Laosv4vsLaosv5

Size for size, Laosv4 is on average 26% cheaper than Laosv5 on demand in East US, across 7 shared sizes. Same size, one generation apart.

At a glanceLaosv4Laosv5
Sizes here711
From$0.226/hr$0.305/hr
vCPUs2 to 322 to 128
Memory16 to 256 GiB16 to 1024 GiB
Architecturex86_64x86_64
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized

On-demand prices by size in East US

USD per hour for Linux. Pick a size to compare the two types.

SizeLaosv4Laosv5Laosv5 vs Laosv4
2Standard_L2aos_v4 $0.226Standard_L2aos_v5 $0.305▲ 35%
4Standard_L4aos_v4 $0.452Standard_L4aos_v5 $0.61▲ 35%
8Standard_L8aos_v4 $0.904Standard_L8aos_v5 $1.219▲ 35%
12Standard_L12aos_v4 $1.356Standard_L12aos_v5 $1.829▲ 35%
16Standard_L16aos_v4 $1.808Standard_L16aos_v5 $2.438▲ 35%
24Standard_L24aos_v4 $2.712Standard_L24aos_v5 $3.658▲ 35%
32Standard_L32aos_v4 $3.616Standard_L32aos_v5 $4.877▲ 35%

Key differences

The biggest lead each family has.

Where Laosv4 leads
On-demand priceCheaper in 7 of 7 shared sizes
26% cheaper
Spot priceLower in 7 of 7 shared sizes
Cheaper spot
Where Laosv5 leads
Sizes11 sizes here vs 7
4 more
Largest size128 vCPUs vs 32
Bigger

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