standard m12s v3

    $2.0020/hr

    ~$1461.46/month on-demand in westus

    The standard m12s v3 is a Memory optimized instance with 12 vCPUs and 240 GiB of memory, starting at $2.002 per hour or $0.400 per hour with spot instances.

    Last updated: Jan 15, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC

    Pricing varies by operating system

    Pricing Options

    Savings Plan

    Flexible commitment pricing

    1 Year
    $1.3812/hr
    ~$1008.26/mo
    Save 31%
    3 Year
    $0.7005/hr
    ~$511.37/mo
    Save 65%

    Reserved

    Region & instance locked

    1 Year
    $1.1644/hr
    ~$850.00/mo
    Save 42%
    3 Year
    $0.5621/hr
    ~$410.36/mo
    Save 72%

    Spot Pricing

    Up to 90% savings - flexible workloads

    Spot Price
    $0.4004/hr
    ~$292.29/mo
    Save 80%

    Mv3-series

    Switch between sizes in westus

    SizevCPUMem
    standard m12ds v312224
    standard m12s v312224
    standard m24ds v324447
    standard m24s v324447
    standard m48ds1 v348907
    standard m48s1 v348907
    standard m96ds1 v396907
    standard m96ds2 v3961812
    standard m96s1 v396907
    standard m96s2 v3961812
    standard m176ds3 v31762602
    standard m176ds4 v31763625
    standard m176s3 v31762602
    standard m176s4 v31763625

    Instance Specifications

    Detailed hardware and capabilities for standard m12s v3

    Processor

    Architecturex64
    vCPUs12
    vCPUs per Core2
    Memory240 GiB
    Memory per vCPU20.00 GiB

    Network

    Accelerated Networking
    RDMA
    IPv6

    Storage

    Temp Storage1023 GB
    NVMe Drive
    Max Data Disks64
    Cached IOPS10,000
    Cached Throughput100 MBps
    Uncached IOPS16,250
    Uncached Throughput390 MBps
    Premium Storage
    Ultra SSD

    Security & Capabilities

    GenerationCurrent
    Confidential Computing
    Trusted Launch
    Encryption at Host
    Spot/Low Priority
    Memory-Preserving Maint.
    Capacity Reservation
    Burstable
    Hyper-V GenerationsV2

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