Standard_D2nlds_v6

Standard_D2nlds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 4 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.14 per hour on demand ($102.20 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0826 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0295 per hour. It is sold in 57 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.14 per hour.

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
Central India centralindia$0.14$0.0259$0.0826$0.0476$0.1022$0.0574
Central US centralus$0.14$0.0258$0.0826$0.0448$0.0952$0.0532
East US eastus$0.14$0.0295$0.0826$0.0448$0.0952$0.0532
East US 2 eastus2$0.14$0.0259$0.0826$0.0448$0.0952$0.0532
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.14–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.14–––––
North Central US northcentralus$0.14$0.0259$0.0826$0.0448$0.0952$0.0532
West US 2 westus2$0.14$0.0259$0.0826$0.0448$0.0952$0.0532
West US 3 westus3$0.14$0.0259$0.0826$0.0448$0.0952$0.0532
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.15$0.0277$0.0887$0.0541$0.111$0.0645
Canada Central canadacentral$0.153$0.0283$0.0903$0.0475$0.1102$0.0581
Canada East canadaeast$0.153$0.0283$0.0903$0.0475$0.1102$0.0581
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.154$0.0285$0.0909$0.0539$0.1186$0.0647
Korea Central koreacentral$0.158$0.0292$0.0934$0.0585$0.1153$0.0695
Spain Central spaincentral$0.158$0.0292$0.0933$0.0569$0.1169$0.0679
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.16$0.0296$0.0941$0.059$0.1184$0.072
Poland Central polandcentral$0.16$0.0296$0.0941$0.059$0.1184$0.0832
Korea South koreasouth$0.161$0.0298$0.095$0.0596$0.1175$0.0708
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.161$0.0298$0.0949$0.0547$0.1159$0.066
France Central francecentral$0.166$0.0307$0.0979$0.0597$0.1228$0.073
Israel Central israelcentral$0.166$0.0307$0.0981$0.0598$0.1228$0.0714
UK South uksouth$0.166$0.0292$0.0979$0.0597$0.1228$0.0714
Italy North italynorth$0.167$0.0309$0.0987$0.0602$0.1236$0.0718
South Central US southcentralus$0.168$0.031$0.0992$0.0538$0.1142$0.0638
West Central US westcentralus$0.168$0.031$0.0992$0.0538$0.1142$0.0638
UK West ukwest$0.169$0.0312$0.1$0.061$0.1251$0.0727
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.169$0.0312$0.0991$0.0506––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.169$0.0312$0.0991$0.0506––
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.174$0.0322$0.1008$0.0626$0.1288$0.0766
North Europe northeurope$0.175$0.0323$0.1035$0.0632$0.1295$0.0753
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.175$0.0323$0.103$0.0525––
West Europe westeurope$0.175$0.0323$0.1035$0.0632$0.1295$0.0753
West US westus$0.175$0.0323$0.1033$0.0613$0.1295$0.0735
Japan East japaneast$0.176$0.0325$0.104$0.067$0.1355$0.0827
Japan West japanwest$0.176$0.0325$0.104$0.0652$0.1355$0.0862
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.176$0.0325$0.1037$0.065$0.1302$0.0915
West India westindia$0.179$0.0331$0.1057$0.061$0.1307$0.0734
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.182$0.0336$0.1074$0.0619$0.1238$0.0728
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.182$0.0336$0.1074$0.0674$0.1329$0.0801
Australia Central australiacentral$0.183$0.0338$0.1079$0.0622$0.1244$0.0732
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.183$0.0183$0.1079$0.0622$0.1244$0.0732
Australia East australiaeast$0.183$0.0338$0.1079$0.0622$0.1244$0.0732
East Asia eastasia$0.185$0.0342$0.1094$0.0631$0.1332$0.0759
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.188$0.0347$0.1111$0.0678$0.1391$0.0808
Sweden South swedensouth$0.196$0.0362$0.1154$0.0704$0.145$0.0843
South India southindia$0.197$0.0364$0.1166$0.0671$0.1438$0.0808
Norway East norwayeast$0.2$0.037$0.1182$0.0741$0.148$0.104
UAE North uaenorth$0.2$0.037$0.1182$0.0721$0.148$0.086
Germany North germanynorth$0.207$0.0383$0.1224$0.0747$0.1532$0.089
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.215$0.0397$0.1271$0.0753$0.1656$0.0903
France South francesouth$0.216$0.0399$0.1273$0.0777$0.1598$0.095
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.228$0.0421$0.1348$0.0845$0.1687$0.1186
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$0.237$0.0438$0.1396$0.0876$0.173$0.1043
South Africa West southafricawest$0.245$0.0453$0.1444$0.0881$0.1813$0.1054
Norway West norwaywest$0.26$0.048$0.1537$0.0964$0.1924$0.1352
UAE Central uaecentral$0.26$0.048$0.1537$0.0937$0.1924$0.1118
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$0.28$0.0517$0.1651$0.0979$0.2156$0.1176

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.14$0.0826$0.0448
Windows$0.232$0.1746$0.1368

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)4
NetworkingValue
Network25 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces4
StorageValue
Storage110 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Local NVMe110 GiB
Max data disks8
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)3,750
Max disk throughput (uncached)106 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYes
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_D2nlds_v6
FamilyDnldsv6
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesdnldsv6-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

Other Dnldsv6 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
Standard_D2nlds_v624$0.14
Standard_D4nlds_v648$0.28
Standard_D8nlds_v6816$0.56
Standard_D16nlds_v61632$1.12
Standard_D32nlds_v63264$2.241
Standard_D48nlds_v64896$3.361
Standard_D64nlds_v664128$4.482
Standard_D96nlds_v696192$6.722
Standard_D128nlds_v6128256$8.963

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