Standard_E4ads_v7vsStandard_E4ds_v7

Standard_E4ads_v7 is 30% cheaper than Standard_E4ds_v7 on demand in East US, saving $91.98 a month.

At a glanceStandard_E4ads_v7Standard_E4ds_v7
On-demand$0.29/hr30% less$0.416/hr
Lowest rate$0.0541/hr31% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0784/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 32 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)Intel@ Xeon 6 6973P-C (Granite 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_E4ads_v7Standard_E4ds_v7Standard_E4ds_v7 vs Standard_E4ads_v7
On-demandPay by the hour$0.29$0.416▲ 43%
SpotCan be interrupted81% off$0.054181% off$0.0784▲ 45%
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$0.1713——
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.1104——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$0.197232% off$0.2829▲ 43%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.136353% off$0.1955▲ 43%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E4ads_v7 leads
On-demand price$0.29 vs $0.416 per hour
30% cheaper
Where Standard_E4ds_v7 leads
Max network interfaces4 vs 2
2× higher
Max disk throughput (uncached)236 MB/s vs 234 MB/s
1% higher

Specs

6 of 22 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 5 differStandard_E4ads_v7Standard_E4ds_v7
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)Intel@ Xeon 6 6973P-C (Granite Rapids)
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_E4ads_v7Standard_E4ds_v7
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking2 of 3 differStandard_E4ads_v7Standard_E4ds_v7
Network16,000 Mbps25,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces24
Storage1 of 7 differStandard_E4ads_v7Standard_E4ds_v7
Storage220 GiB temp NVMe SSD220 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Local NVMe220 GiB220 GiB
Max data disks1212
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)8,0008,000
Max disk throughput (uncached)234 MB/s236 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesYes
Instance details1 of 4 differStandard_E4ads_v7Standard_E4ds_v7
FamilyEadsv7Edsv7
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV2V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_E4ads_v7Standard_E4ds_v7
Serieseadsv7-seriesedsv7-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E4ads_v7 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_E4ads_v7Standard_E4ds_v7Difference
Central UScentralus$0.29$0.399▲ 38%
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.29$0.416▲ 43%
East US 2eastus2$0.29$0.416▲ 43%
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.29$0.416▲ 43%
West US 2westus2$0.29$0.416▲ 43%
West US 3westus3$0.29$0.416▲ 43%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.31$0.423▲ 36%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.319$0.459▲ 44%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.324$0.499▲ 54%
North Europenortheurope$0.324$0.48▲ 48%
UK Southuksouth$0.338$0.502▲ 49%
Italy Northitalynorth$0.341$0.482▲ 41%
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.341$0.462▲ 35%
West USwestus$0.341$0.542▲ 59%
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.348$0.499▲ 43%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.35$0.499▲ 43%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.351$0.479▲ 36%
West Europewesteurope$0.351$0.519▲ 48%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.358$0.512▲ 43%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.364$0.499▲ 37%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.388$0.512▲ 32%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.415$0.549▲ 32%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.466$0.665▲ 43%

Keep exploring

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Standard_E4ads_v7Memory optimized, Eadsv7 family
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Compare Standard_E4ads_v7 with

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Standard_E4ds_v7Memory optimized, Edsv7 family
Standard_E4ds_v7 prices and specsEvery size in the Edsv7 family

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