Standard_L48s_v3vsStandard_L48s_v4

Standard_L48s_v3 and Standard_L48s_v4 cost the same on demand in East US, $4.176 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_L48s_v3Standard_L48s_v4
On-demand$4.176/hr$4.176/hr
Lowest rate$0.915/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.8765/hr4% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 384 GiB48 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorIntel 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_L48s_v3Standard_L48s_v4Standard_L48s_v4 vs Standard_L48s_v3
On-demandPay by the hour$4.176$4.176Same
SpotCan be interrupted78% off$0.91579% off$0.8765▼ 4%
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$2.67339% off$2.547▼ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront58% off$1.75460% off$1.67▼ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment26% off$3.07727% off$3.049▼ 1%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$2.11250% off$2.088▼ 1%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_L48s_v3 leads
Local NVMe10,729 GiB vs 10,728 GiB
0% higher
Where Standard_L48s_v4 leads
Max data disks64 vs 32
2× higher

Specs

9 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 5 differStandard_L48s_v3Standard_L48s_v4
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_L48s_v3Standard_L48s_v4
Memory (GiB)384384
NetworkingAll 3 matchStandard_L48s_v3Standard_L48s_v4
Network24,000 Mbps24,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage5 of 8 differStandard_L48s_v3Standard_L48s_v4
Storage6 x 1.92 TB NVMe + 480 GiB temp SSD6 x 1920 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Temp disk480 GiB–
Local NVMe10,729 GiB10,728 GiB
Max data disks3264
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)76,80076,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)1,315 MB/s2,544 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesYes
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_L48s_v3Standard_L48s_v4
FamilyLsv3Lsv4
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_L48s_v3Standard_L48s_v4
Serieslsv3-serieslsv4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_L48s_v3 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_L48s_v3Standard_L48s_v4Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$4.176$4.176Same
East US 2eastus2$4.188$4.188Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$4.188$5.011▲ 20%
West US 2westus2$4.188$4.188Same
West US 3westus3$4.188$4.188Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$4.368$4.368Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$4.407$5.016▲ 14%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$4.514$4.886▲ 8%
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$4.514$4.886▲ 8%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$4.594$4.594Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$4.608$4.608Same
North Europenortheurope$4.608$4.608Same
West USwestus$4.608$4.608Same
Central UScentralus$4.719$4.716Same
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$4.736$4.736Same
Central Indiacentralindia$4.752$4.752Same
France Centralfrancecentral$4.848$4.848Same
UK Southuksouth$4.848$4.848Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$4.908$4.908Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$4.908$4.908Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$4.992$4.992Same
Italy Northitalynorth$4.992$4.992Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$4.992$4.992Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$4.992$4.541▼ 9%
West Europewesteurope$4.992$4.992Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$5.011$5.01Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$5.016$5.004Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$5.016$5.016Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$5.016$5.016Same
West Central USwestcentralus$5.026$5.028Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$5.064$5.064Same
UAE Northuaenorth$5.064$5.064Same
UK Westukwest$5.068$5.07Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$5.267$5.267Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$5.444$5.442Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$5.496$5.496Same
East Asiaeastasia$5.52$6.473▲ 17%
South Indiasouthindia$5.905$5.905Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$5.989$5.491▼ 8%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$5.989$5.988Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$6.672$6.672Same

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