Standard_E8_v4vsStandard_E8a_v4

Standard_E8_v4 and Standard_E8a_v4 cost the same on demand in East US, $0.504 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_E8_v4Standard_E8a_v4
On-demand$0.504/hr$0.504/hr
Lowest rate$0.1061/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.1061/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 64 GiB8 vCPUs, 64 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_E8_v4Standard_E8a_v4Standard_E8a_v4 vs Standard_E8_v4
On-demandPay by the hour$0.504$0.504Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.106179% off$0.1061Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$0.296341% off$0.2963Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.189562% off$0.1895Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$0.340832% off$0.3408Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.238553% off$0.2385Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E8_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_E8a_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

9 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_E8_v4Standard_E8a_v4
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
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_E8_v4Standard_E8a_v4
Memory (GiB)6464
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_E8_v4Standard_E8a_v4
Network12,500 Mbps8,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces44
Storage3 of 7 differStandard_E8_v4Standard_E8a_v4
Storage–16 x 64 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk–200 GiB
Max data disks1616
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)12,80012,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)192 MB/s192 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoYes
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_E8_v4Standard_E8a_v4
FamilyEv4Eav4
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostNoYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_E8_v4Standard_E8a_v4
Seriesev4-serieseav4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E8_v4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_E8_v4Standard_E8a_v4Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.504$0.504Same
East US 2eastus2$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
Central Indiacentralindia$0.52$0.317▼ 39%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$0.52$0.52Same
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.52$0.317▼ 39%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.52$0.317▼ 39%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.536$0.536Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.547$0.544▼ 1%
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.547$0.547Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.547$0.492▼ 10%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.552$0.552Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.552$0.552Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.554$0.554Same
West USwestus$0.56$0.56Same
North Europenortheurope$0.564$0.564Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.564$0.532▼ 6%
Central UScentralus$0.57$0.57Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.576$0.576Same
France Centralfrancecentral$0.592$0.592Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.592$0.592Same
Italy Northitalynorth$0.592$0.592Same
UK Southuksouth$0.592$0.592Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.604$0.604Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.604$0.604Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.604$0.604Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$0.604$0.604Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.604$0.504▼ 17%
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.605$0.605Same
West Central USwestcentralus$0.605$0.605Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.608$0.608Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.608$0.608Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.608$0.608Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.608$0.608Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.608$0.608Same
West Europewesteurope$0.608$0.608Same
West Indiawestindia$0.608$0.645▲ 6%
UK Westukwest$0.61$0.61Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.62$0.62Same
UAE Northuaenorth$0.62$0.62Same
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$0.63$0.63Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.634$0.634Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.655$0.655Same
South Indiasouthindia$0.667$0.711▲ 7%
East Asiaeastasia$0.668$0.668Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.6688$0.721▲ 8%
Japan Westjapanwest$0.669$0.608▼ 9%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.669$0.721▲ 8%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.672$0.672Same
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$0.711$0.64▼ 10%
France Southfrancesouth$0.766$0.77▲ 1%
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.786$0.806▲ 3%
Germany Northgermanynorth$0.791$0.79Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.804$0.804Same
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.847$0.874▲ 3%
Norway Westnorwaywest$0.869$0.937▲ 8%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.8829$0.937▲ 6%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$1.045$1.045Same

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