Standard_D48_v3vsStandard_E48_v3

Standard_D48_v3 is 24% cheaper than Standard_E48_v3 on demand in East US, saving $525.60 a month.

At a glanceStandard_D48_v3Standard_E48_v3
On-demand$2.304/hr24% less$3.024/hr
Lowest rate$0.4606/hr24% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.6045/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 192 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 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_D48_v3Standard_E48_v3Standard_E48_v3 vs Standard_D48_v3
On-demandPay by the hour$2.304$3.024▲ 31%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$0.460680% off$0.6045▲ 31%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$1.5931% off$2.087▲ 31%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$1.08353% off$1.421▲ 31%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D48_v3 leads
On-demand price$2.304 vs $3.024 per hour
24% cheaper
Where Standard_E48_v3 leads
Memory (GiB)384 vs 192
2× higher

Specs

5 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 6 differStandard_D48_v3Standard_E48_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)–
ACU (compute units)160160
Memory1 of 1 differStandard_D48_v3Standard_E48_v3
Memory (GiB)192384
NetworkingAll 3 matchStandard_D48_v3Standard_E48_v3
Network24,000 Mbps24,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
StorageAll 7 matchStandard_D48_v3Standard_E48_v3
Storage1200 GiB temp SSD1200 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk1,200 GiB1,200 GiB
Max data disks3232
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)76,80076,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)1,152 MB/s1,152 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoNo
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_D48_v3Standard_E48_v3
FamilyDv3Ev3
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
VM generationsV1V1
Encryption at hostNoNo
Other1 of 2 differStandard_D48_v3Standard_E48_v3
Seriesdv3-seriesev3-esv3-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_E48_v3Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$2.304$3.024▲ 31%
East US 2eastus2$2.304$3.024▲ 31%
West US 2westus2$2.304$3.024▲ 31%
West US 3westus3$2.304$3.024▲ 31%
North Central USnorthcentralus$2.40$3.024▲ 26%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$2.448$3.216▲ 31%
Central Indiacentralindia$2.52$3.281▲ 30%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$2.52$3.281▲ 30%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$2.52$3.281▲ 30%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$2.534$3.326▲ 31%
North Europenortheurope$2.568$3.384▲ 32%
Spain Centralspaincentral$2.568$3.384▲ 32%
Central UScentralus$2.64$3.501▲ 33%
South Central USsouthcentralus$2.64$3.499▲ 33%
West Central USwestcentralus$2.64$3.499▲ 33%
Korea Southkoreasouth$2.658$3.234▲ 22%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$2.664$3.311▲ 24%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$2.664$3.311▲ 24%
France Centralfrancecentral$2.688$3.74▲ 39%
Israel Centralisraelcentral$2.688$3.552▲ 32%
Italy Northitalynorth$2.688$3.552▲ 32%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$2.70$3.456▲ 28%
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$2.70$3.456▲ 28%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$2.76$3.648▲ 32%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$2.76$3.648▲ 32%
UK Southuksouth$2.784$3.553▲ 28%
UK Westukwest$2.784$3.553▲ 28%
West USwestus$2.808$3.36▲ 20%
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$2.825$3.722▲ 32%
UAE Northuaenorth$2.88$3.629▲ 26%
West Europewesteurope$2.88$3.647▲ 27%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$2.952$3.647▲ 24%
West Indiawestindia$2.952$3.64▲ 23%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$3.00$3.623▲ 21%
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$3.00$3.623▲ 21%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$3.00$3.623▲ 21%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$3.00$3.623▲ 21%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$3.00$3.84▲ 28%
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$3.024$3.805▲ 26%
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$3.024$3.624▲ 20%
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$3.024$3.624▲ 20%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$3.024$3.624▲ 20%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$3.048$4.032▲ 32%
Japan Eastjapaneast$3.096$3.647▲ 18%
Japan Westjapanwest$3.096$3.84▲ 24%
East Asiaeastasia$3.168$4.008▲ 27%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$3.168$4.012▲ 27%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$3.168$4.012▲ 27%
Sweden Southswedensouth$3.182$4.181▲ 31%
South Indiasouthindia$3.246$4.001▲ 23%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$3.394$4.368▲ 29%
France Southfrancesouth$3.494$4.863▲ 39%
Germany Northgermanynorth$3.588$4.743▲ 32%
UAE Centraluaecentral$3.744$4.717▲ 26%
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$3.75$4.596▲ 23%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$3.81$5.04▲ 32%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$3.816$5.637▲ 48%
Norway Westnorwaywest$4.118$5.215▲ 27%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$4.119$5.216▲ 27%
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$4.875$5.975▲ 23%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$4.961$7.332▲ 48%

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