The Standard_FX8ms_v2 is a compute optimised instance in the FXmsv2 family with 8 vCPU and 168 GiB of memory on Intel Haswell. It costs $7.30 a month on-demand in switzerlandwest (Geneva) and is offered in 56 regions.
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1 Nov 2026
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| Pod requests | Pods | Per pod, a month |
|---|---|---|
| 100m CPU, 128 MiB | 79cpu | $0.092 |
| 250m CPU, 512 MiB | 31cpu | $0.24 |
| 500m CPU, 1 GiB | 15cpu | $0.49 |
| 1 CPU, 4 GiB | 7cpu | $1.04 |
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 $210.24 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 790300% across sizes.
No grid or power data for this type in switzerlandwest.
| $7.30 | $1.46 | 80% | — | |
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| $7.30 | $201.63 | -2662% | — | |
| $7.30 | $1.46 | 80% | — | |
| $7.30 | $168.05 | -2202% | — | |
| $7.30 | $1.46 | 80% | — | |
| $7.30 | $168.05 | -2202% | — | |
| $7.30 | $240.46 | -3194% | — |
curl "https://prices.cloudadapt.io/api/v1/compute/azure/Standard_FX8ms_v2?region=switzerlandwest"
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