Standard_E4s_v4vsStandard_E4s_v5

Standard_E4s_v4 and Standard_E4s_v5 cost the same on demand in East US, $0.252 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_E4s_v4Standard_E4s_v5
On-demand$0.252/hr$0.252/hr
Lowest rate$0.053/hr0% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0531/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)Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire 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_E4s_v4Standard_E4s_v5Standard_E4s_v5 vs Standard_E4s_v4
On-demandPay by the hour$0.252$0.252Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.05379% off$0.0531Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$0.148241% off$0.1486Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.094761% off$0.0995▲ 5%
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_E4s_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_E4s_v5 leads
Max disk throughput (uncached)145 MB/s vs 96 MB/s
51% higher

Specs

6 of 21 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_E4s_v4Standard_E4s_v5
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)Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
ACU (compute units)195–
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_E4s_v4Standard_E4s_v5
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_E4s_v4Standard_E4s_v5
Network10,000 Mbps12,500 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces22
Storage1 of 5 differStandard_E4s_v4Standard_E4s_v5
Max data disks88
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)6,4006,400
Max disk throughput (uncached)96 MB/s145 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoNo
Instance details1 of 4 differStandard_E4s_v4Standard_E4s_v5
FamilyEsv4Esv5
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_E4s_v4Standard_E4s_v5
Seriesesv4-seriesesv5-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E4s_v4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_E4s_v4Standard_E4s_v5Difference
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$0.26Same
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$0.26$0.26Same
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.26$0.26Same
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.26$0.26Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.268$0.268Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.274$0.274Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.274$0.274Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.274$0.274Same
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$0.282Same
Central UScentralus$0.285$0.285Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.288$0.29▲ 1%
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
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$0.296▼ 5%
UAE Northuaenorth$0.31$0.31Same
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$0.334Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.3344$0.334Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.336$0.336Same
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$0.356$0.356Same
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$0.435Same
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.4414$0.442Same
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.523$0.523Same

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

Standard_E4s_v4Memory optimized, Esv4 family
Standard_E4s_v4 prices and specsEvery size in the Esv4 family

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Standard_E4s_v5 prices and specsEvery size in the Esv5 family

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