Azure B12ms Pricing and Specs
Microsoft Azure B12ms is a general-purpose instance with 12 vCPUs and 48.0 GB memory. This page provides comprehensive pricing comparison across all major regions, including on-demand, reserved, and spot pricing options.
Specifications
| Specification |
Value |
| vCPU |
12 |
| Memory |
48.0 GB |
| Storage |
Temp disk |
| Network Performance |
Moderate |
| EBS Bandwidth |
Moderate |
| Processor |
Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 |
Pricing by Region
On-Demand Pricing
| Region |
Hourly |
Monthly |
| US East (N. Virginia) |
$0.6240 |
$455.52 |
| US West (Oregon) |
$0.6552 |
$478.30 |
| US Central (Iowa) |
$0.6365 |
$464.63 |
| Canada Central |
$0.6739 |
$491.96 |
| EU West (Ireland) |
$0.6552 |
$478.30 |
Reserved Instance (1-Year No Upfront)
| Region |
Hourly |
Savings vs On-Demand |
| US East (N. Virginia) |
$0.3744 |
40% |
| US Central (Iowa) |
$0.3819 |
40% |
| EU West (Ireland) |
$0.3931 |
40% |
Spot Pricing
| Region |
Hourly |
Savings vs On-Demand |
| US East (N. Virginia) |
$0.1872 |
70% |
| US Central (Iowa) |
$0.1909 |
70% |
| EU West (Ireland) |
$0.1966 |
70% |
Use Cases
general-purpose instance are ideal for B12ms:
- Web servers and APIs
- Small to medium databases
- Development and test environments
Equivalent Instances
| Provider |
Instance |
vCPU |
Memory |
Price Diff |
| AWS |
m5.large |
2 |
8 |
13% |
| Azure |
B12ms |
12 |
48.0 |
baseline |
| GCP |
e2-standard-2 |
2 |
8 |
-14% |
| Alibaba Cloud |
ecs.g6-large |
2 |
8 |
-10% |
Data Source
- API: Microsoft Azure Official Pricing API
- Fetched: 2026-07-23
- Methodology: Prices retrieved via official API and normalized to USD hourly/monthly rates
