Standard_D8s_v3vsStandard_D8s_v4

Standard_D8s_v3 and Standard_D8s_v4 cost the same on demand in East US, $0.384 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_D8s_v3Standard_D8s_v4
On-demand$0.384/hr$0.384/hr
Lowest rate$0.0768/hr5% lessSpot, 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 8171M (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade 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_D8s_v3Standard_D8s_v4Standard_D8s_v4 vs Standard_D8s_v3
On-demandPay by the hour$0.384$0.384Same
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$0.076879% off$0.081▲ 5%
1-yr reservedNo upfront—41% off$0.2258—
3-yr reservedNo upfront—62% off$0.1444—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$0.26531% off$0.2633▼ 1%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.180554% off$0.1767▼ 2%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D8s_v3 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_D8s_v4 leads
ACU (compute units)195 vs 160
22% higher

Specs

8 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_D8s_v3Standard_D8s_v4
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
ACU (compute units)160195
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_D8s_v3Standard_D8s_v4
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_D8s_v3Standard_D8s_v4
Network2,000 Mbps12,500 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces44
Storage3 of 7 differStandard_D8s_v3Standard_D8s_v4
Storage64 GiB temp SSD–
Temp disk64 GiB–
Max data disks1616
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)12,80012,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)192 MB/s192 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesNo
Instance details1 of 4 differStandard_D8s_v3Standard_D8s_v4
FamilyDsv3Dsv4
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_D8s_v3Standard_D8s_v4
Seriesdsv3-seriesdsv4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D8s_v3 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D8s_v3Standard_D8s_v4Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.384$0.384Same
East US 2eastus2$0.384$0.384Same
West US 2westus2$0.384$0.384Same
West US 3westus3$0.384$0.384Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.4$0.384▼ 4%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.408$0.408Same
Central Indiacentralindia$0.42$0.404▼ 4%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.42$0.404▼ 4%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.42$0.404▼ 4%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.422$0.422Same
North Europenortheurope$0.428$0.428Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.428$0.428Same
Central UScentralus$0.44$0.434▼ 1%
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.44$0.461▲ 5%
West Central USwestcentralus$0.44$0.461▲ 5%
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.443$0.443Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.444$0.428▼ 4%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.444$0.428▼ 4%
France Centralfrancecentral$0.448$0.448Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.448$0.448Same
Italy Northitalynorth$0.448$0.448Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.45$0.432▼ 4%
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.45$0.432▼ 4%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.46$0.46Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.46$0.46Same
UK Southuksouth$0.464$0.444▼ 4%
UK Westukwest$0.464$0.465Same
West USwestus$0.468$0.448▼ 4%
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.471$0.471Same
UAE Northuaenorth$0.48$0.471▼ 2%
West Europewesteurope$0.48$0.46▼ 4%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.492$0.472▼ 4%
West Indiawestindia$0.492$0.472▼ 4%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.5$0.48▼ 4%
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.5$0.48▼ 4%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.5$0.48▼ 4%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.5$0.499Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.5$0.48▼ 4%
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.504$0.504Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$0.504$0.484▼ 4%
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$0.504$0.48▼ 5%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.504$0.484▼ 4%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.508$0.508Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.516$0.496▼ 4%
Japan Westjapanwest$0.516$0.546▲ 6%
East Asiaeastasia$0.528$0.528Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.528$0.506▼ 4%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.528$0.506▼ 4%
Sweden Southswedensouth$0.53$0.53Same
South Indiasouthindia$0.541$0.54Same
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$0.566$0.404▼ 29%
France Southfrancesouth$0.582$0.584Same
Germany Northgermanynorth$0.598$0.598Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.624$0.624Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.625$0.446▼ 29%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.635$0.672▲ 6%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.636$0.612▼ 4%
Norway Westnorwaywest$0.686$0.658▼ 4%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.6866$0.658▼ 4%
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$0.812$0.58▼ 29%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.827$0.796▼ 4%

Keep exploring

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

Standard_D8s_v3General purpose, Dsv3 family
Standard_D8s_v3 prices and specsEvery size in the Dsv3 family

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Standard_D8s_v4General purpose, Dsv4 family
Standard_D8s_v4 prices and specsEvery size in the Dsv4 family

Compare Standard_D8s_v4 with

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