Standard_D4_v4vsStandard_D4a_v4

Standard_D4_v4 and Standard_D4a_v4 cost the same on demand in East US, $0.192 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_D4_v4Standard_D4a_v4
On-demand$0.192/hr$0.192/hr
Lowest rate$0.0405/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0405/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 16 GiB4 vCPUs, 16 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_D4_v4Standard_D4a_v4Standard_D4a_v4 vs Standard_D4_v4
On-demandPay by the hour$0.192$0.192Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.040579% off$0.0405Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$0.113241% off$0.1129Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.072962% off$0.0722▼ 1%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$0.131731% off$0.1317Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment54% off$0.088454% off$0.0884Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D4_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_D4a_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

9 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_D4_v4Standard_D4a_v4
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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_D4_v4Standard_D4a_v4
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_D4_v4Standard_D4a_v4
Network10,000 Mbps4,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces22
Storage3 of 7 differStandard_D4_v4Standard_D4a_v4
Storage–100 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk–100 GiB
Max data disks88
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)6,4006,400
Max disk throughput (uncached)96 MB/s96 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoYes
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_D4_v4Standard_D4a_v4
FamilyDv4Dav4
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostNoYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_D4_v4Standard_D4a_v4
Seriesdv4-seriesdav4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D4_v4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D4_v4Standard_D4a_v4Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.192$0.192Same
East US 2eastus2$0.192$0.192Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.192$0.192Same
West US 2westus2$0.192$0.192Same
West US 3westus3$0.192$0.192Same
Central Indiacentralindia$0.202$0.123▼ 39%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$0.202$0.182▼ 10%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.202$0.123▼ 39%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.202$0.123▼ 39%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.204$0.204Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.211$0.211Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.214$0.214Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.214$0.214Same
North Europenortheurope$0.214$0.214Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.214$0.202▼ 6%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.216$0.216Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.216$0.216Same
Central UScentralus$0.217$0.217Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.221$0.221Same
UK Southuksouth$0.222$0.222Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.223$0.201▼ 10%
France Centralfrancecentral$0.224$0.224Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.224$0.224Same
Italy Northitalynorth$0.224$0.224Same
West USwestus$0.224$0.224Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.23$0.208▼ 10%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.23$0.208▼ 10%
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.23$0.23Same
West Central USwestcentralus$0.23$0.23Same
West Europewesteurope$0.23$0.23Same
UK Westukwest$0.232$0.232Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.235$0.235Same
UAE Northuaenorth$0.235$0.235Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.236$0.236Same
West Indiawestindia$0.236$0.246▲ 4%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.24$0.24Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.24$0.24Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.24$0.24Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.24$0.24Same
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$0.24$0.24Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$0.242$0.242Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.242$0.242Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.248$0.248Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.25$0.25Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.252$0.227▼ 10%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.253$0.275▲ 9%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.253$0.275▲ 9%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.254$0.254Same
East Asiaeastasia$0.264$0.264Same
Sweden Southswedensouth$0.265$0.265Same
South Indiasouthindia$0.271$0.271Same
Japan Westjapanwest$0.273$0.248▼ 9%
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$0.29$0.261▼ 10%
France Southfrancesouth$0.292$0.291Same
Germany Northgermanynorth$0.299$0.27▼ 10%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.306$0.306Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.312$0.307▼ 2%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.3286$0.357▲ 9%
Norway Westnorwaywest$0.329$0.357▲ 9%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.336$0.33▼ 2%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.398$0.398Same

Keep exploring

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

Standard_D4_v4General purpose, Dv4 family
Standard_D4_v4 prices and specsEvery size in the Dv4 family

Compare Standard_D4_v4 with

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Standard_D4a_v4General purpose, Dav4 family
Standard_D4a_v4 prices and specsEvery size in the Dav4 family

Compare Standard_D4a_v4 with

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