Instances Azure VM Standard_B2pts_v2 Standard_B2pts_v2
Standard_B2pts_v2 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 1 GiB memory (Ampere Altra). In East US it costs $0.0084 per hour on demand ($6.13 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0049 per hour, 42% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0076 per hour. It is sold in 24 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.0056 per hour.
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
Region On-demand Spot 1-yr reserved 3-yr reserved 1-yr savings plan 3-yr savings plan Central India centralindia $0.0056 $0.005 $0.0033 $0.0021 $0.0038 $0.0025 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.0056 – – – $0.0056 $0.0056 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.0056 – – – $0.0056 $0.0056 West US 3 westus3 $0.0075 $0.0068 $0.0045 $0.0029 $0.0052 $0.0035 East US eastus $0.0084 $0.0076 $0.0049 $0.0032 $0.0056 $0.0038 East US 2 eastus2 $0.0084 $0.0076 $0.0049 $0.0032 $0.0058 $0.0039 North Central US northcentralus $0.0084 $0.0076 $0.0049 $0.0032 $0.0056 $0.0038 West US 2 westus2 $0.0084 $0.0076 $0.0049 $0.0032 $0.0056 $0.0038 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.0086 $0.0077 $0.005 $0.0032 $0.0065 $0.0046 Canada Central canadacentral $0.0092 $0.0083 $0.0055 $0.0035 $0.0063 $0.0041 North Europe northeurope $0.0092 $0.0083 $0.0055 $0.0035 $0.007 $0.0049 France Central francecentral $0.0094 $0.0085 $0.0056 $0.0036 $0.0071 $0.005 UK South uksouth $0.0094 $0.0085 $0.0056 $0.0036 $0.0071 $0.005 Central US centralus $0.0095 $0.0075 $0.0049 $0.0032 $0.0056 $0.0038 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.0096 $0.0086 $0.0057 $0.0037 $0.0073 $0.0053 West Europe westeurope $0.0096 $0.0086 $0.0057 $0.0037 $0.0073 $0.0053 West US westus $0.01 $0.009 $0.0059 $0.0038 $0.0069 $0.0047 South Central US southcentralus $0.0101 $0.0091 $0.0059 $0.0038 $0.007 $0.0047 West Central US westcentralus $0.0101 $0.0091 $0.0059 $0.0038 $0.007 $0.0047 Australia East australiaeast $0.0106 $0.0095 $0.0063 $0.004 $0.0077 $0.0054 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.0106 $0.0095 $0.0063 $0.0039 $0.0071 $0.0047 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.0106 $0.0095 – – $0.0092 $0.0072 Japan East japaneast $0.0108 $0.0097 $0.0064 $0.0041 $0.0079 $0.0055 East Asia eastasia $0.0116 $0.0104 $0.0068 $0.0043 $0.0078 $0.0051
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.0084 $0.0049 $0.0032 Windows $0.0176 $0.0141 $0.0124
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 2 Threads per core 1 Architecture arm64 Processor Ampere Altra
Networking Value Network 6.25 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 2
Storage Value Max data disks 4 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 3,750 Max disk throughput (uncached) 85 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_B2pts_v2 Family Bptsv2 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series bpsv2-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .