E4s v3

api name Standard_E4s_v3 · Azure Virtual Machines · Esv3 family

The E4s v3 is a memory optimized Azure Virtual Machines VM size with 4 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
4

dedicated

memory
32 GiB

8 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 E4s v3, but newer families usually give more performance per dollar. See the similar VM sizes below.

E4s 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
4
Memory
32 GiB
Memory per vCPU
8 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_E4s_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
Premium SSD support
Yes

E4s 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 E4s v3
AzureE4s v3432 GiBIntel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake)$0.252–
AWSr5ad.xlarge432 GiBAMD EPYC 7571$0.262+4%
r5d.xlarge432 GiBIntel Xeon Platinum 8175$0.288+14%
Google Cloudc4-highmem-4-lssd431 GiBIntel Emerald Rapids, Intel Granite Rapids$0.3429+36%
c4n-highmem-4-lssd431 GiBIntel Emerald Rapids$0.4582+82%
AkamaiG8 Dedicated 16x416 GiB (2× less)416 GiBAMD EPYC$0.21-17%
Linode 90GB90 GiB (2.8×)490 GiBAMD EPYC$0.36+43%
Vultrvx1-m-4c-32g-240s432 GiBAMD EPYC$0.193-23%
voc-m-4c-32gb-200s-amd432 GiBAMD EPYC$0.219-13%

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

E4s v3 FAQ

How much does E4s v3 cost?

E4s 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 E4s v3 have?

E4s v3 has 4 vCPUs and 32 GiB of memory (8 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 E4s v3 on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on AWS, r5ad.xlarge (4 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.262/hour in US East (N. Virginia)); on Google Cloud, c4-highmem-4-lssd (4 vCPU, 31 GiB, $0.3429/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, G8 Dedicated 16x4 (4 vCPU, 16 GiB, $0.21/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vx1-m-4c-32g-240s (4 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.193/hour in New Jersey).