Standard_M8-4ms
Standard_M8-4ms is an Azure VM size with 4 vCPUs, 218.75 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3 (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8280M (Cascade Lake)). In East US it costs $1.536 per hour on demand ($1,121.65 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.8836 per hour, 42% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2839 per hour. It is sold in 53 regions; the cheapest is West US 3 at $1.536 per hour.
Prices by region
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West US 3 westus3 | $1.536 | $0.2839 | $0.8836 | $0.4299 | $1.06 | $0.5374 |
| East US eastus | $1.536 | $0.2839 | $0.8836 | $0.4299 | $1.06 | $0.5376 |
| East US 2 eastus2 | $1.536 | $0.2839 | $0.8836 | $0.4299 | $1.06 | $0.5376 |
| North Central US northcentralus | $1.536 | $0.2839 | $0.8836 | $0.4299 | $1.06 | $0.5376 |
| West US 2 westus2 | $1.536 | $0.2839 | $0.8836 | $0.4299 | $1.06 | $0.5376 |
| Central India centralindia | $1.585 | $0.2929 | $0.9116 | $0.4435 | $1.093 | $0.5546 |
| Jio India Central jioindiacentral | $1.585 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Jio India West jioindiawest | $1.585 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Canada Central canadacentral | $1.69 | $0.3123 | $0.9719 | $0.4729 | $1.166 | $0.5914 |
| Canada East canadaeast | $1.69 | $0.3123 | $0.9719 | $0.4729 | $1.166 | $0.5914 |
| Mexico Central mexicocentral | $1.692 | $0.3127 | $0.9729 | $0.4738 | $1.167 | $0.5921 |
| Central US centralus | $1.736 | $0.3208 | $0.9985 | $0.4857 | $1.198 | $0.6074 |
| North Europe northeurope | $1.844 | $0.3407 | $1.06 | $0.5158 | $1.272 | $0.6451 |
| US Gov Arizona usgovarizona | $1.844 | $0.3407 | $1.06 | $0.5158 | – | – |
| US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia | $1.844 | $0.3407 | $1.06 | $0.5158 | – | – |
| South Central US southcentralus | $1.844 | $0.3408 | $1.06 | $0.5158 | $1.272 | $0.6452 |
| France Central francecentral | $1.936 | $0.3578 | $1.113 | $0.5416 | $1.336 | $0.6774 |
| UK South uksouth | $1.936 | $0.3578 | $1.113 | $0.5416 | $1.336 | $0.6774 |
| UK West ukwest | $1.936 | $0.3578 | $1.113 | $0.5416 | $1.336 | $0.6774 |
| West US westus | $1.997 | $0.369 | $1.149 | $0.5588 | $1.378 | $0.6988 |
| Indonesia Central indonesiacentral | $2.005 | $0.3705 | $1.153 | $0.561 | $1.383 | $0.7016 |
| Malaysia West malaysiawest | $2.005 | $0.3705 | $1.153 | $0.561 | $1.383 | $0.7016 |
| Israel Central israelcentral | $2.028 | $0.3748 | $1.166 | $0.5674 | $1.399 | $0.7096 |
| UAE North uaenorth | $2.028 | $0.3748 | $1.166 | $0.5674 | $1.399 | $0.7096 |
| Qatar Central qatarcentral | $2.03 | $0.3751 | $1.166 | $0.5674 | $1.401 | $0.7103 |
| South Africa North southafricanorth | $2.059 | $0.3805 | $1.184 | $0.576 | $1.421 | $0.7204 |
| Germany West Central germanywestcentral | $2.151 | $0.3975 | $1.237 | $0.6018 | $1.484 | $0.7526 |
| Poland Central polandcentral | $2.151 | $0.3975 | $1.237 | $0.6018 | $1.484 | $0.7526 |
| Sweden Central swedencentral | $2.151 | $0.3975 | $1.237 | $0.6018 | $1.484 | $0.7526 |
| Italy North italynorth | $2.151 | $0.3975 | $1.237 | $0.6018 | $1.484 | $0.7527 |
| West Europe westeurope | $2.151 | $0.3975 | $1.237 | $0.6018 | $1.484 | $0.7527 |
| Spain Central spaincentral | $2.154 | $0.398 | $1.238 | $0.603 | $1.486 | $0.7535 |
| Norway East norwayeast | $2.197 | $0.406 | $1.264 | $0.6147 | $1.516 | $0.7687 |
| Australia Central australiacentral | $2.228 | $0.4117 | $1.281 | $0.6233 | $1.537 | $0.7795 |
| Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 | $2.228 | $0.2228 | $1.281 | $0.6233 | $1.537 | $0.7795 |
| Australia East australiaeast | $2.228 | $0.4117 | $1.281 | $0.6233 | $1.537 | $0.7795 |
| Australia Southeast australiasoutheast | $2.228 | $0.4117 | $1.281 | $0.6233 | $1.537 | $0.7795 |
| Japan East japaneast | $2.228 | $0.4117 | $1.281 | $0.6233 | $1.537 | $0.7795 |
| Japan West japanwest | $2.228 | $0.4117 | $1.281 | $0.6233 | $1.537 | $0.7795 |
| Southeast Asia southeastasia | $2.228 | $0.4117 | $1.281 | $0.6233 | $1.537 | $0.7795 |
| Korea Central koreacentral | $2.228 | $0.4117 | $1.281 | $0.6233 | $1.537 | $0.7796 |
| Korea South koreasouth | $2.228 | $0.4117 | $1.281 | $0.6233 | $1.537 | $0.7796 |
| Taiwan North taiwannorth | $2.231 | $0.4122 | $1.282 | $0.6245 | $1.539 | $0.7805 |
| South India southindia | $2.305 | $0.426 | $1.339 | $0.6512 | $1.59 | $0.8065 |
| New Zealand North newzealandnorth | $2.339 | $0.4323 | $1.345 | $0.6545 | $1.614 | $0.8185 |
| Switzerland North switzerlandnorth | $2.366 | $0.4373 | $1.329 | $0.6466 | $1.632 | $0.8279 |
| UAE Central uaecentral | $2.397 | $0.443 | $1.378 | $0.6706 | $1.654 | $0.8387 |
| South Africa West southafricawest | $2.581 | $0.477 | $1.484 | $0.7221 | $1.781 | $0.9031 |
| East Asia eastasia | $2.785 | $0.5146 | $1.409 | $0.6855 | $1.921 | $0.9744 |
| Germany North germanynorth | $2.796 | $0.5167 | $1.608 | $0.7822 | $1.929 | $0.9783 |
| Brazil South brazilsouth | $2.996 | $0.5537 | $1.723 | $0.8382 | $2.067 | $1.048 |
| Switzerland West switzerlandwest | $3.076 | $0.5684 | $1.728 | $0.8406 | $2.122 | $1.076 |
| Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast | $3.457 | $0.6389 | $1.988 | $0.9672 | $2.385 | $1.21 |
Prices by operating system in East US
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $1.536 | $0.8836 | $0.4299 |
| Windows | $2.107 | $1.454 | $1.00 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 4 |
| Physical cores | 2 |
| Threads per core | 2 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3 (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8280M (Cascade Lake) |
| ACU (compute units) | 160 |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 218.75 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | 2 Gbps |
| Accelerated networking | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 2 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | 256 GiB temp SSD |
| Temp disk | 256 GiB |
| Max data disks | 8 |
| Premium SSD | Yes |
| Max disk IOPS (uncached) | 5,000 |
| Max disk throughput (uncached) | 125 MB/s |
| Ephemeral OS disk | Yes |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | Standard_M8-4ms |
| Family | Mms |
| Category | Memory optimized |
| VM generations | V1, V2 |
| Encryption at host | Yes |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Series | m-series |
| Specs source | Azure Resource SKUs API |
Other Mms sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_M8-2ms | 2 | 218.75 | $1.536 |
| Standard_M8-4ms | 4 | 218.75 | $1.536 |
| Standard_M16-4ms | 4 | 437.5 | $3.073 |
| Standard_M8ms | 8 | 218.75 | $1.536 |
| Standard_M16-8ms | 8 | 437.5 | $3.073 |
| Standard_M32-8ms | 8 | 875 | $6.146 |
| Standard_M16ms | 16 | 437.5 | $3.073 |
| Standard_M32-16ms | 16 | 875 | $6.146 |
| Standard_M64-16ms | 16 | 1792 | $10.337 |
| Standard_M32ms | 32 | 875 | $6.146 |
| Standard_M64-32ms | 32 | 1792 | $10.337 |
| Standard_M128-32ms | 32 | 3892 | $26.688 |
| Standard_M64ms | 64 | 1792 | $10.337 |
| Standard_M128-64ms | 64 | 3892 | $26.688 |
| Standard_M128ms | 128 | 3892 | $26.688 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.