Standard_F4svsStandard_F4s_v2

Standard_F4s_v2 is 15% cheaper than Standard_F4s on demand in East US, saving $21.90 a month.

At a glanceStandard_F4sStandard_F4s_v2
On-demand$0.199/hr$0.169/hr15% less
Lowest rate$0.0463/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0379/hr18% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 8 GiB4 vCPUs, 8 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_F4sStandard_F4s_v2Standard_F4s_v2 vs Standard_F4s
On-demandPay by the hour$0.199$0.169▼ 15%
SpotCan be interrupted77% off$0.046378% off$0.0379▼ 18%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$0.137332% off$0.1143▼ 17%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.093556% off$0.074▼ 21%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_F4s leads
Physical cores4 vs 2
2× higher
Max network interfaces4 vs 2
2× higher
Max data disks16 vs 8
2× higher
Where Standard_F4s_v2 leads
On-demand price$0.169 vs $0.199 per hour
15% cheaper
Temp disk32 GiB vs 16 GiB
2× higher

Specs

14 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 6 differStandard_F4sStandard_F4s_v2
vCPUs44
Physical cores42
Threads per core12
Architecturex86_64x86_64
Processor–Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 (Skylake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
ACU (compute units)210195
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_F4sStandard_F4s_v2
Memory (GiB)88
Networking2 of 3 differStandard_F4sStandard_F4s_v2
Network–10,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces42
Storage5 of 7 differStandard_F4sStandard_F4s_v2
Storage–32 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk16 GiB32 GiB
Max data disks168
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)12,8006,400
Max disk throughput (uncached)192 MB/s96 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesYes
Instance details2 of 5 differStandard_F4sStandard_F4s_v2
FamilyFsFsv2
Category–Compute optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Retirement date2028-11-152028-11-15
Other1 of 2 differStandard_F4sStandard_F4s_v2
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API
Series–fsv2-series

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_F4s first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_F4sStandard_F4s_v2Difference
Central Indiacentralindia$0.198$0.17▼ 14%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.198$0.17▼ 14%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.198$0.17▼ 14%
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.199$0.169▼ 15%
East US 2eastus2$0.199$0.169▼ 15%
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.199$0.17▼ 15%
West US 2westus2$0.199$0.169▼ 15%
West US 3westus3$0.199$0.169▼ 15%
France Centralfrancecentral$0.202$0.202Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.204$0.192▼ 6%
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.204$0.192▼ 6%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.207$0.185▼ 11%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.208$0.176▼ 15%
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.208$0.176▼ 15%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.218$0.185▼ 15%
Central UScentralus$0.219$0.204▼ 7%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.219$0.186▼ 15%
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.219$0.204▼ 7%
West Central USwestcentralus$0.219$0.204▼ 7%
West Indiawestindia$0.219$0.17▼ 22%
North Europenortheurope$0.226$0.192▼ 15%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.227$0.194▼ 15%
Italy Northitalynorth$0.227$0.194▼ 15%
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.227$0.192▼ 15%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.227$0.194▼ 15%
UK Southuksouth$0.227$0.202▼ 11%
West Europewesteurope$0.227$0.194▼ 15%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.228$0.194▼ 15%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.231$0.196▼ 15%
UK Westukwest$0.237$0.202▼ 15%
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.239$0.202▼ 15%
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.239$0.211▼ 12%
UAE Northuaenorth$0.239$0.211▼ 12%
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$0.239$0.212▼ 11%
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$0.239$0.204▼ 15%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.239$0.204▼ 15%
South Indiasouthindia$0.242$0.187▼ 23%
West USwestus$0.249$0.212▼ 15%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.2497$0.2134▼ 15%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.25$0.214▼ 14%
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.252$0.214▼ 15%
Japan Westjapanwest$0.252$0.235▼ 7%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.26$0.222▼ 15%
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.26$0.222▼ 15%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.26$0.222▼ 15%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.26$0.223▼ 14%
France Southfrancesouth$0.262$0.262Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.267$0.228▼ 15%
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.274$0.233▼ 15%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.287$0.262▼ 9%
East Asiaeastasia$0.289$0.216▼ 25%
Sweden Southswedensouth$0.295$0.238▼ 19%
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.295$0.252▼ 15%
Germany Northgermanynorth$0.296$0.252▼ 15%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.3244$0.2775▼ 14%
Norway Westnorwaywest$0.325$0.316▼ 3%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.334$0.17▼ 49%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.373$0.341▼ 9%

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