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The Standard_FX8-2mds_v2 is a memory optimised instance in the FXmdsv2 family with 2 vCPU and 168 GiB of memory on Intel Haswell. It costs $798.62 a month on-demand in eastus (Virginia) and is offered in 35 regions.
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1 Mar 2026
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| Pod requests | Pods | Per pod, a month |
|---|---|---|
| 100m CPU, 128 MiB | 19cpu | $42.03 |
| 250m CPU, 512 MiB | 7cpu | $114.09 |
| 500m CPU, 1 GiB | 3cpu | $266.21 |
| 1 CPU, 4 GiB | 1cpu | $798.62 |
Node share from GKE's published kube-reserved formula plus a 100 MiB eviction threshold; EKS and AKS keep similar amounts. DaemonSets take more on top. At most 110 pods per node, the kubelet default.
First year, 3 instances
Spot saves $22,716 a year
Reserved capacity is billed every hour of the month whether it runs or not.
Bars are on-demand per hour; the teal mark is spot. Price per vCPU varies by 300% across sizes.
No grid or power data for this type in eastus.
| $798.62 | $167.63 | 79% | — | |
| $798.62 | $147.58 | 82% | — | |
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| $824.17 | $152.31 | 82% | — | |
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| $902.28 | $166.56 | 82% | — | |
| $911.04 | $168.36 | 82% | — |
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List prices from Microsoft Azure in US dollars, before discounts, credits and taxes. A month is 730 hours, a year 8,760. Azure pricing page