Instances Azure VM Standard_DC2as_v6 Standard_DC2as_v6
Standard_DC2as_v6 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)). In East US it costs $0.0999 per hour on demand ($72.93 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0799 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0211 per hour. It is sold in 55 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.0645 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 $0.0645 $0.0119 $0.0516 $0.0387 $0.0548 $0.0419 East US eastus $0.0999 $0.0211 $0.0799 $0.0599 $0.0849 $0.0649 East US 2 eastus2 $0.0999 $0.0185 $0.0799 $0.0599 $0.0849 $0.0649 North Central US northcentralus $0.0999 $0.0185 $0.0799 $0.0599 $0.0849 $0.0649 West US 2 westus2 $0.0999 $0.0185 $0.0799 $0.0599 $0.0849 $0.0649 West US 3 westus3 $0.0999 $0.0185 $0.0799 $0.0599 $0.0849 $0.0649 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.107 $0.0198 $0.0854 $0.064 $0.091 $0.1066 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.11 $0.0203 $0.0878 $0.0659 $0.0935 $0.1096 Canada Central canadacentral $0.111 $0.0205 $0.089 $0.0668 $0.0944 $0.0722 Canada East canadaeast $0.111 $0.0205 $0.089 $0.0668 $0.0944 $0.0722 North Europe northeurope $0.111 $0.0205 $0.089 $0.0668 $0.0944 $0.0722 Central US centralus $0.113 $0.0209 $0.0535 $0.0345 $0.0961 $0.0735 Korea South koreasouth $0.115 $0.0213 $0.0919 $0.0689 $0.0978 $0.0748 UK South uksouth $0.116 $0.0214 $0.0929 $0.0697 $0.0986 $0.0754 France Central francecentral $0.117 $0.0216 $0.0938 $0.0704 $0.0995 $0.0761 Italy North italynorth $0.117 $0.0216 $0.0938 $0.0704 $0.0995 $0.0761 Spain Central spaincentral $0.117 $0.0216 $0.0938 $0.0704 $0.0995 $0.0761 West US westus $0.117 $0.0216 $0.0938 $0.0704 $0.0995 $0.0761 South Central US southcentralus $0.119 $0.022 $0.0955 $0.0717 $0.1012 $0.0774 West Central US westcentralus $0.119 $0.022 $0.0955 $0.0717 $0.1012 $0.0774 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.121 $0.0224 $0.0966 $0.0725 $0.1029 $0.1206 Poland Central polandcentral $0.121 $0.0224 $0.0968 $0.0726 $0.1029 $0.0787 UK West ukwest $0.121 $0.0224 $0.0966 $0.0725 $0.1029 $0.0787 West Europe westeurope $0.121 $0.0224 $0.0966 $0.0725 $0.1029 $0.0787 Korea Central koreacentral $0.123 $0.0227 $0.0984 $0.0738 $0.1046 $0.0799 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.123 $0.0227 $0.0984 $0.0738 $0.1046 $0.0799 UAE North uaenorth $0.123 $0.0227 $0.0984 $0.0738 $0.1046 $0.0799 Australia Central australiacentral $0.125 $0.0231 $0.1003 $0.0752 $0.1063 $0.0813 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.125 $0.0125 $0.1003 $0.0752 $0.1063 $0.0813 Australia East australiaeast $0.125 $0.0231 $0.1003 $0.0752 $0.1063 $0.0813 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.125 $0.0231 $0.1003 $0.0752 $0.1063 $0.0813 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.125 $0.0231 $0.1003 $0.0752 $0.1063 $0.0813 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.125 $0.0231 $0.1003 $0.0752 – – US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.127 $0.0235 $0.1013 $0.0759 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.127 $0.0235 $0.1013 $0.0759 – – West India westindia $0.128 $0.0237 $0.1021 $0.0766 $0.1088 $0.0832 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.13 $0.024 $0.104 $0.078 $0.1105 $0.0845 Japan East japaneast $0.13 $0.024 $0.104 $0.078 $0.1105 $0.0845 Japan West japanwest $0.13 $0.024 $0.104 $0.078 $0.1105 $0.0845 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.134 $0.0248 $0.1068 $0.0801 $0.1139 $0.0871 East Asia eastasia $0.138 $0.0255 $0.1105 $0.0829 $0.1173 $0.0897 Sweden South swedensouth $0.139 $0.0257 $0.1114 $0.0836 $0.1182 $0.0904 South India southindia $0.14 $0.0259 $0.1123 $0.0842 $0.119 $0.091 Israel Central israelcentral $0.143 $0.0264 $0.1143 $0.0857 $0.1216 $0.093 Norway East norwayeast $0.143 $0.0264 $0.1143 $0.0857 $0.1216 $0.093 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.143 $0.0264 $0.1143 $0.0857 $0.1216 $0.093 France South francesouth $0.152 $0.0281 $0.1216 $0.0912 $0.1292 $0.0988 Germany North germanynorth $0.157 $0.029 $0.1253 $0.094 $0.1335 $0.1565 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.16 $0.0296 $0.1281 $0.0961 $0.136 $0.104 UAE Central uaecentral $0.16 $0.0296 $0.128 $0.096 $0.136 $0.104 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.163 $0.0301 $0.1304 $0.0978 $0.1386 $0.106 South Africa West southafricawest $0.173 $0.032 $0.1384 $0.1038 $0.147 $0.1125 Norway West norwaywest $0.186 $0.0344 $0.1485 $0.1114 $0.1581 $0.1209 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.186 $0.0344 $0.1485 $0.1114 $0.1581 $0.1209 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.208 $0.0384 $0.1661 $0.1246 $0.1768 $0.1352
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.0999 $0.0799 $0.0599 Windows $0.192 $0.172 $0.152
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 Max data disks 4 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 4,000 Max disk throughput (uncached) 90 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_DC2as_v6 Family DCasv6 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes Confidential computing SNP
Other Value Series dcasv6-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 .