Standard_A4_v2
Standard_A4_v2 is an Azure VM size with 4 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M 2.1 GHz (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.191 per hour on demand ($139.43 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0382 per hour. It is sold in 58 regions; the cheapest is West US 2 at $0.159 per hour.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West US 2 westus2 | $0.159 | $0.0294 | $0.1075 | $0.0717 |
| West US 3 westus3 | $0.159 | $0.0294 | $0.1075 | $0.0717 |
| West Central US westcentralus | $0.175 | $0.0323 | $0.1208 | $0.0823 |
| Germany West Central germanywestcentral | $0.182 | $0.0336 | $0.1361 | $0.0975 |
| Italy North italynorth | $0.182 | $0.0336 | $0.1361 | $0.0975 |
| North Europe northeurope | $0.182 | $0.0336 | $0.1335 | $0.0976 |
| Poland Central polandcentral | $0.182 | $0.0336 | – | – |
| Spain Central spaincentral | $0.182 | $0.0336 | $0.1361 | $0.0975 |
| Sweden Central swedencentral | $0.182 | $0.0336 | $0.1383 | $0.1001 |
| West Europe westeurope | $0.182 | $0.0336 | $0.1361 | $0.0975 |
| UK South uksouth | $0.183 | $0.0322 | $0.1391 | $0.1007 |
| Indonesia Central indonesiacentral | $0.187 | $0.0346 | $0.1264 | $0.0843 |
| Malaysia West malaysiawest | $0.187 | $0.0346 | $0.1264 | $0.0843 |
| Canada Central canadacentral | $0.191 | $0.0547 | $0.1452 | $0.1051 |
| Canada East canadaeast | $0.191 | $0.0353 | $0.1452 | $0.1051 |
| Central US centralus | $0.191 | $0.0321 | $0.1291 | $0.086 |
| East US eastus | $0.191 | $0.0382 | $0.1291 | $0.0861 |
| East US 2 eastus2 | $0.191 | $0.0658 | $0.1291 | $0.0861 |
| North Central US northcentralus | $0.191 | $0.0353 | $0.1291 | $0.0861 |
| Qatar Central qatarcentral | $0.191 | $0.0353 | $0.1452 | $0.1051 |
| South Central US southcentralus | $0.191 | $0.0353 | $0.1318 | $0.0898 |
| UAE North uaenorth | $0.191 | $0.0354 | $0.1452 | $0.1051 |
| West US westus | $0.191 | $0.0353 | $0.1318 | $0.0898 |
| Israel Central israelcentral | $0.192 | $0.0355 | $0.1306 | $0.0883 |
| Korea South koreasouth | $0.193 | $0.0357 | $0.1467 | $0.1062 |
| US Gov Arizona usgovarizona | $0.194 | $0.0359 | – | – |
| US Gov Texas usgovtexas | $0.194 | $0.0359 | – | – |
| US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia | $0.194 | $0.0359 | – | – |
| Switzerland North switzerlandnorth | $0.197 | $0.0364 | $0.1497 | $0.1084 |
| Southeast Asia southeastasia | $0.198 | $0.0366 | $0.1436 | $0.0947 |
| Norway East norwayeast | $0.2 | $0.037 | $0.152 | $0.11 |
| Central India centralindia | $0.206 | $0.0381 | $0.1496 | $0.099 |
| Jio India Central jioindiacentral | $0.206 | – | $0.206 | $0.206 |
| Jio India West jioindiawest | $0.206 | – | $0.206 | $0.206 |
| South India southindia | $0.206 | $0.0381 | $0.1566 | $0.1133 |
| West India westindia | $0.206 | $0.0381 | $0.1566 | $0.1133 |
| Mexico Central mexicocentral | $0.211 | $0.039 | $0.1427 | $0.0951 |
| Germany North germanynorth | $0.213 | $0.0394 | $0.1619 | $0.1172 |
| South Africa North southafricanorth | $0.213 | $0.0394 | $0.1619 | $0.1172 |
| Korea Central koreacentral | $0.214 | $0.0395 | $0.1626 | $0.1177 |
| Australia Central australiacentral | $0.222 | $0.041 | $0.1535 | $0.1058 |
| Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 | $0.222 | $0.0222 | $0.1535 | $0.1058 |
| Australia East australiaeast | $0.222 | $0.041 | $0.1535 | $0.1058 |
| Australia Southeast australiasoutheast | $0.222 | $0.041 | $0.1687 | $0.1221 |
| East Asia eastasia | $0.222 | $0.041 | $0.1687 | $0.1221 |
| France Central francecentral | $0.222 | $0.041 | $0.1687 | $0.1221 |
| UK West ukwest | $0.222 | $0.041 | $0.1687 | $0.1221 |
| Sweden South swedensouth | $0.237 | $0.0438 | $0.1801 | $0.1304 |
| UAE Central uaecentral | $0.237 | $0.0438 | $0.1801 | $0.1304 |
| Japan East japaneast | $0.238 | $0.044 | $0.1809 | $0.1309 |
| Japan West japanwest | $0.238 | $0.044 | $0.1809 | $0.1309 |
| Switzerland West switzerlandwest | $0.256 | $0.0473 | $0.1946 | $0.1408 |
| New Zealand North newzealandnorth | $0.26 | $0.048 | $0.1798 | $0.1239 |
| Norway West norwaywest | $0.26 | $0.048 | $0.1976 | $0.143 |
| South Africa West southafricawest | $0.267 | $0.0495 | $0.2029 | $0.1469 |
| Brazil South brazilsouth | $0.27 | $0.0499 | $0.2052 | $0.1485 |
| France South francesouth | $0.2886 | $0.0533 | $0.2193 | $0.1587 |
| Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast | $0.351 | $0.0649 | $0.2668 | $0.1931 |
Prices by operating system in East US
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.191 | – | – |
| Windows | $0.286 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 4 |
| Physical cores | 4 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M 2.1 GHz (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids) |
| ACU (compute units) | 100 |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 8 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | 1 Gbps |
| Accelerated networking | No |
| Max network interfaces | 4 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | 40 GiB temp SSD |
| Temp disk | 40 GiB |
| Max data disks | 8 |
| Premium SSD | No |
| Max disk IOPS (uncached) | 6,400 |
| Max disk throughput (uncached) | 96 MB/s |
| Ephemeral OS disk | No |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | Standard_A4_v2 |
| Family | Av2 |
| Category | General purpose |
| VM generations | V1 |
| Encryption at host | No |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Series | av2-series |
| Specs source | Azure Resource SKUs API |
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Other Av2 sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_A1_v2 | 1 | 2 | $0.043 |
| Standard_A2_v2 | 2 | 4 | $0.0903 |
| Standard_A4_v2 | 4 | 8 | $0.191 |
| Standard_A8_v2 | 8 | 16 | $0.399 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.