Standard_E48_v4vsStandard_E48a_v4

Standard_E48_v4 and Standard_E48a_v4 cost the same on demand in East US, $3.024 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_E48_v4Standard_E48a_v4
On-demand$3.024/hr$3.024/hr
Lowest rate$0.6366/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.6366/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 384 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 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_E48_v4Standard_E48a_v4Standard_E48a_v4 vs Standard_E48_v4
On-demandPay by the hour$3.024$3.024Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.636679% off$0.6366Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$1.77841% off$1.778Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$1.13762% off$1.137Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$2.04532% off$2.045Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$1.43153% off$1.431Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E48_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_E48a_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

8 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_E48_v4Standard_E48a_v4
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
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_E48_v4Standard_E48a_v4
Memory (GiB)384384
NetworkingAll 3 matchStandard_E48_v4Standard_E48a_v4
Network24,000 Mbps24,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage3 of 7 differStandard_E48_v4Standard_E48a_v4
Storage–32 x 384 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk–1,200 GiB
Max data disks3232
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)76,80076,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)1,152 MB/s1,152 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoYes
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_E48_v4Standard_E48a_v4
FamilyEv4Eav4
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostNoYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_E48_v4Standard_E48a_v4
Seriesev4-serieseav4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E48_v4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_E48_v4Standard_E48a_v4Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$3.024$3.024Same
East US 2eastus2$3.024$3.024Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$3.024$3.024Same
West US 2westus2$3.024$3.024Same
West US 3westus3$3.024$3.024Same
Central Indiacentralindia$3.12$1.906▼ 39%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$3.12$3.12Same
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$3.12$1.906▼ 39%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$3.12$1.906▼ 39%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$3.216$3.216Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$3.283$3.264▼ 1%
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$3.283$3.283Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$3.283$2.955▼ 10%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$3.312$3.312Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$3.312$3.312Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$3.326$3.326Same
West USwestus$3.36$3.36Same
North Europenortheurope$3.384$3.384Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$3.384$3.192▼ 6%
Central UScentralus$3.417$3.417Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$3.456$3.456Same
France Centralfrancecentral$3.552$3.552Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$3.552$3.552Same
Italy Northitalynorth$3.552$3.552Same
UK Southuksouth$3.552$3.552Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$3.624$3.624Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$3.624$3.624Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$3.624$3.624Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$3.624$3.624Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$3.624$3.024▼ 17%
South Central USsouthcentralus$3.629$3.629Same
West Central USwestcentralus$3.629$3.629Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$3.648$3.648Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$3.648$3.648Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$3.648$3.648Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$3.648$3.648Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$3.648$3.648Same
West Europewesteurope$3.648$3.648Same
West Indiawestindia$3.648$3.871▲ 6%
UK Westukwest$3.659$3.659Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$3.722$3.722Same
UAE Northuaenorth$3.722$3.722Same
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$3.78$3.78Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$3.806$3.805Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$3.931$3.931Same
South Indiasouthindia$4.001$4.264▲ 7%
East Asiaeastasia$4.008$4.008Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$4.013$4.324▲ 8%
Japan Westjapanwest$4.013$3.648▼ 9%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$4.013$4.324▲ 8%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$4.032$4.032Same
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$4.268$3.841▼ 10%
France Southfrancesouth$4.596$4.618Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$4.717$4.838▲ 3%
Germany Northgermanynorth$4.743$4.742Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$4.824$4.824Same
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$5.08$5.242▲ 3%
Norway Westnorwaywest$5.217$5.622▲ 8%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$5.30$5.622▲ 6%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$6.271$6.271Same

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Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

Standard_E48_v4Memory optimized, Ev4 family
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Standard_E48a_v4 prices and specsEvery size in the Eav4 family

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