Standard_E4_v5

Standard_E4_v5 is an Azure VM size with 4 vCPUs, 32 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 $0.252 per hour on demand ($183.96 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1555 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0531 per hour. It is sold in 58 regions.

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
East US eastus$0.252$0.0531$0.1555$0.0995$0.1704$0.1193
East US 2 eastus2$0.252$0.089$0.1555$0.0995$0.1706$0.1194
North Central US northcentralus$0.252$0.0466$0.1555$0.0995$0.1704$0.1193
West US 2 westus2$0.252$0.0466$0.1555$0.0995$0.1704$0.1193
West US 3 westus3$0.252$0.0466$0.1486$0.0958$0.1706$0.1194
Central India centralindia$0.26$0.048$0.1604$0.1027$0.1751$0.1225
India South Central indiasouthcentral$0.26$0.048$0.1534$0.0962$0.1751$0.1225
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.26–––$0.26$0.26
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.26–––$0.26$0.26
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.268$0.0495$0.1654$0.1059$0.1812$0.1269
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$0.274$0.0506$0.1608$0.1012$0.1853$0.1297
Malaysia West malaysiawest$0.274$0.0506$0.1608$0.1012$0.1853$0.1297
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.274$0.0506$0.1688$0.1081$0.1853$0.1297
Canada Central canadacentral$0.276$0.1003$0.1703$0.109$0.1866$0.1306
Canada East canadaeast$0.276$0.051$0.1703$0.109$0.1866$0.1306
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.277$0.0512$0.171$0.1095$0.1873$0.1311
West US westus$0.28$0.0517$0.1727$0.1106$0.1893$0.1326
North Europe northeurope$0.282$0.0695$0.174$0.1114$0.1907$0.1335
Spain Central spaincentral$0.282$0.0521$0.174$0.1114$0.203$0.1466
Central US centralus$0.285$0.0527$0.1486$0.0932$0.1701$0.1191
Korea South koreasouth$0.29$0.0536$0.171$0.1072$0.1963$0.1374
France Central francecentral$0.296$0.0547$0.1826$0.1169$0.2002$0.1401
Israel Central israelcentral$0.296$0.0547$0.1826$0.1169$0.2013$0.1391
Italy North italynorth$0.296$0.0547$0.1826$0.1169$0.2013$0.1391
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.296$0.0547$0.1826$0.1169$0.2002$0.1401
UK South uksouth$0.296$0.0523$0.1826$0.1169$0.2002$0.1401
Australia Central australiacentral$0.302$0.0558$0.1863$0.1193$0.2042$0.1429
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.302$0.0302$0.1782$0.1118$0.2042$0.1429
Australia East australiaeast$0.302$0.0558$0.1863$0.1193$0.2042$0.1429
South Central US southcentralus$0.302$0.0558$0.1865$0.1194$0.2044$0.1431
West Central US westcentralus$0.302$0.0558$0.1865$0.1194$0.2044$0.1431
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.304$0.0562$0.1876$0.1201$0.2056$0.1439
Japan East japaneast$0.304$0.0562$0.1876$0.1201$0.2056$0.1439
Japan West japanwest$0.304$0.0562$0.1876$0.1201$0.2057$0.144
Korea Central koreacentral$0.304$0.0562$0.1876$0.1201$0.2056$0.1439
Poland Central polandcentral$0.304$0.0562$0.1876$0.1201$0.2056$0.1439
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.304$0.0564$0.1876$0.1201$0.2056$0.1439
West Europe westeurope$0.304$0.0562$0.1876$0.1201$0.2056$0.1439
UK West ukwest$0.305$0.0564$0.1881$0.1204$0.2064$0.1445
UAE North uaenorth$0.31$0.0573$0.1914$0.1225$0.2097$0.1468
New Zealand North newzealandnorth$0.317$0.0586$0.1871$0.1192$0.2144$0.15
West India westindia$0.323$0.0597$0.1903$0.1193$0.2186$0.153
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.328$0.0606$0.2022$0.1294$0.222$0.1554
East Asia eastasia$0.334$0.0617$0.2061$0.1319$0.2259$0.1581
Norway East norwayeast$0.334$0.0617$0.2063$0.1321$0.2261$0.1582
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.334$0.0617$0.2063$0.1321$0.2261$0.1582
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.336$0.0621$0.2073$0.1327$0.2272$0.1591
Sweden South swedensouth$0.348$0.0643$0.2056$0.1289$0.2355$0.1648
South India southindia$0.355$0.0656$0.2192$0.1403$0.2403$0.1682
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$0.356$0.0658$0.2098$0.1338$0.2407$0.1685
France South francesouth$0.385$0.0711$0.2271$0.1424$0.2606$0.1824
Germany North germanynorth$0.395$0.073$0.2332$0.1462$0.2673$0.1871
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.402$0.0743$0.2481$0.1588$0.2718$0.1889
UAE Central uaecentral$0.403$0.0745$0.2489$0.1593$0.2728$0.1909
Norway West norwaywest$0.435$0.0804$0.2565$0.1608$0.2944$0.2061
South Africa West southafricawest$0.437$0.0808$0.2578$0.1616$0.2958$0.207
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.442$0.0817$0.261$0.1637$0.2991$0.2094
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$0.523$0.0967$0.3083$0.1934$0.354$0.2477

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.252$0.1555$0.0995
Windows$0.436$0.3395$0.2835

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)32
NetworkingValue
Network12.5 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces2
StorageValue
Max data disks8
Premium SSDNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)6,400
Max disk throughput (uncached)145 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNo
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_E4_v5
FamilyEv5
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesev5-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

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SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
Standard_E2_v5216$0.126
Standard_E4_v5432$0.252
Standard_E8_v5864$0.504
Standard_E16_v516128$1.008
Standard_E20_v520160$1.26
Standard_E32_v532256$2.016
Standard_E48_v548384$3.024
Standard_E64_v564512$4.032
Standard_E96_v596672$6.048

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