Standard_E2ds_v6

Standard_E2ds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.164 per hour on demand ($119.72 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1014 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0342 per hour. It is sold in 61 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
East US eastus$0.164$0.0342$0.1014$0.0638$0.1115$0.0771
East US 2 eastus2$0.164$0.0303$0.1014$0.0638$0.1115$0.0771
North Central US northcentralus$0.164$0.0303$0.1014$0.0638$0.1115$0.0771
West US 2 westus2$0.164$0.0303$0.1014$0.0638$0.1115$0.0771
West US 3 westus3$0.164$0.0303$0.1014$0.0638$0.1115$0.0771
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$0.168$0.031$0.104$0.0654$0.1142$0.079
Malaysia West malaysiawest$0.168$0.031$0.104$0.0654$0.1142$0.079
Central India centralindia$0.169$0.0312$0.1046$0.0658$0.1149$0.0794
India South Central indiasouthcentral$0.169$0.0312$0.1048$0.0659$0.1149$0.0794
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.169–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.169–––––
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.174$0.0322$0.1078$0.0678$0.1183$0.0818
Canada Central canadacentral$0.179$0.0331$0.1111$0.0699$0.1217$0.0841
Canada East canadaeast$0.179$0.0331$0.1111$0.0699$0.1217$0.0841
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.18$0.0333$0.1115$0.0702$0.144$0.099
West US westus$0.182$0.0336$0.1127$0.0709$0.1238$0.0855
North Europe northeurope$0.183$0.0338$0.1135$0.0713$0.1244$0.086
Spain Central spaincentral$0.183$0.0338$0.1135$0.0713$0.1244$0.086
Central US centralus$0.185$0.034$0.1014$0.0638$0.111$0.0768
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.187$0.0346$0.1159$0.0729$0.1496$0.1029
Korea South koreasouth$0.188$0.0347$0.1166$0.0733$0.1504$0.1034
France Central francecentral$0.192$0.0355$0.1191$0.0749$0.1306$0.0902
Israel Central israelcentral$0.192$0.0355$0.1191$0.0749$0.1306$0.0902
Italy North italynorth$0.192$0.0355$0.1191$0.0749$0.1306$0.0902
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.192$0.0355$0.1191$0.0749$0.1306$0.0902
UK South uksouth$0.192$0.0337$0.1191$0.0749$0.1306$0.0902
Australia Central australiacentral$0.196$0.0362$0.1215$0.0764$0.1333$0.0921
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.196$0.0196$0.1215$0.0764$0.1333$0.0921
Australia East australiaeast$0.196$0.0362$0.1215$0.0764$0.1333$0.0921
South Central US southcentralus$0.196$0.0362$0.1217$0.0765$0.1568$0.1078
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.196$0.0362$0.1215$0.0764––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.196$0.0362$0.1215$0.0764––
West Central US westcentralus$0.196$0.0362$0.1217$0.0765$0.1568$0.1078
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.197$0.0364$0.1223$0.0769$0.134$0.0926
Japan East japaneast$0.197$0.0364$0.1223$0.0769$0.134$0.0926
Japan West japanwest$0.197$0.0364$0.1223$0.0769$0.134$0.0926
Korea Central koreacentral$0.197$0.0364$0.1223$0.0769$0.134$0.0926
Poland Central polandcentral$0.197$0.0364$0.1221$0.0768$0.1576$0.1084
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.197$0.0364$0.1223$0.0769$0.134$0.0926
West Europe westeurope$0.197$0.0364$0.1223$0.0769$0.134$0.0926
UK West ukwest$0.198$0.0366$0.1227$0.0772$0.1584$0.1089
UAE North uaenorth$0.201$0.0371$0.1247$0.0784$0.1608$0.1106
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.204$0.0377$0.1267$0.0797––
New Zealand North newzealandnorth$0.206$0.0381$0.1275$0.0803$0.1401$0.0968
West India westindia$0.209$0.0386$0.1298$0.0816$0.1672$0.115
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.213$0.0394$0.1318$0.0829$0.1704$0.1172
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.217$0.0401$0.1348$0.0848$0.1736$0.1194
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.217$0.0401$0.1348$0.0848$0.1736$0.1194
East Asia eastasia$0.225$0.0416$0.1394$0.0877$0.18$0.1238
Sweden South swedensouth$0.226$0.0418$0.1402$0.0882$0.1808$0.1243
South India southindia$0.231$0.0427$0.1429$0.0899$0.1848$0.1271
Norway East norwayeast$0.234$0.0432$0.145$0.0912$0.1872$0.1287
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$0.243$0.0449$0.1506$0.0947$0.1944$0.1337
France South francesouth$0.25$0.0462$0.1548$0.0974$0.2$0.1375
Germany North germanynorth$0.256$0.0473$0.159$0.1$0.2048$0.1408
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.261$0.0482$0.1618$0.1018$0.1775$0.1227
UAE Central uaecentral$0.262$0.0484$0.1622$0.1021$0.2096$0.1441
Norway West norwaywest$0.282$0.0521$0.1749$0.11$0.2256$0.1551
South Africa West southafricawest$0.283$0.0523$0.1757$0.1105$0.2264$0.1557
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.287$0.053$0.1779$0.1118$0.2296$0.1579
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$0.339$0.0626$0.2103$0.1323$0.2712$0.1865

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.164$0.1014$0.0638
Windows$0.256$0.1934$0.1558

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
Network12.5 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces2
StorageValue
Storage110 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Local NVMe110 GiB
Max data disks8
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)3,750
Max disk throughput (uncached)106 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYes
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_E2ds_v6
FamilyEdsv6
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesedsv6-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.