FX12mds
The 'FX' family of VM size series are one of Azure's specialized compute-optimized VM instances, designed primarily workloads that require significant CPU capabilities.
The FX12mds is a azure vm instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for vm workloads.
Last updated at Fri May 29 2026
Instance Info
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 12 |
| Memory (GB) | 252 |
| CPU Architecture | x64 |
| Capacity Support | True |
| VM Generations | V2 |
| VM Deployment Types | IaaS |
| Network | Value |
| Accelerated Networking | True |
| Storage | Value |
| Local Temp Storage (MB) | 516096 |
| Cache/Temp Storage Throughput (IOPS) | 163500 |
| Cache/Temp Storage Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) | 1028653056 |
| Uncached Disk Throughput (IOPS) | 20000 |
| Uncached Disk Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) | 314572800 |
| Premium I/O | True |
| Encryption | True |
| Memory Maintenance | True |
Family Instances
Related Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| M12ds_v3 | 12 | 240 |
| FX12ms_v2 | 12 | 252 |
| FX12mds_v2 | 12 | 252 |
| FX12-6mds_v2 | 12 | 252 |
| FX12-6ms_v2 | 12 | 252 |
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