Standard_E20ds_v4vsStandard_E20ds_v5

Standard_E20ds_v4 and Standard_E20ds_v5 cost the same on demand in East US, $1.44 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_E20ds_v4Standard_E20ds_v5
On-demand$1.44/hr$1.44/hr
Lowest rate$0.3027/hr1% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.3046/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size20 vCPUs, 160 GiB20 vCPUs, 160 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_E20ds_v4Standard_E20ds_v5Standard_E20ds_v5 vs Standard_E20ds_v4
On-demandPay by the hour$1.44$1.44Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.302779% off$0.3046▲ 1%
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$0.846541% off$0.8495Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.541562% off$0.5472▲ 1%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$0.975532% off$0.9755Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.672953% off$0.6729Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E20ds_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_E20ds_v5 leads
Max disk throughput (uncached)750 MB/s vs 480 MB/s
56% higher

Specs

6 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_E20ds_v4Standard_E20ds_v5
vCPUs2020
Physical cores1010
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_E20ds_v4Standard_E20ds_v5
Memory (GiB)160160
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_E20ds_v4Standard_E20ds_v5
Network16,000 Mbps12,500 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage1 of 7 differStandard_E20ds_v4Standard_E20ds_v5
Storage750 GiB temp SSD750 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk750 GiB750 GiB
Max data disks3232
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)32,00032,000
Max disk throughput (uncached)480 MB/s750 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesYes
Instance details1 of 4 differStandard_E20ds_v4Standard_E20ds_v5
FamilyEdsv4Edsv5
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_E20ds_v4Standard_E20ds_v5
Seriesedsv4-seriesedsv5-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E20ds_v4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_E20ds_v4Standard_E20ds_v5Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$1.44$1.44Same
East US 2eastus2$1.44$1.44Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$1.44$1.44Same
West US 2westus2$1.44$1.44Same
West US 3westus3$1.44$1.44Same
Central Indiacentralindia$1.51$1.51Same
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$1.51$1.51Same
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$1.51$1.51Same
Jio India Westjioindiawest$1.51$1.51Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$1.52$1.52Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$1.566$1.566Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$1.566$1.566Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$1.58$1.58Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$1.58$1.58Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$1.584$1.584Same
North Europenortheurope$1.60$1.60Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$1.60$1.60Same
West USwestus$1.62$1.62Same
Central UScentralus$1.627$1.627Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$1.644$1.644Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$1.646$1.656▲ 1%
Israel Centralisraelcentral$1.68$1.68Same
Italy Northitalynorth$1.68$1.68Same
France Centralfrancecentral$1.69$1.69Same
UK Southuksouth$1.69$1.69Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$1.728$1.872▲ 8%
West Central USwestcentralus$1.728$1.728Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$1.73$1.73Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$1.73$1.73Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$1.73$1.73Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$1.73$1.73Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$1.73$1.73Same
West Europewesteurope$1.73$1.73Same
West Indiawestindia$1.737$1.843▲ 6%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$1.74$1.74Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$1.74$1.74Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$1.74$1.74Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$1.74$1.74Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$1.74$1.74Same
UK Westukwest$1.742$1.742Same
East Asiaeastasia$1.75$1.75Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$1.76$1.68▼ 5%
UAE Northuaenorth$1.76$1.76Same
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$1.80$1.80Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$1.826$1.827Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$1.872$1.728▼ 8%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$1.90$1.90Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$1.903$1.903Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$1.903$1.90Same
South Indiasouthindia$1.905$2.03▲ 7%
Japan Westjapanwest$1.911$1.74▼ 9%
Sweden Southswedensouth$1.976$1.976Same
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$2.138$2.138Same
France Southfrancesouth$2.189$2.197Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$2.246$2.288▲ 2%
Germany Northgermanynorth$2.259$2.249Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$2.28$2.28Same
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$2.419$2.47▲ 2%
Norway Westnorwaywest$2.474$2.474Same
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$2.514$2.52Same
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$2.986$2.964▼ 1%

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