $1.429 $0.725 Sweden South swedensouth $2.244 $0.4488 $1.289 $0.6266 $1.548 $0.7852 Germany North germanynorth $2.418 $0.4468 $1.378 $0.6527 $1.838 $1.33 France South francesouth $2.47 $0.494 $1.419 $0.6896 $1.704 $0.8643 Norway West norwaywest $2.47 $0.494 $1.419 $0.6896 $1.704 $0.8643 South Africa West southafricawest $2.47 $0.494 $1.419 $0.6896 $1.704 $0.8643 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $2.47 $0.494 $1.419 $0.6896 $1.704 $0.8643 Brazil South brazilsouth $2.59 $0.4786 $1.476 $0.6994 $1.787 $0.9065 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $3.453 $0.6906 $1.983 $0.964 $2.382 $1.208
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $1.328 $0.7568 $0.3585 Windows $1.88 $1.309 $0.9105
Compute Value vCPUs 12 Physical cores 6 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 Max data disks 48 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 49,500 Max disk throughput (uncached) 1,636 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_FX12ms_v2 Family FXmsv2 Category Compute optimized VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series fxmsv2-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .