Standard_D32_v3vsStandard_D32s_v3

Standard_D32_v3 and Standard_D32s_v3 cost the same on demand in East US, $1.536 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_D32_v3Standard_D32s_v3
On-demand$1.536/hr$1.536/hr
Lowest rate$0.307/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.307/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 128 GiB32 vCPUs, 128 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in East US

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

OptionStandard_D32_v3Standard_D32s_v3Standard_D32s_v3 vs Standard_D32_v3
On-demandPay by the hour$1.536$1.536Same
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$0.30780% off$0.307Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$1.0631% off$1.06Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.721953% off$0.7219Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D32_v3 leads
Temp disk800 GiB vs 256 GiB
3.1× higher
Where Standard_D32s_v3 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

8 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 6 matchStandard_D32_v3Standard_D32s_v3
vCPUs3232
Physical cores1616
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
ACU (compute units)160160
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_D32_v3Standard_D32s_v3
Memory (GiB)128128
NetworkingAll 3 matchStandard_D32_v3Standard_D32s_v3
Network16,000 Mbps16,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage4 of 7 differStandard_D32_v3Standard_D32s_v3
Storage800 GiB temp SSD256 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk800 GiB256 GiB
Max data disks3232
Premium SSDNoYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)51,20051,200
Max disk throughput (uncached)768 MB/s768 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoYes
Instance details3 of 4 differStandard_D32_v3Standard_D32s_v3
FamilyDv3Dsv3
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
VM generationsV1V1, V2
Encryption at hostNoYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_D32_v3Standard_D32s_v3
Seriesdv3-seriesdsv3-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D32_v3 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D32_v3Standard_D32s_v3Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$1.536$1.536Same
East US 2eastus2$1.536$1.536Same
West US 2westus2$1.536$1.536Same
West US 3westus3$1.536$1.536Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$1.60$1.60Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$1.632$1.632Same
Central Indiacentralindia$1.68$1.68Same
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$1.68$1.68Same
Jio India Westjioindiawest$1.68$1.68Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$1.69$1.69Same
North Europenortheurope$1.712$1.712Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$1.712$1.712Same
Central UScentralus$1.76$1.76Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$1.76$1.76Same
West Central USwestcentralus$1.76$1.76Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$1.772$1.772Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$1.776$1.776Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$1.776$1.776Same
France Centralfrancecentral$1.792$1.792Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$1.792$1.792Same
Italy Northitalynorth$1.792$1.792Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$1.80$1.80Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$1.80$1.80Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$1.84$1.84Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$1.84$1.84Same
UK Southuksouth$1.856$1.856Same
UK Westukwest$1.856$1.856Same
West USwestus$1.872$1.872Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$1.883$1.883Same
UAE Northuaenorth$1.92$1.92Same
West Europewesteurope$1.92$1.92Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$1.968$1.968Same
West Indiawestindia$1.968$1.968Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$2.00$2.00Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$2.00$2.00Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$2.00$2.00Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$2.00$2.00Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$2.00$2.00Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$2.016$2.016Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$2.016$2.016Same
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$2.016$2.016Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$2.016$2.016Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$2.032$2.032Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$2.064$2.064Same
Japan Westjapanwest$2.064$2.064Same
East Asiaeastasia$2.112$2.112Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$2.112$2.112Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$2.112$2.112Same
Sweden Southswedensouth$2.122$2.122Same
South Indiasouthindia$2.164$2.164Same
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$2.262$2.262Same
France Southfrancesouth$2.33$2.33Same
Germany Northgermanynorth$2.392$2.392Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$2.496$2.496Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$2.50$2.50Same
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$2.54$2.54Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$2.544$2.544Same
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$2.745$2.745Same
Norway Westnorwaywest$2.746$2.746Same
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$3.25$3.25Same
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$3.307$3.307Same

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Azure VM Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.