Standard_M64vsStandard_M64s

Standard_M64 and Standard_M64s cost the same on demand in East US, $6.669 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_M64Standard_M64s
On-demand$6.669/hr$6.669/hr
Lowest rate$1.232/hrSpot, can be interrupted$1.232/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 1024 GiB64 vCPUs, 1024 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_M64Standard_M64sStandard_M64s vs Standard_M64
On-demandPay by the hour$6.669$6.669Same
SpotCan be interrupted82% off$1.23282% off$1.232Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront42% off$3.83542% off$3.835Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront72% off$1.86672% off$1.866Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$4.60131% off$4.601Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment65% off$2.33365% off$2.333Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_M64 leads
Temp disk7,168 GiB vs 2,048 GiB
3.5× higher
Where Standard_M64s leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

3 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 6 matchStandard_M64Standard_M64s
vCPUs6464
Physical cores3232
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_M64Standard_M64s
Memory (GiB)1,0241,024
NetworkingAll 3 matchStandard_M64Standard_M64s
Network16,000 Mbps16,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage2 of 7 differStandard_M64Standard_M64s
Storage7168 GiB temp SSD2048 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk7,168 GiB2,048 GiB
Max data disks6464
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)40,00040,000
Max disk throughput (uncached)1,000 MB/s1,000 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesYes
Instance details1 of 4 differStandard_M64Standard_M64s
FamilyMMs
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
OtherAll 2 matchStandard_M64Standard_M64s
Seriesm-seriesm-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_M64 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_M64Standard_M64sDifference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$6.669$6.669Same
East US 2eastus2$6.669$6.669Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$6.669$6.669Same
West US 2westus2$6.669$6.669Same
West US 3westus3$6.669$6.669Same
Central Indiacentralindia$6.881$6.881Same
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$6.881$6.881Same
Jio India Westjioindiawest$6.881$6.881Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$7.336$7.336Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$7.336$7.336Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$7.336$7.336Same
Central UScentralus$7.536$7.536Same
North Europenortheurope$8.003$8.003Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$8.003$8.003Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$8.003$8.003Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$8.003$8.003Same
France Centralfrancecentral$8.403$8.403Same
UK Southuksouth$8.403$8.403Same
UK Westukwest$8.403$8.403Same
West USwestus$8.67$8.67Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$8.703$8.703Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$8.703$8.703Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$8.80$8.80Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$8.803$8.803Same
UAE Northuaenorth$8.803$8.803Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$8.936$8.936Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$9.337$9.337Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$9.337$9.337Same
Italy Northitalynorth$9.337$9.337Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$9.337$9.337Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$9.337$9.337Same
West Europewesteurope$9.337$9.337Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$9.537$9.537Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$9.67$9.67Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$9.67$9.67Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$9.67$9.67Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$9.67$9.67Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$9.67$9.67Same
Japan Westjapanwest$9.67$9.67Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$9.67$9.67Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$9.67$9.67Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$9.67$9.67Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$9.67$9.67Same
South Indiasouthindia$10.104$10.104Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$10.153$10.153Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$10.271$10.271Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$10.404$10.404Same
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$11.204$11.204Same
East Asiaeastasia$12.089$12.089Same
Germany Northgermanynorth$12.138$12.138Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$13.005$13.005Same
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$13.352$13.352Same
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$15.005$15.005Same

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