Standard_M256ls_v4

Standard_M256ls_v4 is an Azure VM size with 256 vCPUs, 3892 GiB memory (Intel Xeon 6th gen Scalable (Granite Rapids)). In East US it costs $31.702 per hour on demand ($23,142.53 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $6.34 per hour. It is sold in 6 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

Region	On-demand	Spot
East US eastus	$31.702	$6.34
East US 2 eastus2	$31.702	$6.34
West US 2 westus2	$31.702	$6.34
West US westus	$41.213	$8.242
Germany West Central germanywestcentral	$44.384	$8.877
West Europe westeurope	$48.822	$9.764

Spot prices by region Windows prices by region

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating system	On-demand /hr	1-yr reserved /hr	3-yr reserved /hr
Linux	$31.702	–	–
Windows	$43.478	–	–

Specs

Compute	Value
vCPUs	256
Architecture	x86_64
Processor	Intel Xeon 6th gen Scalable (Granite Rapids)

Memory	Value
Memory (GiB)	3892

Networking	Value
Network	50 Gbps

Instance details	Value
Instance type	Standard_M256ls_v4
Family	Mlsv4
Category	Memory optimized

Other	Value
Series	msv4-series
Specs source	Microsoft docs

Other Mlsv4 sizes

Size	vCPUs	Memory (GiB)	On-demand /hr
Standard_M16ls_v4	16	256	$2.085
Standard_M24ls_v4	24	–	$3.128
Standard_M32ls_v4	32	512	$3.91
Standard_M48ls_v4	48	768	$6.256
Standard_M64ls_v4	64	1024	$7.934
Standard_M96ls_v4	96	1536	$12.511
Standard_M128ls_v4	128	1944	$15.851
Standard_M192ls_v4	192	3072	$25.023
Standard_M256ls_v4	256	3892	$31.702

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