Instances Azure VM Standard_D2pds_v5 Standard_D2pds_v5
Standard_D2pds_v5 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Ampere Altra). In East US it costs $0.0904 per hour on demand ($65.99 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0533 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0191 per hour. It is sold in 24 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.0604 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 $0.0604 $0.0112 $0.0356 $0.0229 $0.0417 $0.0274 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.0604 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.0604 – – – – – East US eastus $0.0904 $0.0191 $0.0533 $0.0344 $0.0619 $0.0415 East US 2 eastus2 $0.0904 $0.0167 $0.0533 $0.0344 $0.0614 $0.041 North Central US northcentralus $0.0904 $0.0167 $0.0533 $0.0344 $0.0614 $0.041 West US 2 westus2 $0.0904 $0.0167 $0.0533 $0.0344 $0.0614 $0.041 West US 3 westus3 $0.0904 $0.0167 $0.0533 $0.0344 – – Sweden Central swedencentral $0.096 $0.0177 $0.0566 $0.0355 $0.073 $0.0499 Canada Central canadacentral $0.101 $0.0187 $0.0596 $0.0384 $0.0768 $0.0556 North Europe northeurope $0.101 $0.0187 $0.0595 $0.0383 $0.0766 $0.052 Central US centralus $0.102 $0.0188 $0.0533 $0.0344 $0.0612 $0.0409 UK South uksouth $0.104 $0.0183 $0.0615 $0.0396 $0.078 $0.0545 France Central francecentral $0.106 $0.0196 $0.0626 $0.0403 $0.0806 $0.0583 West US westus $0.106 $0.0196 $0.0626 $0.0403 $0.0731 $0.0498 South Central US southcentralus $0.108 $0.02 $0.0639 $0.0412 $0.0745 $0.0508 West Central US westcentralus $0.108 $0.02 $0.064 $0.0412 $0.0745 $0.0508 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.109 $0.0201 $0.0643 $0.0414 $0.0828 $0.06 West Europe westeurope $0.109 $0.0201 $0.0643 $0.0414 $0.0828 $0.06 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.113 $0.0209 $0.0667 $0.0429 $0.0784 $0.0519 Australia East australiaeast $0.114 $0.0211 $0.0672 $0.0433 $0.0833 $0.0578 Japan East japaneast $0.117 $0.0216 $0.0691 $0.0444 $0.0872 $0.0617 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.12 $0.0222 – – $0.0912 $0.066 East Asia eastasia $0.125 $0.0231 $0.0734 $0.0473 $0.095 $0.0688
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 2 Threads per core 1 Architecture arm64 Processor Ampere Altra
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 2
Storage Value Storage 75 GiB temp SSD Temp disk 75 GiB Max data disks 4 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 3,750 Max disk throughput (uncached) 85 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_D2pds_v5 Family Dpdsv5 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dpdsv5-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 .