Standard_D64_v4vsStandard_D64a_v4

Standard_D64_v4 and Standard_D64a_v4 cost the same on demand in East US, $3.072 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_D64_v4Standard_D64a_v4
On-demand$3.072/hr$3.072/hr
Lowest rate$0.6479/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.6479/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 256 GiB64 vCPUs, 256 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_D64_v4Standard_D64a_v4Standard_D64a_v4 vs Standard_D64_v4
On-demandPay by the hour$3.072$3.072Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.647979% off$0.6479Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$1.81241% off$1.806Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$1.16762% off$1.155▼ 1%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$2.10731% off$2.107Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment54% off$1.41454% off$1.414Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D64_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_D64a_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

9 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_D64_v4Standard_D64a_v4
vCPUs6464
Physical cores3232
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_D64_v4Standard_D64a_v4
Memory (GiB)256256
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_D64_v4Standard_D64a_v4
Network30,000 Mbps32,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage3 of 7 differStandard_D64_v4Standard_D64a_v4
Storage–1600 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk–1,600 GiB
Max data disks3232
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)80,00080,000
Max disk throughput (uncached)1,200 MB/s1,200 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoYes
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_D64_v4Standard_D64a_v4
FamilyDv4Dav4
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostNoYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_D64_v4Standard_D64a_v4
Seriesdv4-seriesdav4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D64_v4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D64_v4Standard_D64a_v4Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$3.072$3.072Same
East US 2eastus2$3.072$3.072Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$3.072$3.072Same
West US 2westus2$3.072$3.072Same
West US 3westus3$3.072$3.072Same
Central Indiacentralindia$3.232$1.975▼ 39%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$3.232$2.909▼ 10%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$3.232$1.975▼ 39%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$3.232$1.975▼ 39%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$3.264$3.264Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$3.379$3.379Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$3.424$3.424Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$3.424$3.424Same
North Europenortheurope$3.424$3.424Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$3.424$3.232▼ 6%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$3.456$3.456Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$3.456$3.456Same
Central UScentralus$3.471$3.471Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$3.544$3.544Same
UK Southuksouth$3.552$3.552Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$3.571$3.214▼ 10%
France Centralfrancecentral$3.584$3.584Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$3.584$3.584Same
Italy Northitalynorth$3.584$3.584Same
West USwestus$3.584$3.584Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$3.68$3.328▼ 10%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$3.68$3.328▼ 10%
West Europewesteurope$3.68$3.68Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$3.686$3.686Same
West Central USwestcentralus$3.686$3.686Same
UK Westukwest$3.717$3.717Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$3.766$3.766Same
UAE Northuaenorth$3.766$3.766Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$3.776$3.776Same
West Indiawestindia$3.776$3.932▲ 4%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$3.84$3.84Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$3.84$3.84Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$3.84$3.84Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$3.84$3.84Same
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$3.84$3.84Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$3.872$3.872Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$3.872$3.872Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$3.968$3.968Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$3.994$3.994Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$4.032$3.629▼ 10%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$4.048$4.393▲ 9%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$4.048$4.393▲ 9%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$4.064$4.064Same
East Asiaeastasia$4.224$4.224Same
Sweden Southswedensouth$4.243$4.243Same
South Indiasouthindia$4.328$4.332Same
Japan Westjapanwest$4.365$3.968▼ 9%
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$4.643$4.178▼ 10%
France Southfrancesouth$4.669$4.659Same
Germany Northgermanynorth$4.784$4.326▼ 10%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$4.896$4.896Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$4.992$4.909▼ 2%
Norway Westnorwaywest$5.262$5.711▲ 9%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$5.262$5.711▲ 9%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$5.376$5.283▼ 2%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$6.364$6.365Same

Keep exploring

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

Standard_D64_v4General purpose, Dv4 family
Standard_D64_v4 prices and specsEvery size in the Dv4 family

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Standard_D64a_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.