Standard_D32_v4vsStandard_D32a_v4

Standard_D32_v4 and Standard_D32a_v4 cost the same on demand in East US, $1.536 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_D32_v4Standard_D32a_v4
On-demand$1.536/hr$1.536/hr
Lowest rate$0.3239/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.3239/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 Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome), AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)
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_v4Standard_D32a_v4Standard_D32a_v4 vs Standard_D32_v4
On-demandPay by the hour$1.536$1.536Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.323979% off$0.3239Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$0.906341% off$0.9032Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.583762% off$0.5775▼ 1%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$1.05331% off$1.053Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment54% off$0.706954% off$0.7069Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D32_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_D32a_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

8 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_D32_v4Standard_D32a_v4
vCPUs3232
Physical cores1616
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome), AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)
ACU (compute units)195–
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_D32_v4Standard_D32a_v4
Memory (GiB)128128
NetworkingAll 3 matchStandard_D32_v4Standard_D32a_v4
Network16,000 Mbps16,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage3 of 7 differStandard_D32_v4Standard_D32a_v4
Storage–800 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk–800 GiB
Max data disks3232
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)51,20051,200
Max disk throughput (uncached)768 MB/s768 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoYes
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_D32_v4Standard_D32a_v4
FamilyDv4Dav4
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostNoYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_D32_v4Standard_D32a_v4
Seriesdv4-seriesdav4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D32_v4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D32_v4Standard_D32a_v4Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$1.536$1.536Same
East US 2eastus2$1.536$1.536Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$1.536$1.536Same
West US 2westus2$1.536$1.536Same
West US 3westus3$1.536$1.536Same
Central Indiacentralindia$1.616$0.987▼ 39%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$1.616$1.454▼ 10%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$1.616$0.987▼ 39%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$1.616$0.987▼ 39%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$1.632$1.632Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$1.69$1.69Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$1.712$1.712Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$1.712$1.712Same
North Europenortheurope$1.712$1.712Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$1.712$1.616▼ 6%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$1.728$1.728Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$1.728$1.728Same
Central UScentralus$1.736$1.736Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$1.772$1.772Same
UK Southuksouth$1.776$1.776Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$1.786$1.607▼ 10%
France Centralfrancecentral$1.792$1.792Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$1.792$1.792Same
Italy Northitalynorth$1.792$1.792Same
West USwestus$1.792$1.792Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$1.84$1.664▼ 10%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$1.84$1.664▼ 10%
West Europewesteurope$1.84$1.84Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$1.843$1.843Same
West Central USwestcentralus$1.843$1.843Same
UK Westukwest$1.859$1.859Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$1.883$1.883Same
UAE Northuaenorth$1.883$1.883Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$1.888$1.888Same
West Indiawestindia$1.888$1.966▲ 4%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$1.92$1.92Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$1.92$1.92Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$1.92$1.92Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$1.92$1.92Same
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$1.92$1.92Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$1.936$1.936Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$1.936$1.936Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$1.984$1.984Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$1.997$1.997Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$2.016$1.814▼ 10%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$2.024$2.196▲ 8%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$2.024$2.196▲ 8%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$2.032$2.032Same
East Asiaeastasia$2.112$2.112Same
Sweden Southswedensouth$2.122$2.122Same
South Indiasouthindia$2.164$2.166Same
Japan Westjapanwest$2.182$1.984▼ 9%
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$2.321$2.089▼ 10%
France Southfrancesouth$2.335$2.33Same
Germany Northgermanynorth$2.392$2.163▼ 10%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$2.448$2.448Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$2.496$2.454▼ 2%
Norway Westnorwaywest$2.631$2.855▲ 9%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$2.631$2.855▲ 9%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$2.688$2.642▼ 2%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$3.182$3.182Same

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Standard_D32_v4General purpose, Dv4 family
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Azure VM Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.