Standard_D4vsStandard_F4

Standard_F4 is 68% cheaper than Standard_D4 on demand in East US, saving $304.41 a month. Per vCPU, Standard_F4 costs 35% less.

At a glanceStandard_D4Standard_F4
On-demand$0.616/hr$0.199/hr68% less
Lowest rate$0.1433/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0463/hr68% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 28 GiB4 vCPUs, 8 GiB
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in East US

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

OptionStandard_D4Standard_F4Standard_F4 vs Standard_D4
On-demandPay by the hour$0.616$0.199▼ 68%
SpotCan be interrupted77% off$0.143377% off$0.0463▼ 68%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$0.42531% off$0.1373▼ 68%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.289553% off$0.0935▼ 68%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D4 leads
Temp disk400 GiB vs 64 GiB
6.3× higher
Memory (GiB)28 vs 8
3.5× higher
vCPUs8 vs 4
2× higher
Max network interfaces8 vs 4
2× higher
Where Standard_F4 leads
On-demand price$0.199 vs $0.616 per hour
68% cheaper
ACU (compute units)210 vs 160
31% higher

Specs

12 of 19 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 5 differStandard_D4Standard_F4
vCPUs84
Physical cores84
Threads per core11
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ACU (compute units)160210
Memory1 of 1 differStandard_D4Standard_F4
Memory (GiB)288
Networking2 of 2 differStandard_D4Standard_F4
Accelerated networkingNoYes
Max network interfaces84
Storage4 of 6 differStandard_D4Standard_F4
Temp disk400 GiB64 GiB
Max data disks3216
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)25,60012,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)256 MB/s192 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoNo
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_D4Standard_F4
FamilyDF
VM generationsV1V1
Encryption at hostNoNo
Retirement date2028-05-012028-11-16
OtherAll 1 matchStandard_D4Standard_F4
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D4Standard_F4Difference
East US 2eastus2$0.536$0.199▼ 63%
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.536$0.219▼ 59%
West Indiawestindia$0.544$0.219▼ 60%
Central Indiacentralindia$0.564$0.198▼ 65%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.572$0.239▼ 58%
North Europenortheurope$0.584$0.226▼ 61%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.597$0.207▼ 65%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.598$0.218▼ 64%
Central UScentralus$0.616$0.219▼ 64%
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.616$0.199▼ 68%
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.616$0.199▼ 68%
West USwestus$0.616$0.249▼ 60%
West US 3westus3$0.616$0.199▼ 68%
UAE Northuaenorth$0.643$0.239▼ 63%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.672$0.228▼ 66%
West Europewesteurope$0.672$0.227▼ 66%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.678$0.219▼ 68%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.718$0.267▼ 63%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.744$0.26▼ 65%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.744$0.26▼ 65%
South Indiasouthindia$0.755$0.242▼ 68%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.76$0.287▼ 62%
Japan Westjapanwest$0.768$0.252▼ 67%
France Centralfrancecentral$0.77$0.202▼ 74%
UK Southuksouth$0.77$0.227▼ 71%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.784$0.231▼ 71%
UK Westukwest$0.807$0.237▼ 71%
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.836$0.295▼ 65%
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.883$0.252▼ 71%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.9$0.334▼ 63%
East Asiaeastasia$0.902$0.289▼ 68%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.988$0.373▼ 62%

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