Standard_D4ns_v6

Standard_D4ns_v6 is an Azure VM size with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.278 per hour on demand ($202.94 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1638 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0586 per hour. It is sold in 57 regions; the cheapest is Central US at $0.278 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$0.278$0.0513$0.1638$0.0934$0.1893$0.1117
East US eastus$0.278$0.0586$0.1638$0.0934$0.1893$0.1117
East US 2 eastus2$0.278$0.0514$0.1638$0.0934$0.1893$0.1117
North Central US northcentralus$0.278$0.0514$0.1643$0.0947$0.189$0.1112
West US 2 westus2$0.278$0.0514$0.1643$0.0947$0.189$0.1112
West US 3 westus3$0.278$0.0514$0.1643$0.0947$0.189$0.1112
Central India centralindia$0.29$0.0536$0.1712$0.0987$0.203$0.116
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.29–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.29–––––
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.296$0.0547$0.1747$0.0977$0.222$0.1539
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.306$0.0565$0.1807$0.1041$0.2081$0.1224
Canada Central canadacentral$0.31$0.0573$0.1831$0.1055$0.2108$0.124
Canada East canadaeast$0.31$0.0573$0.1831$0.1055$0.2108$0.124
Spain Central spaincentral$0.31$0.0573$0.1831$0.1055$0.2325$0.1395
Korea South koreasouth$0.32$0.0591$0.1889$0.1153$0.2176$0.1376
West US westus$0.325$0.0601$0.191$0.109$0.2597$0.1507
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.33$0.061$0.1946$0.1254$0.2508$0.1584
Poland Central polandcentral$0.33$0.061$0.1946$0.1122$0.2508$0.1584
South Central US southcentralus$0.334$0.0617$0.1965$0.1121$0.2275$0.1342
West Central US westcentralus$0.334$0.0617$0.1965$0.1121$0.2275$0.1342
Korea Central koreacentral$0.337$0.0623$0.1989$0.1213$0.2292$0.1449
UK West ukwest$0.337$0.0623$0.1987$0.1146$0.2527$0.1517
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.342$0.0632$0.2016$0.1162$0.2394$0.1402
France Central francecentral$0.348$0.0643$0.2054$0.1183$0.261$0.1566
UK South uksouth$0.348$0.0611$0.2047$0.1168$0.2605$0.1575
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.348$0.0643$0.2047$0.1207––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.348$0.0643$0.2047$0.1207––
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.349$0.0645$0.205$0.1209––
Australia Central australiacentral$0.351$0.0649$0.2071$0.1299$0.2562$0.158
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.351$0.0351$0.2071$0.1299$0.2562$0.158
Australia East australiaeast$0.351$0.0649$0.2071$0.1299$0.2562$0.158
West India westindia$0.356$0.0658$0.2103$0.1212$0.2492$0.1424
Japan East japaneast$0.358$0.0662$0.2112$0.136$0.2685$0.1647
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.362$0.0669$0.2136$0.1339$0.2643$0.1629
Italy North italynorth$0.362$0.0669$0.2136$0.1231$0.2715$0.1629
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.362$0.0669$0.2136$0.1303$0.2462$0.1557
North Europe northeurope$0.363$0.0671$0.2142$0.1234$0.2723$0.1634
West Europe westeurope$0.363$0.0671$0.2142$0.1234$0.2723$0.1634
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.367$0.0678$0.2164$0.1248$0.2789$0.1762
Sweden South swedensouth$0.385$0.0711$0.2271$0.127$0.2888$0.2002
South India southindia$0.393$0.0726$0.2316$0.1335$0.2751$0.1572
Israel Central israelcentral$0.398$0.0736$0.2349$0.1433$0.2945$0.1711
Norway East norwayeast$0.398$0.0736$0.2349$0.1354$0.3025$0.191
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.398$0.0736$0.2309$0.1433$0.2945$0.1751
UAE North uaenorth$0.398$0.0736$0.2349$0.1433$0.2945$0.1711
Japan West japanwest$0.404$0.0747$0.2382$0.1534$0.303$0.1858
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.407$0.0752$0.2398$0.1463$0.3012$0.175
Germany North germanynorth$0.429$0.0793$0.2531$0.1416$0.3218$0.2231
East Asia eastasia$0.432$0.0798$0.2538$0.1473$0.3031$0.1765
France South francesouth$0.452$0.0835$0.267$0.1538$0.339$0.2034
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$0.471$0.087$0.2776$0.1694$0.3203$0.2025
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.477$0.0882$0.2814$0.1622$0.3625$0.229
Norway West norwaywest$0.518$0.0957$0.3056$0.1761$0.3937$0.2486
UAE Central uaecentral$0.518$0.0957$0.3054$0.1863$0.3833$0.2227
South Africa West southafricawest$0.529$0.0978$0.3119$0.1903$0.3915$0.2275
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.557$0.1029$0.3285$0.1893$0.3788$0.2228
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$0.724$0.1338$0.4272$0.2462$0.4923$0.2896

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.278$0.1638$0.0934
Windows$0.462$0.3478$0.2774

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
Max data disks12
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)6,400
Max disk throughput (uncached)212 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNo
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_D4ns_v6
FamilyDnsv6
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesdnsv6-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

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