Instances Azure VM Standard_E2_v4 Standard_E2_v4
Standard_E2_v4 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.126 per hour on demand ($91.98 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0741 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0265 per hour. It is sold in 60 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 $0.126 $0.0265 $0.0741 $0.0474 $0.0852 $0.0596 East US 2 eastus2 $0.126 $0.0445 $0.0743 $0.0479 $0.0853 $0.0597 North Central US northcentralus $0.126 $0.0233 $0.0741 $0.0474 $0.0852 $0.0596 West US 2 westus2 $0.126 $0.0233 $0.0741 $0.0474 $0.0852 $0.0596 West US 3 westus3 $0.126 $0.0233 $0.0741 $0.0474 $0.0853 $0.0597 Central India centralindia $0.13 $0.024 $0.076 $0.0489 $0.0875 $0.0612 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.13 $0.024 $0.0767 $0.0494 $0.0875 $0.0612 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.13 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.13 – – – $0.13 $0.13 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.134 $0.0248 $0.0791 $0.0509 $0.0906 $0.0634 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.137 $0.0253 $0.0807 $0.052 $0.0926 $0.0648 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.137 $0.0253 $0.0807 $0.052 $0.0926 $0.0648 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.137 $0.0253 $0.0805 $0.0514 $0.0926 $0.0648 Canada Central canadacentral $0.138 $0.0308 $0.0812 $0.0519 $0.0933 $0.0653 Canada East canadaeast $0.138 $0.0255 $0.0812 $0.0519 $0.0933 $0.0653 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.139 $0.0257 $0.0815 $0.0521 $0.094 $0.0658 West US westus $0.14 $0.0259 $0.0823 $0.0526 $0.0947 $0.0663 North Europe northeurope $0.141 $0.0261 $0.0829 $0.053 $0.0953 $0.0667 Spain Central spaincentral $0.141 $0.0261 $0.0829 $0.053 $0.1015 $0.0733 Central US centralus $0.142 $0.0263 $0.084 $0.0541 $0.0961 $0.0673 Korea South koreasouth $0.144 $0.0266 $0.0849 $0.0547 $0.0975 $0.0682 France Central francecentral $0.148 $0.0274 $0.087 $0.0556 $0.1001 $0.07 Israel Central israelcentral $0.148 $0.0274 $0.0873 $0.0562 $0.1036 $0.0701 Italy North italynorth $0.148 $0.0274 $0.0873 $0.0562 $0.1066 $0.077 UK South uksouth $0.148 $0.026 $0.087 $0.0556 $0.1001 $0.07 Australia Central australiacentral $0.151 $0.0279 $0.0888 $0.0568 $0.1021 $0.0715 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.151 $0.0151 $0.0888 $0.0568 $0.1021 $0.0715 Australia East australiaeast $0.151 $0.0279 $0.0888 $0.0568 $0.1021 $0.0715 South Central US southcentralus $0.151 $0.0279 $0.0892 $0.0575 $0.1022 $0.0715 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.151 $0.0279 $0.089 $0.0574 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.151 $0.0279 $0.089 $0.0574 – – West Central US westcentralus $0.151 $0.0279 $0.0892 $0.0575 $0.1022 $0.0715 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0894 $0.0572 $0.1028 $0.072 Japan East japaneast $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0894 $0.0572 $0.1028 $0.072 Korea Central koreacentral $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0894 $0.0572 $0.1028 $0.072 Poland Central polandcentral $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0897 $0.0578 $0.1028 $0.072 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0894 $0.0572 $0.1028 $0.072 UK West ukwest $0.152 $0.0281 $0.09 $0.058 $0.1029 $0.072 West Europe westeurope $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0897 $0.0578 $0.1028 $0.072 West India westindia $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0897 $0.0578 $0.1029 $0.072 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.155 $0.0286 $0.0912 $0.0583 $0.1048 $0.0734 UAE North uaenorth $0.155 $0.0286 $0.0912 $0.0583 $0.1048 $0.0734 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.158 $0.0293 $0.0929 $0.0599 – – New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.159 $0.0294 $0.0933 $0.0596 $0.1075 $0.0753 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.164 $0.0303 $0.0967 $0.0623 $0.111 $0.0777 East Asia eastasia $0.167 $0.0309 $0.0982 $0.0628 $0.1129 $0.079 Japan West japanwest $0.167 $0.0309 $0.0986 $0.0635 $0.113 $0.0791 Norway East norwayeast $0.167 $0.0309 $0.0986 $0.0635 $0.113 $0.0791 South India southindia $0.167 $0.0309 $0.0984 $0.0634 $0.113 $0.0791 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.1672 $0.0309 $0.0986 $0.0635 $0.1132 $0.0792 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.168 $0.031 $0.0987 $0.0632 $0.1136 $0.0795 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.178 $0.0329 $0.1046 $0.0669 $0.1204 $0.0842 France South francesouth $0.192 $0.0355 $0.113 $0.0728 $0.1299 $0.091 UAE Central uaecentral $0.197 $0.0364 $0.116 $0.0747 $0.1333 $0.0933 Germany North germanynorth $0.198 $0.0366 $0.1166 $0.0751 $0.134 $0.0938 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.201 $0.0371 $0.1182 $0.0756 $0.1359 $0.0945 South Africa West southafricawest $0.212 $0.0392 $0.1249 $0.0804 $0.1435 $0.1004 Norway West norwaywest $0.217 $0.0401 $0.1282 $0.0826 $0.1469 $0.1028 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.2212 $0.0409 $0.1303 $0.0839 $0.1497 $0.1048 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.261 $0.0482 $0.1541 $0.0993 $0.1766 $0.1236
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.126 $0.0741 $0.0474 Windows $0.218 $0.1661 $0.1394
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids) ACU (compute units) 195
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 16
Networking Value Network 5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 2
Storage Value Max data disks 4 Premium SSD No Max disk IOPS (uncached) 3,200 Max disk throughput (uncached) 48 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_E2_v4 Family Ev4 Category Memory optimized VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host No
Other Value Series ev4-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Compute and memory optimized
Other processors
With or without local disk and networking
Other generations
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .