Standard_D8as_v4vsStandard_D8as_v5

Standard_D8as_v5 is 10% cheaper than Standard_D8as_v4 on demand in East US, saving $29.20 a month.

At a glanceStandard_D8as_v4Standard_D8as_v5
On-demand$0.384/hr$0.344/hr10% less
Lowest rate$0.081/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0726/hr10% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 32 GiB8 vCPUs, 32 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7452 (Rome), AMD EPYC 7763v (Genoa)AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan), AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in East US

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

OptionStandard_D8as_v4Standard_D8as_v5Standard_D8as_v5 vs Standard_D8as_v4
On-demandPay by the hour$0.384$0.344▼ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.08179% off$0.0726▼ 10%
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$0.225838% off$0.2122▼ 6%
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.144460% off$0.1359▼ 6%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$0.263332% off$0.235▼ 11%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment54% off$0.176754% off$0.1578▼ 11%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D8as_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_D8as_v5 leads
On-demand price$0.344 vs $0.384 per hour
10% cheaper
Max disk throughput (uncached)200 MB/s vs 192 MB/s
4% higher

Specs

9 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_D8as_v4Standard_D8as_v5
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7452 (Rome), AMD EPYC 7763v (Genoa)AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan), AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)
ACU (compute units)–230
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_D8as_v4Standard_D8as_v5
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_D8as_v4Standard_D8as_v5
Network8,000 Mbps12,500 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces44
Storage4 of 7 differStandard_D8as_v4Standard_D8as_v5
Storage16 x 64 GiB temp SSD–
Temp disk64 GiB–
Max data disks1616
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)12,80012,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)192 MB/s200 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesNo
Instance details1 of 4 differStandard_D8as_v4Standard_D8as_v5
FamilyDasv4Dasv5
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_D8as_v4Standard_D8as_v5
Seriesdasv4-seriesdasv5-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D8as_v4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D8as_v4Standard_D8as_v5Difference
Central Indiacentralindia$0.246$0.222▼ 10%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.246$0.222▼ 10%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.246$0.222▼ 10%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$0.364$0.364Same
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.384$0.344▼ 10%
East US 2eastus2$0.384$0.344▼ 10%
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.384$0.344▼ 10%
West US 2westus2$0.384$0.344▼ 10%
West US 3westus3$0.384$0.344▼ 10%
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.402$0.402Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.404$0.404Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.408$0.368▼ 10%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.416$0.416Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.416$0.416Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.422$0.378▼ 10%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.428$0.384▼ 10%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.428$0.384▼ 10%
North Europenortheurope$0.428$0.384▼ 10%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.432$0.389▼ 10%
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.432$0.389▼ 10%
Central UScentralus$0.434$0.389▼ 10%
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.443$0.396▼ 11%
UK Southuksouth$0.444$0.4▼ 10%
France Centralfrancecentral$0.448$0.404▼ 10%
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.448$0.424▼ 5%
Italy Northitalynorth$0.448$0.404▼ 10%
West USwestus$0.448$0.404▼ 10%
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.454$0.454Same
West Europewesteurope$0.46$0.416▼ 10%
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.461$0.413▼ 10%
West Central USwestcentralus$0.461$0.413▼ 10%
UK Westukwest$0.465$0.416▼ 11%
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.471$0.424▼ 10%
UAE Northuaenorth$0.471$0.424▼ 10%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.472$0.424▼ 10%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.48$0.432▼ 10%
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.48$0.432▼ 10%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.48$0.432▼ 10%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.48$0.432▼ 10%
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$0.48$0.43▼ 10%
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$0.484$0.436▼ 10%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.484$0.436▼ 10%
West Indiawestindia$0.492$0.44▼ 11%
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.496$0.448▼ 10%
Japan Westjapanwest$0.496$0.448▼ 10%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.499$0.447▼ 10%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.508$0.458▼ 10%
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$0.522$0.522Same
East Asiaeastasia$0.528$0.476▼ 10%
Sweden Southswedensouth$0.53$0.478▼ 10%
Germany Northgermanynorth$0.541$0.541Same
South Indiasouthindia$0.541$0.485▼ 10%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.549$0.492▼ 10%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.549$0.492▼ 10%
France Southfrancesouth$0.582$0.525▼ 10%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.612$0.552▼ 10%
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.614$0.551▼ 10%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.66$0.595▼ 10%
Norway Westnorwaywest$0.714$0.639▼ 11%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.714$0.639▼ 11%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.796$0.718▼ 10%

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Standard_D8as_v4General purpose, Dasv4 family
Standard_D8as_v4 prices and specsEvery size in the Dasv4 family

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