E2 v4
api name Standard_E2_v4 · Azure Virtual Machines · Ev4 family
The E2 v4 is a memory optimized Azure Virtual Machines VM size with 2 vCPUs and 16 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), starting at $0.126 per hour on demand.
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- vCPUs
- 2
- memory
- 16 GiB
- processor
- Intel
- on-demand
- $0.126
- spot
- $0.0265
- 1-yr reserved
- $0.0741
dedicated
8 GiB per vCPU
x86-64
$91.98/mo · eastus
−79% vs on-demand
−41% vs on-demand
E2 v4 price by region
61 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 | $0.126 | $0.0265 | $0.0741 | $0.0474 | $0.0852 | $0.0596 |
| East US 2eastus2cheapestNorth America | $0.126 | $0.0445 | $0.0743 | $0.0479 | $0.0853 | $0.0597 |
| North Central USnorthcentraluscheapestNorth America | $0.126 | $0.0233 | $0.0741 | $0.0474 | $0.0852 | $0.0596 |
| West US 2westus2cheapestNorth America | $0.126 | $0.0233 | $0.0741 | $0.0474 | $0.0852 | $0.0596 |
| West US 3westus3cheapestNorth America | $0.126 | $0.0233 | $0.0741 | $0.0474 | $0.0853 | $0.0597 |
| Central IndiacentralindiaAsia | $0.13 | $0.024 | $0.076 | $0.0489 | $0.0875 | $0.0612 |
| India South CentralindiasouthcentralAsia | $0.13 | $0.024 | $0.0767 | $0.0494 | $0.0875 | $0.0612 |
| Sweden CentralswedencentralEurope | $0.134 | $0.0248 | $0.0791 | $0.0509 | $0.0906 | $0.0634 |
| Indonesia CentralindonesiacentralAsia | $0.137 | $0.0253 | $0.0807 | $0.052 | $0.0926 | $0.0648 |
| Malaysia WestmalaysiawestAsia | $0.137 | $0.0253 | $0.0807 | $0.052 | $0.0926 | $0.0648 |
| Taiwan NorthtaiwannorthAsia | $0.137 | $0.0253 | $0.0805 | $0.0514 | $0.0926 | $0.0648 |
| Canada CentralcanadacentralNorth America | $0.138 | $0.0308 | $0.0812 | $0.0519 | $0.0933 | $0.0653 |
| Canada EastcanadaeastNorth America | $0.138 | $0.0255 | $0.0812 | $0.0519 | $0.0933 | $0.0653 |
| Mexico CentralmexicocentralNorth America | $0.139 | $0.0257 | $0.0815 | $0.0521 | $0.094 | $0.0658 |
| West USwestusNorth America | $0.14 | $0.0259 | $0.0823 | $0.0526 | $0.0947 | $0.0663 |
| North EuropenortheuropeEurope | $0.141 | $0.0261 | $0.0829 | $0.053 | $0.0953 | $0.0667 |
| Spain CentralspaincentralEurope | $0.141 | $0.0261 | $0.0829 | $0.053 | $0.1015 | $0.0733 |
| Central UScentralusNorth America | $0.142 | $0.0263 | $0.084 | $0.0541 | $0.0961 | $0.0673 |
| Korea SouthkoreasouthAsia | $0.144 | $0.0266 | $0.0849 | $0.0547 | $0.0975 | $0.0682 |
| France CentralfrancecentralEurope | $0.148 | $0.0274 | $0.087 | $0.0556 | $0.1001 | $0.0701 |
| Israel CentralisraelcentralMiddle East | $0.148 | $0.0274 | $0.0873 | $0.0562 | $0.1036 | $0.0701 |
| Italy NorthitalynorthEurope | $0.148 | $0.0274 | $0.0873 | $0.0562 | $0.1066 | $0.077 |
| UK SouthuksouthEurope | $0.148 | $0.026 | $0.087 | $0.0556 | $0.1001 | $0.0701 |
| Australia CentralaustraliacentralOceania | $0.151 | $0.0279 | $0.0888 | $0.0568 | $0.1021 | $0.0715 |
| Australia Central 2australiacentral2Oceania | $0.151 | $0.0151 | $0.0888 | $0.0568 | $0.1021 | $0.0715 |
| Australia EastaustraliaeastOceania | $0.151 | $0.0279 | $0.0888 | $0.0568 | $0.1021 | $0.0715 |
| South Central USsouthcentralusNorth America | $0.151 | $0.0279 | $0.0892 | $0.0575 | $0.1022 | $0.0715 |
| US Gov ArizonausgovarizonaNorth America | $0.151 | $0.0279 | $0.089 | $0.0574 | – | – |
| US Gov VirginiausgovvirginiaNorth America | $0.151 | $0.0279 | $0.089 | $0.0574 | – | – |
| West Central USwestcentralusNorth America | $0.151 | $0.0279 | $0.0892 | $0.0575 | $0.1022 | $0.0715 |
| Austria EastaustriaeastEurope | $0.152 | $0.0281 | $0.0897 | $0.0578 | $0.1028 | $0.072 |
| Belgium CentralbelgiumcentralEurope | $0.152 | $0.0281 | $0.0897 | $0.0578 | $0.1028 | $0.072 |
| Denmark EastdenmarkeastEurope | $0.152 | $0.0281 | $0.0897 | $0.0578 | $0.1028 | $0.072 |
| Germany West CentralgermanywestcentralEurope | $0.152 | $0.0281 | $0.0894 | $0.0572 | $0.1028 | $0.072 |
| Japan EastjapaneastAsia | $0.152 | $0.0281 | $0.0894 | $0.0572 | $0.1028 | $0.072 |
| Korea CentralkoreacentralAsia | $0.152 | $0.0281 | $0.0894 | $0.0572 | $0.1028 | $0.072 |
| Poland CentralpolandcentralEurope | $0.152 | $0.0281 | $0.0897 | $0.0578 | $0.1028 | $0.072 |
| Southeast AsiasoutheastasiaAsia | $0.152 | $0.0281 | $0.0894 | $0.0572 | $0.1028 | $0.072 |
| UK WestukwestEurope | $0.152 | $0.0281 | $0.09 | $0.058 | $0.1029 | $0.072 |
| West EuropewesteuropeEurope | $0.152 | $0.0281 | $0.0897 | $0.0578 | $0.1028 | $0.072 |
| West IndiawestindiaAsia | $0.152 | $0.0281 | $0.0897 | $0.0578 | $0.1029 | $0.072 |
| Qatar CentralqatarcentralMiddle East | $0.155 | $0.0286 | $0.0912 | $0.0583 | $0.1048 | $0.0734 |
| UAE NorthuaenorthMiddle East | $0.155 | $0.0286 | $0.0912 | $0.0583 | $0.1048 | $0.0734 |
| US Gov TexasusgovtexasNorth America | $0.158 | $0.0293 | $0.0929 | $0.0599 | – | – |
| New Zealand NorthnewzealandnorthOceania | $0.159 | $0.0294 | $0.0933 | $0.0596 | $0.1075 | $0.0753 |
| Australia SoutheastaustraliasoutheastOceania | $0.164 | $0.0303 | $0.0967 | $0.0623 | $0.111 | $0.0777 |
| East AsiaeastasiaAsia | $0.167 | $0.0309 | $0.0982 | $0.0628 | $0.1129 | $0.079 |
| Japan WestjapanwestAsia | $0.167 | $0.0309 | $0.0986 | $0.0635 | $0.113 | $0.0791 |
| Norway EastnorwayeastEurope | $0.167 | $0.0309 | $0.0986 | $0.0635 | $0.113 | $0.0791 |
| South IndiasouthindiaAsia | $0.167 | $0.0309 | $0.0984 | $0.0634 | $0.113 | $0.0791 |
| Switzerland NorthswitzerlandnorthEurope | $0.1672 | $0.0309 | $0.0986 | $0.0635 | $0.1132 | $0.0792 |
| South Africa NorthsouthafricanorthAfrica | $0.168 | $0.031 | $0.0987 | $0.0632 | $0.1136 | $0.0795 |
| Chile CentralchilecentralSouth America | $0.176 | $0.0325 | $0.1038 | $0.0663 | $0.1191 | $0.0834 |
| France SouthfrancesouthEurope | $0.192 | $0.0355 | $0.113 | $0.0728 | $0.13 | $0.091 |
| UAE CentraluaecentralMiddle East | $0.197 | $0.0364 | $0.116 | $0.0747 | $0.1333 | $0.0933 |
| Germany NorthgermanynorthEurope | $0.198 | $0.0366 | $0.1166 | $0.0751 | $0.134 | $0.0938 |
| Brazil SouthbrazilsouthSouth America | $0.201 | $0.0371 | $0.1182 | $0.0756 | $0.1359 | $0.0945 |
| South Africa WestsouthafricawestAfrica | $0.212 | $0.0392 | $0.1249 | $0.0804 | $0.1435 | $0.1004 |
| Norway WestnorwaywestEurope | $0.217 | $0.0401 | $0.1282 | $0.0826 | $0.1469 | $0.1028 |
| Switzerland WestswitzerlandwestEurope | $0.2212 | $0.0409 | $0.1303 | $0.0839 | $0.1497 | $0.1048 |
| Brazil SoutheastbrazilsoutheastSouth America | $0.261 | $0.0482 | $0.1541 | $0.0993 | $0.1766 | $0.1236 |
Specifications
compute
- vCPUs
- 2
- Memory
- 16 GiB
- Memory per vCPU
- 8 GiB
- Processor
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake)
- CPU vendor
- Intel
- Architecture
- x86-64
- Burstable CPU
- No
storage & network
- Local storage
- Remote storage only
azure details
- API name
Standard_E2_v4- Family
- Ev4
- Category
- Memory optimized
- Generation
- Current
- Regions
- 61 (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
- Cheapest region
- East US · $0.126/hr
E2 v4 equivalents on other clouds
closest match by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and class · Linux on-demand in each provider's reference region
| Provider | Instance | vCPU | Memory | Processor | On-demand | vs E2 v4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | E2 v4 | 2 | 16 GiB | Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake) | $0.126 | – |
| AWS | r5a.large | 2 | 16 GiB | AMD EPYC 7571 | $0.113 | -10% |
| r6a.large | 2 | 16 GiB | AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor | $0.1134 | -10% | |
| Google Cloud | e2-highmem-2 | 2 | 16 GiB | AMD Rome, Intel Broadwell, Intel Haswell, Intel Skylake | $0.0904 | -28% |
| n4d-highmem-2 | 2 | 16 GiB | AMD Turin | $0.1112 | -12% | |
| Akamai | Linode 24GB24 GiB (1.5×) | 2 | 24 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.09 | -29% |
| G8 Dedicated 8x28 GiB (2× less) | 2 | 8 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.11 | -13% | |
| Vultr | vx1-m-2c-16g | 2 | 16 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.08 | -37% |
| vx1-m-2c-16g-120s | 2 | 16 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.096 | -24% |
Ev4 family sizes
| Size | vCPU | Memory | Local storage | On-demand | Monthly | Spot | 1-yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E2 v4 | 2 | 16 GiB | – | $0.126 | $91.98 | $0.0265 | $0.0741 |
| E4 v4 | 4 | 32 GiB | – | $0.252 | $184 | $0.053 | $0.1482 |
| E8 v4 | 8 | 64 GiB | – | $0.504 | $368 | $0.1061 | $0.2963 |
| E16 v4 | 16 | 128 GiB | – | $1.008 | $736 | $0.2122 | $0.5927 |
| E20 v4 | 20 | 160 GiB | – | $1.26 | $920 | $0.2652 | $0.7409 |
| E32 v4 | 32 | 256 GiB | – | $2.016 | $1,472 | $0.4244 | $1.185 |
| E48 v4 | 48 | 384 GiB | – | $3.024 | $2,208 | $0.6366 | $1.778 |
| E64 v4 | 64 | 504 GiB | – | $4.032 | $2,943 | $0.8487 | $2.371 |
Similar VM sizes on Azure
other Azure families with a similar shape, cheapest first
E2as v5$0.113/hr2 vCPU · 16 GiB · AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)10% cheaperE2as v6$0.119/hr2 vCPU · 16 GiB · AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)6% cheaperE2as v7$0.119/hr2 vCPU · 16 GiB · AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)6% cheaperE2as v4$0.126/hr2 vCPU · 16 GiB · AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)E2a v4$0.126/hr2 vCPU · 16 GiB · AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)E2s v4$0.126/hr2 vCPU · 16 GiB · Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake)
E2 v4 FAQ
How much does E2 v4 cost?
E2 v4 costs $0.126 per hour on demand with Linux in East US (eastus), about $91.98 per month. Across 61 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.126 in East US to $0.261 in Brazil Southeast. Spot capacity costs $0.0265 per hour (79% less), but can be reclaimed. A 1-yr Reserved commitment brings it to $0.0741 per hour. With Windows it costs $0.218 per hour.
How many vCPUs and how much memory does E2 v4 have?
E2 v4 has 2 vCPUs and 16 GiB of memory (8 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake). It is a memory optimized VM size in the Ev4 family.
What are the equivalents of E2 v4 on other clouds?
The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on AWS, r5a.large (2 vCPU, 16 GiB, $0.113/hour in US East (N. Virginia)); on Google Cloud, e2-highmem-2 (2 vCPU, 16 GiB, $0.0904/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, Linode 24GB (2 vCPU, 24 GiB, $0.09/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vx1-m-2c-16g (2 vCPU, 16 GiB, $0.08/hour in New Jersey).