Standard_E2nds_v6

Standard_E2nds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.195 per hour on demand ($142.35 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1148 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0407 per hour. It is sold in 57 regions; the cheapest is Central US at $0.195 per hour.

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
Central US centralus$0.195$0.0358$0.1148$0.0693$0.1319$0.0827
East US eastus$0.195$0.0407$0.1148$0.0693$0.1319$0.0827
East US 2 eastus2$0.195$0.036$0.1148$0.0693$0.1319$0.0827
North Central US northcentralus$0.195$0.036$0.1148$0.0693$0.1326$0.0819
West US 2 westus2$0.195$0.036$0.1148$0.0693$0.1326$0.0819
West US 3 westus3$0.195$0.036$0.1148$0.0693$0.1326$0.0819
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.207$0.0383$0.1218$0.0751$0.1428$0.0911
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.215$0.0397$0.1264$0.0762$0.1462$0.0903
Korea South koreasouth$0.225$0.0416$0.1322$0.0822$0.1575$0.099
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.233$0.0431$0.1369$0.0844$0.1608$0.1025
Poland Central polandcentral$0.233$0.0431$0.1369$0.0844$0.1608$0.1025
Canada Central canadacentral$0.234$0.0432$0.1379$0.0831$0.1591$0.0983
Canada East canadaeast$0.234$0.0432$0.1379$0.0831$0.1591$0.0983
South Central US southcentralus$0.234$0.0432$0.1379$0.0831$0.1582$0.0993
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.234$0.0432$0.1376$0.0836$0.1591$0.1006
West Central US westcentralus$0.234$0.0432$0.1379$0.0831$0.1582$0.0993
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.235$0.0434$0.1382$0.0836––
UK West ukwest$0.236$0.0436$0.139$0.0858$0.1628$0.1038
Japan East japaneast$0.238$0.044$0.1397$0.0868$0.1666$0.1047
Australia Central australiacentral$0.239$0.0442$0.1403$0.085$0.1625$0.1028
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.239$0.0239$0.1403$0.085$0.1625$0.1028
Australia East australiaeast$0.239$0.0442$0.1403$0.085$0.1625$0.1028
France Central francecentral$0.244$0.0451$0.1436$0.0886$0.1684$0.1074
UK South uksouth$0.244$0.0429$0.1436$0.0886$0.1686$0.1062
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.244$0.0451$0.1436$0.0868––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.244$0.0451$0.1436$0.0868––
West India westindia$0.25$0.0462$0.147$0.0914$0.175$0.11
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.254$0.0469$0.1493$0.0905$0.1727$0.1092
Italy North italynorth$0.254$0.0469$0.1493$0.0922$0.1753$0.1118
Spain Central spaincentral$0.254$0.0469$0.1493$0.0922$0.1753$0.1118
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.254$0.0469$0.1494$0.0929$0.1778$0.1118
West US westus$0.254$0.0469$0.1493$0.09$0.1718$0.1077
North Europe northeurope$0.256$0.0473$0.1506$0.0929$0.1766$0.1126
West Europe westeurope$0.256$0.0473$0.1506$0.0929$0.1766$0.1126
Korea Central koreacentral$0.264$0.0488$0.1551$0.0964$0.1848$0.1162
Sweden South swedensouth$0.269$0.0497$0.1583$0.0977$0.1856$0.1184
Central India centralindia$0.274$0.0506$0.1608$0.1$0.1918$0.1206
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.274–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.274–––––
South India southindia$0.276$0.051$0.162$0.1007$0.1932$0.1214
Israel Central israelcentral$0.279$0.0516$0.1648$0.1006$0.2065$0.12
Norway East norwayeast$0.279$0.0516$0.1643$0.1013$0.1925$0.1228
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.279$0.0516$0.1621$0.1006$0.2065$0.1228
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.279$0.0516$0.1643$0.1013$0.1925$0.1228
UAE North uaenorth$0.279$0.0516$0.1648$0.1006$0.2065$0.12
Japan West japanwest$0.283$0.0523$0.1667$0.1036$0.1981$0.1245
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.285$0.0527$0.1683$0.1027$0.2109$0.1226
East Asia eastasia$0.303$0.056$0.1781$0.1082$0.2073$0.1298
Germany North germanynorth$0.303$0.056$0.178$0.1098$0.2091$0.1333
France South francesouth$0.318$0.0588$0.1866$0.1152$0.2194$0.1399
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$0.33$0.061$0.1942$0.1207$0.231$0.1452
Norway West norwaywest$0.363$0.0671$0.2137$0.1318$0.2505$0.1597
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.363$0.0671$0.2136$0.1317$0.2505$0.1597
UAE Central uaecentral$0.363$0.0671$0.2143$0.1307$0.2686$0.1561
South Africa West southafricawest$0.371$0.0686$0.2188$0.1335$0.2745$0.1595
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.391$0.0723$0.2298$0.1385$0.2659$0.1642
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$0.508$0.0939$0.2987$0.18$0.3454$0.2134

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.195$0.1148$0.0693
Windows$0.287$0.2068$0.1613

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
Network25 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces4
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_E2nds_v6
FamilyEndsv6
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesendsv6-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.