Standard_D2_v4

Standard_D2_v4 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.096 per hour on demand ($70.08 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0566 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0202 per hour. It is sold in 61 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
East US eastus$0.096$0.0202$0.0566$0.0365$0.0658$0.0442
East US 2 eastus2$0.096$0.0275$0.0566$0.0365$0.0662$0.0451
North Central US northcentralus$0.096$0.0177$0.0566$0.0365$0.0658$0.0442
West US 2 westus2$0.096$0.0177$0.0566$0.0365$0.0658$0.0442
West US 3 westus3$0.096$0.0178$0.0566$0.0365$0.0662$0.0451
Central India centralindia$0.101$0.0187$0.0594$0.038$0.0696$0.0461
India South Central indiasouthcentral$0.101$0.0187$0.0596$0.0384$0.0696$0.0461
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.101–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.101–––$0.101$0.101
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.102$0.0189$0.0602$0.0388$0.0769$0.0529
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.106$0.0196$0.0621$0.0397$0.0727$0.0488
Canada Central canadacentral$0.107$0.026$0.0629$0.0402$0.0728$0.0488
Canada East canadaeast$0.107$0.0198$0.0629$0.0402$0.0728$0.0488
North Europe northeurope$0.107$0.0199$0.0629$0.0402$0.0806$0.0554
Spain Central spaincentral$0.107$0.0198$0.0629$0.0402$0.0813$0.0589
Central US centralus$0.108$0.0199$0.064$0.0412$0.0745$0.0508
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$0.108$0.02$0.0637$0.0411$0.0745$0.0508
Malaysia West malaysiawest$0.108$0.02$0.0637$0.0411$0.0745$0.0508
Korea South koreasouth$0.111$0.0205$0.0653$0.0421$0.0844$0.0611
UK South uksouth$0.111$0.0205$0.0653$0.0417$0.0834$0.0584
France Central francecentral$0.112$0.0207$0.0659$0.0421$0.0844$0.058
Israel Central israelcentral$0.112$0.0207$0.0661$0.0425$0.0851$0.0616
Italy North italynorth$0.112$0.0208$0.0661$0.0425$0.0907$0.0638
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.112$0.0207$0.0656$0.042$0.0778$0.0515
West US westus$0.112$0.0207$0.0659$0.0421$0.0773$0.0526
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.115$0.0213$0.0676$0.0432$0.0874$0.0633
Poland Central polandcentral$0.115$0.0213$0.0678$0.0437$0.0874$0.0633
South Central US southcentralus$0.115$0.0213$0.0679$0.0438$0.0794$0.0541
West Central US westcentralus$0.115$0.0213$0.0679$0.0438$0.0794$0.0541
West Europe westeurope$0.115$0.0213$0.0678$0.0437$0.0874$0.0633
UK West ukwest$0.116$0.0214$0.0685$0.0441$0.0882$0.0638
Korea Central koreacentral$0.118$0.0218$0.0686$0.0444$0.0789$0.0564
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.118$0.0218$0.0692$0.0443$0.0889$0.0611
UAE North uaenorth$0.118$0.0219$0.0692$0.0443$0.0889$0.0611
West India westindia$0.118$0.0218$0.0696$0.0448$0.0897$0.0649
Australia Central australiacentral$0.12$0.0222$0.0705$0.0451$0.0893$0.0618
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.12$0.012$0.0705$0.0451$0.0893$0.0618
Australia East australiaeast$0.12$0.0222$0.0705$0.0451$0.0893$0.0618
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.12$0.0222$0.0705$0.0451$0.0834$0.0552
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.12$0.0222$0.0708$0.0456––
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.121$0.0224$0.0713$0.046––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.121$0.0224$0.0713$0.046––
Japan East japaneast$0.124$0.0229$0.0729$0.0466$0.0927$0.0652
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.125$0.0231$0.0736$0.0474$0.095$0.0688
New Zealand North newzealandnorth$0.126$0.0233$0.0741$0.0474$0.0937$0.0649
Norway East norwayeast$0.126$0.0233$0.0747$0.0481$0.0958$0.0693
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.1265$0.0235$0.0747$0.0481$0.0961$0.0696
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.127$0.0235$0.0747$0.0478$0.0957$0.0658
East Asia eastasia$0.132$0.0244$0.0776$0.0496$0.0917$0.0607
Sweden South swedensouth$0.133$0.0246$0.0782$0.0504$0.1011$0.0732
South India southindia$0.135$0.0249$0.0798$0.0514$0.1026$0.0743
Japan West japanwest$0.136$0.0251$0.0805$0.0518$0.1034$0.0748
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$0.145$0.0268$0.0853$0.0546$0.1008$0.0667
France South francesouth$0.146$0.027$0.0861$0.0554$0.111$0.0803
Germany North germanynorth$0.15$0.0277$0.0882$0.0568$0.114$0.0825
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.153$0.0283$0.0842$0.0575$0.0969$0.0721
UAE Central uaecentral$0.156$0.0288$0.092$0.0593$0.1186$0.0858
Norway West norwaywest$0.164$0.0303$0.097$0.0625$0.1246$0.0902
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.1643$0.0304$0.097$0.0625$0.1248$0.0903
South Africa West southafricawest$0.168$0.031$0.0991$0.0639$0.1277$0.0924
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$0.199$0.0368$0.1174$0.0756$0.1512$0.1095

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.096$0.0566$0.0365
Windows$0.188$0.1486$0.1285

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
ACU (compute units)195
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)8
NetworkingValue
Network5 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces2
StorageValue
Max data disks4
Premium SSDNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)3,200
Max disk throughput (uncached)48 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNo
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_D2_v4
FamilyDv4
CategoryGeneral purpose
VM generationsV1, V2
Encryption at hostNo
OtherValue
Seriesdv4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

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SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
Standard_D2_v428$0.096
Standard_D4_v4416$0.192
Standard_D8_v4832$0.384
Standard_D16_v41664$0.768
Standard_D32_v432128$1.536
Standard_D48_v448192$2.304
Standard_D64_v464256$3.072

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.