M16-8ms
api name Standard_M16-8ms · Azure Virtual Machines · M family
The M16-8ms is a memory optimized Azure Virtual Machines VM size with 8 vCPUs and 437.5 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon, starting at $3.073 per hour on demand.
memory optimizedx86-64intelprevious generation
- vCPUs
- 8
- memory
- 437.5 GiB
- processor
- Intel
- on-demand
- $3.073
- spot
- $0.5679
- 1-yr reserved
- $1.767
dedicated
54.69 GiB per vCPU
x86-64
$2,243/mo · eastus
−82% vs on-demand
−42% vs on-demand
Previous generation. Azure still sells M16-8ms, but newer families usually give more performance per dollar. See the similar VM sizes below.
M16-8ms 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 | $3.073 | $0.5679 | $1.767 | $0.8597 | $2.12 | $1.075 |
| East US 2eastus2cheapestNorth America | $3.073 | $0.5679 | $1.767 | $0.8597 | $2.12 | $1.075 |
| North Central USnorthcentraluscheapestNorth America | $3.073 | $0.5679 | $1.767 | $0.8597 | $2.12 | $1.075 |
| West US 2westus2cheapestNorth America | $3.073 | $0.5679 | $1.767 | $0.8597 | $2.12 | $1.075 |
| West US 3westus3cheapestNorth America | $3.073 | $0.5679 | $1.767 | $0.8597 | $2.12 | $1.075 |
| Central IndiacentralindiaAsia | $3.17 | $0.5858 | $1.823 | $0.8871 | $2.187 | $1.109 |
| Canada CentralcanadacentralNorth America | $3.38 | $0.6247 | $1.944 | $0.9457 | $2.332 | $1.183 |
| Canada EastcanadaeastNorth America | $3.38 | $0.6247 | $1.944 | $0.9457 | $2.332 | $1.183 |
| Mexico CentralmexicocentralNorth America | $3.384 | $0.6254 | $1.946 | $0.9476 | $2.335 | $1.184 |
| Central UScentralusNorth America | $3.472 | $0.6416 | $1.997 | $0.9715 | $2.395 | $1.215 |
| North EuropenortheuropeEurope | $3.688 | $0.6815 | $2.121 | $1.032 | $2.544 | $1.29 |
| US Gov ArizonausgovarizonaNorth America | $3.688 | $0.6815 | $2.121 | $1.032 | – | – |
| US Gov VirginiausgovvirginiaNorth America | $3.688 | $0.6815 | $2.121 | $1.032 | – | – |
| South Central USsouthcentralusNorth America | $3.688 | $0.6815 | $2.121 | $1.032 | $2.544 | $1.29 |
| France CentralfrancecentralEurope | $3.872 | $0.7155 | $2.227 | $1.083 | $2.671 | $1.355 |
| UK SouthuksouthEurope | $3.872 | $0.7155 | $2.227 | $1.083 | $2.671 | $1.355 |
| UK WestukwestEurope | $3.872 | $0.7155 | $2.227 | $1.083 | $2.671 | $1.355 |
| West USwestusNorth America | $3.995 | $0.7383 | $2.297 | $1.118 | $2.756 | $1.398 |
| Indonesia CentralindonesiacentralAsia | $4.01 | $0.7411 | $2.306 | $1.122 | $2.767 | $1.403 |
| Malaysia WestmalaysiawestAsia | $4.01 | $0.7411 | $2.306 | $1.122 | $2.767 | $1.403 |
| Israel CentralisraelcentralMiddle East | $4.056 | $0.7495 | $2.333 | $1.135 | $2.798 | $1.419 |
| UAE NorthuaenorthMiddle East | $4.056 | $0.7495 | $2.333 | $1.135 | $2.798 | $1.419 |
| Qatar CentralqatarcentralMiddle East | $4.06 | $0.7503 | $2.333 | $1.135 | $2.801 | $1.421 |
| South Africa NorthsouthafricanorthAfrica | $4.118 | $0.761 | $2.368 | $1.152 | $2.841 | $1.441 |
| Austria EastaustriaeastEurope | $4.302 | $0.795 | $2.474 | $1.204 | $2.968 | $1.505 |
| Germany West CentralgermanywestcentralEurope | $4.302 | $0.795 | $2.474 | $1.204 | $2.968 | $1.505 |
| Poland CentralpolandcentralEurope | $4.302 | $0.795 | $2.474 | $1.204 | $2.968 | $1.505 |
| Sweden CentralswedencentralEurope | $4.302 | $0.795 | $2.474 | $1.204 | $2.968 | $1.505 |
| Italy NorthitalynorthEurope | $4.302 | $0.795 | $2.474 | $1.204 | $2.968 | $1.505 |
| West EuropewesteuropeEurope | $4.302 | $0.795 | $2.474 | $1.204 | $2.968 | $1.505 |
| Spain CentralspaincentralEurope | $4.307 | $0.796 | $2.477 | $1.206 | $2.971 | $1.507 |
| Norway EastnorwayeastEurope | $4.394 | $0.812 | $2.527 | $1.229 | $3.031 | $1.537 |
| Australia CentralaustraliacentralOceania | $4.456 | $0.8235 | $2.562 | $1.247 | $3.074 | $1.559 |
| Australia Central 2australiacentral2Oceania | $4.456 | $0.4456 | $2.562 | $1.247 | $3.074 | $1.559 |
| Australia EastaustraliaeastOceania | $4.456 | $0.8235 | $2.562 | $1.247 | $3.074 | $1.559 |
| Australia SoutheastaustraliasoutheastOceania | $4.456 | $0.8235 | $2.562 | $1.247 | $3.074 | $1.559 |
| Japan EastjapaneastAsia | $4.456 | $0.8235 | $2.562 | $1.247 | $3.074 | $1.559 |
| Japan WestjapanwestAsia | $4.456 | $0.8235 | $2.562 | $1.247 | $3.074 | $1.559 |
| Southeast AsiasoutheastasiaAsia | $4.456 | $0.8235 | $2.562 | $1.247 | $3.074 | $1.559 |
| Korea CentralkoreacentralAsia | $4.456 | $0.8235 | $2.562 | $1.247 | $3.074 | $1.559 |
| Korea SouthkoreasouthAsia | $4.456 | $0.8235 | $2.562 | $1.247 | $3.074 | $1.559 |
| Taiwan NorthtaiwannorthAsia | $4.461 | $0.8244 | $2.565 | $1.249 | $3.078 | $1.561 |
| South IndiasouthindiaAsia | $4.61 | $0.8519 | $2.677 | $1.302 | $3.18 | $1.613 |
| New Zealand NorthnewzealandnorthOceania | $4.679 | $0.8646 | $2.691 | $1.309 | $3.228 | $1.637 |
| Switzerland NorthswitzerlandnorthEurope | $4.732 | $0.8746 | $2.657 | $1.293 | $3.265 | $1.656 |
| UAE CentraluaecentralMiddle East | $4.794 | $0.8859 | $2.757 | $1.341 | $3.307 | $1.677 |
| South Africa WestsouthafricawestAfrica | $5.163 | $0.9541 | $2.969 | $1.444 | $3.562 | $1.807 |
| East AsiaeastasiaAsia | $5.57 | $1.029 | $2.818 | $1.371 | $3.843 | $1.949 |
| Germany NorthgermanynorthEurope | $5.593 | $1.034 | $3.216 | $1.565 | $3.859 | $1.957 |
| Brazil SouthbrazilsouthSouth America | $5.992 | $1.107 | $3.446 | $1.676 | $4.134 | $2.097 |
| Switzerland WestswitzerlandwestEurope | $6.152 | $1.137 | $3.454 | $1.681 | $4.244 | $2.153 |
| Brazil SoutheastbrazilsoutheastSouth America | $6.914 | $1.278 | $3.976 | $1.934 | $4.77 | $2.419 |
Specifications
compute
- vCPUs
- 8
- Memory
- 437.5 GiB
- Memory per vCPU
- 54.69 GiB
- Processor
- Intel Xeon
- CPU vendor
- Intel
- Architecture
- x86-64
- Burstable CPU
- No
storage & network
- Local storage
- 256 GB SSD
- Storage detail
- 256 GiB temporary disk
azure details
- API name
Standard_M16-8ms- Family
- M
- Category
- Memory optimized
- Generation
- Previous
- Regions
- 52 (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
- Cheapest region
- East US · $3.073/hr
- Constrained vCPUs
- 8 active of 16
M16-8ms 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 M16-8ms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | M16-8ms | 8 | 437.5 GiB | Intel Xeon | $3.073 | – |
| AWS | x2iedn.2xlarge256 GiB (1.7× less) | 8 | 256 GiB | Intel Xeon Scalable (Icelake) | $1.667 | -46% |
| x1e.2xlarge244 GiB (1.8× less) | 8 | 244 GiB | High Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell) | $1.668 | -46% | |
| Akamai | Linode 150GB150 GiB (2.9× less) | 8 | 150 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.72 | -77% |
M family sizes
| Size | vCPU | Memory | Local storage | On-demand | Monthly | Spot | 1-yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M8-2ms | 2 | 218.8 GiB | 256 GB SSD | $1.537 | $1,122 | $0.2839 | $0.8836 |
| M8-4ms | 4 | 218.8 GiB | 256 GB SSD | $1.537 | $1,122 | $0.2839 | $0.8836 |
| M16-4ms | 4 | 437.5 GiB | 256 GB SSD | $3.073 | $2,243 | $0.5679 | $1.767 |
| M8ms | 8 | 218.8 GiB | 256 GB SSD | $1.537 | $1,122 | $0.2839 | $0.8836 |
| M16-8ms | 8 | 437.5 GiB | 256 GB SSD | $3.073 | $2,243 | $0.5679 | $1.767 |
| M32-8ms | 8 | 875 GiB | 1 TB SSD | $6.146 | $4,487 | $1.136 | $3.534 |
| M16ms | 16 | 437.5 GiB | 512 GB SSD | $3.073 | $2,243 | $0.5679 | $1.767 |
| M32-16ms | 16 | 875 GiB | 1 TB SSD | $6.146 | $4,487 | $1.136 | $3.534 |
| M64-16ms | 16 | 1,792 GiB | 2 TB SSD | $10.34 | $7,546 | $1.91 | $5.944 |
| M32ts | 32 | 192 GiB | 1 TB SSD | $2.707 | $1,976 | $0.5003 | $1.557 |
| M32ls | 32 | 256 GiB | 1 TB SSD | $2.873 | $2,097 | $0.5309 | $1.652 |
| M32ms | 32 | 875 GiB | 1 TB SSD | $6.146 | $4,487 | $1.136 | $3.534 |
| M64-32ms | 32 | 1,792 GiB | 2 TB SSD | $10.34 | $7,546 | $1.91 | $5.944 |
| M128-32ms | 32 | 3,892 GiB | 4.1 TB SSD | $26.69 | $19,482 | $4.932 | $15.31 |
| M64ls | 64 | 512 GiB | 2 TB SSD | $5.415 | $3,953 | $1.001 | $3.114 |
| M64 | 64 | 1 TiB | 7.2 TB SSD | $6.669 | $4,868 | $1.232 | $3.835 |
| M64s | 64 | 1 TiB | 2 TB SSD | $6.669 | $4,868 | $1.232 | $3.835 |
| M64m | 64 | 1,792 GiB | 7.2 TB SSD | $10.34 | $7,546 | $1.91 | $5.944 |
| M64ms | 64 | 1,792 GiB | 2 TB SSD | $10.34 | $7,546 | $1.91 | $5.944 |
| M128-64ms | 64 | 3,892 GiB | 4.1 TB SSD | $26.69 | $19,482 | $4.932 | $15.31 |
| M128 | 128 | 2 TiB | 14.3 TB SSD | $13.34 | $9,737 | $2.465 | $7.67 |
| M128s | 128 | 2 TiB | 4.1 TB SSD | $13.34 | $9,737 | $2.465 | $7.67 |
| M128m | 128 | 3,892 GiB | 14.3 TB SSD | $26.69 | $19,482 | $4.932 | $15.31 |
| M128ms | 128 | 3,892 GiB | 4.1 TB SSD | $26.69 | $19,482 | $4.932 | $15.31 |
Similar VM sizes on Azure
other Azure families with a similar shape, cheapest first
FX16-8ms v2$1.771/hr8 vCPU · 336 GiB · Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)42% cheaperE32-8as v4$2.016/hr8 vCPU · 256 GiB · AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)34% cheaperE32-8ads v5$2.096/hr8 vCPU · 256 GiB · AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)32% cheaperFX16-8mds v2$2.188/hr8 vCPU · 336 GiB · Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)29% cheaperE32-8ds v4$2.304/hr8 vCPU · 256 GiB · Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake)25% cheaperE32-8ds v5$2.304/hr8 vCPU · 256 GiB · Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake)25% cheaper
M16-8ms FAQ
How much does M16-8ms cost?
M16-8ms costs $3.073 per hour on demand with Linux in East US (eastus), about $2,243 per month. Across 52 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $3.073 in East US to $6.914 in Brazil Southeast. Spot capacity costs $0.5679 per hour (82% less), but can be reclaimed. A 1-yr Reserved commitment brings it to $1.767 per hour. With Windows it costs $4.214 per hour.
How many vCPUs and how much memory does M16-8ms have?
M16-8ms has 8 vCPUs and 437.5 GiB of memory (54.69 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon. It is a memory optimized VM size in the M family.
What are the equivalents of M16-8ms on other clouds?
The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on AWS, x2iedn.2xlarge (8 vCPU, 256 GiB, $1.667/hour in US East (N. Virginia)); on Akamai, Linode 150GB (8 vCPU, 150 GiB, $0.72/hour in Newark, NJ).