Standard_D5_v2
Standard_D5_v2 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 56 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 $1.17 per hour on demand ($854.10 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.2723 per hour. It is sold in 58 regions; the cheapest is East US 2 at $0.916 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 | $0.916 | $0.4058 | $0.632 | $0.4305 |
| West US 2 westus2 | $0.916 | $0.2132 | $0.632 | $0.4305 |
| West US 3 westus3 | $0.916 | $0.2132 | $0.632 | $0.4305 |
| Mexico Central mexicocentral | $1.003 | $0.2334 | $0.7623 | $0.5517 |
| South Central US southcentralus | $1.017 | $0.2367 | $0.7017 | $0.478 |
| West Central US westcentralus | $1.017 | $0.2367 | $0.7017 | $0.478 |
| North Europe northeurope | $1.053 | $0.245 | $0.8003 | $0.5792 |
| Germany West Central germanywestcentral | $1.064 | $0.2476 | $0.8086 | $0.5852 |
| Italy North italynorth | $1.086 | $0.2527 | $0.9406 | $0.7423 |
| Spain Central spaincentral | $1.087 | $0.2529 | $0.8261 | $0.5979 |
| Sweden Central swedencentral | $1.087 | $0.2529 | $0.8261 | $0.5979 |
| West Europe westeurope | $1.087 | $0.2529 | $0.8261 | $0.5979 |
| Poland Central polandcentral | $1.088 | $0.2532 | $0.8269 | $0.5984 |
| Israel Central israelcentral | $1.096 | $0.255 | $0.833 | $0.6028 |
| Qatar Central qatarcentral | $1.099 | $0.2557 | $0.8352 | $0.6045 |
| UAE North uaenorth | $1.099 | $0.2557 | $0.8352 | $0.6045 |
| West US westus | $1.117 | $0.2599 | $0.7707 | $0.525 |
| Canada Central canadacentral | $1.12 | $0.4351 | $0.8512 | $0.616 |
| Canada East canadaeast | $1.12 | $0.2606 | $0.8512 | $0.616 |
| US Gov Arizona usgovarizona | $1.142 | $0.2657 | – | – |
| US Gov Texas usgovtexas | $1.142 | $0.2657 | – | – |
| US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia | $1.142 | $0.2657 | – | – |
| Indonesia Central indonesiacentral | $1.168 | $0.2718 | $0.8059 | $0.549 |
| Malaysia West malaysiawest | $1.168 | $0.2718 | $0.8059 | $0.549 |
| Central US centralus | $1.17 | $0.2161 | $0.8073 | $0.5499 |
| East US eastus | $1.17 | $0.2723 | $0.8073 | $0.5499 |
| North Central US northcentralus | $1.17 | $0.2723 | $0.8073 | $0.5499 |
| Korea South koreasouth | $1.189 | $0.2767 | $0.9036 | $0.654 |
| Switzerland North switzerlandnorth | $1.196 | $0.2782 | $0.9087 | $0.6576 |
| Norway East norwayeast | $1.196 | $0.2783 | $0.909 | $0.6578 |
| South Africa North southafricanorth | $1.227 | $0.2855 | $0.9325 | $0.6748 |
| Australia Southeast australiasoutheast | $1.246 | $0.2899 | $0.947 | $0.6853 |
| Southeast Asia southeastasia | $1.263 | $0.2939 | $0.9599 | $0.6947 |
| Korea Central koreacentral | $1.321 | $0.3074 | $1.004 | $0.7266 |
| Australia Central australiacentral | $1.345 | $0.313 | $1.022 | $0.7398 |
| Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 | $1.345 | $0.1345 | $1.022 | $0.7398 |
| Australia East australiaeast | $1.345 | $0.313 | $1.022 | $0.7398 |
| Central India centralindia | $1.35 | $0.3141 | $1.026 | $0.7425 |
| Jio India Central jioindiacentral | $1.35 | – | $1.35 | $1.35 |
| Jio India West jioindiawest | $1.35 | – | $1.35 | $1.35 |
| South India southindia | $1.35 | $0.3141 | $1.026 | $0.7425 |
| West India westindia | $1.35 | $0.3141 | $1.026 | $0.7425 |
| Brazil South brazilsouth | $1.37 | $0.3188 | $1.041 | $0.7535 |
| Germany North germanynorth | $1.394 | $0.3244 | $1.059 | $0.7667 |
| France Central francecentral | $1.404 | $0.3267 | $1.067 | $0.7722 |
| UK West ukwest | $1.404 | $0.3267 | $1.067 | $0.7722 |
| UK South uksouth | $1.405 | $0.3269 | $1.068 | $0.7728 |
| Sweden South swedensouth | $1.414 | $0.329 | $1.075 | $0.7777 |
| UAE Central uaecentral | $1.429 | $0.3325 | $1.086 | $0.786 |
| Japan West japanwest | $1.459 | $0.3395 | $1.109 | $0.8025 |
| South Africa West southafricawest | $1.539 | $0.3581 | $1.17 | $0.8465 |
| Switzerland West switzerlandwest | $1.554 | $0.3615 | $1.181 | $0.8545 |
| Norway West norwaywest | $1.554 | $0.3616 | $1.181 | $0.8547 |
| New Zealand North newzealandnorth | $1.563 | $0.3637 | $1.188 | $0.8597 |
| Japan East japaneast | $1.636 | $0.3807 | $1.243 | $0.8998 |
| East Asia eastasia | $1.714 | $0.3988 | $1.303 | $0.9427 |
| Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast | $1.78 | $0.4142 | $1.353 | $0.979 |
| France South francesouth | $1.824 | $0.4244 | $1.386 | $1.003 |
Prices by operating system in East US
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $1.17 | – | – |
| Windows | $1.904 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 16 |
| Physical cores | 16 |
| 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) | 56 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | 12 Gbps |
| Accelerated networking | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 8 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | 800 GiB temp SSD |
| Temp disk | 800 GiB |
| Max data disks | 64 |
| Premium SSD | No |
| Max disk IOPS (uncached) | 51,200 |
| Max disk throughput (uncached) | 768 MB/s |
| Ephemeral OS disk | No |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | Standard_D5_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 |
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.