Standard_F8ams_v6vsStandard_F8ams_v7

Standard_F8ams_v6 and Standard_F8ams_v7 cost the same on demand in East US, $0.716 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_F8ams_v6Standard_F8ams_v7
On-demand$0.716/hr$0.716/hr
Lowest rate$0.1509/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.1389/hr8% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 64 GiB8 vCPUs, 64 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_F8ams_v6Standard_F8ams_v7Standard_F8ams_v7 vs Standard_F8ams_v6
On-demandPay by the hour$0.716$0.716Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.150981% off$0.1389▼ 8%
1-yr reservedNo upfront38% off$0.443938% off$0.4439Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$0.279261% off$0.2792Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$0.486932% off$0.4869Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.336553% off$0.3365Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_F8ams_v6 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_F8ams_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_F8ams_v6Standard_F8ams_v7
vCPUs88
Physical cores88
Threads per core11
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_F8ams_v6Standard_F8ams_v7
Memory (GiB)6464
Networking2 of 3 differStandard_F8ams_v6Standard_F8ams_v7
Network12,500 Mbps25,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces48
Storage3 of 5 differStandard_F8ams_v6Standard_F8ams_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_F8ams_v6Standard_F8ams_v7
FamilyFamsv6Famsv7
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
VM generationsV2V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_F8ams_v6Standard_F8ams_v7
Seriesfamsv6-seriesfamsv7-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_F8ams_v6 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_F8ams_v6Standard_F8ams_v7Difference
Central Indiacentralindia$0.462$0.462Same
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.462$0.462Same
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.716$0.716Same
East US 2eastus2$0.716$0.716Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.716$0.716Same
West US 2westus2$0.716$0.716Same
West US 3westus3$0.716$0.716Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.766$0.766Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.787$0.787Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.799$0.799Same
North Europenortheurope$0.799$0.799Same
Central UScentralus$0.809$0.716▼ 11%
UK Southuksouth$0.832$0.832Same
France Centralfrancecentral$0.841$0.841Same
Italy Northitalynorth$0.841$0.841Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.841$0.841Same
West USwestus$0.841$0.841Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.857$0.857Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.864$0.864Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.866$0.866Same
West Europewesteurope$0.866$0.866Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.882$0.882Same
UAE Northuaenorth$0.882$0.882Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.898$0.898Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.898$0.898Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.898$0.898Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.907$0.907Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.932$0.932Same
Japan Westjapanwest$0.932$0.932Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.957$0.957Same
East Asiaeastasia$0.99$0.99Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$1.023$1.023Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$1.023$1.023Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$1.148$1.148Same

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

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