M176-88bds_4_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 M176-88bds_4_v3 is a azure vm instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for vm workloads.

Last updated at Tue May 26 2026

Instance Info

Compute	Value
vCPUs	176
Memory (GB)	3892
CPU Architecture	x64
Capacity Support	True
VM Generations	V2
VM Deployment Types	IaaS
Network	Value
Accelerated Networking	True
Storage	Value
Local Temp Storage (MB)	8192000
Cache/Temp Storage Throughput (IOPS)	160000
Cache/Temp Storage Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s)	1600000000
Uncached Disk Throughput (IOPS)	265000
Uncached Disk Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s)	10000000000
Premium I/O	True
Encryption	True
Memory Maintenance	False

Family Instances

Instance	vCPUs	Memory
M16bds_v3	16	128
M32bds_v3	32	256
M48bds_v3	48	384
M64bds_v3	64	512
M64-32bds_1_v3	64	1397
M64bds_1_v3	64	1397
M96bds_v3	96	768
M96-48bds_2_v3	96	1946
M96bds_2_v3	96	1946
M128-64bds_v3	128	1024
M128bds_v3	128	1024
M128-64bds_3_v3	128	2794
M128bds_3_v3	128	2794
M176-88bds_v3	176	1536
M176bds_v3	176	1536
M176-88bds_4_v3	176	3892
M176bds_4_v3	176	3892

Related Instances

Instance	vCPUs	Memory
M192idms_v2	192	4096
M176ds_4_v3	176	3892
M176s_4_v3	176	3892
M192ims_v2	192	4096
M128-32ms	128	3892

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