M128bds_3_v3 by Microsoft Azure

M128bds_3_v3 is a MBDSMediumMemoryv3 family [Block Storage performance] [Local Disk] [Premium Storage capable] [Intel processor] 128 vCPUs server offered by Microsoft Azure with 128 vCPUs, 2794 GiB of memory and 6.14 TB of storage. The pricing starts at 9.192 USD per hour.
128 vCPU
2794 GiB Memory
6.14 TB Storage
Spare SCore
110,316
(All-cores)
2,056
(Single-core)

Specifications

Server Metadata

Vendor ID
azure
Server ID
Standard_M128bds_3_v3
Name
M128bds_3_v3
API Reference
Standard_M128bds_3_v3
Description
MBDSMediumMemoryv3 family [Block Storage performance] [Local Disk] [Premium Storage capable] [Intel processor] 128 vCPUs
Family
MBDSMediumMemoryv3
Hw Virt
Status
active
Observed At
2026-10-31T04:55:00.597468

Availability

REGION / IDSPOTONDEMAND
North Central US (US) / northcentralus
10.3128 USD/h 45.9571 USD/h
West US 3 (US) / westus3
10.3128 USD/h 45.9571 USD/h
India South Central (IN) / indiasouthcentral
9.192 USD/h 45.96 USD/h
Central India (IN) / centralindia
10.3134 USD/h 45.96 USD/h
East US (US) / eastus
10.3134 USD/h 45.96 USD/h
East US 2 (US) / eastus2
10.3134 USD/h 45.96 USD/h
South India (IN) / southindia
10.3134 USD/h 45.96 USD/h
West US 2 (US) / westus2
10.3134 USD/h 45.96 USD/h
Jio India Central (IN) / jioindiacentral
- 45.96 USD/h
Jio India West (IN) / jioindiawest
- 45.96 USD/h
Central US (US) / centralus
9.5973 USD/h 51.9332 USD/h
Indonesia Central (ID) / indonesiacentral
12.066 USD/h 53.77 USD/h
Malaysia West (MY) / malaysiawest
12.0667 USD/h 53.7732 USD/h
Australia East (AU) / australiaeast
12.3597 USD/h 55.079 USD/h
North Europe (IE) / northeurope
12.3757 USD/h 55.15 USD/h
South Central US (US) / southcentralus
12.3757 USD/h 55.15 USD/h
Canada Central (CA) / canadacentral
13.3964 USD/h 55.152 USD/h
Austria East (AT) / austriaeast
12.4407 USD/h 55.44 USD/h
Germany West Central (DE) / germanywestcentral
12.4416 USD/h 55.4438 USD/h
UK South (GB) / uksouth
12.8918 USD/h 57.45 USD/h
New Zealand North (NZ) / newzealandnorth
12.9777 USD/h 57.833 USD/h
West Europe (NL) / westeurope
13.4057 USD/h 59.74 USD/h
Southeast Asia (SG) / southeastasia
13.4066 USD/h 59.7443 USD/h
Korea Central (KR) / koreacentral
13.9231 USD/h 62.046 USD/h
Sweden Central (SE) / swedencentral
14.4383 USD/h 64.3417 USD/h
Switzerland North (CH) / switzerlandnorth
14.7482 USD/h 65.7228 USD/h
UAE North (AE) / uaenorth
14.7482 USD/h 65.7228 USD/h
Japan East (JP) / japaneast
14.9545 USD/h 66.642 USD/h
East Asia (HK) / eastasia
15.9858 USD/h 71.238 USD/h
Japan West (JP) / japanwest
15.9858 USD/h 71.238 USD/h
Brazil South (BR) / brazilsouth
20.6268 USD/h 91.92 USD/h

Processor

vCPUs
128
Hypervisor
Microsoft Hyper-V
CPU Allocation
Dedicated
CPU Cores
64
CPU Speed
4 GHz
CPU Architecture
x86_64
CPU Manufacturer
Intel
CPU Family
Xeon
CPU Model
8473C
CPU L1D Cache
48 KiB
CPU L1D Cache Total
3 MiB
CPU L1I Cache
32 KiB
CPU L1I Cache Total
2 MiB
CPU L2 Cache
2 MiB
CPU L2 Cache Total
128 MiB
CPU L3 Cache
105 MiB
CPU L3 Cache Total
210 MiB
CPU Flags
fpu, vme, de, pse, tsc, msr, pae, mce, cx8, apic, sep, mtrr, pge, mca, cmov, pat, pse36, clflush, mmx, fxsr, sse, sse2, ss, ht, syscall, nx, pdpe1gb, rdtscp, lm, constant_tsc, rep_good, nopl, xtopology, tsc_reliable, nonstop_tsc, cpuid, aperfmperf, pni, pclmulqdq, ssse3, fma, cx16, pcid, sse4_1, sse4_2, x2apic, movbe, popcnt, tsc_deadline_timer, aes, xsave, avx, f16c, rdrand, hypervisor, lahf_lm, abm, 3dnowprefetch, fsgsbase, tsc_adjust, bmi1, hle, avx2, smep, bmi2, erms, invpcid, rtm, avx512f, avx512dq, rdseed, adx, smap, avx512ifma, clflushopt, clwb, avx512cd, sha_ni, avx512bw, avx512vl, xsaveopt, xsavec, xgetbv1, xsaves, user_shstk, avx_vnni, avx512_bf16, avx512vbmi, umip, waitpkg, avx512_vbmi2, gfni, vaes, vpclmulqdq, avx512_vnni, avx512_bitalg, avx512_vpopcntdq, la57, rdpid, cldemote, movdiri, movdir64b, fsrm, serialize, tsxldtrk, ibt, amx_bf16, avx512_fp16, amx_tile, amx_int8, arch_capabilities
Ecpus
53.7
Scalability
41.95

System Resources and Accelerators

MEMORY
Memory Amount
3 TB
Memory Amount Actual
3 TB
ACCELERATORS
Accelerator Count
0
Accelerator Memory Min
0 MiB
Accelerator Memory Total
0 MiB
Accelerators
    STORAGE
    Storage Size
    6144 GB
    Storage Type
    ssd
    Storages
    • 6144 GB ssd (temp disk)
    NETWORK
    Inbound Traffic
    0 GB/month
    Outbound Traffic
    0 GB/month
    IPv4
    0

    Server Description

    A high-density memory-optimized instance featuring 128 vCPUs, massive RAM, and local SSD storage for demanding enterprise database workloads.

    Memory OptimizedStorage & Database

    The Microsoft Azure M128bds_3_v3 is a memory-optimized server from the MBDSMediumMemoryv3 family, powered by a dedicated 128-vCPU Intel Xeon 8473C processor running at 4.0 GHz. It features 2794.0 GB of RAM and a bundled 6144 GB local SSD. Designed for memory-intensive workloads, the server delivers top-tier performance in memory bandwidth, achieving 9024.88 GB/sec for cached reads, alongside exceptional database capabilities with 139.35 million Redis SET operations per second. The processor supports advanced instruction sets like Intel AMX and AVX-512, enhancing its capability for complex mathematical computations. While single-core performance is average, its massive multi-core capabilities and high memory density offer strong qualitative cost efficiency for resource-heavy applications. This server is highly suited for large-scale in-memory databases, enterprise database management, and intensive data processing tasks.

    Economics

    Average Price per Region

    Prices per Zone

    Lowest Prices

    Performance

    Workload Profiles

    5.9Score
    Precomputed compound score for Cache Intensive workloads. A weighted average (geometric mean) of benchmark scores compared to their medians: score = ∏ (x_i / m_i)^(w_i / Σw). The score of 1.0 represents a synthetic baseline server with the median performance of each component benchmark; 0.5 means roughly half the performance; and 2.0 means twice the performance of that reference profile. Component weights: 50% Redis RPS (pipeline=1, SET), 20% Redis RPS (pipeline=16, SET), 10% PassMark Memory Mark (composite), 10% Memory bandwidth (read, 16 MB ~ L3), 10% PassMark single-thread CPU. Rationale for component selection: In-memory key-value store workload, mixing direct Redis performance metrics with memory speed and latency benchmarks, and single-core CPU performance profiles.
    Component Score Weight Impact
    Raw Reference Normalized Target Actual
    Redis RPS (pipeline=1, SET) 19,800,769 ops/sec 1,918,343 ops/sec 11 50.00% 50.00% +230.00%
    Redis RPS (pipeline=16, SET) 94,990,565 ops/sec 11,704,734 ops/sec 7.9 20.00% 20.00% +51.00%
    PassMark Memory Mark (composite) 2,461 2,416 1 10.00% 10.00% 0.00%
    Memory bandwidth (read, 16 MB ~ L3) 463,236 MB/sec 108,466 MB/sec 4.2 10.00% 10.00% +15.00%
    PassMark single-thread CPU 3,163 Mops/s 2,365 Mops/s 1.3 10.00% 10.00% +2.70%

    Memory Bandwidth

    Compression

    OpenSSL

    Geekbench Single-Core

    Score: 2,181

    Geekbench Multi-Core

    Score: 20,402

    Passmark CPU Scores

    BENCHMARKSCORE
    Mark
    		 106,798
    Compression
    		 1,935,408
    Encryption
    		 116,613
    Extended Instructions
    		 135,638
    Floating Point Maths
    		 375,488
    Integer Maths
    		 527,886
    Physics
    		 13,833
    Prime Numbers
    		 845
    Single Threaded
    		 3,163
    String Sorting
    		 260,749

    Passmark Memory Scores

    BENCHMARKSCORE
    Memory Mark
    		 2,461
    Database Operations
    		 34,530
    Memory Latency
    		 69
    Memory Read Cached
    		 27,664
    Memory Read Uncached
    		 10,689
    Memory Write
    		 9,366

    Stress-ng Raw Scores

    Stress-ng Relative Multicore Performance

    LLM Inference Speed for Prompt Processing

    LLM Inference Speed for Text Generation

    Static Web Server

    Redis

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