Standard_F8svsStandard_F8s_v2

Standard_F8s_v2 is 15% cheaper than Standard_F8s on demand in East US, saving $43.80 a month.

At a glanceStandard_F8sStandard_F8s_v2
On-demand$0.398/hr$0.338/hr15% less
Lowest rate$0.0926/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0757/hr18% lessSpot, 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_F8sStandard_F8s_v2Standard_F8s_v2 vs Standard_F8s
On-demandPay by the hour$0.398$0.338▼ 15%
SpotCan be interrupted77% off$0.092678% off$0.0757▼ 18%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$0.274632% off$0.2285▼ 17%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.187156% off$0.1481▼ 21%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_F8s leads
Physical cores8 vs 4
2× higher
Max network interfaces8 vs 4
2× higher
Max data disks32 vs 16
2× higher
Where Standard_F8s_v2 leads
On-demand price$0.338 vs $0.398 per hour
15% cheaper
Temp disk64 GiB vs 32 GiB
2× higher

Specs

14 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 6 differStandard_F8sStandard_F8s_v2
vCPUs88
Physical cores84
Threads per core12
Architecturex86_64x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 (Skylake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
ACU (compute units)210195
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_F8sStandard_F8s_v2
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking2 of 3 differStandard_F8sStandard_F8s_v2
Network–12,500 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces84
Storage5 of 7 differStandard_F8sStandard_F8s_v2
Storage–64 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk32 GiB64 GiB
Max data disks3216
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)25,60012,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)384 MB/s192 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesYes
Instance details2 of 5 differStandard_F8sStandard_F8s_v2
FamilyFsFsv2
Category–Compute optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Retirement date2028-11-152028-11-15
Other1 of 2 differStandard_F8sStandard_F8s_v2
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API
Series–fsv2-series

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_F8s first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_F8sStandard_F8s_v2Difference
Central Indiacentralindia$0.395$0.34▼ 14%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.395$0.34▼ 14%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.395$0.34▼ 14%
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.398$0.338▼ 15%
East US 2eastus2$0.398$0.338▼ 15%
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.398$0.34▼ 15%
West US 2westus2$0.398$0.338▼ 15%
West US 3westus3$0.398$0.338▼ 15%
France Centralfrancecentral$0.404$0.404Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.408$0.384▼ 6%
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.408$0.384▼ 6%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.415$0.371▼ 11%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.416$0.353▼ 15%
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.416$0.353▼ 15%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.437$0.371▼ 15%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.437$0.372▼ 15%
Central UScentralus$0.438$0.408▼ 7%
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.438$0.408▼ 7%
West Central USwestcentralus$0.438$0.408▼ 7%
West Indiawestindia$0.439$0.34▼ 23%
North Europenortheurope$0.452$0.384▼ 15%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.454$0.388▼ 15%
Italy Northitalynorth$0.454$0.388▼ 15%
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.454$0.384▼ 15%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.454$0.388▼ 15%
UK Southuksouth$0.454$0.404▼ 11%
West Europewesteurope$0.454$0.388▼ 15%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.456$0.388▼ 15%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.462$0.392▼ 15%
UK Westukwest$0.475$0.405▼ 15%
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.478$0.404▼ 15%
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.478$0.422▼ 12%
UAE Northuaenorth$0.478$0.422▼ 12%
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$0.479$0.425▼ 11%
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$0.479$0.408▼ 15%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.479$0.408▼ 15%
South Indiasouthindia$0.483$0.374▼ 23%
West USwestus$0.498$0.424▼ 15%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.499$0.427▼ 14%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.4994$0.4268▼ 15%
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.504$0.428▼ 15%
Japan Westjapanwest$0.504$0.469▼ 7%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.521$0.444▼ 15%
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.521$0.444▼ 15%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.521$0.444▼ 15%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.521$0.445▼ 15%
France Southfrancesouth$0.525$0.524Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.533$0.456▼ 14%
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.547$0.466▼ 15%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.574$0.524▼ 9%
East Asiaeastasia$0.578$0.432▼ 25%
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.59$0.504▼ 15%
Sweden Southswedensouth$0.591$0.476▼ 19%
Germany Northgermanynorth$0.593$0.504▼ 15%
Norway Westnorwaywest$0.649$0.632▼ 3%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.6491$0.5541▼ 15%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.669$0.34▼ 49%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.747$0.681▼ 9%

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