M8-4ms
api name Standard_M8-4ms · Azure Virtual Machines · M family
The M8-4ms is a memory optimized Azure Virtual Machines VM size with 4 vCPUs and 218.8 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon, starting at $1.536 per hour on demand.
memory optimizedx86-64intelprevious generation
- vCPUs
- 4
- memory
- 218.8 GiB
- processor
- Intel
- on-demand
- $1.537
- spot
- $0.2839
- 1-yr reserved
- $0.8836
dedicated
54.69 GiB per vCPU
x86-64
$1,122/mo · eastus
−82% vs on-demand
−42% vs on-demand
Previous generation. Azure still sells M8-4ms, but newer families usually give more performance per dollar. See the similar VM sizes below.
M8-4ms 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
| West US 3westus3cheapestNorth America | $1.536 | $0.2839 | $0.8836 | $0.4299 | $1.06 | $0.5375 |
| East USeastusreferenceNorth America | $1.537 | $0.2839 | $0.8836 | $0.4299 | $1.06 | $0.5376 |
| East US 2eastus2North America | $1.537 | $0.2839 | $0.8836 | $0.4299 | $1.06 | $0.5376 |
| North Central USnorthcentralusNorth America | $1.537 | $0.2839 | $0.8836 | $0.4299 | $1.06 | $0.5376 |
| West US 2westus2North America | $1.537 | $0.2839 | $0.8836 | $0.4299 | $1.06 | $0.5376 |
| Central IndiacentralindiaAsia | $1.585 | $0.2929 | $0.9116 | $0.4435 | $1.093 | $0.5546 |
| Canada CentralcanadacentralNorth America | $1.69 | $0.3123 | $0.9719 | $0.4729 | $1.166 | $0.5914 |
| Canada EastcanadaeastNorth America | $1.69 | $0.3123 | $0.9719 | $0.4729 | $1.166 | $0.5914 |
| Mexico CentralmexicocentralNorth America | $1.692 | $0.3127 | $0.9729 | $0.4738 | $1.167 | $0.5921 |
| Central UScentralusNorth America | $1.736 | $0.3208 | $0.9985 | $0.4857 | $1.198 | $0.6074 |
| North EuropenortheuropeEurope | $1.844 | $0.3407 | $1.06 | $0.5158 | $1.272 | $0.6452 |
| US Gov ArizonausgovarizonaNorth America | $1.844 | $0.3407 | $1.06 | $0.5158 | – | – |
| US Gov VirginiausgovvirginiaNorth America | $1.844 | $0.3407 | $1.06 | $0.5158 | – | – |
| South Central USsouthcentralusNorth America | $1.844 | $0.3408 | $1.06 | $0.5158 | $1.272 | $0.6452 |
| France CentralfrancecentralEurope | $1.936 | $0.3578 | $1.113 | $0.5416 | $1.336 | $0.6774 |
| UK SouthuksouthEurope | $1.936 | $0.3578 | $1.113 | $0.5416 | $1.336 | $0.6774 |
| UK WestukwestEurope | $1.936 | $0.3578 | $1.113 | $0.5416 | $1.336 | $0.6774 |
| West USwestusNorth America | $1.997 | $0.369 | $1.149 | $0.5588 | $1.378 | $0.6988 |
| Indonesia CentralindonesiacentralAsia | $2.005 | $0.3705 | $1.153 | $0.561 | $1.383 | $0.7016 |
| Malaysia WestmalaysiawestAsia | $2.005 | $0.3705 | $1.153 | $0.561 | $1.383 | $0.7016 |
| Israel CentralisraelcentralMiddle East | $2.028 | $0.3748 | $1.166 | $0.5674 | $1.399 | $0.7096 |
| UAE NorthuaenorthMiddle East | $2.028 | $0.3748 | $1.166 | $0.5674 | $1.399 | $0.7096 |
| Qatar CentralqatarcentralMiddle East | $2.03 | $0.3751 | $1.166 | $0.5674 | $1.401 | $0.7103 |
| South Africa NorthsouthafricanorthAfrica | $2.059 | $0.3805 | $1.184 | $0.576 | $1.421 | $0.7204 |
| Austria EastaustriaeastEurope | $2.151 | $0.3975 | $1.237 | $0.6018 | $1.484 | $0.7526 |
| Germany West CentralgermanywestcentralEurope | $2.151 | $0.3975 | $1.237 | $0.6018 | $1.484 | $0.7526 |
| Poland CentralpolandcentralEurope | $2.151 | $0.3975 | $1.237 | $0.6018 | $1.484 | $0.7526 |
| Sweden CentralswedencentralEurope | $2.151 | $0.3975 | $1.237 | $0.6018 | $1.484 | $0.7526 |
| Italy NorthitalynorthEurope | $2.151 | $0.3975 | $1.237 | $0.6018 | $1.484 | $0.7527 |
| West EuropewesteuropeEurope | $2.151 | $0.3975 | $1.237 | $0.6018 | $1.484 | $0.7527 |
| Spain CentralspaincentralEurope | $2.154 | $0.398 | $1.238 | $0.603 | $1.486 | $0.7535 |
| Norway EastnorwayeastEurope | $2.197 | $0.406 | $1.264 | $0.6147 | $1.516 | $0.7687 |
| Australia CentralaustraliacentralOceania | $2.228 | $0.4117 | $1.281 | $0.6233 | $1.537 | $0.7795 |
| Australia Central 2australiacentral2Oceania | $2.228 | $0.2228 | $1.281 | $0.6233 | $1.537 | $0.7795 |
| Australia EastaustraliaeastOceania | $2.228 | $0.4117 | $1.281 | $0.6233 | $1.537 | $0.7795 |
| Australia SoutheastaustraliasoutheastOceania | $2.228 | $0.4117 | $1.281 | $0.6233 | $1.537 | $0.7795 |
| Japan EastjapaneastAsia | $2.228 | $0.4117 | $1.281 | $0.6233 | $1.537 | $0.7795 |
| Japan WestjapanwestAsia | $2.228 | $0.4117 | $1.281 | $0.6233 | $1.537 | $0.7795 |
| Southeast AsiasoutheastasiaAsia | $2.228 | $0.4117 | $1.281 | $0.6233 | $1.537 | $0.7795 |
| Korea CentralkoreacentralAsia | $2.228 | $0.4117 | $1.281 | $0.6233 | $1.537 | $0.7796 |
| Korea SouthkoreasouthAsia | $2.228 | $0.4117 | $1.281 | $0.6233 | $1.537 | $0.7796 |
| Taiwan NorthtaiwannorthAsia | $2.23 | $0.4122 | $1.283 | $0.6245 | $1.539 | $0.7805 |
| South IndiasouthindiaAsia | $2.305 | $0.426 | $1.339 | $0.6512 | $1.59 | $0.8065 |
| New Zealand NorthnewzealandnorthOceania | $2.339 | $0.4323 | $1.345 | $0.6545 | $1.614 | $0.8185 |
| Switzerland NorthswitzerlandnorthEurope | $2.366 | $0.4373 | $1.329 | $0.6466 | $1.632 | $0.8279 |
| UAE CentraluaecentralMiddle East | $2.397 | $0.443 | $1.378 | $0.6706 | $1.654 | $0.8387 |
| South Africa WestsouthafricawestAfrica | $2.581 | $0.477 | $1.484 | $0.7221 | $1.781 | $0.9031 |
| East AsiaeastasiaAsia | $2.785 | $0.5146 | $1.409 | $0.6855 | $1.921 | $0.9744 |
| Germany NorthgermanynorthEurope | $2.796 | $0.5167 | $1.608 | $0.7822 | $1.929 | $0.9783 |
| Brazil SouthbrazilsouthSouth America | $2.996 | $0.5537 | $1.723 | $0.8382 | $2.067 | $1.048 |
| Switzerland WestswitzerlandwestEurope | $3.076 | $0.5684 | $1.728 | $0.8406 | $2.122 | $1.076 |
| Brazil SoutheastbrazilsoutheastSouth America | $3.457 | $0.6389 | $1.988 | $0.9672 | $2.385 | $1.21 |
Specifications
compute
- vCPUs
- 4
- Memory
- 218.8 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_M8-4ms- Family
- M
- Category
- Memory optimized
- Generation
- Previous
- Regions
- 52 (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
- Cheapest region
- West US 3 · $1.536/hr
- Constrained vCPUs
- 4 active of 8
M8-4ms 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 M8-4ms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | M8-4ms | 4 | 218.8 GiB | Intel Xeon | $1.537 | – |
| AWS | x2iedn.xlarge128 GiB (1.7× less) | 4 | 128 GiB | Intel Xeon Scalable (Icelake) | $0.8336 | -46% |
| x8aedz.xlarge128 GiB (1.7× less) | 4 | 128 GiB | AMD EPYC 9R05 Processor | $1.151 | -25% | |
| Akamai | Linode 90GB90 GiB (2.4× less) | 4 | 90 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.36 | -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
FX8-4ms v2$0.885/hr4 vCPU · 168 GiB · Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)42% cheaperE16-4as v4$1.008/hr4 vCPU · 128 GiB · AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)34% cheaperE16-4ads v5$1.048/hr4 vCPU · 128 GiB · AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)32% cheaperFX8-4mds v2$1.094/hr4 vCPU · 168 GiB · Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)29% cheaperE16-4ds v4$1.152/hr4 vCPU · 128 GiB · Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake)25% cheaperE16-4ds v5$1.152/hr4 vCPU · 128 GiB · Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake)25% cheaper
M8-4ms FAQ
How much does M8-4ms cost?
M8-4ms costs $1.537 per hour on demand with Linux in East US (eastus), about $1,122 per month. Across 52 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $1.536 in West US 3 to $3.457 in Brazil Southeast. Spot capacity costs $0.2839 per hour (82% less), but can be reclaimed. A 1-yr Reserved commitment brings it to $0.8836 per hour. With Windows it costs $2.107 per hour.
How many vCPUs and how much memory does M8-4ms have?
M8-4ms has 4 vCPUs and 218.8 GiB of memory (54.69 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon. It is a memory optimized VM size in the M family.
What is the cheapest region for M8-4ms?
West US 3 (westus3) at $1.536 per hour for Linux on demand. M8-4ms is sold in 52 Azure regions.
What are the equivalents of M8-4ms on other clouds?
The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on AWS, x2iedn.xlarge (4 vCPU, 128 GiB, $0.8336/hour in US East (N. Virginia)); on Akamai, Linode 90GB (4 vCPU, 90 GiB, $0.36/hour in Newark, NJ).