Standard_L8s_v4

Standard_L8s_v4 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.696 per hour on demand ($508.08 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.4245 per hour, 39% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1461 per hour. It is sold in 41 regions.

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
East US eastus$0.696$0.1461$0.4245$0.2784$0.5081$0.348
East US 2 eastus2$0.698$0.129$0.4258$0.2792$0.5095$0.349
West US 2 westus2$0.698$0.129$0.4258$0.2792$0.5095$0.349
West US 3 westus3$0.698$0.129$0.4258$0.2792$0.5095$0.349
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.728$0.1345$0.4441$0.2912$0.5314$0.364
Spain Central spaincentral$0.757$0.1399$0.4616$0.3027$0.5526$0.3785
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.766$0.1416$0.467$0.3062$0.5592$0.383
Canada Central canadacentral$0.768$0.1419$0.4685$0.3072$0.5606$0.384
North Europe northeurope$0.768$0.1419$0.4685$0.3072$0.5606$0.384
West US westus$0.768$0.1419$0.4685$0.3072$0.5606$0.384
Central US centralus$0.786$0.1451$0.4245$0.2784$0.5062$0.3466
India South Central indiasouthcentral$0.789$0.1458$0.4815$0.3157$0.576$0.4024
Central India centralindia$0.792$0.1464$0.4831$0.3168$0.5782$0.396
France Central francecentral$0.808$0.1493$0.4929$0.3232$0.5898$0.404
UK South uksouth$0.808$0.1493$0.4929$0.3232$0.5898$0.404
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$0.814$0.1504$0.4967$0.3257$0.5942$0.407
Malaysia West malaysiawest$0.814$0.1504$0.4967$0.3257$0.5942$0.407
Japan East japaneast$0.818$0.1512$0.499$0.3272$0.5971$0.409
Korea Central koreacentral$0.818$0.1512$0.499$0.3272$0.589$0.409
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.832$0.1538$0.5075$0.3328$0.6074$0.416
Italy North italynorth$0.832$0.1538$0.5075$0.3328$0.599$0.416
Poland Central polandcentral$0.832$0.1538$0.5075$0.3328$0.6074$0.416
West Europe westeurope$0.832$0.1538$0.5075$0.3328$0.6074$0.416
Australia Central australiacentral$0.834$0.1541$0.5087$0.3336$0.6088$0.417
North Central US northcentralus$0.835$0.1543$0.5095$0.3341$0.6096$0.4175
South Central US southcentralus$0.835$0.1543$0.5094$0.334$0.6096$0.4175
Australia East australiaeast$0.836$0.1545$0.5099$0.3344$0.6103$0.418
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.836$0.1545$0.5099$0.3344$0.6103$0.418
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.836$0.1545$0.5099$0.3344$0.6103$0.418
West Central US westcentralus$0.838$0.1549$0.5112$0.3352$0.6117$0.419
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.844$0.156$0.5148$0.3376$0.6161$0.422
UAE North uaenorth$0.844$0.156$0.5148$0.3376$0.6161$0.422
UK West ukwest$0.845$0.1562$0.5154$0.338$0.6169$0.4225
New Zealand North newzealandnorth$0.878$0.1623$0.5355$0.3511$0.6409$0.439
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.907$0.1676$0.5533$0.3628$0.6621$0.4535
Norway East norwayeast$0.915$0.1691$0.5582$0.3661$0.668$0.4575
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.916$0.1693$0.5588$0.3664$0.6687$0.458
South India southindia$0.984$0.1818$0.6003$0.3937$0.7183$0.5018
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.998$0.1844$0.6088$0.3992$0.7285$0.499
East Asia eastasia$1.079$0.1994$0.6581$0.4315$0.7877$0.5395
Brazil South brazilsouth$1.112$0.2055$0.6783$0.4448$0.8118$0.556

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.696$0.4245$0.2784
Windows$1.064$0.7925$0.6464

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)64
NetworkingValue
Network12.5 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces4
StorageValue
Storage4 x 480 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Local NVMe1,788 GiB
Max data disks24
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)12,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)424 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYes
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_L8s_v4
FamilyLsv4
CategoryStorage optimized
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Serieslsv4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

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SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
Standard_L2s_v4216$0.174
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Standard_L32s_v432256$2.784
Standard_L48s_v448384$4.176
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Standard_L80s_v480640$6.96
Standard_L96s_v496768$8.352

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.