Instances Azure VM Standard_L12aos_v4 Standard_L12aos_v4
Standard_L12aos_v4 is an Azure VM size with 12 vCPUs, 96 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)). In East US it costs $1.356 per hour on demand ($989.88 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.8678 per hour, 36% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2844 per hour. It is sold in 36 regions; the cheapest is Indonesia Central at $1.195 per hour.
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 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $1.195 $0.2208 $0.7051 $0.4542 $0.8007 $0.5377 Malaysia West malaysiawest $1.20 $0.2218 $0.708 $0.456 $0.804 $0.54 East US eastus $1.356 $0.2844 $0.8678 $0.5153 $0.9899 $0.6102 East US 2 eastus2 $1.356 $0.2506 $0.8678 $0.5153 $0.9899 $0.6102 North Central US northcentralus $1.356 $0.2506 $0.8 $0.5153 $0.9085 $0.6102 West US 2 westus2 $1.356 $0.2506 $0.8678 $0.5153 $0.9899 $0.6102 West US 3 westus3 $1.356 $0.2506 $0.8678 $0.5153 $0.9899 $0.6102 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $1.357 $0.2508 $0.8008 $0.5158 $0.9092 $0.6107 Sweden Central swedencentral $1.422 $0.2628 $0.8389 $0.5404 $0.9527 $0.6399 Mexico Central mexicocentral $1.492 $0.2757 $0.88 $0.5668 $0.9996 $0.6714 Canada Central canadacentral $1.50 $0.2772 $0.885 $0.57 $1.005 $0.675 North Europe northeurope $1.50 $0.2772 $0.96 $0.57 $1.095 $0.69 Spain Central spaincentral $1.50 $0.2772 $0.885 $0.57 $1.005 $0.675 West US westus $1.50 $0.2772 $0.96 $0.57 $1.095 $0.675 Central US centralus $1.532 $0.2828 $0.8678 $0.5153 $0.9881 $0.6097 Central India centralindia $1.542 $0.285 $0.9098 $0.586 $1.033 $0.6939 Italy North italynorth $1.572 $0.2905 $0.9275 $0.5974 $1.053 $0.7074 France Central francecentral $1.578 $0.2916 $0.9311 $0.5997 $1.057 $0.7101 UK South uksouth $1.578 $0.2916 $1.01 $0.5997 $1.152 $0.7101 Japan East japaneast $1.596 $0.2949 $0.9417 $0.6065 $1.069 $0.7182 Korea Central koreacentral $1.596 $0.2949 $0.9417 $0.6065 $1.069 $0.7182 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $1.62 $0.2994 $0.9558 $0.6156 $1.085 $0.729 Poland Central polandcentral $1.62 $0.2994 $0.9558 $0.6156 $1.085 $0.729 West Europe westeurope $1.62 $0.2994 $1.037 $0.6156 $1.183 $0.7452 Australia East australiaeast $1.626 $0.3005 $0.9594 $0.6179 $1.089 $0.7317 Southeast Asia southeastasia $1.626 $0.3005 $0.9594 $0.6179 $1.089 $0.7317 Taiwan North taiwannorth $1.626 $0.3005 $0.9594 $0.6179 $1.089 $0.7317 South Central US southcentralus $1.627 $0.3007 $1.041 $0.6183 $1.188 $0.7322 UAE North uaenorth $1.65 $0.3049 $0.9735 $0.627 $1.105 $0.7425 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $1.695 $0.3132 $1.00 $0.6441 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $1.695 $0.3132 $1.00 $0.6441 – – South Africa North southafricanorth $1.782 $0.3293 $1.051 $0.6772 $1.194 $0.8019 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $1.782 $0.3293 $1.051 $0.6772 $1.194 $0.8019 East Asia eastasia $1.788 $0.3304 $1.055 $0.6795 $1.198 $0.8046 Norway East norwayeast $1.939 $0.3583 $1.144 $0.7368 $1.299 $0.8726 Brazil South brazilsouth $2.16 $0.3992 $1.274 $0.8208 $1.447 $0.972
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $1.356 $0.8678 $0.5153 Windows $1.908 $1.42 $1.067
Compute Value vCPUs 12 Physical cores 6 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 96
Networking Value Network 18.75 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 6
Storage Value Storage 9 x 960 GiB temp NVMe SSD Local NVMe 8,046 GiB Max data disks 16 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 26,400 Max disk throughput (uncached) 900 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_L12aos_v4 Family Laosv4 Category Storage optimized VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series laosv4-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .