Instances Azure VM Standard_B4s_v2 Standard_B4s_v2
Standard_B4s_v2 is an Azure VM size with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.166 per hour on demand ($121.18 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0982 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1494 per hour. It is sold in 58 regions.
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
Region On-demand Spot 1-yr reserved 3-yr reserved 1-yr savings plan 3-yr savings plan East US eastus $0.166 $0.1494 $0.0982 $0.0632 $0.1112 $0.0747 East US 2 eastus2 $0.166 $0.1494 $0.0982 $0.0632 $0.1112 $0.0747 North Central US northcentralus $0.166 $0.1494 $0.0982 $0.0632 $0.1112 $0.0747 West US 2 westus2 $0.166 $0.1494 $0.0982 $0.0632 $0.1112 $0.0747 West US 3 westus3 $0.166 $0.1494 $0.0982 $0.0632 $0.1145 $0.078 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.173 $0.1557 $0.1019 $0.0657 $0.1315 $0.0917 Central India centralindia $0.179 $0.1611 $0.1057 $0.0663 $0.1217 $0.0788 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.179 – – – $0.179 $0.179 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.179 – – – $0.179 $0.179 North Europe northeurope $0.182 $0.1638 $0.1076 $0.0693 $0.1383 $0.0965 Spain Central spaincentral $0.182 $0.1638 $0.1076 $0.0693 $0.1383 $0.0965 Canada Central canadacentral $0.186 $0.1674 $0.1095 $0.0705 $0.1246 $0.0837 Canada East canadaeast $0.186 $0.1674 $0.1095 $0.0705 $0.1246 $0.0837 Central US centralus $0.188 $0.1494 $0.0982 $0.0632 $0.1107 $0.0744 France Central francecentral $0.189 $0.1701 $0.1114 $0.0717 $0.1436 $0.1002 UK South uksouth $0.189 $0.1701 $0.1114 $0.0717 $0.1436 $0.1002 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.19 $0.171 $0.1121 $0.0703 $0.1273 $0.0836 Korea South koreasouth $0.191 $0.1719 $0.1129 $0.0727 $0.1452 $0.1051 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.192 $0.1728 $0.1132 $0.0729 $0.1459 $0.1056 Israel Central israelcentral $0.192 $0.1728 $0.113 $0.0728 $0.1459 $0.1018 Italy North italynorth $0.192 $0.1728 $0.113 $0.0728 $0.1459 $0.1018 Poland Central polandcentral $0.192 $0.1728 $0.1132 $0.0729 $0.1459 $0.1018 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.192 $0.1728 $0.113 $0.0728 $0.1459 $0.1018 West Europe westeurope $0.192 $0.1728 $0.1132 $0.0729 $0.1459 $0.1056 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.195 $0.1755 $0.1152 $0.0742 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.195 $0.1755 $0.1152 $0.0742 – – Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.196 $0.0431 $0.1156 $0.0745 $0.1313 $0.0862 West US westus $0.198 $0.1782 $0.117 $0.0754 $0.1366 $0.0931 South Central US southcentralus $0.2 $0.18 $0.1178 $0.0759 $0.138 $0.094 West Central US westcentralus $0.2 $0.18 $0.1178 $0.0759 $0.138 $0.094 UAE North uaenorth $0.201 $0.1809 $0.1184 $0.0762 $0.1528 $0.1065 UK West ukwest $0.201 $0.1809 $0.1188 $0.0765 $0.1528 $0.1106 Korea Central koreacentral $0.208 $0.1872 $0.1164 $0.079 $0.1352 $0.0957 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.208 $0.1872 $0.1227 $0.079 – – Australia Central australiacentral $0.211 $0.1899 $0.1247 $0.0803 $0.154 $0.1076 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.211 $0.1899 $0.1247 $0.0803 $0.154 $0.1076 Australia East australiaeast $0.211 $0.1899 $0.1247 $0.0803 $0.154 $0.1076 Norway East norwayeast $0.211 $0.1899 $0.1247 $0.0803 $0.1604 $0.1161 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.211 $0.1899 $0.1247 $0.0782 $0.1414 $0.0928 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.211 $0.1899 $0.1247 $0.0803 $0.1604 $0.1161 West India westindia $0.213 $0.1917 $0.1257 $0.0809 $0.1619 $0.1172 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.216 $0.1944 $0.1276 $0.0822 $0.1642 $0.1188 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.217 $0.1953 $0.1281 $0.0825 $0.1649 $0.1128 Japan East japaneast $0.218 $0.1962 $0.1284 $0.0827 $0.1591 $0.1112 Japan West japanwest $0.218 $0.1962 $0.1284 $0.0827 $0.1591 $0.1112 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.222 $0.1998 $0.1308 $0.0843 $0.1621 $0.1132 Sweden South swedensouth $0.225 $0.2025 $0.1325 $0.0854 $0.171 $0.1238 East Asia eastasia $0.234 $0.2106 $0.1378 $0.0864 $0.1568 $0.103 South India southindia $0.235 $0.2115 $0.1385 $0.0892 $0.1786 $0.1293 France South francesouth $0.245 $0.2205 $0.1449 $0.0933 $0.1862 $0.1348 Germany North germanynorth $0.25 $0.225 $0.1473 $0.0949 $0.19 $0.1375 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.255 $0.0561 $0.1503 $0.0968 $0.1709 $0.1122 UAE Central uaecentral $0.261 $0.2349 $0.1539 $0.0991 $0.1984 $0.1436 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.269 $0.2421 $0.1452 $0.1021 $0.1668 $0.1211 Norway West norwaywest $0.275 $0.2475 $0.162 $0.1043 $0.209 $0.1513 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.275 $0.2475 $0.162 $0.1043 $0.209 $0.1513 South Africa West southafricawest $0.282 $0.2538 $0.1664 $0.1072 $0.2143 $0.1551 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.349 $0.3141 $0.2062 $0.1328 $0.2652 $0.192
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.166 $0.0982 $0.0632 Windows $0.185 $0.1172 $0.0822
Compute Value vCPUs 4 Physical cores 2 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 16
Networking Value Network 6.25 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 3
Storage Value Max data disks 8 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 6,400 Max disk throughput (uncached) 145 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_B4s_v2 Family Bsv2 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series bsv2-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .