B12ms

api name Standard_B12ms · Azure Virtual Machines · Bs family

The B12ms is a general purpose Azure Virtual Machines VM size with 12 vCPUs and 48 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon, starting at $0.499 per hour on demand.

general purposex86-64intelburstableprevious generation
vCPUs
12

shared / burstable

memory
48 GiB

4 GiB per vCPU

processor
Intel

x86-64

on-demand
$0.499

$364/mo · eastus

spot
–

not offered

regions
59

across 7 areas

Previous generation. Azure still sells B12ms, but newer families usually give more performance per dollar. See the similar VM sizes below.

B12ms price by region

59 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot · 1-yr Reserved · 3-yr Reserved · 1-yr Savings plan · 3-yr Savings plan

East USeastuscheapestreferenceNorth America$0.499$0.3361$0.2249
East US 2eastus2cheapestNorth America$0.499$0.3443$0.2345
North Central USnorthcentraluscheapestNorth America$0.499$0.3361$0.2249
West US 2westus2cheapestNorth America$0.499$0.3361$0.2249
West US 3westus3cheapestNorth America$0.499$0.3443$0.2345
Sweden CentralswedencentralEurope$0.518$0.3937$0.2849
Central IndiacentralindiaAsia$0.538$0.3634$0.237
North EuropenortheuropeEurope$0.546$0.415$0.3003
Mexico CentralmexicocentralNorth America$0.549$0.3698$0.2474
Spain CentralspaincentralEurope$0.549$0.4172$0.302
Canada CentralcanadacentralNorth America$0.556$0.3756$0.2514
Canada EastcanadaeastNorth America$0.557$0.3763$0.2519
UK WestukwestEurope$0.564$0.4286$0.3102
France CentralfrancecentralEurope$0.566$0.4287$0.3003
UK SouthuksouthEurope$0.566$0.4287$0.3003
Indonesia CentralindonesiacentralAsia$0.57$0.3848$0.2522
Malaysia WestmalaysiawestAsia$0.57$0.3848$0.2522
Austria EastaustriaeastEurope$0.576$0.4378$0.3168
Belgium CentralbelgiumcentralEurope$0.576$0.4378$0.3168
Germany West CentralgermanywestcentralEurope$0.576$0.4378$0.3168
Israel CentralisraelcentralMiddle East$0.576$0.3917$0.265
Italy NorthitalynorthEurope$0.576$0.4723$0.3341
Poland CentralpolandcentralEurope$0.576$0.4378$0.3168
West EuropewesteuropeEurope$0.576$0.4378$0.3168
US Gov ArizonausgovarizonaNorth America$0.585––
US Gov TexasusgovtexasNorth America$0.585––
US Gov VirginiausgovvirginiaNorth America$0.585––
West USwestusNorth America$0.595$0.4106$0.2797
Central UScentralusNorth America$0.599$0.4133$0.2815
South Central USsouthcentralusNorth America$0.599$0.4133$0.2815
UAE NorthuaenorthMiddle East$0.599$0.4552$0.3295
West Central USwestcentralusNorth America$0.599$0.4133$0.2815
Qatar CentralqatarcentralMiddle East$0.602$0.4575$0.3311
Korea SouthkoreasouthAsia$0.622$0.4727$0.3421
Korea CentralkoreacentralAsia$0.624$0.4049$0.2864
Switzerland NorthswitzerlandnorthEurope$0.6336$0.4815$0.3485
Australia CentralaustraliacentralOceania$0.634$0.462$0.3203
Australia Central 2australiacentral2Oceania$0.634$0.462$0.3203
Australia EastaustraliaeastOceania$0.634$0.462$0.3203
Australia SoutheastaustraliasoutheastOceania$0.634$0.4818$0.3487
Norway EastnorwayeastEurope$0.634$0.4818$0.3487
Southeast AsiasoutheastasiaAsia$0.634$0.4278$0.2805
South Africa NorthsouthafricanorthAfrica$0.651$0.4948$0.3581
Japan EastjapaneastAsia$0.653$0.479$0.3365
New Zealand NorthnewzealandnorthOceania$0.665$0.4846$0.336
Sweden SouthswedensouthEurope$0.673$0.5115$0.3702
Chile CentralchilecentralSouth America$0.699$0.4708$0.315
East AsiaeastasiaAsia$0.701$0.4728$0.3103
South IndiasouthindiaAsia$0.706$0.5366$0.3883
West IndiawestindiaAsia$0.714$0.5426$0.3927
Japan WestjapanwestAsia$0.719$0.5464$0.3955
Germany NorthgermanynorthEurope$0.749$0.5692$0.412
UAE CentraluaecentralMiddle East$0.749$0.5692$0.412
Brazil SouthbrazilsouthSouth America$0.806$0.4966$0.3654
France SouthfrancesouthEurope$0.811$0.6164$0.4461
South Africa WestsouthafricawestAfrica$0.8138$0.6185$0.4476
Switzerland WestswitzerlandwestEurope$0.8231$0.6256$0.4527
Norway WestnorwaywestEurope$0.824$0.6262$0.4532
Brazil SoutheastbrazilsoutheastSouth America$1.048$0.7965$0.5764

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
12
Memory
48 GiB
Memory per vCPU
4 GiB
Processor
Intel Xeon
CPU vendor
Intel
Architecture
x86-64
Burstable CPU
Yes (shared cores)

storage & network

Local storage
96 GB SSD
Storage detail
96 GiB temporary disk

azure details

API name
Standard_B12ms
Family
Bs
Category
General purpose
Generation
Previous
Regions
59 (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
Cheapest region
East US · $0.499/hr
Premium SSD support
Yes

B12ms equivalents on other clouds

closest match by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and class · Linux on-demand in each provider's reference region

compare side by side→
ProviderInstancevCPUMemoryProcessorOn-demandvs B12ms
AzureB12ms1248 GiBIntel Xeon$0.499–
AWSm5zn.3xlargededicated CPU1248 GiBIntel Xeon Platinum 8252$0.991+99%
m8azn.3xlargededicated CPU1248 GiBAMD EPYC 9575F$1.239+148%
Google Cloudc4-standard-16-lssd16 vCPU (1.33×) · 60 GiB (1.25×) · dedicated CPU1660 GiBIntel Emerald Rapids, Intel Granite Rapids$0.9551+91%
c4n-standard-16-lssd16 vCPU (1.33×) · 60 GiB (1.25×) · dedicated CPU1660 GiBIntel Emerald Rapids$1.347+170%
AkamaiLinode 64GB16 vCPU (1.33×) · 64 GiB (1.33×)1664 GiBAMD EPYC$0.576+15%
Linode 32GB8 vCPU (1.5× less) · 32 GiB (1.5× less)832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.288-42%
Vultrvhf-12c-48gb1248 GiBIntel Xeon$0.351-30%
vhf-16c-58gb16 vCPU (1.33×) · 58 GiB (1.21×)1658 GiBIntel Xeon$0.438-12%

Bs family sizes

all about Bs→
SizevCPUMemoryLocal storageOn-demandMonthly
B1ls10.5 GiB4 GB SSD$0.0052$3.796
B1s11 GiB4 GB SSD$0.0104$7.592
B1ms12 GiB4 GB SSD$0.0207$15.11
B2s24 GiB8 GB SSD$0.0416$30.37
B2ms28 GiB16 GB SSD$0.0832$60.74
B4ms416 GiB32 GB SSD$0.166$121
B8ms832 GiB64 GB SSD$0.333$243
B12ms1248 GiB96 GB SSD$0.499$364
B16ms1664 GiB128 GB SSD$0.666$486
B20ms2080 GiB160 GB SSD$0.832$607

B12ms FAQ

How much does B12ms cost?

B12ms costs $0.499 per hour on demand with Linux in East US (eastus), about $364 per month. Across 59 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.499 in East US to $1.048 in Brazil Southeast. With Windows it costs $0.547 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does B12ms have?

B12ms has 12 vCPUs and 48 GiB of memory (4 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon. It is a general purpose VM size in the Bs family with a burstable (shared) CPU.

What are the equivalents of B12ms on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on AWS, m5zn.3xlarge (12 vCPU, 48 GiB, $0.991/hour in US East (N. Virginia)); on Google Cloud, c4-standard-16-lssd (16 vCPU, 60 GiB, $0.9551/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, Linode 64GB (16 vCPU, 64 GiB, $0.576/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vhf-12c-48gb (12 vCPU, 48 GiB, $0.351/hour in Bangalore).

Is B12ms burstable?

Yes. B12ms shares physical CPU cores and is designed for workloads that are idle most of the time and occasionally need full CPU. Sustained high CPU use can be throttled or cost extra, so pick a general purpose size with dedicated vCPUs for steady load.