Standard_NC12s_v3
Standard_NC12s_v3 is an Azure VM size with 12 vCPUs, 224 GiB memory, 2 GPUs (Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 (Broadwell)). In East US it costs $6.12 per hour on demand ($4,467.60 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $1.131 per hour. It is sold in 25 regions.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East US eastus | $6.12 | $1.131 | $4.486 | $3.256 |
| East US 2 eastus2 | $6.12 | $1.131 | $4.60 | $3.545 |
| West US 2 westus2 | $6.12 | $1.131 | $4.486 | $3.256 |
| West US 3 westus3 | $6.12 | $1.131 | $4.60 | $3.545 |
| North Europe northeurope | $6.61 | $1.222 | $4.858 | $3.524 |
| Canada Central canadacentral | $6.732 | $1.244 | $4.935 | $3.582 |
| South Central US southcentralus | $6.732 | $1.244 | $5.06 | $3.899 |
| Central US centralus | $6.916 | $1.278 | $5.199 | $4.006 |
| France Central francecentral | $7.16 | $1.323 | $5.382 | $4.147 |
| UK South uksouth | $7.178 | $1.327 | $5.261 | $4.157 |
| US Gov Arizona usgovarizona | $7.344 | $1.357 | – | – |
| US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia | $7.344 | $1.357 | – | – |
| West Europe westeurope | $7.646 | $1.413 | $5.604 | $4.068 |
| West US westus | $7.956 | $1.47 | $5.981 | $4.608 |
| Japan East japaneast | $8.388 | $1.55 | $6.305 | $4.661 |
| Israel Central israelcentral | $8.411 | $1.554 | – | – |
| Qatar Central qatarcentral | $8.411 | $1.554 | – | – |
| Switzerland North switzerlandnorth | $8.411 | $1.554 | $6.322 | $4.872 |
| Australia East australiaeast | $8.468 | $1.565 | $6.365 | $4.706 |
| Central India centralindia | $8.468 | $1.565 | $6.365 | $4.905 |
| Jio India West jioindiawest | $8.468 | – | – | – |
| Korea Central koreacentral | $8.468 | $1.565 | $6.365 | $4.706 |
| Southeast Asia southeastasia | $8.468 | $1.565 | $6.365 | $4.706 |
| East Asia eastasia | $9.486 | $1.753 | $7.131 | $5.494 |
| Brazil South brazilsouth | $12.24 | $2.262 | – | – |
Prices by operating system in East US
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $6.12 | – | – |
| Windows | $6.672 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 12 |
| Physical cores | 12 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 (Broadwell) |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 224 |
| Accelerators | Value |
|---|---|
| GPUs | 2 |
| GPU | NVIDIA Tesla V100 (16 GB) |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Accelerated networking | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 8 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | 1474 GiB temp SSD |
| Temp disk | 1,474 GiB |
| Max data disks | 24 |
| Premium SSD | Yes |
| Max disk IOPS (uncached) | 40,000 |
| Max disk throughput (uncached) | 600 MB/s |
| Ephemeral OS disk | Yes |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | Standard_NC12s_v3 |
| Family | NCsv3 |
| Category | GPU accelerated |
| VM generations | V1, V2 |
| Encryption at host | Yes |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Series | ncv3-series |
| Specs source | Azure Resource SKUs API |
Other NCsv3 sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_NC6s_v3 | 6 | 112 | $3.06 |
| Standard_NC12s_v3 | 12 | 224 | $6.12 |
| Standard_NC24s_v3 | 24 | 448 | $12.24 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.