Standard_DS5_v2_Promo
Standard_DS5_v2_Promo is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 56 GiB memory. In East US it costs $2.016 per hour on demand ($1,471.68 per month) for Windows. It is sold in 31 regions; the cheapest is South Africa North at $0.916 per hour.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Windows. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand |
|---|---|
| South Africa North southafricanorth | $0.916 |
| South Africa West southafricawest | $0.916 |
| France Central francecentral | $1.404 |
| North Europe northeurope | $1.858 |
| East US 2 eastus2 | $1.872 |
| South Central US southcentralus | $1.872 |
| West Central US westcentralus | $1.872 |
| West US 2 westus2 | $1.872 |
| Central US centralus | $2.016 |
| East US eastus | $2.016 |
| North Central US northcentralus | $2.016 |
| West US westus | $2.016 |
| Korea Central koreacentral | $2.057 |
| Canada East canadaeast | $2.059 |
| Central India centralindia | $2.086 |
| South India southindia | $2.086 |
| West India westindia | $2.086 |
| Japan West japanwest | $2.102 |
| Brazil South brazilsouth | $2.106 |
| West Europe westeurope | $2.131 |
| Japan East japaneast | $2.183 |
| Australia East australiaeast | $2.246 |
| Australia Southeast australiasoutheast | $2.246 |
| Canada Central canadacentral | $2.246 |
| Southeast Asia southeastasia | $2.318 |
| US Gov Arizona usgovarizona | $2.34 |
| US Gov Texas usgovtexas | $2.34 |
| US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia | $2.34 |
| UK South uksouth | $2.351 |
| UK West ukwest | $2.351 |
| East Asia eastasia | $2.666 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 16 |
| Physical cores | 16 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| ACU (compute units) | 210 |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 56 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Accelerated networking | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 8 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Temp disk | 112 GiB |
| Max data disks | 64 |
| Premium SSD | Yes |
| Max disk IOPS (uncached) | 51,200 |
| Max disk throughput (uncached) | 768 MB/s |
| Ephemeral OS disk | Yes |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | Standard_DS5_v2_Promo |
| Family | DSv2Promo |
| VM generations | V1, V2 |
| Encryption at host | Yes |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Specs source | Azure Resource SKUs API |
Other DSv2Promo sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_DS2_v2_Promo | 2 | 7 | $0.252 |
| Standard_DS11_v2_Promo | 2 | 14 | $0.264 |
| Standard_DS3_v2_Promo | 4 | 14 | $0.504 |
| Standard_DS12_v2_Promo | 4 | 28 | $0.528 |
| Standard_DS4_v2_Promo | 8 | 28 | $1.008 |
| Standard_DS13_v2_Promo | 8 | 56 | $1.056 |
| Standard_DS5_v2_Promo | 16 | 56 | $2.016 |
| Standard_DS14_v2_Promo | 16 | 112 | $2.111 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.