Standard_NV12s_v2vsStandard_NV12s_v3

Standard_NV12s_v2 and Standard_NV12s_v3 cost the same on demand in South Central US, $1.368 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_NV12s_v2Standard_NV12s_v3
On-demand$1.368/hr$1.368/hr
Lowest rate$0.2528/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.2528/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size12 vCPUs, 224 GiB12 vCPUs, 112 GiB
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in South Central US

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

OptionStandard_NV12s_v2Standard_NV12s_v3Standard_NV12s_v3 vs Standard_NV12s_v2
On-demandPay by the hour$1.368$1.368Same
SpotCan be interrupted82% off$0.252882% off$0.2528Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment—17% off$1.139—
3-yr savings planHourly commitment—38% off$0.8439—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_NV12s_v2 leads
Temp disk1,474 GiB vs 736 GiB
2× higher
Physical cores12 vs 6
2× higher
Memory (GiB)224 vs 112
2× higher
Max network interfaces8 vs 4
2× higher
Where Standard_NV12s_v3 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

17 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 5 differStandard_NV12s_v2Standard_NV12s_v3
vCPUs1212
Physical cores126
Threads per core12
Architecturex86_64x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 (Broadwell)
Memory1 of 1 differStandard_NV12s_v2Standard_NV12s_v3
Memory (GiB)224112
Accelerators2 of 2 differStandard_NV12s_v2Standard_NV12s_v3
GPUs21
GPU–NVIDIA Tesla M60 (16 GB)
Networking3 of 3 differStandard_NV12s_v2Standard_NV12s_v3
Network–6,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingNoYes
Max network interfaces84
Storage5 of 7 differStandard_NV12s_v2Standard_NV12s_v3
Storage–320 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk1,474 GiB736 GiB
Max data disks2412
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)40,00020,000
Max disk throughput (uncached)600 MB/s300 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesYes
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_NV12s_v2Standard_NV12s_v3
FamilyNVsv2NVsv3
Category–GPU accelerated
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_NV12s_v2Standard_NV12s_v3
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API
Series–nvv3-series

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_NV12s_v2 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_NV12s_v2Standard_NV12s_v3Difference
South Central USUsed in summarysouthcentralus$1.368$1.368Same
West USwestus$1.534$1.14▼ 26%

Keep exploring

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

Standard_NV12s_v2NVsv2 family
Standard_NV12s_v2 prices and specsEvery size in the NVsv2 family
Standard_NV12s_v3GPU accelerated, NVsv3 family
Standard_NV12s_v3 prices and specsEvery size in the NVsv3 family

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