D4 v3

api name Standard_D4_v3 · Azure Virtual Machines · Dv3 family

The D4 v3 is a general purpose Azure Virtual Machines VM size with 4 vCPUs and 16 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake), starting at $0.192 per hour on demand.

general purposex86-64intelprevious generation
vCPUs
4

dedicated

memory
16 GiB

4 GiB per vCPU

processor
Intel

x86-64

on-demand
$0.192

$140/mo · eastus

spot
$0.0384

−80% vs on-demand

regions
58

across 7 areas

Previous generation. Azure still sells D4 v3, but newer families usually give more performance per dollar. See the similar VM sizes below.

D4 v3 price by region

58 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot · 1-yr Reserved · 3-yr Reserved · 1-yr Savings plan · 3-yr Savings plan

East USeastuscheapestreferenceNorth America$0.192$0.0384$0.1325$0.0902
East US 2eastus2cheapestNorth America$0.192$0.0662$0.1325$0.0902
West US 2westus2cheapestNorth America$0.192$0.0355$0.1325$0.0902
West US 3westus3cheapestNorth America$0.192$0.0355$0.1325$0.0902
North Central USnorthcentralusNorth America$0.20$0.037$0.138$0.094
Sweden CentralswedencentralEurope$0.204$0.0377$0.155$0.1122
Central IndiacentralindiaAsia$0.21$0.0388$0.1596$0.1155
Mexico CentralmexicocentralNorth America$0.211$0.039$0.1239$0.0793
North EuropenortheuropeEurope$0.214$0.0395$0.1626$0.1177
Spain CentralspaincentralEurope$0.214$0.0395$0.1626$0.1177
Central UScentralusNorth America$0.22$0.037$0.1518$0.1034
South Central USsouthcentralusNorth America$0.22$0.0407$0.1518$0.1034
West Central USwestcentralusNorth America$0.22$0.0407$0.1518$0.1034
Korea SouthkoreasouthAsia$0.221$0.0408$0.168$0.1216
Canada CentralcanadacentralNorth America$0.222$0.0636$0.1687$0.1221
Canada EastcanadaeastNorth America$0.222$0.041$0.1687$0.1221
France CentralfrancecentralEurope$0.224$0.0414$0.1702$0.1232
Israel CentralisraelcentralMiddle East$0.224$0.0414$0.1702$0.1232
Italy NorthitalynorthEurope$0.224$0.0414$0.1814$0.1277
Indonesia CentralindonesiacentralAsia$0.225$0.0416$0.1553$0.1058
Malaysia WestmalaysiawestAsia$0.225$0.0416$0.1553$0.1058
Germany West CentralgermanywestcentralEurope$0.23$0.0425$0.1748$0.1265
Poland CentralpolandcentralEurope$0.23$0.0425––
UK SouthuksouthEurope$0.232$0.0408$0.1763$0.1276
UK WestukwestEurope$0.232$0.0429$0.1763$0.1276
West USwestusNorth America$0.234$0.0432$0.1615$0.11
Qatar CentralqatarcentralMiddle East$0.235$0.0434$0.1786$0.1293
UAE NorthuaenorthMiddle East$0.24$0.0445$0.1824$0.132
West EuropewesteuropeEurope$0.24$0.0444$0.1824$0.132
Korea CentralkoreacentralAsia$0.246$0.0455$0.187$0.1353
West IndiawestindiaAsia$0.246$0.0455$0.187$0.1353
Australia CentralaustraliacentralOceania$0.25$0.0462$0.19$0.1375
Australia Central 2australiacentral2Oceania$0.25$0.025$0.19$0.1375
Australia EastaustraliaeastOceania$0.25$0.0462$0.19$0.1375
Australia SoutheastaustraliasoutheastOceania$0.25$0.0462$0.19$0.1375
Southeast AsiasoutheastasiaAsia$0.25$0.0462$0.19$0.1375
New Zealand NorthnewzealandnorthOceania$0.252$0.0466$0.1915$0.1386
US Gov ArizonausgovarizonaNorth America$0.252$0.0466––
US Gov TexasusgovtexasNorth America$0.252$0.0466––
US Gov VirginiausgovvirginiaNorth America$0.252$0.0466––
South Africa NorthsouthafricanorthAfrica$0.254$0.0469$0.193$0.1397
Japan EastjapaneastAsia$0.258$0.0477$0.1961$0.1419
Japan WestjapanwestAsia$0.258$0.0477$0.1961$0.1419
East AsiaeastasiaAsia$0.264$0.0488$0.2006$0.1452
Norway EastnorwayeastEurope$0.264$0.0488$0.2006$0.1452
Switzerland NorthswitzerlandnorthEurope$0.264$0.0488$0.2006$0.1452
Sweden SouthswedensouthEurope$0.265$0.049$0.2014$0.1458
South IndiasouthindiaAsia$0.271$0.0501$0.206$0.1491
India South CentralindiasouthcentralAsia$0.283$0.0523$0.2151$0.1557
France SouthfrancesouthEurope$0.291$0.0538$0.2212$0.1601
Germany NorthgermanynorthEurope$0.299$0.0553$0.2272$0.1645
Taiwan NorthtaiwannorthAsia$0.312$0.0577––
UAE CentraluaecentralMiddle East$0.312$0.0577$0.2371$0.1716
South Africa WestsouthafricawestAfrica$0.3175$0.0588$0.2413$0.1746
Brazil SouthbrazilsouthSouth America$0.318$0.0588$0.2417$0.1749
Switzerland WestswitzerlandwestEurope$0.3428$0.0634$0.2606$0.1886
Norway WestnorwaywestEurope$0.343$0.0634$0.2607$0.1887
Brazil SoutheastbrazilsoutheastSouth America$0.413$0.0763$0.3139$0.2272

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
4
Memory
16 GiB
Memory per vCPU
4 GiB
Processor
Intel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake)
CPU vendor
Intel
Architecture
x86-64
Burstable CPU
No

storage & network

Local storage
100 GB SSD
Storage detail
100 GiB temporary disk

azure details

API name
Standard_D4_v3
Family
Dv3
Category
General purpose
Generation
Previous
Regions
58 (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
Cheapest region
East US · $0.192/hr

D4 v3 equivalents on other clouds

closest match by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and class · Linux on-demand in each provider's reference region

compare side by side→
ProviderInstancevCPUMemoryProcessorOn-demandvs D4 v3
AzureD4 v3416 GiBIntel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake)$0.192–
AWSm5ad.xlarge416 GiBAMD EPYC 7571$0.206+7%
m5d.xlarge416 GiBIntel Xeon Platinum 8175$0.226+18%
Google Cloudc3-standard-4-lssd416 GiBIntel Sapphire Rapids$0.2427+26%
c4-standard-4-lssd15 GiB (1.1× less)415 GiBIntel Emerald Rapids, Intel Granite Rapids$0.2799+46%
AkamaiG8 Dedicated 16x4416 GiBAMD EPYC$0.21+9%
Dedicated 8GB8 GiB (2× less)48 GiBAMD EPYC$0.108-44%
Vultrvx1-g-4c-16g-240s416 GiBAMD EPYC$0.153-20%
voc-g-4c-16gb-80s-amd416 GiBAMD EPYC$0.164-15%

Dv3 family sizes

all about Dv3→
SizevCPUMemoryLocal storageOn-demandMonthlySpot
D2 v328 GiB50 GB SSD$0.096$70.08$0.0192
D4 v3416 GiB100 GB SSD$0.192$140$0.0384
D8 v3832 GiB200 GB SSD$0.384$280$0.0768
D16 v31664 GiB400 GB SSD$0.768$561$0.1535
D32 v332128 GiB800 GB SSD$1.536$1,121$0.307
D48 v348192 GiB1.2 TB SSD$2.304$1,682$0.4606
D64 v364256 GiB1.6 TB SSD$3.072$2,243$0.6141

Similar VM sizes on Azure

other Azure families with a similar shape, cheapest first

D4 v3 FAQ

How much does D4 v3 cost?

D4 v3 costs $0.192 per hour on demand with Linux in East US (eastus), about $140 per month. Across 58 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.192 in East US to $0.413 in Brazil Southeast. Spot capacity costs $0.0384 per hour (80% less), but can be reclaimed. With Windows it costs $0.376 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does D4 v3 have?

D4 v3 has 4 vCPUs and 16 GiB of memory (4 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake). It is a general purpose VM size in the Dv3 family.

What are the equivalents of D4 v3 on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on AWS, m5ad.xlarge (4 vCPU, 16 GiB, $0.206/hour in US East (N. Virginia)); on Google Cloud, c3-standard-4-lssd (4 vCPU, 16 GiB, $0.2427/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, G8 Dedicated 16x4 (4 vCPU, 16 GiB, $0.21/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vx1-g-4c-16g-240s (4 vCPU, 16 GiB, $0.153/hour in New Jersey).