Standard_E2_v4vsStandard_E2a_v4

Standard_E2_v4 and Standard_E2a_v4 cost the same on demand in East US, $0.126 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_E2_v4Standard_E2a_v4
On-demand$0.126/hr$0.126/hr
Lowest rate$0.0265/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0265/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 16 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 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_E2_v4Standard_E2a_v4Standard_E2a_v4 vs Standard_E2_v4
On-demandPay by the hour$0.126$0.126Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.026579% off$0.0265Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$0.074141% off$0.0741Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.047462% off$0.0474Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$0.085232% off$0.0852Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.059653% off$0.0596Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E2_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_E2a_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

9 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_E2_v4Standard_E2a_v4
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
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_E2_v4Standard_E2a_v4
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_E2_v4Standard_E2a_v4
Network5,000 Mbps2,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces22
Storage3 of 7 differStandard_E2_v4Standard_E2a_v4
Storage–4 x 16 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk–50 GiB
Max data disks44
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)3,2003,200
Max disk throughput (uncached)48 MB/s48 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoYes
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_E2_v4Standard_E2a_v4
FamilyEv4Eav4
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostNoYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_E2_v4Standard_E2a_v4
Seriesev4-serieseav4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E2_v4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_E2_v4Standard_E2a_v4Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.126$0.126Same
East US 2eastus2$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
Central Indiacentralindia$0.13$0.08▼ 38%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$0.13$0.13Same
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.13$0.08▼ 38%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.13$0.08▼ 38%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.134$0.134Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.137$0.136▼ 1%
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.137$0.137Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.137$0.123▼ 10%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.138$0.138Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.138$0.138Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.139$0.139Same
West USwestus$0.14$0.14Same
North Europenortheurope$0.141$0.141Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.141$0.133▼ 6%
Central UScentralus$0.142$0.142Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.144$0.144Same
France Centralfrancecentral$0.148$0.148Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.148$0.148Same
Italy Northitalynorth$0.148$0.148Same
UK Southuksouth$0.148$0.148Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.151$0.151Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.151$0.151Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.151$0.151Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.151$0.151Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$0.151$0.151Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.151$0.126▼ 17%
West Central USwestcentralus$0.151$0.151Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.152$0.152Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.152$0.152Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.152$0.152Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.152$0.152Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.152$0.152Same
UK Westukwest$0.152$0.152Same
West Europewesteurope$0.152$0.152Same
West Indiawestindia$0.152$0.161▲ 6%
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.155$0.155Same
UAE Northuaenorth$0.155$0.155Same
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$0.158$0.158Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.159$0.159Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.164$0.164Same
East Asiaeastasia$0.167$0.167Same
Japan Westjapanwest$0.167$0.152▼ 9%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.167$0.18▲ 8%
South Indiasouthindia$0.167$0.178▲ 7%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.1672$0.18▲ 8%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.168$0.168Same
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$0.178$0.16▼ 10%
France Southfrancesouth$0.192$0.192Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.197$0.202▲ 3%
Germany Northgermanynorth$0.198$0.198Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.201$0.201Same
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.212$0.218▲ 3%
Norway Westnorwaywest$0.217$0.234▲ 8%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.2212$0.234▲ 6%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.261$0.261Same

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