Standard_E4_v4vsStandard_E4a_v4

Standard_E4_v4 and Standard_E4a_v4 cost the same on demand in East US, $0.252 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_E4_v4Standard_E4a_v4
On-demand$0.252/hr$0.252/hr
Lowest rate$0.053/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.053/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 32 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 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_E4_v4Standard_E4a_v4Standard_E4a_v4 vs Standard_E4_v4
On-demandPay by the hour$0.252$0.252Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.05379% off$0.053Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$0.148241% off$0.1482Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.094762% off$0.0947Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$0.170432% off$0.1704Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.119353% off$0.1193Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E4_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_E4a_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

9 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_E4_v4Standard_E4a_v4
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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_E4_v4Standard_E4a_v4
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_E4_v4Standard_E4a_v4
Network10,000 Mbps4,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces22
Storage3 of 7 differStandard_E4_v4Standard_E4a_v4
Storage–8 x 32 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk–100 GiB
Max data disks88
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)6,4006,400
Max disk throughput (uncached)96 MB/s96 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoYes
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_E4_v4Standard_E4a_v4
FamilyEv4Eav4
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostNoYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_E4_v4Standard_E4a_v4
Seriesev4-serieseav4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E4_v4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_E4_v4Standard_E4a_v4Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.252$0.252Same
East US 2eastus2$0.252$0.252Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.252$0.252Same
West US 2westus2$0.252$0.252Same
West US 3westus3$0.252$0.252Same
Central Indiacentralindia$0.26$0.158▼ 39%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$0.26$0.26Same
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.26$0.158▼ 39%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.26$0.158▼ 39%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.268$0.268Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.274$0.272▼ 1%
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.274$0.274Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.274$0.246▼ 10%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.276$0.276Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.276$0.276Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.277$0.277Same
West USwestus$0.28$0.28Same
North Europenortheurope$0.282$0.282Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.282$0.266▼ 6%
Central UScentralus$0.285$0.285Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.288$0.288Same
France Centralfrancecentral$0.296$0.296Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.296$0.296Same
Italy Northitalynorth$0.296$0.296Same
UK Southuksouth$0.296$0.296Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.302$0.302Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.302$0.302Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.302$0.302Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.302$0.302Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$0.302$0.302Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.302$0.252▼ 17%
West Central USwestcentralus$0.302$0.302Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.304$0.304Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.304$0.304Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.304$0.304Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.304$0.304Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.304$0.304Same
West Europewesteurope$0.304$0.304Same
West Indiawestindia$0.304$0.323▲ 6%
UK Westukwest$0.305$0.305Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.31$0.31Same
UAE Northuaenorth$0.31$0.31Same
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$0.315$0.315Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.317$0.317Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.328$0.328Same
South Indiasouthindia$0.333$0.355▲ 7%
East Asiaeastasia$0.334$0.334Same
Japan Westjapanwest$0.334$0.304▼ 9%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.334$0.36▲ 8%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.3344$0.36▲ 8%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.336$0.336Same
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$0.356$0.32▼ 10%
France Southfrancesouth$0.383$0.385▲ 1%
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.393$0.403▲ 3%
Germany Northgermanynorth$0.395$0.395Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.402$0.402Same
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.423$0.437▲ 3%
Norway Westnorwaywest$0.435$0.468▲ 8%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.4414$0.468▲ 6%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.523$0.523Same

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Standard_E4_v4Memory optimized, Ev4 family
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Azure VM Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.