M96bds_v3 by Microsoft Azure

M96bds_v3 is a MBDSMediumMemoryv3 family [Block Storage performance] [Local Disk] [Premium Storage capable] [Intel processor] 96 vCPUs server offered by Microsoft Azure with 96 vCPUs, 768 GiB of memory and 410 GB of storage. The pricing starts at 1.758 USD per hour.
96 vCPU
768 GiB Memory
410 GB Storage
Spare SCore
90,931
(All-cores)
2,058
(Single-core)

Specifications

Server Metadata

Vendor ID
azure
Server ID
Standard_M96bds_v3
Name
M96bds_v3
API Reference
Standard_M96bds_v3
Description
MBDSMediumMemoryv3 family [Block Storage performance] [Local Disk] [Premium Storage capable] [Intel processor] 96 vCPUs
Family
MBDSMediumMemoryv3
Hw Virt
Status
active
Observed At
2026-10-27T03:35:20.155002

Availability

REGION / IDSPOTONDEMAND
North Central US (US) / northcentralus
1.9724 USD/h 8.7898 USD/h
West US 3 (US) / westus3
1.9724 USD/h 8.7898 USD/h
India South Central (IN) / indiasouthcentral
1.758 USD/h 8.79 USD/h
Central India (IN) / centralindia
1.9725 USD/h 8.79 USD/h
East US (US) / eastus
1.9725 USD/h 8.79 USD/h
East US 2 (US) / eastus2
1.9725 USD/h 8.79 USD/h
South India (IN) / southindia
1.9725 USD/h 8.79 USD/h
West US 2 (US) / westus2
1.9725 USD/h 8.79 USD/h
Jio India Central (IN) / jioindiacentral
- 8.79 USD/h
Jio India West (IN) / jioindiawest
- 8.79 USD/h
Central US (US) / centralus
1.8356 USD/h 9.9328 USD/h
Indonesia Central (ID) / indonesiacentral
2.3068 USD/h 10.28 USD/h
Malaysia West (MY) / malaysiawest
2.3078 USD/h 10.2843 USD/h
Australia East (AU) / australiaeast
2.3638 USD/h 10.534 USD/h
North Europe (IE) / northeurope
2.3652 USD/h 10.54 USD/h
South Central US (US) / southcentralus
2.3652 USD/h 10.54 USD/h
Canada Central (CA) / canadacentral
2.5621 USD/h 10.548 USD/h
Austria East (AT) / austriaeast
2.3786 USD/h 10.6 USD/h
Germany West Central (DE) / germanywestcentral
2.3795 USD/h 10.6038 USD/h
UK South (GB) / uksouth
2.4656 USD/h 10.9875 USD/h
New Zealand North (NZ) / newzealandnorth
2.482 USD/h 11.0608 USD/h
West Europe (NL) / westeurope
2.5626 USD/h 11.42 USD/h
Southeast Asia (SG) / southeastasia
2.5641 USD/h 11.4267 USD/h
Korea Central (KR) / koreacentral
2.6628 USD/h 11.8665 USD/h
Sweden Central (SE) / swedencentral
2.7615 USD/h 12.306 USD/h
Switzerland North (CH) / switzerlandnorth
2.8206 USD/h 12.5697 USD/h
UAE North (AE) / uaenorth
2.8206 USD/h 12.5697 USD/h
Japan East (JP) / japaneast
2.8601 USD/h 12.7455 USD/h
East Asia (HK) / eastasia
3.0573 USD/h 13.6245 USD/h
Japan West (JP) / japanwest
3.0573 USD/h 13.6245 USD/h
Brazil South (BR) / brazilsouth
3.945 USD/h 17.58 USD/h

Processor

vCPUs
96
Hypervisor
Microsoft Hyper-V
CPU Allocation
Dedicated
CPU Cores
48
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
2 MiB
CPU L1I Cache
32 KiB
CPU L1I Cache Total
2 MiB
CPU L2 Cache
2 MiB
CPU L2 Cache Total
96 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
44.2
Scalability
46.04

System Resources and Accelerators

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

    Server Description

    A high-density, memory-optimized platform featuring ninety-six dedicated processor cores and exceptional memory bandwidth for demanding enterprise database workloads.

    Memory OptimizedStorage & Database

    The Microsoft Azure M96bds_v3 is a high-capacity, memory-optimized server from the MBDSMediumMemoryv3 family. Powered by a dedicated 96-vCPU Intel Xeon 8473C processor running at 4.0 GHz, it features 768.0 GB of RAM and a 410 GB local SSD. The architecture supports advanced vector and matrix extensions (AVX-512 and AMX), driving top-tier performance in memory bandwidth, multi-threaded decompression, and database operations. While single-core performance remains average, the server's massive parallel processing capabilities and high memory-to-core ratio deliver excellent qualitative cost efficiency for resource-intensive enterprise workloads. It is highly suited for large-scale databases, in-memory analytics, and multi-threaded data processing.

    Economics

    Average Price per Region

    Prices per Zone

    Lowest Prices

    Performance

    Workload Profiles

    5Score
    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) 16,491,513 ops/sec 1,918,343 ops/sec 8.4 50.00% 50.00% +190.00%
    Redis RPS (pipeline=16, SET) 78,756,331 ops/sec 11,704,734 ops/sec 6.6 20.00% 20.00% +46.00%
    PassMark Memory Mark (composite) 2,468 2,416 1 10.00% 10.00% 0.00%
    Memory bandwidth (read, 16 MB ~ L3) 463,523 MB/sec 108,420 MB/sec 4.2 10.00% 10.00% +15.00%
    PassMark single-thread CPU 3,161 Mops/s 2,365 Mops/s 1.3 10.00% 10.00% +2.70%

    Memory Bandwidth

    Compression

    OpenSSL

    Geekbench Single-Core

    Score: 2,190

    Geekbench Multi-Core

    Score: 20,551

    Passmark CPU Scores

    BENCHMARKSCORE
    Mark
    		 97,411
    Compression
    		 1,601,811
    Encryption
    		 95,396
    Extended Instructions
    		 123,302
    Floating Point Maths
    		 311,071
    Integer Maths
    		 436,751
    Physics
    		 13,469
    Prime Numbers
    		 770
    Single Threaded
    		 3,161
    String Sorting
    		 217,313

    Passmark Memory Scores

    BENCHMARKSCORE
    Memory Mark
    		 2,468
    Database Operations
    		 34,663
    Memory Latency
    		 69
    Memory Read Cached
    		 28,414
    Memory Read Uncached
    		 10,778
    Memory Write
    		 9,375

    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

    Alternatives

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    INSTANCEvCPUsMEMORYAccelerators
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    M32bds_v3 32256 GiB0
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    M96-48bds_2_v3 481946 GiB0
    M64bds_v3 64512 GiB0
    M128-64bds_v3 641024 GiB0
    M64bds_1_v3 641397 GiB0

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