Standard_D8_v4vsStandard_D8a_v4

Standard_D8_v4 and Standard_D8a_v4 cost the same on demand in East US, $0.384 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_D8_v4Standard_D8a_v4
On-demand$0.384/hr$0.384/hr
Lowest rate$0.081/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.081/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 32 GiB8 vCPUs, 32 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_D8_v4Standard_D8a_v4Standard_D8a_v4 vs Standard_D8_v4
On-demandPay by the hour$0.384$0.384Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.08179% off$0.081Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$0.226641% off$0.2258Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.145962% off$0.1444▼ 1%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$0.263331% off$0.2633Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment54% off$0.176754% off$0.1767Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D8_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_D8a_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

9 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_D8_v4Standard_D8a_v4
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
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_D8_v4Standard_D8a_v4
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_D8_v4Standard_D8a_v4
Network12,500 Mbps8,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces44
Storage3 of 7 differStandard_D8_v4Standard_D8a_v4
Storage–200 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk–200 GiB
Max data disks1616
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)12,80012,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)192 MB/s192 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoYes
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_D8_v4Standard_D8a_v4
FamilyDv4Dav4
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostNoYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_D8_v4Standard_D8a_v4
Seriesdv4-seriesdav4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D8_v4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D8_v4Standard_D8a_v4Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.384$0.384Same
East US 2eastus2$0.384$0.384Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.384$0.384Same
West US 2westus2$0.384$0.384Same
West US 3westus3$0.384$0.384Same
Central Indiacentralindia$0.404$0.246▼ 39%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$0.404$0.364▼ 10%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.404$0.246▼ 39%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.404$0.246▼ 39%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.408$0.408Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.422$0.422Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.428$0.428Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.428$0.428Same
North Europenortheurope$0.428$0.428Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.428$0.404▼ 6%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.432$0.432Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.432$0.432Same
Central UScentralus$0.434$0.434Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.443$0.443Same
UK Southuksouth$0.444$0.444Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.446$0.402▼ 10%
France Centralfrancecentral$0.448$0.448Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.448$0.448Same
Italy Northitalynorth$0.448$0.448Same
West USwestus$0.448$0.448Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.46$0.416▼ 10%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.46$0.416▼ 10%
West Europewesteurope$0.46$0.46Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.461$0.461Same
West Central USwestcentralus$0.461$0.461Same
UK Westukwest$0.465$0.465Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.471$0.471Same
UAE Northuaenorth$0.471$0.471Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.472$0.472Same
West Indiawestindia$0.472$0.492▲ 4%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.48$0.48Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.48$0.48Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.48$0.48Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.48$0.48Same
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$0.48$0.48Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$0.484$0.484Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.484$0.484Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.496$0.496Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.499$0.499Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.504$0.454▼ 10%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.506$0.549▲ 8%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.506$0.549▲ 8%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.508$0.508Same
East Asiaeastasia$0.528$0.528Same
Sweden Southswedensouth$0.53$0.53Same
South Indiasouthindia$0.541$0.541Same
Japan Westjapanwest$0.546$0.496▼ 9%
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$0.58$0.522▼ 10%
France Southfrancesouth$0.584$0.582Same
Germany Northgermanynorth$0.598$0.541▼ 10%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.612$0.612Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.624$0.614▼ 2%
Norway Westnorwaywest$0.658$0.714▲ 9%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.658$0.714▲ 9%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.672$0.66▼ 2%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.796$0.796Same

Keep exploring

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

Standard_D8_v4General purpose, Dv4 family
Standard_D8_v4 prices and specsEvery size in the Dv4 family

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Standard_D8a_v4General purpose, Dav4 family
Standard_D8a_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.