Standard_A2_v2
Standard_A2_v2 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 4 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M 2.1 GHz (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.0903 per hour on demand ($65.92 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0181 per hour. It is sold in 58 regions; the cheapest is West US 2 at $0.0756 per hour.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West US 2 westus2 | $0.0756 | $0.014 | $0.0511 | $0.0341 |
| West US 3 westus3 | $0.076 | $0.014 | $0.0514 | $0.0343 |
| West Central US westcentralus | $0.083 | $0.0153 | $0.0573 | $0.039 |
| Germany West Central germanywestcentral | $0.0861 | $0.0159 | $0.0644 | $0.0461 |
| Italy North italynorth | $0.0861 | $0.0159 | $0.0644 | $0.0461 |
| North Europe northeurope | $0.0861 | $0.0159 | $0.0632 | $0.0462 |
| Poland Central polandcentral | $0.0861 | $0.0159 | – | – |
| Spain Central spaincentral | $0.0861 | $0.0159 | $0.0644 | $0.0461 |
| Sweden Central swedencentral | $0.0861 | $0.0159 | $0.0654 | $0.0474 |
| West Europe westeurope | $0.0861 | $0.0159 | $0.0644 | $0.0461 |
| UK South uksouth | $0.087 | $0.0153 | $0.0661 | $0.0478 |
| Indonesia Central indonesiacentral | $0.0885 | $0.0164 | $0.0598 | $0.0399 |
| Malaysia West malaysiawest | $0.0885 | $0.0164 | $0.0598 | $0.0399 |
| Canada Central canadacentral | $0.0903 | $0.0259 | $0.0686 | $0.0497 |
| Canada East canadaeast | $0.0903 | $0.0167 | $0.0686 | $0.0497 |
| Central US centralus | $0.0903 | $0.0152 | $0.061 | $0.0406 |
| East US eastus | $0.0903 | $0.0181 | $0.0611 | $0.0407 |
| East US 2 eastus2 | $0.0903 | $0.0311 | $0.0611 | $0.0407 |
| North Central US northcentralus | $0.0903 | $0.0167 | $0.0611 | $0.0407 |
| South Central US southcentralus | $0.0903 | $0.0167 | $0.0623 | $0.0424 |
| West US westus | $0.0903 | $0.0167 | $0.0623 | $0.0424 |
| Israel Central israelcentral | $0.0907 | $0.0168 | $0.0617 | $0.0417 |
| UAE North uaenorth | $0.0907 | $0.0168 | $0.0689 | $0.0499 |
| Qatar Central qatarcentral | $0.0912 | $0.0169 | $0.0693 | $0.0502 |
| Korea South koreasouth | $0.092 | $0.017 | $0.0699 | $0.0506 |
| Southeast Asia southeastasia | $0.0945 | $0.0175 | $0.0685 | $0.0452 |
| Norway East norwayeast | $0.0947 | $0.0175 | $0.072 | $0.0521 |
| Switzerland North switzerlandnorth | $0.0947 | $0.0175 | $0.072 | $0.0521 |
| US Gov Arizona usgovarizona | $0.097 | $0.0179 | – | – |
| US Gov Texas usgovtexas | $0.097 | $0.0179 | – | – |
| US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia | $0.097 | $0.0179 | – | – |
| Central India centralindia | $0.098 | $0.0181 | $0.0712 | $0.0471 |
| Jio India Central jioindiacentral | $0.098 | – | $0.098 | $0.098 |
| Jio India West jioindiawest | $0.098 | – | $0.098 | $0.098 |
| South India southindia | $0.098 | $0.0181 | $0.0745 | $0.0539 |
| West India westindia | $0.098 | $0.0181 | $0.0745 | $0.0539 |
| Mexico Central mexicocentral | $0.0996 | $0.0184 | $0.0673 | $0.0449 |
| South Africa North southafricanorth | $0.101 | $0.0187 | $0.0768 | $0.0556 |
| Korea Central koreacentral | $0.102 | $0.0189 | $0.0775 | $0.0561 |
| Australia Central australiacentral | $0.105 | $0.0194 | $0.0726 | $0.0501 |
| Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 | $0.105 | $0.0105 | $0.0726 | $0.0501 |
| Australia East australiaeast | $0.105 | $0.0194 | $0.0726 | $0.0501 |
| Australia Southeast australiasoutheast | $0.105 | $0.0194 | $0.0798 | $0.0578 |
| East Asia eastasia | $0.105 | $0.0194 | $0.0798 | $0.0578 |
| France Central francecentral | $0.105 | $0.0194 | $0.0798 | $0.0578 |
| UK West ukwest | $0.105 | $0.0194 | $0.0798 | $0.0578 |
| Germany North germanynorth | $0.107 | $0.0198 | $0.0813 | $0.0589 |
| Sweden South swedensouth | $0.112 | $0.0207 | $0.0851 | $0.0616 |
| UAE Central uaecentral | $0.112 | $0.0207 | $0.0851 | $0.0616 |
| Japan East japaneast | $0.113 | $0.0209 | $0.0859 | $0.0622 |
| Japan West japanwest | $0.113 | $0.0209 | $0.0859 | $0.0622 |
| New Zealand North newzealandnorth | $0.123 | $0.0227 | $0.0851 | $0.0586 |
| Norway West norwaywest | $0.123 | $0.0227 | $0.0935 | $0.0677 |
| Switzerland West switzerlandwest | $0.123 | $0.0227 | $0.0935 | $0.0677 |
| South Africa West southafricawest | $0.127 | $0.0235 | $0.0965 | $0.0699 |
| Brazil South brazilsouth | $0.128 | $0.0237 | $0.0973 | $0.0704 |
| France South francesouth | $0.136 | $0.0251 | $0.1034 | $0.0748 |
| Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast | $0.168 | $0.031 | $0.1277 | $0.0924 |
Prices by operating system in East US
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.0903 | – | – |
| Windows | $0.136 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 2 |
| Physical cores | 2 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M 2.1 GHz (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids) |
| ACU (compute units) | 100 |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 4 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | 0.5 Gbps |
| Accelerated networking | No |
| Max network interfaces | 2 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | 20 GiB temp SSD |
| Temp disk | 20 GiB |
| Max data disks | 4 |
| Premium SSD | No |
| Max disk IOPS (uncached) | 3,200 |
| Max disk throughput (uncached) | 48 MB/s |
| Ephemeral OS disk | No |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | Standard_A2_v2 |
| Family | Av2 |
| Category | General purpose |
| VM generations | V1 |
| Encryption at host | No |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Series | av2-series |
| Specs source | Azure Resource SKUs API |
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Other generations
Other Av2 sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_A1_v2 | 1 | 2 | $0.043 |
| Standard_A2_v2 | 2 | 4 | $0.0903 |
| Standard_A4_v2 | 4 | 8 | $0.191 |
| Standard_A8_v2 | 8 | 16 | $0.399 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.