Standard_E2_v3vsStandard_E2_v4

Standard_E2_v3 and Standard_E2_v4 cost the same on demand in East US, $0.126 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_E2_v3Standard_E2_v4
On-demand$0.126/hr$0.126/hr
Lowest rate$0.0252/hr5% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0265/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 16 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 GiB
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in East US

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

OptionStandard_E2_v3Standard_E2_v4Standard_E2_v4 vs Standard_E2_v3
On-demandPay by the hour$0.126$0.126Same
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$0.025279% off$0.0265▲ 5%
1-yr reservedNo upfront—41% off$0.0741—
3-yr reservedNo upfront—62% off$0.0474—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$0.086932% off$0.0852▼ 2%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.059253% off$0.0596▲ 1%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E2_v3 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_E2_v4 leads
ACU (compute units)195 vs 160
22% higher

Specs

8 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_E2_v3Standard_E2_v4
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon 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_E2_v3Standard_E2_v4
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_E2_v3Standard_E2_v4
Network1,000 Mbps5,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces22
Storage2 of 7 differStandard_E2_v3Standard_E2_v4
Storage50 GiB temp SSD–
Temp disk50 GiB–
Max data disks44
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)3,2003,200
Max disk throughput (uncached)48 MB/s48 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoNo
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_E2_v3Standard_E2_v4
FamilyEv3Ev4
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV1V1, V2
Encryption at hostNoNo
Other1 of 2 differStandard_E2_v3Standard_E2_v4
Seriesev3-esv3-seriesev4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E2_v3 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_E2_v3Standard_E2_v4Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.126$0.126Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.126$0.126Same
West US 2westus2$0.126$0.126Same
West US 3westus3$0.126$0.126Same
East US 2eastus2$0.133$0.126▼ 5%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.134$0.134Same
Central Indiacentralindia$0.137$0.13▼ 5%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.137$0.13▼ 5%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.137$0.13▼ 5%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.139$0.139Same
North Europenortheurope$0.141$0.141Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.141$0.141Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.144$0.137▼ 5%
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.144$0.144Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.144$0.137▼ 5%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.146$0.138▼ 5%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.146$0.138▼ 5%
Central UScentralus$0.146$0.142▼ 3%
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.146$0.151▲ 3%
West Central USwestcentralus$0.146$0.151▲ 3%
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.148$0.148Same
Italy Northitalynorth$0.148$0.148Same
West USwestus$0.148$0.14▼ 5%
UAE Northuaenorth$0.151$0.155▲ 3%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.152$0.152Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.152$0.152Same
West Indiawestindia$0.152$0.152Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.155$0.155Same
France Centralfrancecentral$0.156$0.148▼ 5%
UK Southuksouth$0.156$0.148▼ 5%
UK Westukwest$0.156$0.152▼ 3%
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.159$0.159Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.16$0.151▼ 6%
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.16$0.151▼ 6%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.16$0.151▼ 6%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.16$0.164▲ 3%
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.16$0.152▼ 5%
Japan Westjapanwest$0.16$0.167▲ 4%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.16$0.152▼ 5%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.16$0.152▼ 5%
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$0.16$0.151▼ 6%
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$0.16$0.158▼ 1%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.16$0.151▼ 6%
West Europewesteurope$0.16$0.152▼ 5%
East Asiaeastasia$0.167$0.167Same
South Indiasouthindia$0.167$0.167Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.168$0.168Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.176$0.167▼ 5%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.176$0.1672▼ 5%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$0.182$0.13▼ 29%
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.192$0.137▼ 29%
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.196$0.197▲ 1%
Germany Northgermanynorth$0.198$0.198Same
France Southfrancesouth$0.2028$0.192▼ 5%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.21$0.212▲ 1%
Norway Westnorwaywest$0.229$0.217▼ 5%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.2292$0.2212▼ 3%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.235$0.201▼ 14%
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$0.249$0.178▼ 29%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.306$0.261▼ 15%

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Standard_E2_v4 prices and specsEvery size in the Ev4 family

Compare Standard_E2_v4 with

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