Standard_E16_v4vsStandard_E16a_v4

Standard_E16_v4 and Standard_E16a_v4 cost the same on demand in East US, $1.008 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_E16_v4Standard_E16a_v4
On-demand$1.008/hr$1.008/hr
Lowest rate$0.2122/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.2122/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size16 vCPUs, 128 GiB16 vCPUs, 128 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), 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_E16_v4Standard_E16a_v4Standard_E16a_v4 vs Standard_E16_v4
On-demandPay by the hour$1.008$1.008Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.212279% off$0.2122Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$0.592741% off$0.5927Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.37962% off$0.379Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$0.681632% off$0.6816Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.477153% off$0.4771Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E16_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_E16a_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

9 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_E16_v4Standard_E16a_v4
vCPUs1616
Physical cores88
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome), AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)
ACU (compute units)195–
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_E16_v4Standard_E16a_v4
Memory (GiB)128128
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_E16_v4Standard_E16a_v4
Network12,500 Mbps10,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage3 of 7 differStandard_E16_v4Standard_E16a_v4
Storage–32 x 128 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk–400 GiB
Max data disks3232
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)25,60025,600
Max disk throughput (uncached)384 MB/s384 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoYes
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_E16_v4Standard_E16a_v4
FamilyEv4Eav4
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostNoYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_E16_v4Standard_E16a_v4
Seriesev4-serieseav4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E16_v4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_E16_v4Standard_E16a_v4Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$1.008$1.008Same
East US 2eastus2$1.008$1.008Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$1.008$1.008Same
West US 2westus2$1.008$1.008Same
West US 3westus3$1.008$1.008Same
Central Indiacentralindia$1.04$0.635▼ 39%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$1.04$1.04Same
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$1.04$0.635▼ 39%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$1.04$0.635▼ 39%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$1.072$1.072Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$1.094$1.088▼ 1%
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$1.094$1.094Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$1.094$0.985▼ 10%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$1.104$1.104Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$1.104$1.104Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$1.109$1.109Same
West USwestus$1.12$1.12Same
North Europenortheurope$1.128$1.128Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$1.128$1.064▼ 6%
Central UScentralus$1.139$1.139Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$1.152$1.152Same
France Centralfrancecentral$1.184$1.184Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$1.184$1.184Same
Italy Northitalynorth$1.184$1.184Same
UK Southuksouth$1.184$1.184Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$1.208$1.208Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$1.208$1.208Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$1.208$1.208Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$1.208$1.208Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$1.208$1.008▼ 17%
South Central USsouthcentralus$1.21$1.21Same
West Central USwestcentralus$1.21$1.21Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$1.216$1.216Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$1.216$1.216Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$1.216$1.216Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$1.216$1.216Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$1.216$1.216Same
West Europewesteurope$1.216$1.216Same
West Indiawestindia$1.216$1.29▲ 6%
UK Westukwest$1.22$1.22Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$1.241$1.241Same
UAE Northuaenorth$1.241$1.241Same
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$1.26$1.26Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$1.269$1.268Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$1.31$1.31Same
South Indiasouthindia$1.334$1.421▲ 7%
East Asiaeastasia$1.336$1.336Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$1.338$1.441▲ 8%
Japan Westjapanwest$1.338$1.216▼ 9%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$1.338$1.441▲ 8%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$1.344$1.344Same
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$1.423$1.28▼ 10%
France Southfrancesouth$1.532$1.539Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$1.572$1.613▲ 3%
Germany Northgermanynorth$1.581$1.581Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$1.608$1.608Same
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$1.693$1.747▲ 3%
Norway Westnorwaywest$1.739$1.874▲ 8%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$1.767$1.874▲ 6%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$2.09$2.09Same

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Standard_E16_v4Memory optimized, Ev4 family
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Azure VM Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.