M12s_v3
The 'M' family of VM size series are one of Azure's ultra memory-optimized VM instances designed for extremely memory-intensive workloads, such as large in-memory databases, data warehousing, and high-performance computing (HPC).
The M12s_v3 is a azure vm instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for vm workloads.
Last updated at Wed Apr 29 2026
Instance Info
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 12 |
| Memory (GB) | 240 |
| CPU Architecture | x64 |
| Capacity Support | True |
| VM Generations | V2 |
| VM Deployment Types | IaaS |
| Network | Value |
| Accelerated Networking | True |
| Storage | Value |
| Local Temp Storage (MB) | 0 |
| Cache/Temp Storage Throughput (IOPS) | 10000 |
| Cache/Temp Storage Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) | 100000000 |
| Uncached Disk Throughput (IOPS) | 16250 |
| Uncached Disk Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) | 390000000 |
| Premium I/O | True |
| Encryption | True |
| Memory Maintenance | True |
Family Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| M12s_v3 | 12 | 240 |
| M24s_v3 | 24 | 480 |
| M48s_1_v3 | 48 | 974 |
| M96s_1_v3 | 96 | 974 |
| M96s_2_v3 | 96 | 1946 |
| M176s_3_v3 | 176 | 2794 |
| M176s_4_v3 | 176 | 3892 |
Related Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| M12ds_v3 | 12 | 240 |
| FX12-6ms_v2 | 12 | 252 |
| FX12-6mds_v2 | 12 | 252 |
| FX12mds | 12 | 252 |
| FX12mds_v2 | 12 | 252 |
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