Standard_D3_v2
Standard_D3_v2 is an Azure VM size with 4 vCPUs, 14 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.293 per hour on demand ($213.89 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0682 per hour. It is sold in 58 regions; the cheapest is East US 2 at $0.229 per hour.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East US 2 eastus2 | $0.229 | $0.1014 | $0.158 | $0.1076 |
| West US 2 westus2 | $0.229 | $0.0533 | $0.158 | $0.1076 |
| West US 3 westus3 | $0.229 | $0.0533 | $0.158 | $0.1076 |
| Mexico Central mexicocentral | $0.251 | $0.0584 | $0.1908 | $0.1381 |
| South Central US southcentralus | $0.254 | $0.0591 | $0.1753 | $0.1194 |
| West Central US westcentralus | $0.254 | $0.0591 | $0.1753 | $0.1194 |
| North Europe northeurope | $0.263 | $0.0612 | $0.1999 | $0.1447 |
| Germany West Central germanywestcentral | $0.266 | $0.0619 | $0.2022 | $0.1463 |
| Italy North italynorth | $0.272 | $0.0633 | $0.2356 | $0.1859 |
| Poland Central polandcentral | $0.272 | $0.0633 | $0.2067 | $0.1496 |
| Spain Central spaincentral | $0.272 | $0.0633 | $0.2067 | $0.1496 |
| Sweden Central swedencentral | $0.272 | $0.0633 | $0.2067 | $0.1496 |
| West Europe westeurope | $0.272 | $0.0633 | $0.2067 | $0.1496 |
| Israel Central israelcentral | $0.274 | $0.0638 | $0.2082 | $0.1507 |
| Qatar Central qatarcentral | $0.275 | $0.064 | $0.209 | $0.1513 |
| UAE North uaenorth | $0.275 | $0.064 | $0.209 | $0.1513 |
| West US westus | $0.279 | $0.0649 | $0.1925 | $0.1311 |
| Canada Central canadacentral | $0.28 | $0.1088 | $0.2128 | $0.154 |
| Canada East canadaeast | $0.28 | $0.0652 | $0.2128 | $0.154 |
| US Gov Arizona usgovarizona | $0.285 | $0.0663 | – | – |
| US Gov Texas usgovtexas | $0.285 | $0.0663 | – | – |
| US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia | $0.285 | $0.0663 | – | – |
| Indonesia Central indonesiacentral | $0.292 | $0.0679 | $0.2015 | $0.1372 |
| Malaysia West malaysiawest | $0.292 | $0.0679 | $0.2015 | $0.1372 |
| Central US centralus | $0.293 | $0.0541 | $0.2022 | $0.1377 |
| East US eastus | $0.293 | $0.0682 | $0.2022 | $0.1377 |
| North Central US northcentralus | $0.293 | $0.0682 | $0.2022 | $0.1377 |
| Korea South koreasouth | $0.297 | $0.0691 | $0.2257 | $0.1634 |
| Norway East norwayeast | $0.299 | $0.0696 | $0.2272 | $0.1645 |
| Switzerland North switzerlandnorth | $0.2992 | $0.0696 | $0.2274 | $0.1646 |
| South Africa North southafricanorth | $0.307 | $0.0714 | $0.2333 | $0.1689 |
| Australia Southeast australiasoutheast | $0.311 | $0.0724 | $0.2364 | $0.1711 |
| Southeast Asia southeastasia | $0.316 | $0.0735 | $0.2402 | $0.1738 |
| Korea Central koreacentral | $0.33 | $0.0768 | $0.2508 | $0.1815 |
| Australia Central australiacentral | $0.336 | $0.0782 | $0.2554 | $0.1848 |
| Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 | $0.336 | $0.0336 | $0.2554 | $0.1848 |
| Australia East australiaeast | $0.336 | $0.0782 | $0.2554 | $0.1848 |
| Central India centralindia | $0.337 | $0.0784 | $0.2561 | $0.1853 |
| Jio India Central jioindiacentral | $0.337 | – | $0.337 | $0.337 |
| Jio India West jioindiawest | $0.337 | – | $0.337 | $0.337 |
| South India southindia | $0.337 | $0.0784 | $0.2561 | $0.1853 |
| West India westindia | $0.337 | $0.0784 | $0.2561 | $0.1853 |
| Brazil South brazilsouth | $0.343 | $0.0798 | $0.2607 | $0.1887 |
| Germany North germanynorth | $0.348 | $0.081 | $0.2645 | $0.1914 |
| France Central francecentral | $0.351 | $0.0817 | $0.2668 | $0.1931 |
| UK South uksouth | $0.351 | $0.0817 | $0.2668 | $0.1931 |
| UK West ukwest | $0.351 | $0.0817 | $0.2668 | $0.1931 |
| Sweden South swedensouth | $0.353 | $0.0821 | $0.2683 | $0.1942 |
| UAE Central uaecentral | $0.357 | $0.0831 | $0.2713 | $0.1964 |
| Japan West japanwest | $0.365 | $0.0849 | $0.2774 | $0.2008 |
| South Africa West southafricawest | $0.385 | $0.0896 | $0.2926 | $0.2118 |
| Norway West norwaywest | $0.389 | $0.0905 | $0.2956 | $0.214 |
| Switzerland West switzerlandwest | $0.3891 | $0.0906 | $0.2957 | $0.214 |
| New Zealand North newzealandnorth | $0.391 | $0.091 | $0.2972 | $0.2151 |
| Japan East japaneast | $0.409 | $0.0952 | $0.3108 | $0.225 |
| East Asia eastasia | $0.428 | $0.0996 | $0.3253 | $0.2354 |
| Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast | $0.445 | $0.1036 | $0.3382 | $0.2448 |
| France South francesouth | $0.456 | $0.1061 | $0.3466 | $0.2508 |
Prices by operating system in East US
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.293 | – | – |
| Windows | $0.476 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 4 |
| Physical cores | 4 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids) |
| ACU (compute units) | 210 |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 14 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | 3 Gbps |
| Accelerated networking | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 4 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | 200 GiB temp SSD |
| Temp disk | 200 GiB |
| Max data disks | 16 |
| Premium SSD | No |
| Max disk IOPS (uncached) | 12,800 |
| Max disk throughput (uncached) | 192 MB/s |
| Ephemeral OS disk | No |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | Standard_D3_v2 |
| Family | Dv2 |
| Category | General purpose |
| VM generations | V1 |
| Encryption at host | No |
| Retirement date | 2028-05-01 |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Series | dv2-series |
| Specs source | Azure Resource SKUs API |
Compare Standard_D3_v2
Other generations
Other Dv2 sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_D1_v2 | 1 | 3.5 | $0.073 |
| Standard_D2_v2 | 2 | 7 | $0.146 |
| Standard_D11_v2 | 2 | 14 | $0.185 |
| Standard_D3_v2 | 4 | 14 | $0.293 |
| Standard_D12_v2 | 4 | 28 | $0.371 |
| Standard_D4_v2 | 8 | 28 | $0.585 |
| Standard_D13_v2 | 8 | 56 | $0.741 |
| Standard_D5_v2 | 16 | 56 | $1.17 |
| Standard_D14_v2 | 16 | 112 | $1.482 |
| Standard_D15_v2 | 20 | 140 | $1.853 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.