Instances Azure VM Standard_DC2ads_v6 Standard_DC2ads_v6
Standard_DC2ads_v6 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)). In East US it costs $0.125 per hour on demand ($91.25 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1003 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0264 per hour. It is sold in 55 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.0812 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 $0.0812 $0.015 $0.065 $0.0487 $0.069 $0.0528 East US eastus $0.125 $0.0264 $0.1003 $0.0752 $0.1063 $0.0813 East US 2 eastus2 $0.125 $0.0231 $0.1003 $0.0752 $0.1063 $0.0813 North Central US northcentralus $0.125 $0.0231 $0.1003 $0.0752 $0.1063 $0.0813 West US 2 westus2 $0.125 $0.0231 $0.1003 $0.0752 $0.1063 $0.0813 West US 3 westus3 $0.125 $0.0231 $0.1003 $0.0752 $0.1063 $0.0813 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.134 $0.0248 $0.1073 $0.0805 $0.1139 $0.0871 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.138 $0.0255 $0.1105 $0.0829 $0.1173 $0.0897 Canada Central canadacentral $0.14 $0.0259 $0.1121 $0.0841 $0.119 $0.091 Canada East canadaeast $0.14 $0.0259 $0.1121 $0.0841 $0.119 $0.091 North Europe northeurope $0.14 $0.0259 $0.1121 $0.0841 $0.119 $0.091 Central US centralus $0.142 $0.0262 $0.0672 $0.0433 $0.1207 $0.0923 Korea South koreasouth $0.144 $0.0266 $0.1154 $0.0866 $0.1224 $0.0936 UK South uksouth $0.146 $0.027 $0.1167 $0.0875 $0.1241 $0.0949 France Central francecentral $0.147 $0.0272 $0.1179 $0.0884 $0.125 $0.0956 Italy North italynorth $0.147 $0.0272 $0.1179 $0.0884 $0.125 $0.0956 Spain Central spaincentral $0.147 $0.0272 $0.1179 $0.0884 $0.125 $0.0956 West US westus $0.147 $0.0272 $0.1179 $0.0884 $0.125 $0.0956 South Central US southcentralus $0.15 $0.0277 $0.1202 $0.0901 $0.1275 $0.0975 West Central US westcentralus $0.15 $0.0277 $0.1202 $0.0901 $0.1275 $0.0975 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.152 $0.0281 $0.1215 $0.0911 $0.1292 $0.0988 Poland Central polandcentral $0.152 $0.0281 $0.1215 $0.0911 $0.1292 $0.0988 UK West ukwest $0.152 $0.0281 $0.1215 $0.0911 $0.1292 $0.0988 West Europe westeurope $0.152 $0.0281 $0.1215 $0.0911 $0.1292 $0.0988 Korea Central koreacentral $0.155 $0.0286 $0.1237 $0.0928 $0.1318 $0.1008 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.155 $0.0286 $0.1237 $0.0928 $0.1318 $0.1008 UAE North uaenorth $0.155 $0.0286 $0.1237 $0.0928 $0.1318 $0.1008 Australia Central australiacentral $0.158 $0.0292 $0.126 $0.0945 $0.1343 $0.1027 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.158 $0.0158 $0.126 $0.0945 $0.1343 $0.1027 Australia East australiaeast $0.158 $0.0292 $0.126 $0.0945 $0.1343 $0.1027 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.158 $0.0292 $0.126 $0.0945 $0.1343 $0.1027 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.158 $0.0292 $0.126 $0.0945 $0.1343 $0.1027 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.158 $0.0292 $0.126 $0.0945 – – US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.159 $0.0294 $0.1273 $0.0954 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.159 $0.0294 $0.1273 $0.0954 – – West India westindia $0.161 $0.0298 $0.1284 $0.0963 $0.1369 $0.1047 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.163 $0.0301 $0.1308 $0.0981 $0.1386 $0.106 Japan East japaneast $0.163 $0.0301 $0.1308 $0.0981 $0.1386 $0.106 Japan West japanwest $0.163 $0.0301 $0.1308 $0.0981 $0.1386 $0.106 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.168 $0.031 $0.1342 $0.1007 $0.1428 $0.1092 East Asia eastasia $0.174 $0.0322 $0.1388 $0.1041 $0.1479 $0.1131 Sweden South swedensouth $0.175 $0.0323 $0.1401 $0.1051 $0.1488 $0.1138 South India southindia $0.177 $0.0327 $0.1413 $0.106 $0.1505 $0.1151 Israel Central israelcentral $0.18 $0.0333 $0.1436 $0.1077 $0.153 $0.117 Norway East norwayeast $0.18 $0.0333 $0.1436 $0.1077 $0.153 $0.117 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.18 $0.0333 $0.1436 $0.1077 $0.153 $0.117 France South francesouth $0.191 $0.0353 $0.153 $0.1147 $0.1624 $0.1242 Germany North germanynorth $0.197 $0.0364 $0.1576 $0.1183 $0.1674 $0.1281 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.201 $0.0371 $0.1611 $0.1208 $0.1709 $0.1306 UAE Central uaecentral $0.201 $0.0371 $0.1608 $0.1207 $0.1709 $0.1306 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.205 $0.0379 $0.1638 $0.1229 $0.1742 $0.1333 South Africa West southafricawest $0.217 $0.0401 $0.1739 $0.1304 $0.1845 $0.1411 Norway West norwaywest $0.233 $0.0431 $0.1868 $0.1401 $0.1981 $0.1515 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.233 $0.0431 $0.1868 $0.1401 $0.1981 $0.1515 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.261 $0.0482 $0.2089 $0.1567 $0.2219 $0.1697
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.125 $0.1003 $0.0752 Windows $0.217 $0.1923 $0.1672
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa) ACU (compute units) 230
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking No 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) 4,000 Max disk throughput (uncached) 90 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_DC2ads_v6 Family DCadsv6 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes Confidential computing SNP
Other Value Series dcadsv6-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 .