E4-2s v3

api name Standard_E4-2s_v3 · Azure Virtual Machines · Esv3 family

The E4-2s v3 is a memory optimized Azure Virtual Machines VM size with 2 vCPUs and 32 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake), starting at $0.252 per hour on demand.

memory optimizedx86-64intelprevious generation
vCPUs
2

dedicated

memory
32 GiB

16 GiB per vCPU

processor
Intel

x86-64

on-demand
$0.252

$184/mo · eastus

spot
$0.0504

−80% vs on-demand

regions
58

across 7 areas

Previous generation. Azure still sells E4-2s v3, but newer families usually give more performance per dollar. See the similar VM sizes below.

E4-2s 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$0.252$0.0504$0.1739$0.1184
North Central USnorthcentraluscheapestNorth America$0.252$0.0466$0.1739$0.1184
West US 2westus2cheapestNorth America$0.252$0.0466$0.1739$0.1184
West US 3westus3cheapestNorth America$0.252$0.0466$0.1739$0.1184
East US 2eastus2North America$0.266$0.0917$0.1835$0.125
Sweden CentralswedencentralEurope$0.268$0.0495$0.2037$0.1474
Central IndiacentralindiaAsia$0.274$0.0506$0.2082$0.1507
Mexico CentralmexicocentralNorth America$0.277$0.0512$0.2105$0.1524
North EuropenortheuropeEurope$0.282$0.0521$0.2143$0.1551
Spain CentralspaincentralEurope$0.282$0.0521$0.203$0.1466
Indonesia CentralindonesiacentralAsia$0.288$0.0532$0.1987$0.1354
Korea SouthkoreasouthAsia$0.288$0.0532$0.2189$0.1584
Malaysia WestmalaysiawestAsia$0.288$0.0532$0.1987$0.1354
Canada CentralcanadacentralNorth America$0.292$0.0837$0.2219$0.1606
Canada EastcanadaeastNorth America$0.292$0.054$0.2219$0.1606
Central UScentralusNorth America$0.292$0.0491$0.2015$0.1372
South Central USsouthcentralusNorth America$0.292$0.054$0.2015$0.1372
West Central USwestcentralusNorth America$0.292$0.054$0.2015$0.1372
Israel CentralisraelcentralMiddle East$0.296$0.0547––
Italy NorthitalynorthEurope$0.296$0.0547$0.2131$0.1539
West USwestusNorth America$0.296$0.0547$0.2042$0.1391
UAE NorthuaenorthMiddle East$0.302$0.056$0.2295$0.1661
Germany West CentralgermanywestcentralEurope$0.304$0.0562$0.231$0.1672
Poland CentralpolandcentralEurope$0.304$0.0562$0.231$0.1672
West IndiawestindiaAsia$0.304$0.0562$0.231$0.1672
Qatar CentralqatarcentralMiddle East$0.31$0.0573$0.2356$0.1705
France CentralfrancecentralEurope$0.312$0.0577$0.2371$0.1716
UK SouthuksouthEurope$0.312$0.0549$0.2371$0.1716
UK WestukwestEurope$0.312$0.0577$0.2371$0.1716
New Zealand NorthnewzealandnorthOceania$0.317$0.0586$0.2409$0.1744
Australia CentralaustraliacentralOceania$0.319$0.059$0.2424$0.1755
Australia Central 2australiacentral2Oceania$0.319$0.0319$0.2424$0.1755
Australia EastaustraliaeastOceania$0.319$0.059$0.2424$0.1755
Australia SoutheastaustraliasoutheastOceania$0.319$0.059$0.2424$0.1755
US Gov ArizonausgovarizonaNorth America$0.319$0.059––
US Gov TexasusgovtexasNorth America$0.319$0.059––
US Gov VirginiausgovvirginiaNorth America$0.319$0.059––
Japan EastjapaneastAsia$0.32$0.0591$0.2432$0.176
Japan WestjapanwestAsia$0.32$0.0591$0.2432$0.176
Korea CentralkoreacentralAsia$0.32$0.0591$0.2432$0.176
Southeast AsiasoutheastasiaAsia$0.32$0.0591$0.2432$0.176
West EuropewesteuropeEurope$0.32$0.0591$0.2432$0.176
East AsiaeastasiaAsia$0.334$0.0617$0.2538$0.1837
South IndiasouthindiaAsia$0.334$0.0617$0.2538$0.1837
South Africa NorthsouthafricanorthAfrica$0.336$0.0621$0.2554$0.1848
Sweden SouthswedensouthEurope$0.348$0.0643$0.2645$0.1914
Norway EastnorwayeastEurope$0.352$0.0651$0.2675$0.1936
Switzerland NorthswitzerlandnorthEurope$0.352$0.0651$0.2675$0.1936
India South CentralindiasouthcentralAsia$0.364$0.0673$0.2766$0.2002
Taiwan NorthtaiwannorthAsia$0.383$0.0708$0.3317$0.2618
UAE CentraluaecentralMiddle East$0.393$0.0726$0.2987$0.2162
Germany NorthgermanynorthEurope$0.395$0.073$0.3002$0.2173
France SouthfrancesouthEurope$0.4056$0.075$0.3083$0.2231
South Africa WestsouthafricawestAfrica$0.42$0.0778$0.3192$0.231
Switzerland WestswitzerlandwestEurope$0.4574$0.0845$0.3476$0.2516
Norway WestnorwaywestEurope$0.458$0.0846$0.3481$0.2519
Brazil SouthbrazilsouthSouth America$0.47$0.0869$0.3572$0.2585
Brazil SoutheastbrazilsoutheastSouth America$0.611$0.1129$0.4644$0.3361

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
2
Memory
32 GiB
Memory per vCPU
16 GiB
Processor
Intel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake)
CPU vendor
Intel
Architecture
x86-64
Burstable CPU
No

storage & network

Local storage
64 GB SSD
Storage detail
64 GiB temporary disk

azure details

API name
Standard_E4-2s_v3
Family
Esv3
Category
Memory optimized
Generation
Previous
Regions
58 (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
Cheapest region
East US · $0.252/hr
Constrained vCPUs
2 active of 4
Premium SSD support
Yes

E4-2s 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 E4-2s v3
AzureE4-2s v3232 GiBIntel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake)$0.252–
AWSx8i.large232 GiBIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)$0.2188-13%
x2gd.largeArm CPU232 GiBAWS Graviton2 Processor$0.167-34%
Google Cloude2-highmem-216 GiB (2× less)216 GiBAMD Rome, Intel Broadwell, Intel Haswell, Intel Skylake$0.0904-64%
n4d-highmem-216 GiB (2× less)216 GiBAMD Turin$0.1112-56%
AkamaiLinode 24GB24 GiB (1.3× less)224 GiBAMD EPYC$0.09-64%
Linode 48GB48 GiB (1.5×)248 GiBAMD EPYC$0.18-29%
Vultrvx1-m-2c-16g-120s16 GiB (2× less)216 GiBAMD EPYC$0.096-62%
voc-m-2c-16gb-100s-amd16 GiB (2× less)216 GiBAMD EPYC$0.11-56%

Esv3 family sizes

all about Esv3→
SizevCPUMemoryLocal storageOn-demandMonthlySpot
E2s v3216 GiB32 GB SSD$0.126$91.98$0.0252
E4-2s v3232 GiB64 GB SSD$0.252$184$0.0504
E8-2s v3264 GiB128 GB SSD$0.504$368$0.1008
E4s v3432 GiB64 GB SSD$0.252$184$0.0504
E8-4s v3464 GiB128 GB SSD$0.504$368$0.1008
E16-4s v34128 GiB256 GB SSD$1.008$736$0.2015
E8s v3864 GiB128 GB SSD$0.504$368$0.1008
E16-8s v38128 GiB256 GB SSD$1.008$736$0.2015
E32-8s v38256 GiB512 GB SSD$2.016$1,472$0.403
E16s v316128 GiB256 GB SSD$1.008$736$0.2015
E32-16s v316256 GiB512 GB SSD$2.016$1,472$0.403
E64-16s v316432 GiB864 GB SSD$3.629$2,649$0.7254
E20s v320160 GiB320 GB SSD$1.26$920$0.2519
E32s v332256 GiB512 GB SSD$2.016$1,472$0.403
E64-32s v332432 GiB864 GB SSD$3.629$2,649$0.7254
E48s v348384 GiB768 GB SSD$3.024$2,208$0.6045
E64is v364432 GiB864 GB SSD$3.629$2,649$0.7254
E64s v364432 GiB864 GB SSD$3.629$2,649$0.7254

Similar VM sizes on Azure

other Azure families with a similar shape, cheapest first

E4-2s v3 FAQ

How much does E4-2s v3 cost?

E4-2s v3 costs $0.252 per hour on demand with Linux in East US (eastus), about $184 per month. Across 58 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.252 in East US to $0.611 in Brazil Southeast. Spot capacity costs $0.0504 per hour (80% less), but can be reclaimed. With Windows it costs $0.436 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does E4-2s v3 have?

E4-2s v3 has 2 vCPUs and 32 GiB of memory (16 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake). It is a memory optimized VM size in the Esv3 family.

What are the equivalents of E4-2s v3 on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on AWS, x8i.large (2 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.2188/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-120s (2 vCPU, 16 GiB, $0.096/hour in New Jersey).