Standard_D4nds_v6

Standard_D4nds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.293 per hour on demand ($213.89 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1728 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0617 per hour. It is sold in 57 regions; the cheapest is Central US at $0.293 per hour.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
Central US centralus$0.293$0.0541$0.1728$0.0996$0.1992$0.1201
East US eastus$0.293$0.0617$0.1728$0.0996$0.1992$0.1201
East US 2 eastus2$0.293$0.0541$0.1728$0.0996$0.1992$0.1201
North Central US northcentralus$0.293$0.0541$0.1728$0.0996$0.1992$0.1201
West US 2 westus2$0.293$0.0541$0.1728$0.0996$0.1992$0.1201
West US 3 westus3$0.293$0.0541$0.1728$0.0996$0.1992$0.1201
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.306$0.0565$0.1804$0.1009$0.2295$0.1591
Central India centralindia$0.312$0.0577$0.1844$0.1062$0.2153$0.1279
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.312–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.312–––––
Canada Central canadacentral$0.321$0.0593$0.1893$0.1091$0.2183$0.1284
Canada East canadaeast$0.321$0.0593$0.1893$0.1091$0.2183$0.1284
Spain Central spaincentral$0.321$0.0593$0.1893$0.1091$0.2408$0.1445
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.322$0.0595$0.1902$0.1096$0.219$0.1288
Korea South koreasouth$0.337$0.0623$0.1989$0.1213$0.2292$0.1449
West US westus$0.338$0.0625$0.1993$0.1148$0.2704$0.1555
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.349$0.0645$0.2059$0.1326$0.2652$0.171
Poland Central polandcentral$0.349$0.0645$0.2059$0.1187$0.2652$0.1675
South Central US southcentralus$0.352$0.0651$0.2074$0.1196$0.2394$0.1443
West Central US westcentralus$0.352$0.0651$0.2074$0.1196$0.2394$0.1443
Korea Central koreacentral$0.355$0.0656$0.2097$0.128$0.2414$0.1527
UK West ukwest$0.355$0.0656$0.2091$0.1205$0.2663$0.1598
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.36$0.0665$0.2123$0.1223$0.252$0.1476
France Central francecentral$0.366$0.0676$0.2161$0.1245$0.2745$0.1647
UK South uksouth$0.366$0.0643$0.2161$0.1245$0.2745$0.1647
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.366$0.0676$0.2154$0.1287––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.366$0.0676$0.2154$0.1287––
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.368$0.068$0.2167$0.1295––
Australia Central australiacentral$0.371$0.0686$0.2186$0.1408$0.2708$0.1669
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.371$0.0371$0.2186$0.1408$0.2708$0.1669
Australia East australiaeast$0.371$0.0686$0.2186$0.1408$0.2708$0.1669
West India westindia$0.375$0.0693$0.2212$0.1275$0.2588$0.1538
Japan East japaneast$0.377$0.0697$0.2225$0.1433$0.2828$0.1772
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.38$0.0702$0.2244$0.1293$0.2888$0.1824
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.381$0.0704$0.2248$0.1447$0.2781$0.1715
Italy North italynorth$0.381$0.0704$0.2248$0.1295$0.2858$0.1715
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.381$0.0704$0.2248$0.1371$0.2591$0.1638
North Europe northeurope$0.384$0.071$0.2265$0.1305$0.288$0.1728
West Europe westeurope$0.384$0.071$0.2265$0.1305$0.288$0.1728
Sweden South swedensouth$0.397$0.0734$0.2345$0.1311$0.2978$0.2064
South India southindia$0.413$0.0763$0.2437$0.1404$0.285$0.1693
Israel Central israelcentral$0.419$0.0774$0.2473$0.1508$0.3101$0.1802
Norway East norwayeast$0.419$0.0774$0.2473$0.1425$0.3184$0.2011
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.419$0.0774$0.243$0.1508$0.3101$0.1844
UAE North uaenorth$0.419$0.0774$0.2473$0.1508$0.3101$0.1802
Japan West japanwest$0.425$0.0785$0.2507$0.1615$0.3188$0.1998
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.428$0.0791$0.2524$0.154$0.3167$0.184
East Asia eastasia$0.454$0.0839$0.2679$0.1544$0.3178$0.1861
Germany North germanynorth$0.454$0.0839$0.2677$0.1497$0.3405$0.2361
France South francesouth$0.476$0.088$0.2809$0.1619$0.357$0.2142
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.494$0.0913$0.2918$0.1681$0.3754$0.2371
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$0.495$0.0915$0.2921$0.1783$0.3366$0.2129
Norway West norwaywest$0.545$0.1007$0.3216$0.1853$0.4142$0.2616
UAE Central uaecentral$0.545$0.1007$0.3213$0.1961$0.4033$0.2344
South Africa West southafricawest$0.556$0.1027$0.3281$0.2002$0.4114$0.2391
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.586$0.1083$0.3458$0.1992$0.3985$0.2344
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$0.762$0.1408$0.4494$0.259$0.5182$0.3048

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.293$0.1728$0.0996
Windows$0.477$0.3568$0.2836

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
Network30 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces4
StorageValue
Storage220 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Local NVMe220 GiB
Max data disks12
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)6,400
Max disk throughput (uncached)212 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYes
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_D4nds_v6
FamilyDndsv6
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesdndsv6-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

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SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
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Standard_D96nds_v696384$7.638
Standard_D128nds_v6128512$10.184

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.