Standard_EC4as_v5

Standard_EC4as_v5 is an Azure VM size with 4 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (AMD EPYC (Milan)). In East US it costs $0.226 per hour on demand ($164.98 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1808 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0477 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.143 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$0.143$0.0264$0.1144$0.0858$0.1202$0.0942
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.143–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.143–––––
East US eastus$0.226$0.0477$0.1808$0.1356$0.1905$0.1492
East US 2 eastus2$0.226$0.0418$0.1808$0.1356$0.1905$0.1492
West US westus$0.252$0.0466$0.2016$0.1512$0.2126$0.1667
North Europe northeurope$0.254$0.0469$0.2032$0.1524$0.2143$0.1749
Central US centralus$0.255$0.0471$0.1808$0.1356$0.1897$0.1479
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$0.264$0.0488$0.2115$0.1586$0.2223$0.1733
UK South uksouth$0.266$0.0492$0.2128$0.1596$0.2243$0.1828
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.272$0.0503$0.2176$0.1632$0.2292$0.1797
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.274$0.0506$0.2192$0.1644$0.2306$0.1811
Italy North italynorth$0.274$0.0506$0.2192$0.1644$0.2312$0.1886
Japan East japaneast$0.274$0.0506$0.2192$0.1644$0.2306$0.1883
West Europe westeurope$0.274$0.0506$0.2192$0.1644$0.2312$0.1886
UAE North uaenorth$0.28$0.0517$0.224$0.168$0.2362$0.1928
East Asia eastasia$0.301$0.0556$0.2408$0.1806$0.254$0.2072
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.323$0.0597$0.2586$0.1939$0.2908$0.2284

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.226$0.1808$0.1356
Windows$0.41$0.3648$0.3196

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC (Milan)
ACU (compute units)230
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)32
NetworkingValue
Network5 Gbps
Accelerated networkingNo
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_EC4as_v5
FamilyECasv5
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2
Encryption at hostYes
Confidential computingSNP
OtherValue
Seriesecasv5-ecadsv5-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

Compare Standard_EC4as_v5

Other generations

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SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
Standard_EC2as_v5216$0.113
Standard_EC4as_v5432$0.226
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Standard_EC16as_v516128$0.904
Standard_EC20as_v520160$1.13
Standard_EC32as_v532192$1.808
Standard_EC48as_v548384$2.712
Standard_EC64as_v564512$3.616
Standard_EC96as_v596672$5.424

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