Standard_L8s_v3vsStandard_L8s_v4

Standard_L8s_v3 and Standard_L8s_v4 cost the same on demand in East US, $0.696 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_L8s_v3Standard_L8s_v4
On-demand$0.696/hr$0.696/hr
Lowest rate$0.1525/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.1461/hr4% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 64 GiB8 vCPUs, 64 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_L8s_v3Standard_L8s_v4Standard_L8s_v4 vs Standard_L8s_v3
On-demandPay by the hour$0.696$0.696Same
SpotCan be interrupted78% off$0.152579% off$0.1461▼ 4%
1-yr reservedNo upfront36% off$0.445439% off$0.4245▼ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront58% off$0.292360% off$0.2784▼ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment26% off$0.512927% off$0.5081▼ 1%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.35250% off$0.348▼ 1%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_L8s_v3 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_L8s_v4 leads
Max data disks24 vs 16
50% higher

Specs

8 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 5 differStandard_L8s_v3Standard_L8s_v4
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_L8s_v3Standard_L8s_v4
Memory (GiB)6464
NetworkingAll 3 matchStandard_L8s_v3Standard_L8s_v4
Network12,500 Mbps12,500 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces44
Storage4 of 8 differStandard_L8s_v3Standard_L8s_v4
Storage1 x 1.92 TB NVMe + 80 GiB temp SSD4 x 480 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Temp disk80 GiB–
Local NVMe1,788 GiB1,788 GiB
Max data disks1624
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)12,80012,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)290 MB/s424 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesYes
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_L8s_v3Standard_L8s_v4
FamilyLsv3Lsv4
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized
VM generationsV1, V2V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_L8s_v3Standard_L8s_v4
Serieslsv3-serieslsv4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_L8s_v3 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_L8s_v3Standard_L8s_v4Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.696$0.696Same
East US 2eastus2$0.698$0.698Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.698$0.835▲ 20%
West US 2westus2$0.698$0.698Same
West US 3westus3$0.698$0.698Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.728$0.728Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.734$0.836▲ 14%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.752$0.814▲ 8%
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.752$0.814▲ 8%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.766$0.766Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.768$0.768Same
North Europenortheurope$0.768$0.768Same
West USwestus$0.768$0.768Same
Central UScentralus$0.786$0.786Same
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$0.789$0.789Same
Central Indiacentralindia$0.792$0.792Same
France Centralfrancecentral$0.808$0.808Same
UK Southuksouth$0.808$0.808Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.818$0.818Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.818$0.818Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.832$0.832Same
Italy Northitalynorth$0.832$0.832Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.832$0.832Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.832$0.757▼ 9%
West Europewesteurope$0.832$0.832Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.835$0.835Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.836$0.834Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.836$0.836Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.836$0.836Same
West Central USwestcentralus$0.838$0.838Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.844$0.844Same
UAE Northuaenorth$0.844$0.844Same
UK Westukwest$0.845$0.845Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.878$0.878Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.907$0.907Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.916$0.916Same
East Asiaeastasia$0.92$1.079▲ 17%
South Indiasouthindia$0.984$0.984Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.998$0.915▼ 8%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.998$0.998Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$1.112$1.112Same

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