M128s

api name Standard_M128s · Azure Virtual Machines · M family

The M128s is a memory optimized Azure Virtual Machines VM size with 128 vCPUs and 2 TiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon, starting at $13.34 per hour on demand.

memory optimizedx86-64intelprevious generation
vCPUs
128

dedicated

memory
2 TiB

16 GiB per vCPU

processor
Intel

x86-64

on-demand
$13.34

$9,737/mo · eastus

spot
$2.465

−82% vs on-demand

1-yr reserved
$7.67

−42% vs on-demand

Previous generation. Azure still sells M128s, but newer families usually give more performance per dollar. See the similar VM sizes below.

M128s price by region

52 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$13.34$2.465$7.67$3.732$9.202$4.667
East US 2eastus2cheapestNorth America$13.34$2.465$7.65$3.722$9.202$4.667
North Central USnorthcentraluscheapestNorth America$13.34$2.465$7.67$3.732$9.202$4.667
West US 2westus2cheapestNorth America$13.34$2.465$7.65$3.721$9.202$4.667
West US 3westus3cheapestNorth America$13.34$2.465$7.65$3.721$9.202$4.667
Central IndiacentralindiaAsia$13.76$2.543$7.914$3.85$9.494$4.815
Mexico CentralmexicocentralNorth America$14.67$2.711$8.436$4.108$10.12$5.134
Canada CentralcanadacentralNorth America$14.67$2.711$8.414$4.094$10.12$5.134
Canada EastcanadaeastNorth America$14.67$2.711$8.414$4.094$10.12$5.134
Central UScentralusNorth America$15.07$2.785$8.667$4.217$10.40$5.274
North EuropenortheuropeEurope$16.01$2.958$9.18$4.466$11.04$5.601
South Central USsouthcentralusNorth America$16.01$2.958$9.204$4.478$11.04$5.601
US Gov ArizonausgovarizonaNorth America$16.01$2.958$9.179$4.466––
US Gov VirginiausgovvirginiaNorth America$16.01$2.958$9.179$4.466––
France CentralfrancecentralEurope$16.81$3.106$9.665$4.702$11.59$5.88
UK SouthuksouthEurope$16.81$3.106$9.639$4.689$11.59$5.88
UK WestukwestEurope$16.81$3.106$9.665$4.702$11.59$5.88
West USwestusNorth America$17.34$3.204$9.971$4.851$11.96$6.067
Indonesia CentralindonesiacentralAsia$17.41$3.217$10.01$4.87$12.01$6.09
Malaysia WestmalaysiawestAsia$17.41$3.217$10.01$4.87$12.01$6.09
Israel CentralisraelcentralMiddle East$17.61$3.254$10.12$4.926$12.15$6.16
UAE NorthuaenorthMiddle East$17.61$3.254$10.12$4.926$12.15$6.16
Qatar CentralqatarcentralMiddle East$17.61$3.254$10.12$4.926$12.15$6.162
South Africa NorthsouthafricanorthAfrica$17.87$3.303$10.28$5.00$12.33$6.254
Austria EastaustriaeastEurope$18.67$3.451$10.71$5.21$12.88$6.534
Germany West CentralgermanywestcentralEurope$18.67$3.451$10.71$5.21$12.88$6.534
Italy NorthitalynorthEurope$18.67$3.451$10.71$5.21$12.88$6.534
Poland CentralpolandcentralEurope$18.67$3.451$10.71$5.21$12.88$6.534
Sweden CentralswedencentralEurope$18.67$3.451$10.74$5.224$12.88$6.534
West EuropewesteuropeEurope$18.67$3.451$10.71$5.21$12.88$6.534
Spain CentralspaincentralEurope$18.67$3.451$10.74$5.229$12.88$6.534
Norway EastnorwayeastEurope$19.07$3.525$10.97$5.336$13.16$6.674
Australia CentralaustraliacentralOceania$19.34$3.574$11.09$5.396$13.34$6.767
Australia Central 2australiacentral2Oceania$19.34$1.934$11.09$5.396$13.34$6.767
Australia EastaustraliaeastOceania$19.34$3.574$11.09$5.396$13.34$6.767
Australia SoutheastaustraliasoutheastOceania$19.34$3.574$11.12$5.411$13.34$6.767
Japan EastjapaneastAsia$19.34$3.574$11.12$5.411$13.34$6.767
Japan WestjapanwestAsia$19.34$3.574$11.12$5.411$13.34$6.767
Korea CentralkoreacentralAsia$19.34$3.574$11.12$5.411$13.34$6.767
Korea SouthkoreasouthAsia$19.34$3.574$11.12$5.411$13.34$6.767
Southeast AsiasoutheastasiaAsia$19.34$3.574$11.12$5.411$13.34$6.767
Taiwan NorthtaiwannorthAsia$19.34$3.574$11.12$5.415$13.34$6.767
South IndiasouthindiaAsia$20.21$3.734$11.62$5.653$13.94$7.07
New Zealand NorthnewzealandnorthOceania$20.31$3.753$11.65$5.666$14.01$7.105
Switzerland NorthswitzerlandnorthEurope$20.54$3.796$11.81$5.746$14.17$7.187
UAE CentraluaecentralMiddle East$20.81$3.845$11.97$5.821$14.35$7.28
South Africa WestsouthafricawestAfrica$22.41$4.141$12.89$6.269$15.46$7.841
East AsiaeastasiaAsia$24.18$4.468$12.24$5.954$16.68$8.46
Germany NorthgermanynorthEurope$24.28$4.486$13.92$6.773$16.75$8.494
Brazil SouthbrazilsouthSouth America$26.01$4.806$14.96$7.276$17.94$9.101
Switzerland WestswitzerlandwestEurope$26.70$4.935$15.36$7.47$18.42$9.343
Brazil SoutheastbrazilsoutheastSouth America$30.01$5.546$17.26$8.396$20.70$10.50

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
128
Memory
2 TiB
Memory per vCPU
16 GiB
Processor
Intel Xeon
CPU vendor
Intel
Architecture
x86-64
Burstable CPU
No

storage & network

Local storage
4.1 TB SSD
Storage detail
4096 GiB temporary disk

azure details

API name
Standard_M128s
Family
M
Category
Memory optimized
Generation
Previous
Regions
52 (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
Cheapest region
East US · $13.34/hr

M128s 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 M128s
AzureM128s1282 TiBIntel Xeon$13.34–
AWSx2idn.32xlarge1282 TiBIntel Xeon Scalable (Icelake)$13.340%
x2idn.metal1282 TiBIntel Xeon Scalable (Icelake)$13.340%
Google Cloudm3-megamem-1281281,952 GiBIntel Ice Lake$14.41+8%
m4-megamem-112112 vCPU (1.1× less) · 1488 GiB (1.4× less)1121,488 GiBIntel Emerald Rapids$8.847-34%
Vultrvbm-64c-1536gb-amd1536 GiB (1.3× less)1281,536 GiBAMD EPYC 9354$4.007-70%

M family sizes

all about M→
SizevCPUMemoryLocal storageOn-demandMonthlySpot1-yr
M8-2ms2218.8 GiB256 GB SSD$1.537$1,122$0.2839$0.8836
M8-4ms4218.8 GiB256 GB SSD$1.537$1,122$0.2839$0.8836
M16-4ms4437.5 GiB256 GB SSD$3.073$2,243$0.5679$1.767
M8ms8218.8 GiB256 GB SSD$1.537$1,122$0.2839$0.8836
M16-8ms8437.5 GiB256 GB SSD$3.073$2,243$0.5679$1.767
M32-8ms8875 GiB1 TB SSD$6.146$4,487$1.136$3.534
M16ms16437.5 GiB512 GB SSD$3.073$2,243$0.5679$1.767
M32-16ms16875 GiB1 TB SSD$6.146$4,487$1.136$3.534
M64-16ms161,792 GiB2 TB SSD$10.34$7,546$1.91$5.944
M32ts32192 GiB1 TB SSD$2.707$1,976$0.5003$1.557
M32ls32256 GiB1 TB SSD$2.873$2,097$0.5309$1.652
M32ms32875 GiB1 TB SSD$6.146$4,487$1.136$3.534
M64-32ms321,792 GiB2 TB SSD$10.34$7,546$1.91$5.944
M128-32ms323,892 GiB4.1 TB SSD$26.69$19,482$4.932$15.31
M64ls64512 GiB2 TB SSD$5.415$3,953$1.001$3.114
M64641 TiB7.2 TB SSD$6.669$4,868$1.232$3.835
M64s641 TiB2 TB SSD$6.669$4,868$1.232$3.835
M64m641,792 GiB7.2 TB SSD$10.34$7,546$1.91$5.944
M64ms641,792 GiB2 TB SSD$10.34$7,546$1.91$5.944
M128-64ms643,892 GiB4.1 TB SSD$26.69$19,482$4.932$15.31
M1281282 TiB14.3 TB SSD$13.34$9,737$2.465$7.67
M128s1282 TiB4.1 TB SSD$13.34$9,737$2.465$7.67
M128m1283,892 GiB14.3 TB SSD$26.69$19,482$4.932$15.31
M128ms1283,892 GiB4.1 TB SSD$26.69$19,482$4.932$15.31

Similar VM sizes on Azure

other Azure families with a similar shape, cheapest first

M128s FAQ

How much does M128s cost?

M128s costs $13.34 per hour on demand with Linux in East US (eastus), about $9,737 per month. Across 52 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $13.34 in East US to $30.01 in Brazil Southeast. Spot capacity costs $2.465 per hour (82% less), but can be reclaimed. A 1-yr Reserved commitment brings it to $7.67 per hour. With Windows it costs $19.23 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does M128s have?

M128s has 128 vCPUs and 2 TiB of memory (16 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon. It is a memory optimized VM size in the M family.

What are the equivalents of M128s on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on AWS, x2idn.32xlarge (128 vCPU, 2 TiB, $13.34/hour in US East (N. Virginia)); on Google Cloud, m3-megamem-128 (128 vCPU, 1,952 GiB, $14.41/hour in Iowa); on Vultr, vbm-64c-1536gb-amd (128 vCPU, 1,536 GiB, $4.007/hour in Los Angeles).