Standard_E4ads_v7vsStandard_F4ads_v7

Standard_E4ads_v7 is 15% cheaper than Standard_F4ads_v7 on demand in East US, saving $38.69 a month.

At a glanceStandard_E4ads_v7Standard_F4ads_v7
On-demand$0.29/hr15% less$0.343/hr
Lowest rate$0.0541/hr19% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0665/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 32 GiB4 vCPUs, 16 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)
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_F4ads_v7Standard_F4ads_v7 vs Standard_E4ads_v7
On-demandPay by the hour$0.29$0.343▲ 18%
SpotCan be interrupted81% off$0.054181% off$0.0665▲ 23%
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$0.171338% off$0.2127▲ 24%
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.110461% off$0.1338▲ 21%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$0.197231% off$0.2367▲ 20%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.136354% off$0.1578▲ 16%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E4ads_v7 leads
On-demand price$0.29 vs $0.343 per hour
15% cheaper
Memory (GiB)32 vs 16
2× higher
Where Standard_F4ads_v7 leads
Max data disks26 vs 12
2.2× higher
Physical cores4 vs 2
2× higher
Max network interfaces4 vs 2
2× higher

Specs

13 of 22 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 5 differStandard_E4ads_v7Standard_F4ads_v7
vCPUs44
Physical cores24
Threads per core21
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)
Memory1 of 1 differStandard_E4ads_v7Standard_F4ads_v7
Memory (GiB)3216
Networking2 of 3 differStandard_E4ads_v7Standard_F4ads_v7
Network16,000 Mbps25,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces24
Storage5 of 7 differStandard_E4ads_v7Standard_F4ads_v7
Storage220 GiB temp NVMe SSD440 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Local NVMe220 GiB440 GiB
Max data disks1226
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)8,00016,000
Max disk throughput (uncached)234 MB/s468 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesYes
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_E4ads_v7Standard_F4ads_v7
FamilyEadsv7Fadsv7
CategoryMemory optimizedCompute optimized
VM generationsV2V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_E4ads_v7Standard_F4ads_v7
Serieseadsv7-seriesfadsv7-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_F4ads_v7Difference
Central Indiacentralindia$0.188$0.221▲ 18%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.188$0.221▲ 18%
Central UScentralus$0.29$0.343▲ 18%
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.29$0.343▲ 18%
East US 2eastus2$0.29$0.343▲ 18%
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.29$0.343▲ 18%
West US 2westus2$0.29$0.343▲ 18%
West US 3westus3$0.29$0.343▲ 18%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.31$0.367▲ 18%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.319$0.377▲ 18%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.324$0.383▲ 18%
North Europenortheurope$0.324$0.383▲ 18%
UK Southuksouth$0.338$0.399▲ 18%
France Centralfrancecentral$0.341$0.403▲ 18%
Italy Northitalynorth$0.341$0.403▲ 18%
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.341$0.403▲ 18%
West USwestus$0.341$0.403▲ 18%
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.348$0.343▼ 1%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.35$0.414▲ 18%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.351$0.415▲ 18%
West Europewesteurope$0.351$0.415▲ 18%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.358$0.423▲ 18%
UAE Northuaenorth$0.358$0.423▲ 18%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.364$0.431▲ 18%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.364$0.431▲ 18%
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.364$0.431▲ 18%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.368$0.434▲ 18%
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.378$0.446▲ 18%
Japan Westjapanwest$0.378$0.446▲ 18%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.388$0.459▲ 18%
East Asiaeastasia$0.402$0.475▲ 18%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.415$0.491▲ 18%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.415$0.491▲ 18%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.466$0.55▲ 18%

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