Standard_M128vsStandard_M128ms

Standard_M128 is 50% cheaper than Standard_M128ms on demand in East US, saving $9,745.50 a month.

At a glanceStandard_M128Standard_M128ms
On-demand$13.338/hr50% less$26.688/hr
Lowest rate$2.465/hr50% lessSpot, can be interrupted$4.932/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size128 vCPUs, 2048 GiB128 vCPUs, 3892 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon E7-8890 v3 (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8280M (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3 (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8280M (Cascade Lake)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in East US

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

OptionStandard_M128Standard_M128msStandard_M128ms vs Standard_M128
On-demandPay by the hour$13.338$26.688▲ 100%
SpotCan be interrupted82% off$2.46582% off$4.932▲ 100%
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$7.6743% off$15.306▲ 100%
3-yr reservedNo upfront72% off$3.73272% off$7.446▲ 100%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$9.20231% off$18.412▲ 100%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment65% off$4.66765% off$9.338▲ 100%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_M128 leads
On-demand price$13.338 vs $26.688 per hour
50% cheaper
Temp disk14,336 GiB vs 4,096 GiB
3.5× higher
Where Standard_M128ms leads
Memory (GiB)3,892 vs 2,048
90% higher

Specs

5 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 6 matchStandard_M128Standard_M128ms
vCPUs128128
Physical cores6464
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E7-8890 v3 (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8280M (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon E7-8890 v3 (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8280M (Cascade Lake)
ACU (compute units)160160
Memory1 of 1 differStandard_M128Standard_M128ms
Memory (GiB)2,0483,892
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_M128Standard_M128ms
Network32,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage2 of 7 differStandard_M128Standard_M128ms
Storage14336 GiB temp SSD4096 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk14,336 GiB4,096 GiB
Max data disks6464
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)80,00080,000
Max disk throughput (uncached)2,000 MB/s2,000 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesYes
Instance details1 of 4 differStandard_M128Standard_M128ms
FamilyMMms
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
OtherAll 2 matchStandard_M128Standard_M128ms
Seriesm-seriesm-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_M128 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_M128Standard_M128msDifference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$13.338$26.688▲ 100%
East US 2eastus2$13.338$26.688▲ 100%
North Central USnorthcentralus$13.338$26.688▲ 100%
West US 2westus2$13.338$26.688▲ 100%
West US 3westus3$13.338$26.688▲ 100%
Central Indiacentralindia$13.762$27.524▲ 100%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$13.762$27.524▲ 100%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$13.762$27.524▲ 100%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$14.672$29.357▲ 100%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$14.672$29.357▲ 100%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$14.672$28.693▲ 96%
Central UScentralus$15.072$30.157▲ 100%
North Europenortheurope$16.006$32.026▲ 100%
South Central USsouthcentralus$16.006$32.026▲ 100%
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$16.006$32.026▲ 100%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$16.006$32.026▲ 100%
France Centralfrancecentral$16.806$33.627▲ 100%
UK Southuksouth$16.806$33.624▲ 100%
UK Westukwest$16.806$33.624▲ 100%
West USwestus$17.339$34.694▲ 100%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$17.406$34.828▲ 100%
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$17.406$34.828▲ 100%
Israel Centralisraelcentral$17.606$35.228▲ 100%
UAE Northuaenorth$17.606$35.228▲ 100%
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$17.61$35.23▲ 100%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$17.873$35.762▲ 100%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$18.673$37.344▲ 100%
Italy Northitalynorth$18.673$37.363▲ 100%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$18.673$37.344▲ 100%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$18.673$37.363▲ 100%
West Europewesteurope$18.673$37.363▲ 100%
Spain Centralspaincentral$18.673$36.519▲ 96%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$19.073$38.164▲ 100%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$19.34$38.698▲ 100%
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$19.34$38.698▲ 100%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$19.34$38.698▲ 100%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$19.34$38.698▲ 100%
Japan Eastjapaneast$19.34$38.698▲ 100%
Japan Westjapanwest$19.34$38.698▲ 100%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$19.34$38.698▲ 100%
Korea Southkoreasouth$19.34$38.698▲ 100%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$19.34$38.698▲ 100%
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$19.34$37.823▲ 96%
South Indiasouthindia$20.207$40.44▲ 100%
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$20.307$40.633▲ 100%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$20.54$41.099▲ 100%
UAE Centraluaecentral$20.807$41.633▲ 100%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$22.408$44.836▲ 100%
East Asiaeastasia$24.177$48.376▲ 100%
Germany Northgermanynorth$24.276$48.547▲ 100%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$26.009$52.042▲ 100%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$26.702$53.43▲ 100%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$30.01$60.048▲ 100%

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