B8ms

api name Standard_B8ms · Azure Virtual Machines · Bs family

The B8ms is a general purpose Azure Virtual Machines VM size with 8 vCPUs and 32 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon, starting at $0.333 per hour on demand.

general purposex86-64intelburstableprevious generation
vCPUs
8

shared / burstable

memory
32 GiB

4 GiB per vCPU

processor
Intel

x86-64

on-demand
$0.333

$243/mo · eastus

spot
–

not offered

regions
59

across 7 areas

Previous generation. Azure still sells B8ms, but newer families usually give more performance per dollar. See the similar VM sizes below.

B8ms 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$0.333$0.2243$0.1501
East US 2eastus2cheapestNorth America$0.333$0.2298$0.1565
North Central USnorthcentraluscheapestNorth America$0.333$0.2243$0.1501
West US 2westus2cheapestNorth America$0.333$0.2243$0.1501
West US 3westus3cheapestNorth America$0.333$0.2298$0.1565
Sweden CentralswedencentralEurope$0.346$0.263$0.1903
Central IndiacentralindiaAsia$0.358$0.2418$0.1577
North EuropenortheuropeEurope$0.364$0.2766$0.2002
Mexico CentralmexicocentralNorth America$0.366$0.2465$0.1649
Spain CentralspaincentralEurope$0.366$0.2782$0.2013
Canada CentralcanadacentralNorth America$0.371$0.2507$0.1678
Canada EastcanadaeastNorth America$0.371$0.2507$0.1678
UK WestukwestEurope$0.376$0.2858$0.2068
France CentralfrancecentralEurope$0.378$0.2863$0.2006
UK SouthuksouthEurope$0.378$0.2863$0.2006
Indonesia CentralindonesiacentralAsia$0.38$0.2565$0.1682
Malaysia WestmalaysiawestAsia$0.38$0.2565$0.1682
Austria EastaustriaeastEurope$0.384$0.2918$0.2112
Belgium CentralbelgiumcentralEurope$0.384$0.2918$0.2112
Germany West CentralgermanywestcentralEurope$0.384$0.2918$0.2112
Israel CentralisraelcentralMiddle East$0.384$0.2611$0.1766
Italy NorthitalynorthEurope$0.384$0.3149$0.2227
Poland CentralpolandcentralEurope$0.384$0.2918$0.2112
West EuropewesteuropeEurope$0.384$0.2918$0.2112
US Gov ArizonausgovarizonaNorth America$0.39––
US Gov VirginiausgovvirginiaNorth America$0.39––
West USwestusNorth America$0.397$0.2739$0.1866
Central UScentralusNorth America$0.399$0.2753$0.1875
South Central USsouthcentralusNorth America$0.399$0.2753$0.1875
UAE NorthuaenorthMiddle East$0.399$0.3032$0.2195
West Central USwestcentralusNorth America$0.399$0.2753$0.1875
Qatar CentralqatarcentralMiddle East$0.401$0.3048$0.2206
Korea SouthkoreasouthAsia$0.415$0.3154$0.2283
Korea CentralkoreacentralAsia$0.416$0.2699$0.1909
Australia CentralaustraliacentralOceania$0.422$0.3075$0.2132
Australia Central 2australiacentral2Oceania$0.422$0.3075$0.2132
Australia EastaustraliaeastOceania$0.422$0.3075$0.2132
Norway EastnorwayeastEurope$0.422$0.3207$0.2321
Southeast AsiasoutheastasiaAsia$0.422$0.2848$0.1867
Switzerland NorthswitzerlandnorthEurope$0.4224$0.321$0.2323
Australia SoutheastaustraliasoutheastOceania$0.423$0.3215$0.2327
South Africa NorthsouthafricanorthAfrica$0.434$0.3298$0.2387
Japan EastjapaneastAsia$0.435$0.3191$0.2242
New Zealand NorthnewzealandnorthOceania$0.444$0.3235$0.2243
Sweden SouthswedensouthEurope$0.449$0.3412$0.247
Chile CentralchilecentralSouth America$0.466$0.3139$0.21
East AsiaeastasiaAsia$0.467$0.315$0.2067
US Gov TexasusgovtexasNorth America$0.47––
South IndiasouthindiaAsia$0.471$0.358$0.2591
West IndiawestindiaAsia$0.476$0.3618$0.2618
Japan WestjapanwestAsia$0.479$0.364$0.2635
Germany NorthgermanynorthEurope$0.499$0.3792$0.2745
UAE CentraluaecentralMiddle East$0.499$0.3792$0.2745
Brazil SouthbrazilsouthSouth America$0.538$0.3315$0.2439
France SouthfrancesouthEurope$0.541$0.4112$0.2976
South Africa WestsouthafricawestAfrica$0.5424$0.4122$0.2983
Switzerland WestswitzerlandwestEurope$0.5489$0.4171$0.3019
Norway WestnorwaywestEurope$0.549$0.4172$0.302
Brazil SoutheastbrazilsoutheastSouth America$0.699$0.5312$0.3845

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
8
Memory
32 GiB
Memory per vCPU
4 GiB
Processor
Intel Xeon
CPU vendor
Intel
Architecture
x86-64
Burstable CPU
Yes (shared cores)

storage & network

Local storage
64 GB SSD
Storage detail
64 GiB temporary disk

azure details

API name
Standard_B8ms
Family
Bs
Category
General purpose
Generation
Previous
Regions
59 (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
Cheapest region
East US · $0.333/hr
Premium SSD support
Yes

B8ms 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 B8ms
AzureB8ms832 GiBIntel Xeon$0.333–
AWSt3a.2xlarge832 GiBAMD EPYC 7571$0.3008-10%
t3.2xlarge832 GiBIntel Skylake E5 2686 v5$0.33280%
Google Cloudc3d-standard-8-lssddedicated CPU832 GiBAMD Genoa$0.4043+21%
c3-standard-8-lssddedicated CPU832 GiBIntel Sapphire Rapids$0.4854+46%
AkamaiLinode 32GB832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.288-14%
G8 Dedicated 32x8dedicated CPU832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.42+26%
Vultrvc2-8c-32gb832 GiBIntel Xeon$0.219-34%
vhf-8c-32gb832 GiBIntel Xeon$0.263-21%

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

Similar VM sizes on Azure

other Azure families with a similar shape, cheapest first

B8ms FAQ

How much does B8ms cost?

B8ms costs $0.333 per hour on demand with Linux in East US (eastus), about $243 per month. Across 59 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.333 in East US to $0.699 in Brazil Southeast. With Windows it costs $0.365 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does B8ms have?

B8ms has 8 vCPUs and 32 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 B8ms 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, c3d-standard-8-lssd (8 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.4043/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 B8ms burstable?

Yes. B8ms 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.