Standard_E4s_v4

Standard_E4s_v4 is an Azure VM size with 4 vCPUs, 32 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 $0.252 per hour on demand ($183.96 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1482 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.053 per hour. It is sold in 60 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$0.053$0.1482$0.0947$0.1704$0.1193
East US 2 eastus2$0.252$0.089$0.1486$0.0958$0.1706$0.1194
North Central US northcentralus$0.252$0.0466$0.1482$0.0947$0.1704$0.1193
West US 2 westus2$0.252$0.0466$0.1482$0.0947$0.1704$0.1193
West US 3 westus3$0.252$0.0466$0.1482$0.0947$0.1706$0.1194
Central India centralindia$0.26$0.048$0.1522$0.0978$0.175$0.1225
India South Central indiasouthcentral$0.26$0.048$0.1534$0.0988$0.175$0.1225
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.26–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.26–––$0.26$0.26
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.268$0.0495$0.1581$0.1018$0.1812$0.1269
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$0.274$0.0506$0.1614$0.104$0.1853$0.1297
Malaysia West malaysiawest$0.274$0.0506$0.1614$0.104$0.1853$0.1297
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.274$0.0506$0.1608$0.1029$0.1853$0.1297
Canada Central canadacentral$0.276$0.0616$0.1623$0.1038$0.1866$0.1306
Canada East canadaeast$0.276$0.051$0.1623$0.1038$0.1866$0.1306
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.277$0.0512$0.163$0.1042$0.1873$0.1311
West US westus$0.28$0.0517$0.1646$0.1053$0.1893$0.1325
North Europe northeurope$0.282$0.0521$0.1659$0.1061$0.1907$0.1335
Spain Central spaincentral$0.282$0.0521$0.1659$0.1061$0.203$0.1466
Central US centralus$0.285$0.0528$0.168$0.1082$0.1929$0.135
Korea South koreasouth$0.288$0.0532$0.17$0.1094$0.1949$0.1364
France Central francecentral$0.296$0.0547$0.1741$0.1113$0.2002$0.1401
Israel Central israelcentral$0.296$0.0547$0.1747$0.1125$0.2072$0.1401
Italy North italynorth$0.296$0.0547$0.1747$0.1125$0.2131$0.1539
UK South uksouth$0.296$0.0521$0.1741$0.1113$0.2002$0.1401
Australia Central australiacentral$0.302$0.0558$0.1776$0.1135$0.2042$0.1429
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.302$0.0302$0.1776$0.1135$0.2042$0.1429
Australia East australiaeast$0.302$0.0558$0.1776$0.1135$0.2042$0.1429
South Central US southcentralus$0.302$0.0558$0.1784$0.1149$0.2044$0.1431
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.302$0.0558$0.1782$0.1148––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.302$0.0558$0.1782$0.1148––
West Central US westcentralus$0.302$0.0558$0.1784$0.1149$0.2044$0.1431
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.304$0.0562$0.1788$0.1143$0.2056$0.1439
Japan East japaneast$0.304$0.0562$0.1788$0.1143$0.2056$0.1439
Korea Central koreacentral$0.304$0.0562$0.1788$0.1143$0.2056$0.1439
Poland Central polandcentral$0.304$0.0562$0.1793$0.1155$0.2056$0.1439
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.304$0.0562$0.1788$0.1143$0.2056$0.1439
West Europe westeurope$0.304$0.0562$0.1793$0.1155$0.2056$0.1439
West India westindia$0.304$0.0562$0.1793$0.1155$0.2057$0.144
UK West ukwest$0.305$0.0564$0.1799$0.1159$0.2064$0.1445
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.31$0.0573$0.1824$0.1166$0.2097$0.1468
UAE North uaenorth$0.31$0.0573$0.1824$0.1166$0.2097$0.1468
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.315$0.0583$0.1858$0.1197––
New Zealand North newzealandnorth$0.317$0.0586$0.1865$0.1193$0.2144$0.15
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.328$0.0606$0.1933$0.1245$0.222$0.1554
South India southindia$0.333$0.0615$0.1967$0.1267$0.2254$0.1577
East Asia eastasia$0.334$0.0617$0.1963$0.1256$0.2259$0.1581
Japan West japanwest$0.334$0.0617$0.1973$0.1271$0.2261$0.1582
Norway East norwayeast$0.334$0.0617$0.1973$0.1271$0.2261$0.1582
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.3344$0.0619$0.1974$0.1271$0.2263$0.1584
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.336$0.0621$0.1976$0.1263$0.2272$0.1591
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$0.356$0.0658$0.2091$0.1338$0.2407$0.1685
France South francesouth$0.383$0.0708$0.226$0.1455$0.2592$0.1814
UAE Central uaecentral$0.393$0.0726$0.232$0.1494$0.266$0.1862
Germany North germanynorth$0.395$0.073$0.2332$0.1502$0.2673$0.1871
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.402$0.0743$0.2364$0.1511$0.2718$0.1889
South Africa West southafricawest$0.423$0.0782$0.2498$0.1609$0.2863$0.2004
Norway West norwaywest$0.435$0.0804$0.2565$0.1652$0.2944$0.2061
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.4414$0.0816$0.2605$0.1678$0.2988$0.2091
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$0.523$0.0967$0.3083$0.1986$0.354$0.2477

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.252$0.1482$0.0947
Windows$0.436$0.3322$0.2787

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel 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
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)32
NetworkingValue
Network10 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces2
StorageValue
Max data disks8
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)6,400
Max disk throughput (uncached)96 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNo
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_E4s_v4
FamilyEsv4
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesesv4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

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Other Esv4 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
Standard_E2s_v4216$0.126
Standard_E4-2s_v4232$0.252
Standard_E8-2s_v4264$0.504
Standard_E4s_v4432$0.252
Standard_E8-4s_v4464$0.504
Standard_E16-4s_v44128$1.008
Standard_E8s_v4864$0.504
Standard_E16-8s_v48128$1.008
Standard_E32-8s_v48256$2.016
Standard_E16s_v416128$1.008
Standard_E32-16s_v416256$2.016
Standard_E64-16s_v416504$4.032
Standard_E20s_v420160$1.26
Standard_E32s_v432256$2.016
Standard_E64-32s_v432504$4.032
Standard_E48s_v448384$3.024
Standard_E64s_v464504$4.032

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