Standard_M128vsStandard_M128s

Standard_M128 and Standard_M128s cost the same on demand in East US, $13.338 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_M128Standard_M128s
On-demand$13.338/hr$13.338/hr
Lowest rate$2.465/hrSpot, can be interrupted$2.465/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size128 vCPUs, 2048 GiB128 vCPUs, 2048 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_M128sStandard_M128s vs Standard_M128
On-demandPay by the hour$13.338$13.338Same
SpotCan be interrupted82% off$2.46582% off$2.465Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$7.6742% off$7.67Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront72% off$3.73272% off$3.732Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$9.20231% off$9.202Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment65% off$4.66765% off$4.667Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_M128 leads
Temp disk14,336 GiB vs 4,096 GiB
3.5× higher
Where Standard_M128s leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

4 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 6 matchStandard_M128Standard_M128s
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
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_M128Standard_M128s
Memory (GiB)2,0482,048
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_M128Standard_M128s
Network32,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage2 of 7 differStandard_M128Standard_M128s
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_M128s
FamilyMMs
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
OtherAll 2 matchStandard_M128Standard_M128s
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_M128sDifference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$13.338$13.338Same
East US 2eastus2$13.338$13.338Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$13.338$13.338Same
West US 2westus2$13.338$13.338Same
West US 3westus3$13.338$13.338Same
Central Indiacentralindia$13.762$13.762Same
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$13.762$13.762Same
Jio India Westjioindiawest$13.762$13.762Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$14.672$14.672Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$14.672$14.672Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$14.672$14.672Same
Central UScentralus$15.072$15.072Same
North Europenortheurope$16.006$16.006Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$16.006$16.006Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$16.006$16.006Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$16.006$16.006Same
France Centralfrancecentral$16.806$16.806Same
UK Southuksouth$16.806$16.806Same
UK Westukwest$16.806$16.806Same
West USwestus$17.339$17.339Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$17.406$17.406Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$17.406$17.406Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$17.606$17.606Same
UAE Northuaenorth$17.606$17.606Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$17.61$17.61Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$17.873$17.873Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$18.673$18.673Same
Italy Northitalynorth$18.673$18.673Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$18.673$18.673Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$18.673$18.673Same
West Europewesteurope$18.673$18.673Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$18.673$18.673Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$19.073$19.073Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$19.34$19.34Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$19.34$19.34Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$19.34$19.34Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$19.34$19.34Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$19.34$19.34Same
Japan Westjapanwest$19.34$19.34Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$19.34$19.34Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$19.34$19.34Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$19.34$19.34Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$19.34$19.34Same
South Indiasouthindia$20.207$20.207Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$20.307$20.307Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$20.54$20.54Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$20.807$20.807Same
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$22.408$22.408Same
East Asiaeastasia$24.177$24.177Same
Germany Northgermanynorth$24.276$24.276Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$26.009$26.009Same
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$26.702$26.702Same
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$30.01$30.01Same

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