Standard_F8als_v6vsStandard_F8als_v7

Standard_F8als_v6 and Standard_F8als_v7 cost the same on demand in East US, $0.484 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_F8als_v6Standard_F8als_v7
On-demand$0.484/hr$0.484/hr
Lowest rate$0.102/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0939/hr8% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 16 GiB8 vCPUs, 16 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in East US

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

OptionStandard_F8als_v6Standard_F8als_v7Standard_F8als_v7 vs Standard_F8als_v6
On-demandPay by the hour$0.484$0.484Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.10281% off$0.0939▼ 8%
1-yr reservedNo upfront38% off$0.300138% off$0.3001Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.183962% off$0.1839Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment33% off$0.324333% off$0.3243Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment56% off$0.21356% off$0.213Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_F8als_v6 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_F8als_v7 leads
Max data disks48 vs 16
3× higher
Max network interfaces8 vs 4
2× higher

Specs

8 of 20 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 5 differStandard_F8als_v6Standard_F8als_v7
vCPUs88
Physical cores88
Threads per core11
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_F8als_v6Standard_F8als_v7
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking2 of 3 differStandard_F8als_v6Standard_F8als_v7
Network12,500 Mbps25,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces48
Storage3 of 5 differStandard_F8als_v6Standard_F8als_v7
Max data disks1648
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)15,20032,000
Max disk throughput (uncached)360 MB/s936 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoNo
Instance details1 of 4 differStandard_F8als_v6Standard_F8als_v7
FamilyFalsv6Falsv7
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
VM generationsV2V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_F8als_v6Standard_F8als_v7
Seriesfalsv6-seriesfalsv7-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_F8als_v6 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_F8als_v6Standard_F8als_v7Difference
Central Indiacentralindia$0.313$0.313Same
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.313$0.313Same
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.484$0.484Same
East US 2eastus2$0.484$0.484Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.484$0.484Same
West US 2westus2$0.484$0.484Same
West US 3westus3$0.484$0.484Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.518$0.518Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.532$0.532Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.54$0.54Same
North Europenortheurope$0.54$0.54Same
Central UScentralus$0.546$0.484▼ 11%
UK Southuksouth$0.562$0.562Same
France Centralfrancecentral$0.568$0.568Same
Italy Northitalynorth$0.568$0.568Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.568$0.568Same
West USwestus$0.568$0.568Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.579$0.579Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.584$0.584Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.585$0.585Same
West Europewesteurope$0.585$0.585Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.596$0.596Same
UAE Northuaenorth$0.596$0.596Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.607$0.607Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.607$0.607Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.607$0.607Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.613$0.613Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.63$0.63Same
Japan Westjapanwest$0.63$0.63Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.646$0.646Same
East Asiaeastasia$0.67$0.67Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.692$0.692Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.692$0.692Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.776$0.776Same

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