Standard_D48_v3vsStandard_D48s_v3

Standard_D48_v3 and Standard_D48s_v3 cost the same on demand in East US, $2.304 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_D48_v3Standard_D48s_v3
On-demand$2.304/hr$2.304/hr
Lowest rate$0.4606/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.4606/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 192 GiB48 vCPUs, 192 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_D48_v3Standard_D48s_v3Standard_D48s_v3 vs Standard_D48_v3
On-demandPay by the hour$2.304$2.304Same
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$0.460680% off$0.4606Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$1.5931% off$1.59Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$1.08353% off$1.083Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D48_v3 leads
Temp disk1,200 GiB vs 384 GiB
3.1× higher
Where Standard_D48s_v3 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

8 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 6 matchStandard_D48_v3Standard_D48s_v3
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
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_D48_v3Standard_D48s_v3
Memory (GiB)192192
NetworkingAll 3 matchStandard_D48_v3Standard_D48s_v3
Network24,000 Mbps24,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage4 of 7 differStandard_D48_v3Standard_D48s_v3
Storage1200 GiB temp SSD384 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk1,200 GiB384 GiB
Max data disks3232
Premium SSDNoYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)76,80076,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)1,152 MB/s1,152 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoYes
Instance details3 of 4 differStandard_D48_v3Standard_D48s_v3
FamilyDv3Dsv3
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
VM generationsV1V1, V2
Encryption at hostNoYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_D48_v3Standard_D48s_v3
Seriesdv3-seriesdsv3-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D48_v3 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D48_v3Standard_D48s_v3Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$2.304$2.304Same
East US 2eastus2$2.304$2.304Same
West US 2westus2$2.304$2.304Same
West US 3westus3$2.304$2.304Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$2.40$2.40Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$2.448$2.448Same
Central Indiacentralindia$2.52$2.52Same
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$2.52$2.52Same
Jio India Westjioindiawest$2.52$2.52Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$2.534$2.534Same
North Europenortheurope$2.568$2.568Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$2.568$2.568Same
Central UScentralus$2.64$2.64Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$2.64$2.64Same
West Central USwestcentralus$2.64$2.64Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$2.658$2.658Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$2.664$2.664Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$2.664$2.664Same
France Centralfrancecentral$2.688$2.688Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$2.688$2.688Same
Italy Northitalynorth$2.688$2.688Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$2.70$2.70Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$2.70$2.70Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$2.76$2.76Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$2.76$2.76Same
UK Southuksouth$2.784$2.784Same
UK Westukwest$2.784$2.784Same
West USwestus$2.808$2.808Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$2.825$2.825Same
UAE Northuaenorth$2.88$2.88Same
West Europewesteurope$2.88$2.88Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$2.952$2.952Same
West Indiawestindia$2.952$2.952Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$3.00$3.00Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$3.00$3.00Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$3.00$3.00Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$3.00$3.00Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$3.00$3.00Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$3.024$3.024Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$3.024$3.024Same
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$3.024$3.024Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$3.024$3.024Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$3.048$3.048Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$3.096$3.096Same
Japan Westjapanwest$3.096$3.096Same
East Asiaeastasia$3.168$3.168Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$3.168$3.168Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$3.168$3.168Same
Sweden Southswedensouth$3.182$3.182Same
South Indiasouthindia$3.246$3.246Same
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$3.394$3.394Same
France Southfrancesouth$3.494$3.494Same
Germany Northgermanynorth$3.588$3.588Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$3.744$3.744Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$3.75$3.75Same
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$3.81$3.81Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$3.816$3.816Same
Norway Westnorwaywest$4.118$4.118Same
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$4.119$4.119Same
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$4.875$4.875Same
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$4.961$4.961Same

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