Standard_E4bds_v5

Standard_E4bds_v5 is an Azure VM size with 4 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.334 per hour on demand ($243.82 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.197 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0716 per hour. It is sold in 61 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$0.334$0.0716$0.197$0.1269$0.2259$0.1414
East US 2 eastus2$0.334$0.1524$0.197$0.1269$0.2259$0.1414
North Central US northcentralus$0.334$0.0617$0.197$0.1269$0.2259$0.1414
West US 2 westus2$0.334$0.0617$0.197$0.1269$0.2259$0.1414
West US 3 westus3$0.334$0.0619$0.197$0.1269$0.2259$0.1414
Central India centralindia$0.352$0.0651$0.2076$0.1338$0.2432$0.1515
India South Central indiasouthcentral$0.352$0.0723$0.2076$0.1338$0.2432$0.1515
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.352–––$0.352$0.352
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.352–––$0.352$0.352
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.355$0.0656$0.2095$0.1349$0.2453$0.1528
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$0.362$0.0669$0.2135$0.1375$0.2448$0.1533
Malaysia West malaysiawest$0.362$0.0669$0.2135$0.1375$0.2448$0.1533
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.367$0.0678$0.2168$0.1396$0.2532$0.1578
Canada Central canadacentral$0.369$0.1268$0.2177$0.1402$0.2549$0.1588
Canada East canadaeast$0.369$0.0682$0.2177$0.1402$0.2549$0.1588
North Europe northeurope$0.374$0.0876$0.2207$0.1421$0.2573$0.1602
Central US centralus$0.377$0.0706$0.197$0.1269$0.2251$0.141
West US westus$0.378$0.0699$0.2231$0.1436$0.2612$0.1627
Korea South koreasouth$0.384$0.071$0.2266$0.146$0.2653$0.1652
France Central francecentral$0.395$0.073$0.2331$0.1501$0.2729$0.17
UK South uksouth$0.395$0.073$0.2331$0.1501$0.271$0.1692
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.398$0.0736$0.2348$0.1513$0.2718$0.1712
Italy North italynorth$0.398$0.0736$0.2348$0.1513$0.2718$0.1712
Korea Central koreacentral$0.398$0.0736$0.2348$0.1513$0.275$0.1713
Poland Central polandcentral$0.398$0.0736$0.2348$0.1513$0.2718$0.1712
Spain Central spaincentral$0.398$0.0736$0.2348$0.1513$0.2718$0.1712
West Europe westeurope$0.398$0.0736$0.2348$0.1513$0.2718$0.1712
Japan West japanwest$0.4$0.0739$0.236$0.152$0.2764$0.1721
South Central US southcentralus$0.401$0.0741$0.2364$0.1523$0.2771$0.1726
West Central US westcentralus$0.401$0.0741$0.2364$0.1523$0.2771$0.1726
Australia Central australiacentral$0.402$0.0743$0.2372$0.1528$0.2777$0.173
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.402$0.0402$0.2372$0.1528$0.2777$0.173
Australia East australiaeast$0.402$0.0743$0.2372$0.1528$0.2777$0.173
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.402$0.0745$0.2372$0.1528$0.2746$0.1729
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.402$0.0804$0.2372$0.1528$0.2746$0.1729
UK West ukwest$0.404$0.0747$0.2385$0.1536$0.2791$0.1738
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.404$0.0747$0.2384$0.1535––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.404$0.0747$0.2384$0.1535––
Japan East japaneast$0.406$0.075$0.2395$0.1543$0.2805$0.1743
Israel Central israelcentral$0.412$0.0761$0.243$0.1565––
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.412$0.076$0.243$0.1565$0.2847$0.1773
UAE North uaenorth$0.412$0.0761$0.243$0.1565$0.2847$0.1773
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.418$0.0772$0.2463$0.1586––
New Zealand North newzealandnorth$0.42$0.0776$0.2479$0.1597$0.2902$0.1807
West India westindia$0.428$0.0791$0.2523$0.1624$0.2957$0.1842
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.434$0.0802$0.2562$0.165$0.2999$0.1868
East Asia eastasia$0.444$0.0821$0.262$0.1687$0.3068$0.1911
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.444$0.0821$0.262$0.1687$0.3068$0.1911
Sweden South swedensouth$0.462$0.0854$0.2723$0.1754$0.3192$0.1988
South India southindia$0.471$0.087$0.2779$0.179$0.3254$0.2027
Norway East norwayeast$0.478$0.0883$0.2818$0.1815$0.3303$0.2057
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.478$0.0883$0.2818$0.1815$0.3303$0.2057
France South francesouth$0.514$0.095$0.303$0.1951$0.3551$0.2212
Germany North germanynorth$0.517$0.0955$0.3053$0.1966$0.3572$0.2225
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.533$0.0985$0.3145$0.2025$0.3682$0.2293
UAE Central uaecentral$0.536$0.0991$0.316$0.2035$0.3703$0.2306
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$0.564$0.1128$0.35$0.2427$0.4399$0.3215
South Africa West southafricawest$0.577$0.1066$0.3405$0.2193$0.3986$0.2483
Norway West norwaywest$0.621$0.1148$0.3663$0.236$0.429$0.2672
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.621$0.1148$0.3663$0.236$0.429$0.2672
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$0.693$0.1281$0.4088$0.2633$0.4788$0.2982

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.334$0.197$0.1269
Windows$0.518$0.381$0.3109

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel 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
Storage150 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk150 GiB
Max data disks8
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)12,100
Max disk throughput (uncached)340 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYes
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_E4bds_v5
FamilyEbdsv5
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesebdsv5-ebsv5-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.