Instances Azure VM Standard_M12ds-6_v3 Standard_M12ds-6_v3
Standard_M12ds-6_v3 is an Azure VM size with 12 vCPUs. In East US it costs $1.63 per hour on demand ($1,189.90 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.9481 per hour, 42% less. Spot capacity is about $0.326 per hour. It is sold in 11 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 $1.63 $0.326 $0.9481 $0.4577 $1.125 $0.5703 East US 2 eastus2 $1.63 $0.326 $0.9481 $0.4577 $1.125 $0.5703 West US 2 westus2 $1.63 $0.326 $0.9481 $0.4577 $1.125 $0.5703 Australia East australiaeast $1.955 $0.391 $1.137 $0.549 $1.349 $0.6841 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $1.956 $0.3912 $1.138 $0.5492 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $1.956 $0.3912 $1.138 $0.5492 – – North Europe northeurope $1.96 $0.392 $1.14 $0.5504 $1.352 $0.6858 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $2.053 $0.4106 $1.194 $0.5764 $1.416 $0.7183 West Europe westeurope $2.28 $0.456 $1.326 $0.6402 $1.573 $0.7978 Korea Central koreacentral $2.366 $0.4733 $1.376 $0.6645 $1.633 $0.828 East Asia eastasia $2.53 $0.5059 $1.471 $0.7103 $1.745 $0.8851
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $1.63 $0.9481 $0.4577 Windows $1.906 $1.224 $0.7337
Compute Value vCPUs 12 Architecture x86_64
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_M12ds-6_v3 Family M12ds-6_v3
Other Value Specs source derived from size name
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .