Instances Azure VM Standard_FX8-2ms_v2 Standard_FX8-2ms_v2
Standard_FX8-2ms_v2 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 168 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.885 per hour on demand ($646.05 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.5046 per hour, 43% less. Spot capacity is about $0.194 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 $0.885 $0.194 $0.5046 $0.239 $0.6107 $0.3098 East US 2 eastus2 $0.885 $0.1635 $0.5046 $0.239 $0.6107 $0.3098 West US 3 westus3 $0.885 $0.1635 $0.5046 $0.239 $0.6107 $0.3098 West US 2 westus2 $0.886 $0.1637 $0.5047 $0.2391 $0.6113 $0.3101 Central India centralindia $0.914 $0.1689 $0.5208 $0.2467 $0.6307 $0.3199 Canada Central canadacentral $0.974 $0.18 $0.5553 $0.263 $0.6721 $0.3409 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.974 $0.1948 $0.5592 $0.2719 $0.672 $0.3408 Central US centralus $1.00 $0.1846 $0.5046 $0.239 $0.609 $0.309 Sweden Central swedencentral $1.01 $0.1866 $0.5756 $0.2727 $0.6969 $0.3535 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $1.036 $0.1915 $0.6111 $0.3936 $0.7045 $0.4766 Malaysia West malaysiawest $1.036 $0.2072 $0.5949 $0.2892 $0.7147 $0.3625 North Central US northcentralus $1.062 $0.2124 $0.61 $0.2966 $0.7327 $0.3716 South Central US southcentralus $1.062 $0.1963 $0.6055 $0.2868 $0.8071 $0.5841 West Central US westcentralus $1.062 $0.1963 $0.6055 $0.2868 $0.8071 $0.5841 North Europe northeurope $1.063 $0.1964 $0.6057 $0.2869 $0.7335 $0.3721 Spain Central spaincentral $1.063 $0.1964 $0.6057 $0.2869 $0.7335 $0.3721 UK West ukwest $1.071 $0.1979 $0.6106 $0.2892 $0.814 $0.5891 Qatar Central qatarcentral $1.089 $0.2012 $0.6209 $0.2941 $0.7514 $0.3812 UAE North uaenorth $1.089 $0.2012 $0.6209 $0.2941 $0.7514 $0.3812 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $1.106 $0.2044 $0.6306 $0.2987 – – US Gov Texas usgovtexas $1.106 $0.2044 $0.6306 $0.2987 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $1.106 $0.2044 $0.6306 $0.2987 – – Canada East canadaeast $1.115 $0.223 $0.6406 $0.3114 $0.7692 $0.3901 France Central francecentral $1.116 $0.2062 $0.636 $0.3013 $0.77 $0.3906 UK South uksouth $1.116 $0.2062 $0.636 $0.3013 $0.77 $0.3906 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $1.151 $0.2127 $0.6559 $0.3107 $0.8748 $0.6331 Italy North italynorth $1.151 $0.2302 $0.661 $0.3213 $0.7941 $0.4027 Poland Central polandcentral $1.151 $0.2302 $0.661 $0.3213 $0.7941 $0.4027 Taiwan North taiwannorth $1.151 $0.2127 $0.661 $0.3213 $0.7941 $0.4027 West US westus $1.151 $0.2127 $0.6562 $0.3108 $0.7942 $0.4029 Korea South koreasouth $1.195 $0.239 $0.6863 $0.3337 $0.8244 $0.4181 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $1.24 $0.2292 $0.7066 $0.3347 $0.8556 $0.434 West Europe westeurope $1.24 $0.2292 $0.7066 $0.3347 $0.8556 $0.434 South India southindia $1.248 $0.2306 $0.7115 $0.337 $0.9485 $0.6864 South Africa North southafricanorth $1.265 $0.2338 $0.7208 $0.3414 $0.8729 $0.4428 Israel Central israelcentral $1.266 $0.2532 $0.7271 $0.3535 $0.8734 $0.443 UAE Central uaecentral $1.266 $0.2532 $0.7293 $0.3556 $0.8735 $0.4434 Australia East australiaeast $1.284 $0.2373 $0.732 $0.3467 $0.886 $0.4494 Japan East japaneast $1.284 $0.2373 $0.732 $0.3467 $0.886 $0.4494 Japan West japanwest $1.284 $0.2568 $0.7372 $0.3584 $0.8858 $0.4493 Korea Central koreacentral $1.284 $0.2373 $0.732 $0.3467 $0.886 $0.4494 Southeast Asia southeastasia $1.284 $0.2373 $0.7317 $0.3466 $0.886 $0.4494 Australia Central australiacentral $1.301 $0.2602 $0.7474 $0.3633 $0.8976 $0.4552 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $1.301 $0.2602 $0.7474 $0.3633 $0.8976 $0.4552 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $1.348 $0.2491 $0.7952 $0.4852 $0.9166 $0.5796 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $1.364 $0.2521 $0.7773 $0.3682 $0.9412 $0.4774 East Asia eastasia $1.372 $0.2744 $0.788 $0.3831 $0.9465 $0.4801 Norway East norwayeast $1.381 $0.2762 $0.7932 $0.3856 $0.9528 $0.4832 West India westindia $1.381 $0.2762 $0.7932 $0.3856 $0.9528 $0.4832 Sweden South swedensouth $1.496 $0.2992 $0.8592 $0.4177 $1.032 $0.5235 Germany North germanynorth $1.612 $0.2979 $0.9186 $0.4352 $1.225 $0.8866 France South francesouth $1.647 $0.3294 $0.9457 $0.4597 $1.136 $0.5763 Norway West norwaywest $1.647 $0.3294 $0.9457 $0.4597 $1.136 $0.5763 South Africa West southafricawest $1.647 $0.3294 $0.9457 $0.4597 $1.136 $0.5763 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $1.647 $0.3294 $0.9457 $0.4597 $1.136 $0.5763 Brazil South brazilsouth $1.727 $0.3192 $0.9842 $0.4662 $1.192 $0.6045 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $2.302 $0.4604 $1.322 $0.6426 $1.588 $0.8055
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.885 $0.5046 $0.239 Windows $1.253 $0.8726 $0.607
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 168
Networking Value Network 25 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 4
Storage Value Max data disks 24 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 33,000 Max disk throughput (uncached) 1,090 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_FX8-2ms_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 .