Standard_D8d_v4vsStandard_D8d_v5

Standard_D8d_v4 and Standard_D8d_v5 cost the same on demand in East US, $0.452 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_D8d_v4Standard_D8d_v5
On-demand$0.452/hr$0.452/hr
Lowest rate$0.0957/hr1% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.097/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 8573C (Emerald Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in East US

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

OptionStandard_D8d_v4Standard_D8d_v5Standard_D8d_v5 vs Standard_D8d_v4
On-demandPay by the hour$0.452$0.452Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.095779% off$0.097▲ 1%
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$0.265841% off$0.2667Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.169962% off$0.1718▲ 1%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$0.308932% off$0.3089Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment54% off$0.206454% off$0.2064Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D8d_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_D8d_v5 leads
Max disk throughput (uncached)290 MB/s vs 192 MB/s
51% higher

Specs

5 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_D8d_v4Standard_D8d_v5
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
ACU (compute units)195–
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_D8d_v4Standard_D8d_v5
Memory (GiB)3232
NetworkingAll 3 matchStandard_D8d_v4Standard_D8d_v5
Network12,500 Mbps12,500 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces44
Storage1 of 7 differStandard_D8d_v4Standard_D8d_v5
Storage300 GiB temp SSD300 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk300 GiB300 GiB
Max data disks1616
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)12,80012,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)192 MB/s290 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesYes
Instance details1 of 4 differStandard_D8d_v4Standard_D8d_v5
FamilyDdv4Ddv5
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_D8d_v4Standard_D8d_v5
Seriesddv4-seriesddv5-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D8d_v4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D8d_v4Standard_D8d_v5Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.452$0.452Same
East US 2eastus2$0.452$0.452Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.452$0.452Same
West US 2westus2$0.452$0.452Same
West US 3westus3$0.452$0.452Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.48$0.48Same
Central Indiacentralindia$0.488$0.488Same
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$0.488$0.488Same
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.488$0.488Same
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.488$0.488Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.497$0.497Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.504$0.504Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.504$0.504Same
North Europenortheurope$0.504$0.504Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.504$0.504Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.508$0.508Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.508$0.508Same
Central UScentralus$0.511$0.511Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.521$0.52Same
UK Southuksouth$0.524$0.524Same
France Centralfrancecentral$0.528$0.528Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.528$0.528Same
Italy Northitalynorth$0.528$0.528Same
West USwestus$0.532$0.532Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.542$0.588▲ 8%
West Central USwestcentralus$0.542$0.542Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.544$0.544Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.544$0.544Same
West Europewesteurope$0.544$0.544Same
UK Westukwest$0.547$0.547Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.552$0.552Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.554$0.554Same
UAE Northuaenorth$0.554$0.554Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.556$0.556Same
West Indiawestindia$0.556$0.579▲ 4%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.564$0.564Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.568$0.568Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.568$0.568Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.568$0.568Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.584$0.584Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.588$0.542▼ 8%
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.597$0.596Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.598$0.598Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.5984$0.598Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.6$0.6Same
East Asiaeastasia$0.62$0.62Same
Sweden Southswedensouth$0.624$0.624Same
South Indiasouthindia$0.637$0.637Same
Japan Westjapanwest$0.642$0.584▼ 9%
France Southfrancesouth$0.687$0.686Same
Germany Northgermanynorth$0.704$0.707Same
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$0.717$0.717Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.72$0.72Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.734$0.721▼ 2%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.7776$0.778Same
Norway Westnorwaywest$0.778$0.778Same
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.791$0.78▼ 1%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.936$0.936Same

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