Standard_L64s_v3vsStandard_L64s_v4

Standard_L64s_v3 and Standard_L64s_v4 cost the same on demand in East US, $5.568 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_L64s_v3Standard_L64s_v4
On-demand$5.568/hr$5.568/hr
Lowest rate$1.22/hrSpot, can be interrupted$1.169/hr4% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 512 GiB64 vCPUs, 512 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_L64s_v3Standard_L64s_v4Standard_L64s_v4 vs Standard_L64s_v3
On-demandPay by the hour$5.568$5.568Same
SpotCan be interrupted78% off$1.2279% off$1.169▼ 4%
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$3.56339% off$3.397▼ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront58% off$2.33860% off$2.227▼ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment26% off$4.10327% off$4.065▼ 1%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$2.81650% off$2.784▼ 1%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_L64s_v3 leads
Local NVMe14,305 GiB vs 14,304 GiB
0% higher
Where Standard_L64s_v4 leads
Max data disks64 vs 32
2× higher

Specs

10 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 5 differStandard_L64s_v3Standard_L64s_v4
vCPUs6464
Physical cores3232
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_L64s_v3Standard_L64s_v4
Memory (GiB)512512
NetworkingAll 3 matchStandard_L64s_v3Standard_L64s_v4
Network30,000 Mbps30,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage6 of 8 differStandard_L64s_v3Standard_L64s_v4
Storage8 x 1.92 TB NVMe + 640 GiB temp SSD8 x 1920 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Temp disk640 GiB–
Local NVMe14,305 GiB14,304 GiB
Max data disks3264
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)80,000102,400
Max disk throughput (uncached)1,735 MB/s3,392 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesYes
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_L64s_v3Standard_L64s_v4
FamilyLsv3Lsv4
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_L64s_v3Standard_L64s_v4
Serieslsv3-serieslsv4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_L64s_v3 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_L64s_v3Standard_L64s_v4Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$5.568$5.568Same
East US 2eastus2$5.584$5.584Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$5.584$6.682▲ 20%
West US 2westus2$5.584$5.584Same
West US 3westus3$5.584$5.584Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$5.824$5.824Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$5.876$6.688▲ 14%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$6.019$6.515▲ 8%
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$6.019$6.515▲ 8%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$6.125$6.125Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$6.144$6.144Same
North Europenortheurope$6.144$6.144Same
West USwestus$6.144$6.144Same
Central UScentralus$6.292$6.288Same
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$6.314$6.314Same
Central Indiacentralindia$6.336$6.336Same
France Centralfrancecentral$6.464$6.464Same
UK Southuksouth$6.464$6.464Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$6.544$6.544Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$6.544$6.544Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$6.656$6.656Same
Italy Northitalynorth$6.656$6.656Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$6.656$6.656Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$6.656$6.054▼ 9%
West Europewesteurope$6.656$6.656Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$6.682$6.68Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$6.688$6.671Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$6.688$6.688Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$6.688$6.688Same
West Central USwestcentralus$6.701$6.704Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$6.752$6.752Same
UAE Northuaenorth$6.752$6.752Same
UK Westukwest$6.757$6.76Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$7.022$7.022Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$7.259$7.256Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$7.328$7.328Same
East Asiaeastasia$7.36$8.63▲ 17%
South Indiasouthindia$7.873$7.873Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$7.985$7.322▼ 8%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$7.985$7.984Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$8.896$8.896Same

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