Standard_F8vsStandard_F8s

Standard_F8 and Standard_F8s cost the same on demand in East US, $0.398 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_F8Standard_F8s
On-demand$0.398/hr$0.398/hr
Lowest rate$0.0926/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0926/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 16 GiB8 vCPUs, 16 GiB
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in East US

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

OptionStandard_F8Standard_F8sStandard_F8s vs Standard_F8
On-demandPay by the hour$0.398$0.398Same
SpotCan be interrupted77% off$0.092677% off$0.0926Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$0.274631% off$0.2746Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.187153% off$0.1871Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_F8 leads
Temp disk128 GiB vs 32 GiB
4× higher
Where Standard_F8s leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

7 of 19 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 5 matchStandard_F8Standard_F8s
vCPUs88
Physical cores88
Threads per core11
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ACU (compute units)210210
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_F8Standard_F8s
Memory (GiB)1616
NetworkingAll 2 matchStandard_F8Standard_F8s
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage3 of 6 differStandard_F8Standard_F8s
Temp disk128 GiB32 GiB
Max data disks3232
Premium SSDNoYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)25,60025,600
Max disk throughput (uncached)384 MB/s384 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoYes
Instance details4 of 4 differStandard_F8Standard_F8s
FamilyFFs
VM generationsV1V1, V2
Encryption at hostNoYes
Retirement date2028-11-162028-11-15
OtherAll 1 matchStandard_F8Standard_F8s
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_F8 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_F8Standard_F8sDifference
Central Indiacentralindia$0.395$0.395Same
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.395$0.395Same
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.395$0.395Same
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.398$0.398Same
East US 2eastus2$0.398$0.398Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.398$0.398Same
West US 2westus2$0.398$0.398Same
West US 3westus3$0.398$0.398Same
France Centralfrancecentral$0.404$0.404Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.408$0.408Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.408$0.408Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.415$0.415Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.416$0.416Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.416$0.416Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.437$0.437Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.437$0.437Same
Central UScentralus$0.438$0.438Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.438$0.438Same
West Central USwestcentralus$0.438$0.438Same
West Indiawestindia$0.439$0.439Same
North Europenortheurope$0.452$0.452Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.454$0.454Same
Italy Northitalynorth$0.454$0.454Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.454$0.454Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.454$0.454Same
UK Southuksouth$0.454$0.454Same
West Europewesteurope$0.454$0.454Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.456$0.456Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.462$0.462Same
UK Westukwest$0.475$0.475Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.478$0.478Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.478$0.478Same
UAE Northuaenorth$0.478$0.478Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$0.479$0.479Same
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$0.479$0.479Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.479$0.479Same
South Indiasouthindia$0.483$0.483Same
West USwestus$0.498$0.498Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.499$0.499Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.4994$0.4994Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.504$0.504Same
Japan Westjapanwest$0.504$0.504Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.521$0.521Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.521$0.521Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.521$0.521Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.521$0.521Same
France Southfrancesouth$0.525$0.525Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.533$0.533Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.547$0.547Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.574$0.574Same
East Asiaeastasia$0.578$0.578Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.59$0.59Same
Sweden Southswedensouth$0.591$0.591Same
Germany Northgermanynorth$0.593$0.593Same
Norway Westnorwaywest$0.649$0.649Same
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.6491$0.6491Same
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.669$0.669Same
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.747$0.747Same

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Standard_F8F family
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Azure VM Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.