Standard_E2d_v4vsStandard_E2d_v5

Standard_E2d_v4 and Standard_E2d_v5 cost the same on demand in East US, $0.144 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_E2d_v4Standard_E2d_v5
On-demand$0.144/hr$0.144/hr
Lowest rate$0.0303/hr1% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0305/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 16 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 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_E2d_v4Standard_E2d_v5Standard_E2d_v5 vs Standard_E2d_v4
On-demandPay by the hour$0.144$0.144Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.030379% off$0.0305▲ 1%
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$0.084741% off$0.0849Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.054162% off$0.0547▲ 1%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$0.097532% off$0.0975Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.067353% off$0.0673Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E2d_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_E2d_v5 leads
Max disk throughput (uncached)85 MB/s vs 48 MB/s
77% higher

Specs

8 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_E2d_v4Standard_E2d_v5
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
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_E2d_v4Standard_E2d_v5
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_E2d_v4Standard_E2d_v5
Network5,000 Mbps12,500 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces22
Storage3 of 7 differStandard_E2d_v4Standard_E2d_v5
Storage75 GiB temp SSD75 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk75 GiB75 GiB
Max data disks44
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)3,2003,750
Max disk throughput (uncached)48 MB/s85 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoYes
Instance details1 of 4 differStandard_E2d_v4Standard_E2d_v5
FamilyEdv4Edv5
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_E2d_v4Standard_E2d_v5
Seriesedv4-seriesedv5-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E2d_v4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_E2d_v4Standard_E2d_v5Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.144$0.144Same
East US 2eastus2$0.144$0.144Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.144$0.144Same
West US 2westus2$0.144$0.144Same
West US 3westus3$0.144$0.144Same
Central Indiacentralindia$0.151$0.151Same
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$0.151$0.151Same
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.151$0.151Same
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.151$0.151Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.152$0.152Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.157$0.157Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.157$0.157Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.158$0.158Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.158$0.158Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.158$0.158Same
North Europenortheurope$0.16$0.16Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.16$0.16Same
West USwestus$0.162$0.162Same
Central UScentralus$0.163$0.163Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.164$0.164Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.165$0.166▲ 1%
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.168$0.168Same
Italy Northitalynorth$0.168$0.168Same
France Centralfrancecentral$0.169$0.169Same
UK Southuksouth$0.169$0.169Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.173$0.187▲ 8%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.173$0.173Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.173$0.173Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.173$0.173Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$0.173$0.173Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.173$0.173Same
West Central USwestcentralus$0.173$0.173Same
West Europewesteurope$0.173$0.173Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.174$0.174Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.174$0.174Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.174$0.174Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.174$0.174Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.174$0.174Same
UK Westukwest$0.174$0.174Same
West Indiawestindia$0.174$0.184▲ 6%
East Asiaeastasia$0.175$0.175Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.176$0.168▼ 5%
UAE Northuaenorth$0.176$0.176Same
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$0.18$0.18Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.183$0.183Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.187$0.173▼ 7%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.19$0.19Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.19$0.19Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.1903$0.19Same
Japan Westjapanwest$0.191$0.174▼ 9%
South Indiasouthindia$0.191$0.203▲ 6%
Sweden Southswedensouth$0.198$0.198Same
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$0.214$0.214Same
France Southfrancesouth$0.219$0.22Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.225$0.229▲ 2%
Germany Northgermanynorth$0.226$0.225Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.228$0.228Same
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.242$0.247▲ 2%
Norway Westnorwaywest$0.247$0.247Same
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.2511$0.252Same
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.299$0.296▼ 1%

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Standard_E2d_v4Memory optimized, Edv4 family
Standard_E2d_v4 prices and specsEvery size in the Edv4 family

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Standard_E2d_v5Memory optimized, Edv5 family
Standard_E2d_v5 prices and specsEvery size in the Edv5 family

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Standard_D2d_v5Standard_E2_v5

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