Instances Azure VM Standard_D2nds_v6 Standard_D2nds_v6
Standard_D2nds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.159 per hour on demand ($116.07 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0938 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0335 per hour. It is sold in 57 regions; the cheapest is Central US at $0.159 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 US centralus $0.159 $0.0294 $0.0938 $0.0541 $0.1081 $0.0652 East US eastus $0.159 $0.0335 $0.0938 $0.0541 $0.1081 $0.0652 East US 2 eastus2 $0.159 $0.0294 $0.0938 $0.0541 $0.1081 $0.0652 North Central US northcentralus $0.159 $0.0294 $0.0938 $0.0541 $0.1081 $0.0652 West US 2 westus2 $0.159 $0.0294 $0.0938 $0.0541 $0.1081 $0.0652 West US 3 westus3 $0.159 $0.0294 $0.0938 $0.0541 $0.1081 $0.0652 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.166 $0.0307 $0.0979 $0.0548 $0.1245 $0.0863 Central India centralindia $0.17 $0.0314 $0.1001 $0.0577 $0.1173 $0.0697 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.17 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.17 – – – – – Canada Central canadacentral $0.174 $0.0322 $0.1027 $0.0592 $0.1183 $0.0696 Canada East canadaeast $0.174 $0.0322 $0.1027 $0.0592 $0.1183 $0.0696 Spain Central spaincentral $0.174 $0.0322 $0.1027 $0.0592 $0.1305 $0.0783 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.175 $0.0323 $0.1033 $0.0595 $0.119 $0.07 Korea South koreasouth $0.183 $0.0338 $0.108 $0.0659 $0.1244 $0.0787 West US westus $0.183 $0.0338 $0.1082 $0.0624 $0.1464 $0.0842 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.19 $0.0351 $0.1119 $0.072 $0.1444 $0.0931 Poland Central polandcentral $0.19 $0.0351 $0.1119 $0.0645 $0.1444 $0.0912 South Central US southcentralus $0.191 $0.0353 $0.1127 $0.0649 $0.1299 $0.0783 West Central US westcentralus $0.191 $0.0353 $0.1127 $0.0649 $0.1299 $0.0783 Korea Central koreacentral $0.193 $0.0357 $0.1139 $0.0695 $0.1312 $0.083 UK West ukwest $0.193 $0.0357 $0.1136 $0.0654 $0.1448 $0.0869 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.195 $0.036 $0.1153 $0.0664 $0.1365 $0.0799 France Central francecentral $0.199 $0.0368 $0.1174 $0.0676 $0.1493 $0.0896 UK South uksouth $0.199 $0.035 $0.1174 $0.0676 $0.1493 $0.0896 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.199 $0.0368 $0.117 $0.0699 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.199 $0.0368 $0.117 $0.0699 – – US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.2 $0.037 $0.1177 $0.0703 – – Australia Central australiacentral $0.201 $0.0371 $0.1187 $0.0765 $0.1467 $0.0905 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.201 $0.0201 $0.1187 $0.0765 $0.1467 $0.0905 Australia East australiaeast $0.201 $0.0371 $0.1187 $0.0765 $0.1467 $0.0905 West India westindia $0.204 $0.0377 $0.1202 $0.0693 $0.1408 $0.0836 Japan East japaneast $0.205 $0.0379 $0.1208 $0.0778 $0.1538 $0.0964 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.207 $0.0383 $0.122 $0.0786 $0.1511 $0.0932 Italy North italynorth $0.207 $0.0383 $0.122 $0.0703 $0.1553 $0.0932 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.207 $0.0383 $0.1219 $0.0702 $0.1573 $0.0994 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.207 $0.0383 $0.122 $0.0745 $0.1408 $0.089 North Europe northeurope $0.208 $0.0384 $0.1231 $0.0709 $0.156 $0.0936 West Europe westeurope $0.208 $0.0384 $0.1231 $0.0709 $0.156 $0.0936 Sweden South swedensouth $0.216 $0.0399 $0.1273 $0.0712 $0.162 $0.1123 South India southindia $0.224 $0.0414 $0.1324 $0.0763 $0.1546 $0.0918 Israel Central israelcentral $0.228 $0.0421 $0.1342 $0.0819 $0.1687 $0.098 Norway East norwayeast $0.228 $0.0421 $0.1342 $0.0774 $0.1733 $0.1094 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.228 $0.0421 $0.132 $0.0819 $0.1687 $0.1003 UAE North uaenorth $0.228 $0.0421 $0.1342 $0.0819 $0.1687 $0.098 Japan West japanwest $0.231 $0.0427 $0.1361 $0.0877 $0.1732 $0.1086 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.232 $0.0429 $0.1371 $0.0836 $0.1717 $0.0998 Germany North germanynorth $0.246 $0.0455 $0.1454 $0.0813 $0.1845 $0.1279 East Asia eastasia $0.247 $0.0456 $0.1455 $0.0839 $0.1729 $0.1013 France South francesouth $0.259 $0.0479 $0.1525 $0.0879 $0.1943 $0.1166 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.269 $0.0497 $0.1584 $0.0913 $0.2044 $0.1291 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.269 $0.0497 $0.1587 $0.0968 $0.1829 $0.1157 Norway West norwaywest $0.296 $0.0547 $0.1747 $0.1006 $0.225 $0.1421 UAE Central uaecentral $0.296 $0.0547 $0.1745 $0.1065 $0.219 $0.1273 South Africa West southafricawest $0.302 $0.0558 $0.1782 $0.1087 $0.2235 $0.1299 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.318 $0.0588 $0.1878 $0.1082 $0.2162 $0.1272 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.414 $0.0765 $0.2441 $0.1407 $0.2815 $0.1656
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.159 $0.0938 $0.0541 Windows $0.251 $0.1858 $0.1461
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Networking Value Network 25 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 4
Storage Value Storage 110 GiB temp NVMe SSD Local NVMe 110 GiB Max data disks 8 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 3,750 Max disk throughput (uncached) 106 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_D2nds_v6 Family Dndsv6 Category Memory optimized VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dndsv6-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
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