Standard_E8_v3vsStandard_E8_v4

Standard_E8_v3 and Standard_E8_v4 cost the same on demand in East US, $0.504 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_E8_v3Standard_E8_v4
On-demand$0.504/hr$0.504/hr
Lowest rate$0.1008/hr5% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.1061/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 64 GiB8 vCPUs, 64 GiB
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in East US

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

OptionStandard_E8_v3Standard_E8_v4Standard_E8_v4 vs Standard_E8_v3
On-demandPay by the hour$0.504$0.504Same
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$0.100879% off$0.1061▲ 5%
1-yr reservedNo upfront—41% off$0.2963—
3-yr reservedNo upfront—62% off$0.1895—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$0.347832% off$0.3408▼ 2%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.236953% off$0.2385▲ 1%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E8_v3 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_E8_v4 leads
ACU (compute units)195 vs 160
22% higher

Specs

8 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_E8_v3Standard_E8_v4
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
ACU (compute units)160195
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_E8_v3Standard_E8_v4
Memory (GiB)6464
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_E8_v3Standard_E8_v4
Network4,000 Mbps12,500 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces44
Storage2 of 7 differStandard_E8_v3Standard_E8_v4
Storage200 GiB temp SSD–
Temp disk200 GiB–
Max data disks1616
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)12,80012,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)192 MB/s192 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoNo
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_E8_v3Standard_E8_v4
FamilyEv3Ev4
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV1V1, V2
Encryption at hostNoNo
Other1 of 2 differStandard_E8_v3Standard_E8_v4
Seriesev3-esv3-seriesev4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E8_v3 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_E8_v3Standard_E8_v4Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.504$0.504Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.504$0.504Same
West US 2westus2$0.504$0.504Same
West US 3westus3$0.504$0.504Same
East US 2eastus2$0.532$0.504▼ 5%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.536$0.536Same
Central Indiacentralindia$0.548$0.52▼ 5%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.548$0.52▼ 5%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.548$0.52▼ 5%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.554$0.554Same
West USwestus$0.56$0.56Same
North Europenortheurope$0.564$0.564Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.564$0.564Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.576$0.547▼ 5%
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.576$0.576Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.576$0.547▼ 5%
Central UScentralus$0.583$0.57▼ 2%
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.583$0.605▲ 4%
West Central USwestcentralus$0.583$0.605▲ 4%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.584$0.552▼ 5%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.584$0.552▼ 5%
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.592$0.592Same
Italy Northitalynorth$0.592$0.592Same
UAE Northuaenorth$0.605$0.62▲ 2%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.608$0.608Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.608$0.608Same
West Indiawestindia$0.608$0.608Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.62$0.62Same
France Centralfrancecentral$0.624$0.592▼ 5%
UK Southuksouth$0.624$0.592▼ 5%
UK Westukwest$0.624$0.61▼ 2%
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.634$0.634Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.638$0.604▼ 5%
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.638$0.604▼ 5%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.638$0.604▼ 5%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.638$0.655▲ 3%
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$0.638$0.604▼ 5%
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$0.638$0.63▼ 1%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.638$0.604▼ 5%
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.64$0.608▼ 5%
Japan Westjapanwest$0.64$0.669▲ 5%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.64$0.608▼ 5%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.64$0.608▼ 5%
West Europewesteurope$0.64$0.608▼ 5%
South Indiasouthindia$0.667$0.667Same
East Asiaeastasia$0.668$0.668Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.672$0.672Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.704$0.669▼ 5%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.704$0.6688▼ 5%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$0.728$0.52▼ 29%
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.766$0.547▼ 29%
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.786$0.786Same
Germany Northgermanynorth$0.79$0.791Same
France Southfrancesouth$0.81$0.766▼ 5%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.84$0.847▲ 1%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.9148$0.8829▼ 3%
Norway Westnorwaywest$0.915$0.869▼ 5%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.94$0.804▼ 14%
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$0.996$0.711▼ 29%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$1.222$1.045▼ 14%

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Standard_E8_v4 prices and specsEvery size in the Ev4 family

Compare Standard_E8_v4 with

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