B8als_v2 by Microsoft Azure

B8als_v2 is a Basv2 family [AMD processor] [Low Memory] [Premium Storage capable] 8 vCPUs server offered by Microsoft Azure with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB of memory and 0 GB of storage. The pricing starts at 0.0606 USD per hour.

The B8als_v2 server is equipped with 8 logical CPU cores on 4 AMD EPYC 7763 physical CPU cores, 16 GiB of memory, 0 GB of storage, and no GPU. Additional block storage can be attached as needed.

We have run 53 frameworks on the B8als_v2 server, and collected 470 performance metrics. Depending on your use case, you might want to look at our Memory bandwidth, Compression algo, or OpenSSL speed benchmarks, among others. As a baseline example, the multi-core Geekbench6 compound score suggests that the B8als_v2 server is 2.534x faster than the baseline Dell Precision 3460 with a Core i7-12700 processor.

The pricing for B8als_v2 servers starts at 0.0606 USD per hour, but the actual price depends on the selected region, zone and server allocation method (e.g. on-demand versus spot pricing options): currently, we track the prices in 258 regions and zones every 5 minutes, and the maximum price stands at 0.594 USD.

The B8als_v2 server is offered by Microsoft Azure, founded in 2008, headquartered in Washington, United States. For more information, visit the Microsoft Azure homepage.

The B8als_v2 server is available in 258 availability zones of the following 55 regions: Indonesia Central (ID), Malaysia West (MY), Austria East (AT), Chile Central (CL), New Zealand North (NZ), Australia Central 2 (AU), Central India (IN), Jio India Central (IN), Jio India West (IN), Spain Central (ES), East US (US), East US 2 (US), North Central US (US), West US 2 (US), West US 3 (US), Sweden Central (SE), North Europe (IE), Canada Central (CA), Canada East (CA), Central US (US), France Central (FR), UK South (GB), Israel Central (IL), Qatar Central (QA), Italy North (IT), Germany West Central (DE), Korea South (KR), Poland Central (PL), West Europe (NL), West US (US), South Central US (US), UAE North (AE), West Central US (US), UK West (GB), Korea Central (KR), Southeast Asia (SG), Australia Central (AU), Australia East (AU), Norway East (NO), Switzerland North (CH), West India (IN), Australia Southeast (AU), South Africa North (ZA), Japan East (JP), Japan West (JP), East Asia (HK), South India (IN), France South (FR), Germany North (DE), UAE Central (AE), Brazil South (BR), Norway West (NO), Switzerland West (CH), South Africa West (ZA), Brazil Southeast (US).

Yes! In addition to the B8als_v2 server, the Basv2 server family includes 7 other sizes: B2ats_v2 (azure), B2als_v2 (azure), B2as_v2 (azure), B4als_v2 (azure), B4as_v2 (azure), B8as_v2 (azure), B16als_v2 (azure).

Looking at the number of GPU, vCPUs, and memory amount, the following top 10 servers come with similar specs: cx42 (hcloud), c2d-highcpu-8 (gcp), c3-highcpu-8 (gcp), c3d-highcpu-8 (gcp), n4-highcpu-8 (gcp), c4-highcpu-8 (gcp), c4a-highcpu-8 (gcp).