Compare Azure Virtual Machines
| Standard_A8m_v2 | Standard_FX8ms_v2 |
| Standard is recommended tier A – Entry-level VMs for dev/test 8 – The number of vCPUs m – The most amount of memory in a particular size v2 – version | Standard is recommended tier FX – High single-core performance compute optimised VMs 8 – The number of vCPUs m – The most amount of memory in a particular size s – Premium Storage capable v2 – version |
| 8 | 8 |
| x64 | x64 |
| 64 | 168 |
| V1 | V2 |
| 100 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 |
| no | no |
| no | yes |
| 1023 GiB | 1023 GiB |
| 80 GiB | 0 GiB |
| 16 | 24 |
| no | yes |
| 8000 | 36000 |
| 12800 | 33000 |
| 80 MiB/Sec | 477 MiB/Sec |
| 160 MiB/Sec | 477 MiB/Sec |
| 1.00x | 2.16x |
Regional Prices
Region | Standard_A8m_v2 | Standard_FX8ms_v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Europe / Austria East (austriaeast) | 0.4530 | n/a |
| US / East US (eastus) | n/a | 0.8850 |
| US / East US 2 (eastus2) | n/a | 0.8850 |
| US / West Central US (westcentralus) | 0.4420 | n/a |
| US / West US 2 (westus2) | 0.3970 | 0.8860 |
| US / West US 3 (westus3) | 0.4370 | 0.8850 |