Instances Azure VM Standard_M96s_2_v3 Standard_M96s_2_v3
Standard_M96s_2_v3 is an Azure VM size with 96 vCPUs, 1946 GiB memory (Intel Xeon 4th Gen Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)). In East US it costs $12.45 per hour on demand ($9,088.50 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $7.241 per hour, 42% less. Spot capacity is about $2.301 per hour. It is sold in 33 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 $12.45 $2.301 $7.241 $3.496 $8.589 $4.356 East US 2 eastus2 $12.45 $2.301 $7.241 $3.496 $8.589 $4.356 North Central US northcentralus $12.45 $2.301 $7.244 $3.497 $8.589 $4.356 West US 2 westus2 $12.45 $2.301 $7.241 $3.496 $8.589 $4.356 West US 3 westus3 $12.45 $2.301 $7.24 $3.50 $8.589 $4.356 India South Central indiasouthcentral $12.773 $2.361 $7.429 $3.587 $8.812 $4.469 Central India centralindia $12.823 $2.37 $7.458 $3.601 $8.847 $4.487 Jio India West jioindiawest $12.823 – – – $8.847 $4.487 Canada Central canadacentral $13.695 $2.531 $7.965 $3.846 $9.448 $4.792 Central US centralus $14.069 $2.60 $7.241 $3.496 $9.706 $4.923 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $14.566 $2.692 $8.472 $4.09 $10.049 $5.097 Malaysia West malaysiawest $14.566 $2.692 $8.472 $4.09 $10.049 $5.097 Australia East australiaeast $14.92 $2.757 $8.678 $4.19 $10.294 $5.221 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $14.94 $2.761 $8.689 $4.195 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $14.94 $2.761 $8.689 $4.195 – – South Central US southcentralus $14.94 $2.761 $8.689 $4.195 $10.307 $5.228 North Europe northeurope $14.95 $2.763 $8.695 $4.198 $10.314 $5.231 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $15.666 $2.895 $9.111 $4.399 $10.808 $5.482 UK South uksouth $15.69 $2.90 $9.127 $4.407 $10.825 $5.49 Southeast Asia southeastasia $16.185 $2.991 $9.413 $4.545 $11.166 $5.663 West US westus $16.185 $2.991 $9.413 $4.545 $11.166 $5.663 Taiwan North taiwannorth $16.19 $2.992 $9.417 $4.546 $11.169 $5.665 UAE North uaenorth $16.44 $3.038 $9.56 $4.62 $11.342 $5.752 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $17.43 $3.221 $10.137 $4.894 $12.025 $6.099 Sweden Central swedencentral $17.43 $3.221 $10.137 $4.894 $12.025 $6.099 West Europe westeurope $17.44 $3.223 $10.143 $4.897 $12.032 $6.102 Japan East japaneast $18.052 $3.336 $10.499 $5.069 $12.454 $6.317 Japan West japanwest $18.052 $3.336 $10.499 $5.069 $12.454 $6.317 Korea Central koreacentral $18.059 $3.337 $10.503 $5.071 $12.459 $6.319 South India southindia $18.81 $3.476 $10.938 $5.281 $12.977 $6.582 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $19.18 $3.545 $11.155 $5.386 $13.232 $6.711 East Asia eastasia $19.304 $3.567 $11.227 $5.421 $13.318 $6.755 Brazil South brazilsouth $24.277 $4.487 $14.12 $6.817 $16.749 $8.495
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $12.45 $7.241 $3.496 Windows $16.87 $11.661 $7.916
Compute Value vCPUs 96 Physical cores 48 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon 4th Gen Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 1946
Networking Value Network 30 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 8
Storage Value Max data disks 64 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 130,000 Max disk throughput (uncached) 3,120 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_M96s_2_v3 Family Ms2v3 Category Memory optimized VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series msv3-mm-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .