Standard_D48_v4vsStandard_D48a_v4

Standard_D48_v4 and Standard_D48a_v4 cost the same on demand in East US, $2.304 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_D48_v4Standard_D48a_v4
On-demand$2.304/hr$2.304/hr
Lowest rate$0.4859/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.4859/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 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_D48_v4Standard_D48a_v4Standard_D48a_v4 vs Standard_D48_v4
On-demandPay by the hour$2.304$2.304Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.485979% off$0.4859Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$1.35941% off$1.355Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.875562% off$0.8663▼ 1%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$1.5831% off$1.58Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment54% off$1.0654% off$1.06Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D48_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_D48a_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

8 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_D48_v4Standard_D48a_v4
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
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_D48_v4Standard_D48a_v4
Memory (GiB)192192
NetworkingAll 3 matchStandard_D48_v4Standard_D48a_v4
Network24,000 Mbps24,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage3 of 7 differStandard_D48_v4Standard_D48a_v4
Storage–1200 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk–1,200 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 diskNoYes
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_D48_v4Standard_D48a_v4
FamilyDv4Dav4
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostNoYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_D48_v4Standard_D48a_v4
Seriesdv4-seriesdav4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D48_v4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D48_v4Standard_D48a_v4Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$2.304$2.304Same
East US 2eastus2$2.304$2.304Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$2.304$2.304Same
West US 2westus2$2.304$2.304Same
West US 3westus3$2.304$2.304Same
Central Indiacentralindia$2.424$1.481▼ 39%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$2.424$2.182▼ 10%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$2.424$1.481▼ 39%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$2.424$1.481▼ 39%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$2.448$2.448Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$2.534$2.534Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$2.568$2.568Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$2.568$2.568Same
North Europenortheurope$2.568$2.568Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$2.568$2.424▼ 6%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$2.592$2.592Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$2.592$2.592Same
Central UScentralus$2.604$2.604Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$2.658$2.658Same
UK Southuksouth$2.664$2.664Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$2.678$2.411▼ 10%
France Centralfrancecentral$2.688$2.688Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$2.688$2.688Same
Italy Northitalynorth$2.688$2.688Same
West USwestus$2.688$2.688Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$2.76$2.496▼ 10%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$2.76$2.496▼ 10%
West Europewesteurope$2.76$2.76Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$2.765$2.765Same
West Central USwestcentralus$2.765$2.765Same
UK Westukwest$2.788$2.788Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$2.825$2.825Same
UAE Northuaenorth$2.825$2.825Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$2.832$2.832Same
West Indiawestindia$2.832$2.949▲ 4%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$2.88$2.88Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$2.88$2.88Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$2.88$2.88Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$2.88$2.88Same
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$2.88$2.88Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$2.904$2.904Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$2.904$2.904Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$2.976$2.976Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$2.995$2.995Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$3.024$2.722▼ 10%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$3.036$3.295▲ 9%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$3.036$3.295▲ 9%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$3.048$3.048Same
East Asiaeastasia$3.168$3.168Same
Sweden Southswedensouth$3.182$3.182Same
South Indiasouthindia$3.246$3.249Same
Japan Westjapanwest$3.274$2.976▼ 9%
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$3.482$3.134▼ 10%
France Southfrancesouth$3.502$3.494Same
Germany Northgermanynorth$3.588$3.245▼ 10%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$3.672$3.672Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$3.744$3.682▼ 2%
Norway Westnorwaywest$3.947$4.283▲ 9%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$3.947$4.283▲ 9%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$4.032$3.962▼ 2%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$4.773$4.774Same

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

Standard_D48_v4General purpose, Dv4 family
Standard_D48_v4 prices and specsEvery size in the Dv4 family

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Standard_D48a_v4General purpose, Dav4 family
Standard_D48a_v4 prices and specsEvery size in the Dav4 family

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