Standard_DC4ads_v6

Standard_DC4ads_v6 is an Azure VM size with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)). In East US it costs $0.251 per hour on demand ($183.23 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.2007 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.053 per hour. It is sold in 55 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.162 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 India centralindia$0.162$0.0299$0.1299$0.0974$0.1377$0.1053
East US eastus$0.251$0.053$0.2007$0.1505$0.2134$0.1632
East US 2 eastus2$0.251$0.0464$0.2007$0.1505$0.2134$0.1632
North Central US northcentralus$0.251$0.0464$0.2007$0.1505$0.2134$0.1632
West US 2 westus2$0.251$0.0464$0.2007$0.1505$0.2134$0.1632
West US 3 westus3$0.251$0.0464$0.2007$0.1505$0.2134$0.1632
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.268$0.0495$0.2147$0.161$0.2278$0.1742
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.276$0.051$0.221$0.1658$0.2346$0.1794
Canada Central canadacentral$0.28$0.0517$0.2242$0.1682$0.238$0.182
Canada East canadaeast$0.28$0.0517$0.2242$0.1682$0.238$0.182
North Europe northeurope$0.28$0.0517$0.2242$0.1682$0.238$0.182
Central US centralus$0.284$0.0524$0.1345$0.0866$0.2414$0.1846
Korea South koreasouth$0.289$0.0534$0.2309$0.1732$0.2457$0.1879
UK South uksouth$0.292$0.054$0.2333$0.175$0.2482$0.1898
France Central francecentral$0.295$0.0545$0.2358$0.1769$0.2507$0.1918
Italy North italynorth$0.295$0.0545$0.2358$0.1769$0.2507$0.1918
Spain Central spaincentral$0.295$0.0545$0.2358$0.1769$0.2507$0.1918
West US westus$0.295$0.0545$0.2358$0.1769$0.2507$0.1918
South Central US southcentralus$0.301$0.0556$0.2404$0.1803$0.2559$0.1957
West Central US westcentralus$0.301$0.0556$0.2404$0.1803$0.2559$0.1957
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.304$0.0562$0.2429$0.1822$0.2584$0.1976
Poland Central polandcentral$0.304$0.0562$0.2429$0.1822$0.2584$0.1976
UK West ukwest$0.304$0.0562$0.2429$0.1822$0.2584$0.1976
West Europe westeurope$0.304$0.0562$0.2429$0.1822$0.2584$0.1976
Korea Central koreacentral$0.309$0.0571$0.2475$0.1856$0.2627$0.2009
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.309$0.0571$0.2475$0.1856$0.2627$0.2009
UAE North uaenorth$0.309$0.0571$0.2475$0.1856$0.2627$0.2009
Australia Central australiacentral$0.315$0.0582$0.2521$0.189$0.2678$0.2047
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.315$0.0315$0.2521$0.189$0.2678$0.2047
Australia East australiaeast$0.315$0.0582$0.2521$0.189$0.2678$0.2047
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.315$0.0582$0.2521$0.189$0.2678$0.2047
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.315$0.0582$0.2521$0.189$0.2678$0.2047
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.315$0.0582$0.2521$0.189––
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.318$0.0588$0.2545$0.1909––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.318$0.0588$0.2545$0.1909––
West India westindia$0.321$0.0593$0.257$0.1927$0.2729$0.2087
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.327$0.0604$0.2615$0.1962$0.2779$0.2126
Japan East japaneast$0.327$0.0604$0.2615$0.1962$0.2779$0.2126
Japan West japanwest$0.327$0.0604$0.2615$0.1962$0.2779$0.2126
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.336$0.0621$0.2686$0.2014$0.2856$0.2184
East Asia eastasia$0.347$0.0641$0.2777$0.2083$0.295$0.2256
Sweden South swedensouth$0.35$0.0647$0.2801$0.2102$0.2975$0.2275
South India southindia$0.353$0.0652$0.2826$0.212$0.3001$0.2295
Israel Central israelcentral$0.359$0.0663$0.2872$0.2154$0.3051$0.2334
Norway East norwayeast$0.359$0.0663$0.2872$0.2154$0.3051$0.2334
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.359$0.0663$0.2872$0.2154$0.3051$0.2334
France South francesouth$0.382$0.0706$0.3059$0.2294$0.3247$0.2483
Germany North germanynorth$0.394$0.0728$0.3154$0.2365$0.3349$0.2561
UAE Central uaecentral$0.402$0.0743$0.3217$0.2413$0.3417$0.2613
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.403$0.0745$0.322$0.2416$0.3426$0.262
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$0.41$0.0758$0.3277$0.2458$0.3485$0.2665
South Africa West southafricawest$0.435$0.0804$0.3478$0.2608$0.3698$0.2828
Norway West norwaywest$0.467$0.0863$0.3735$0.2801$0.397$0.3036
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.467$0.0863$0.3735$0.2801$0.397$0.3036
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$0.522$0.0965$0.4178$0.3134$0.4437$0.3393

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.251$0.2007$0.1505
Windows$0.435$0.3847$0.3345

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)
ACU (compute units)230
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
Network12.5 Gbps
Accelerated networkingNo
Max network interfaces2
StorageValue
Storage150 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk150 GiB
Max data disks8
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)7,600
Max disk throughput (uncached)180 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYes
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_DC4ads_v6
FamilyDCadsv6
CategoryGeneral purpose
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
Confidential computingSNP
OtherValue
Seriesdcadsv6-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.