Instances Azure VM Standard_E2bds_v5 Standard_E2bds_v5
Standard_E2bds_v5 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.167 per hour on demand ($121.91 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0985 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0358 per hour. It is sold in 61 regions.
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 East US eastus $0.167 $0.0358 $0.0985 $0.0635 $0.1129 $0.0707 East US 2 eastus2 $0.167 $0.0762 $0.0985 $0.0635 $0.1129 $0.0707 North Central US northcentralus $0.167 $0.0309 $0.0985 $0.0635 $0.1129 $0.0707 West US 2 westus2 $0.167 $0.0309 $0.0985 $0.0635 $0.1129 $0.0707 West US 3 westus3 $0.167 $0.0309 $0.0985 $0.0635 $0.1129 $0.0707 Central India centralindia $0.176 $0.0325 $0.1039 $0.0669 $0.1216 $0.0757 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.176 $0.0362 $0.1039 $0.0669 $0.1216 $0.0757 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.176 – – – $0.176 $0.176 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.176 – – – $0.176 $0.176 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.178 $0.0329 $0.1047 $0.0675 $0.123 $0.0766 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.181 $0.0334 $0.1067 $0.0688 $0.1224 $0.0766 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.181 $0.0334 $0.1067 $0.0688 $0.1224 $0.0766 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.184 $0.034 $0.1083 $0.0698 $0.127 $0.0791 Canada Central canadacentral $0.185 $0.0636 $0.1089 $0.0701 $0.1278 $0.0796 Canada East canadaeast $0.185 $0.0342 $0.1089 $0.0701 $0.1278 $0.0796 North Europe northeurope $0.187 $0.0438 $0.1103 $0.071 $0.1286 $0.0801 Central US centralus $0.189 $0.0354 $0.0985 $0.0635 $0.1128 $0.0707 West US westus $0.189 $0.0349 $0.1115 $0.0718 $0.1306 $0.0813 Korea South koreasouth $0.192 $0.0355 $0.1134 $0.073 $0.1327 $0.0826 France Central francecentral $0.198 $0.0366 $0.1166 $0.075 $0.1368 $0.0852 UK South uksouth $0.198 $0.0366 $0.1166 $0.075 $0.1358 $0.0848 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.199 $0.0368 $0.1175 $0.0756 $0.1359 $0.0856 Italy North italynorth $0.199 $0.0368 $0.1175 $0.0756 $0.1359 $0.0856 Korea Central koreacentral $0.199 $0.0368 $0.1175 $0.0756 $0.1375 $0.0856 Poland Central polandcentral $0.199 $0.0368 $0.1175 $0.0756 $0.1359 $0.0856 Spain Central spaincentral $0.199 $0.0368 $0.1175 $0.0756 $0.1359 $0.0856 West Europe westeurope $0.199 $0.0368 $0.1175 $0.0756 $0.1359 $0.0856 Japan West japanwest $0.2 $0.037 $0.118 $0.076 $0.1382 $0.0861 South Central US southcentralus $0.2 $0.037 $0.1183 $0.0761 $0.1382 $0.0861 West Central US westcentralus $0.2 $0.037 $0.1183 $0.0761 $0.1382 $0.0861 Australia Central australiacentral $0.201 $0.0371 $0.1186 $0.0764 $0.1389 $0.0865 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.201 $0.0201 $0.1186 $0.0764 $0.1389 $0.0865 Australia East australiaeast $0.201 $0.0371 $0.1186 $0.0764 $0.1389 $0.0865 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.201 $0.0373 $0.1186 $0.0764 $0.1373 $0.0865 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.201 $0.0402 $0.1186 $0.0764 $0.1373 $0.0865 UK West ukwest $0.202 $0.0373 $0.1192 $0.0768 $0.1396 $0.0869 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.202 $0.0373 $0.1192 $0.0768 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.202 $0.0373 $0.1192 $0.0768 – – Japan East japaneast $0.203 $0.0375 $0.1197 $0.0771 $0.1403 $0.0871 Israel Central israelcentral $0.206 $0.0381 $0.1216 $0.0783 – – Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.206 $0.038 $0.1216 $0.0783 $0.1423 $0.0886 UAE North uaenorth $0.206 $0.0381 $0.1216 $0.0783 $0.1423 $0.0886 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.209 $0.0386 $0.1232 $0.0793 – – New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.21 $0.0388 $0.124 $0.0799 $0.1451 $0.0904 West India westindia $0.214 $0.0395 $0.1261 $0.0812 $0.1479 $0.0921 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.217 $0.0401 $0.1281 $0.0825 $0.1499 $0.0934 East Asia eastasia $0.222 $0.041 $0.1309 $0.0844 $0.1534 $0.0955 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.222 $0.041 $0.1309 $0.0844 $0.1534 $0.0955 Sweden South swedensouth $0.231 $0.0427 $0.1362 $0.0877 $0.1596 $0.0994 South India southindia $0.235 $0.0434 $0.1389 $0.0895 $0.1624 $0.1011 Norway East norwayeast $0.239 $0.0442 $0.1409 $0.0908 $0.1651 $0.1028 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.239 $0.0442 $0.1409 $0.0908 $0.1651 $0.1028 France South francesouth $0.257 $0.0475 $0.1515 $0.0976 $0.1776 $0.1106 Germany North germanynorth $0.259 $0.0479 $0.1526 $0.0983 $0.1789 $0.1114 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.267 $0.0493 $0.1572 $0.1013 $0.1845 $0.1149 UAE Central uaecentral $0.268 $0.0495 $0.158 $0.1018 $0.1852 $0.1153 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.282 $0.0564 $0.175 $0.1213 $0.22 $0.1607 South Africa West southafricawest $0.289 $0.0534 $0.1703 $0.1097 $0.1997 $0.1244 Norway West norwaywest $0.31 $0.0573 $0.1832 $0.118 $0.2142 $0.1334 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.31 $0.0573 $0.1832 $0.118 $0.2142 $0.1334 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.346 $0.0639 $0.2045 $0.1317 $0.2391 $0.1489
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.167 $0.0985 $0.0635 Windows $0.259 $0.1905 $0.1555
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 16
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes 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) 6,050 Max disk throughput (uncached) 170 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_E2bds_v5 Family Ebdsv5 Category Memory optimized VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series ebdsv5-ebsv5-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 .