B8as v2
api name Standard_B8as_v2 · Azure Virtual Machines · Basv2 family
The B8as v2 is a general purpose Azure Virtual Machines VM size with 8 vCPUs and 32 GiB of memory, running on AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan), starting at $0.197 per hour on demand.
- vCPUs
- 8
- memory
- 32 GiB
- processor
- AMD
- on-demand
- $0.301
- spot
- $0.2709
- 1-yr reserved
- $0.1775
shared / burstable
4 GiB per vCPU
x86-64
$220/mo · eastus
−10% vs on-demand
−41% vs on-demand
B8as v2 price by region
60 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot · 1-yr Reserved · 3-yr Reserved · 1-yr Savings plan · 3-yr Savings plan
| Central IndiacentralindiacheapestAsia | $0.197 | $0.1773 | $0.1161 | $0.0728 | $0.134 | $0.0867 |
| East USeastusreferenceNorth America | $0.301 | $0.2709 | $0.1775 | $0.1143 | $0.2017 | $0.1355 |
| East US 2eastus2North America | $0.301 | $0.2709 | $0.1775 | $0.1143 | $0.2017 | $0.1355 |
| North Central USnorthcentralusNorth America | $0.301 | $0.2709 | $0.1775 | $0.1143 | $0.2017 | $0.1355 |
| West US 2westus2North America | $0.301 | $0.2709 | $0.1775 | $0.1143 | $0.2017 | $0.1355 |
| West US 3westus3North America | $0.301 | $0.2709 | $0.1775 | $0.1143 | $0.2077 | $0.1415 |
| Sweden CentralswedencentralEurope | $0.311 | $0.2799 | $0.1836 | $0.1182 | $0.2364 | $0.1711 |
| North EuropenortheuropeEurope | $0.326 | $0.2934 | $0.1926 | $0.124 | $0.2478 | $0.1728 |
| Mexico CentralmexicocentralNorth America | $0.331 | $0.0969 | $0.1952 | $0.1257 | $0.2867 | $0.2262 |
| Canada CentralcanadacentralNorth America | $0.334 | $0.3006 | $0.1973 | $0.1271 | $0.2238 | $0.1503 |
| Canada EastcanadaeastNorth America | $0.334 | $0.3006 | $0.1973 | $0.1271 | $0.2238 | $0.1503 |
| Central UScentralusNorth America | $0.34 | $0.2695 | $0.1775 | $0.1143 | $0.2006 | $0.1346 |
| France CentralfrancecentralEurope | $0.34 | $0.306 | $0.2006 | $0.1292 | $0.2584 | $0.1802 |
| UK SouthuksouthEurope | $0.34 | $0.306 | $0.2006 | $0.1292 | $0.2584 | $0.1802 |
| Indonesia CentralindonesiacentralAsia | $0.342 | $0.2598 | $0.2018 | $0.1299 | $0.2291 | $0.1539 |
| Malaysia WestmalaysiawestAsia | $0.342 | $0.2598 | $0.2018 | $0.1299 | $0.2291 | $0.1539 |
| Israel CentralisraelcentralMiddle East | $0.343 | $0.3087 | $0.2025 | $0.1304 | $0.2607 | $0.1818 |
| Qatar CentralqatarcentralMiddle East | $0.343 | $0.3087 | $0.2025 | $0.1304 | $0.2607 | $0.1818 |
| Italy NorthitalynorthEurope | $0.345 | $0.3105 | $0.2034 | $0.131 | $0.2622 | $0.1829 |
| Austria EastaustriaeastEurope | $0.346 | $0.2628 | $0.2039 | $0.1313 | $0.2318 | $0.1557 |
| Belgium CentralbelgiumcentralEurope | $0.346 | $0.2628 | $0.2039 | $0.1313 | $0.2318 | $0.1557 |
| Germany West CentralgermanywestcentralEurope | $0.346 | $0.3114 | $0.2039 | $0.1313 | $0.263 | $0.1903 |
| Korea SouthkoreasouthAsia | $0.346 | $0.3114 | $0.2041 | $0.1314 | $0.263 | $0.1903 |
| Poland CentralpolandcentralEurope | $0.346 | $0.3114 | $0.2039 | $0.1313 | $0.263 | $0.1834 |
| West EuropewesteuropeEurope | $0.346 | $0.3114 | $0.2039 | $0.1313 | $0.263 | $0.1903 |
| US Gov ArizonausgovarizonaNorth America | $0.351 | $0.3159 | $0.2072 | $0.1334 | – | – |
| US Gov VirginiausgovvirginiaNorth America | $0.351 | $0.3159 | $0.2072 | $0.1334 | – | – |
| Taiwan NorthtaiwannorthAsia | $0.353 | $0.0777 | $0.2081 | $0.1341 | $0.24 | $0.1553 |
| West USwestusNorth America | $0.357 | $0.3213 | $0.2105 | $0.1356 | $0.2463 | $0.1678 |
| South Central USsouthcentralusNorth America | $0.361 | $0.3249 | $0.213 | $0.1372 | $0.2491 | $0.1697 |
| UAE NorthuaenorthMiddle East | $0.361 | $0.3249 | $0.213 | $0.1372 | $0.2744 | $0.1986 |
| West Central USwestcentralusNorth America | $0.361 | $0.3249 | $0.213 | $0.1372 | $0.2491 | $0.1697 |
| UK WestukwestEurope | $0.364 | $0.3276 | $0.2147 | $0.1383 | $0.2766 | $0.2002 |
| Korea CentralkoreacentralAsia | $0.374 | $0.3366 | $0.2097 | $0.1423 | $0.2431 | $0.172 |
| US Gov TexasusgovtexasNorth America | $0.376 | $0.3384 | $0.2218 | $0.1429 | – | – |
| Southeast AsiasoutheastasiaAsia | $0.378 | $0.3402 | $0.2228 | $0.1397 | $0.257 | $0.1663 |
| Australia CentralaustraliacentralOceania | $0.38 | $0.342 | $0.2242 | $0.1444 | $0.2774 | $0.1938 |
| Australia Central 2australiacentral2Oceania | $0.38 | $0.342 | $0.2242 | $0.1444 | $0.2774 | $0.1938 |
| Australia EastaustraliaeastOceania | $0.38 | $0.342 | $0.2242 | $0.1444 | $0.2774 | $0.1938 |
| Norway EastnorwayeastEurope | $0.38 | $0.342 | $0.2243 | $0.1444 | $0.2888 | $0.209 |
| Switzerland NorthswitzerlandnorthEurope | $0.38 | $0.342 | $0.2243 | $0.1444 | $0.2888 | $0.209 |
| West IndiawestindiaAsia | $0.385 | $0.3465 | $0.2272 | $0.1463 | $0.2926 | $0.2118 |
| Australia SoutheastaustraliasoutheastOceania | $0.391 | $0.3519 | $0.2307 | $0.1486 | $0.2972 | $0.2151 |
| South Africa NorthsouthafricanorthAfrica | $0.391 | $0.3519 | $0.2305 | $0.1484 | $0.2972 | $0.2151 |
| Spain CentralspaincentralEurope | $0.391 | $0.3519 | $0.2307 | $0.1486 | $0.3387 | $0.2673 |
| Japan EastjapaneastAsia | $0.392 | $0.3528 | $0.2313 | $0.149 | $0.2862 | $0.2038 |
| Japan WestjapanwestAsia | $0.392 | $0.3528 | $0.2313 | $0.149 | $0.2979 | $0.2156 |
| New Zealand NorthnewzealandnorthOceania | $0.399 | $0.3591 | $0.2354 | $0.1516 | $0.2913 | $0.2035 |
| Sweden SouthswedensouthEurope | $0.404 | $0.3636 | $0.2386 | $0.1537 | $0.307 | $0.2222 |
| East AsiaeastasiaAsia | $0.42 | $0.378 | $0.2481 | $0.1598 | $0.3192 | $0.231 |
| Chile CentralchilecentralSouth America | $0.421 | $0.3198 | $0.2485 | $0.16 | $0.2821 | $0.1895 |
| South IndiasouthindiaAsia | $0.424 | $0.3816 | $0.2502 | $0.1612 | $0.3222 | $0.2332 |
| France SouthfrancesouthEurope | $0.442 | $0.3978 | $0.2607 | $0.168 | $0.3359 | $0.2431 |
| Germany NorthgermanynorthEurope | $0.449 | $0.4041 | $0.2651 | $0.1707 | $0.3412 | $0.247 |
| UAE CentraluaecentralMiddle East | $0.469 | $0.4221 | $0.2769 | $0.1784 | $0.3564 | $0.258 |
| Brazil SouthbrazilsouthSouth America | $0.484 | $0.4356 | $0.2614 | $0.1839 | $0.3001 | $0.2178 |
| Norway WestnorwaywestEurope | $0.494 | $0.4446 | $0.2916 | $0.1878 | $0.3754 | $0.2717 |
| Switzerland WestswitzerlandwestEurope | $0.494 | $0.4446 | $0.2916 | $0.1878 | $0.3754 | $0.2717 |
| South Africa WestsouthafricawestAfrica | $0.508 | $0.4572 | $0.2995 | $0.193 | $0.3861 | $0.2794 |
| Brazil SoutheastbrazilsoutheastSouth America | $0.629 | $0.5661 | $0.3712 | $0.2391 | $0.478 | $0.346 |
Specifications
compute
- vCPUs
- 8
- Memory
- 32 GiB
- Memory per vCPU
- 4 GiB
- Processor
- AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)
- CPU vendor
- AMD
- Architecture
- x86-64
- Burstable CPU
- Yes (shared cores)
storage & network
- Local storage
- Remote storage only
azure details
- API name
Standard_B8as_v2- Family
- Basv2
- Category
- General purpose
- Generation
- Current
- Regions
- 60 (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
- Cheapest region
- Central India · $0.197/hr
- Premium SSD support
- Yes
B8as v2 equivalents on other clouds
closest match by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and class · Linux on-demand in each provider's reference region
| Provider | Instance | vCPU | Memory | Processor | On-demand | vs B8as v2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | B8as v2 | 8 | 32 GiB | AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan) | $0.301 | – |
| AWS | t3a.2xlarge | 8 | 32 GiB | AMD EPYC 7571 | $0.3008 | 0% |
| t3.2xlarge | 8 | 32 GiB | Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 | $0.3328 | +11% | |
| Google Cloud | e2-standard-8dedicated CPU | 8 | 32 GiB | AMD Rome, Intel Broadwell, Intel Haswell, Intel Skylake | $0.268 | -11% |
| n2d-standard-8dedicated CPU | 8 | 32 GiB | AMD Milan, AMD Rome | $0.338 | +12% | |
| Akamai | Linode 32GB | 8 | 32 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.288 | -4% |
| G8 Dedicated 32x8dedicated CPU | 8 | 32 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.42 | +40% | |
| Vultr | vc2-8c-32gb | 8 | 32 GiB | Intel Xeon | $0.219 | -27% |
| vhf-8c-32gb | 8 | 32 GiB | Intel Xeon | $0.263 | -13% |
Basv2 family sizes
| Size | vCPU | Memory | Local storage | On-demand | Monthly | Spot | 1-yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B2ats v2 | 2 | 1 GiB | – | $0.0094 | $6.862 | $0.00846 | $0.00559 |
| B2als v2 | 2 | 4 GiB | – | $0.0376 | $27.45 | $0.0338 | $0.0221 |
| B2as v2 | 2 | 8 GiB | – | $0.0752 | $54.90 | $0.0677 | $0.0444 |
| B4als v2 | 4 | 8 GiB | – | $0.133 | $97.09 | $0.1197 | $0.0785 |
| B4as v2 | 4 | 16 GiB | – | $0.15 | $110 | $0.135 | $0.0887 |
| B8als v2 | 8 | 16 GiB | – | $0.266 | $194 | $0.2394 | $0.1572 |
| B8as v2 | 8 | 32 GiB | – | $0.301 | $220 | $0.2709 | $0.1775 |
| B16als v2 | 16 | 32 GiB | – | $0.533 | $389 | $0.4797 | $0.3143 |
| B16as v2 | 16 | 64 GiB | – | $0.602 | $439 | $0.5418 | $0.3549 |
| B32als v2 | 32 | 64 GiB | – | $1.065 | $777 | $0.9585 | $0.6287 |
| B32as v2 | 32 | 128 GiB | – | $1.203 | $878 | $1.083 | $0.7099 |
Similar VM sizes on Azure
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B8as v2 FAQ
How much does B8as v2 cost?
B8as v2 costs $0.301 per hour on demand with Linux in East US (eastus), about $220 per month. Across 60 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.197 in Central India to $0.629 in Brazil Southeast. Spot capacity costs $0.2709 per hour (10% less), but can be reclaimed. A 1-yr Reserved commitment brings it to $0.1775 per hour. With Windows it costs $0.338 per hour.
How many vCPUs and how much memory does B8as v2 have?
B8as v2 has 8 vCPUs and 32 GiB of memory (4 GiB per vCPU), running on AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan). It is a general purpose VM size in the Basv2 family with a burstable (shared) CPU.
What is the cheapest region for B8as v2?
Central India (centralindia) at $0.197 per hour for Linux on demand, 35% less than East US. B8as v2 is sold in 60 Azure regions.
What are the equivalents of B8as v2 on other clouds?
The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on AWS, t3a.2xlarge (8 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.3008/hour in US East (N. Virginia)); on Google Cloud, e2-standard-8 (8 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.268/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, Linode 32GB (8 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.288/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vc2-8c-32gb (8 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.219/hour in New Jersey).
Is B8as v2 burstable?
Yes. B8as v2 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.