Standard_E2ns_v6

Standard_E2ns_v6 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.174 per hour on demand ($127.02 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1025 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0361 per hour. It is sold in 57 regions; the cheapest is Central US at $0.174 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$0.174$0.0317$0.1025$0.0614$0.1177$0.0737
East US eastus$0.174$0.0361$0.1025$0.0614$0.1177$0.0737
East US 2 eastus2$0.174$0.0322$0.1025$0.0614$0.1177$0.0737
North Central US northcentralus$0.174$0.0322$0.1029$0.061$0.1183$0.0731
West US 2 westus2$0.174$0.0322$0.1029$0.061$0.1183$0.0731
West US 3 westus3$0.174$0.0322$0.1029$0.061$0.1183$0.0731
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.186$0.0344$0.1097$0.0688$0.1283$0.08
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.192$0.0355$0.1131$0.0671$0.1306$0.0806
Korea South koreasouth$0.2$0.037$0.1183$0.0722$0.138$0.086
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.208$0.0384$0.1228$0.075$0.1414$0.0894
Poland Central polandcentral$0.208$0.0384$0.1228$0.075$0.1414$0.0894
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.208$0.0384$0.1228$0.075$0.1414$0.0894
Canada Central canadacentral$0.209$0.0386$0.1234$0.0732$0.1421$0.0878
Canada East canadaeast$0.209$0.0386$0.1234$0.0732$0.1421$0.0878
South Central US southcentralus$0.209$0.0386$0.1231$0.0737$0.1413$0.0885
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.209$0.0386$0.1232$0.0736––
West Central US westcentralus$0.209$0.0386$0.1231$0.0737$0.1413$0.0885
UK West ukwest$0.211$0.039$0.1244$0.078$0.1456$0.0907
Australia Central australiacentral$0.212$0.0392$0.125$0.0741$0.1442$0.089
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.212$0.0212$0.125$0.0741$0.1442$0.089
Australia East australiaeast$0.212$0.0392$0.125$0.0741$0.1442$0.089
Japan East japaneast$0.212$0.0392$0.125$0.0763$0.1463$0.0912
France Central francecentral$0.218$0.0403$0.1285$0.0806$0.1504$0.0937
UK South uksouth$0.218$0.0383$0.1275$0.0805$0.1498$0.0933
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.218$0.0403$0.1281$0.0766––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.218$0.0403$0.1281$0.0766––
West India westindia$0.223$0.0412$0.1316$0.0803$0.1539$0.0959
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.227$0.042$0.1337$0.0793$0.1544$0.0953
Italy North italynorth$0.227$0.042$0.1337$0.0839$0.1566$0.0976
Spain Central spaincentral$0.227$0.042$0.1337$0.0839$0.1566$0.0976
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.227$0.042$0.1337$0.0816$0.1566$0.0976
West US westus$0.227$0.042$0.1332$0.0799$0.1535$0.0961
North Europe northeurope$0.229$0.0423$0.1352$0.0848$0.158$0.0985
West Europe westeurope$0.229$0.0423$0.1352$0.0848$0.158$0.0985
Korea Central koreacentral$0.235$0.0434$0.1388$0.0847$0.1621$0.1011
Sweden South swedensouth$0.242$0.0447$0.1427$0.0895$0.167$0.1041
Central India centralindia$0.244$0.0451$0.1439$0.0879$0.1684$0.1049
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.244–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.244–––––
South India southindia$0.246$0.0455$0.145$0.0885$0.1697$0.1058
Israel Central israelcentral$0.249$0.046$0.147$0.0898$0.1843$0.1071
Norway East norwayeast$0.249$0.046$0.147$0.0898$0.1693$0.1071
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.249$0.046$0.1446$0.0898$0.1843$0.1096
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.249$0.046$0.147$0.0898$0.1693$0.1071
UAE North uaenorth$0.249$0.046$0.147$0.0898$0.1843$0.1071
Japan West japanwest$0.253$0.0468$0.1491$0.091$0.1746$0.1088
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.255$0.0471$0.1501$0.0916$0.1887$0.1097
East Asia eastasia$0.27$0.0499$0.1589$0.097$0.1844$0.1161
Germany North germanynorth$0.271$0.0501$0.1597$0.1002$0.187$0.1165
France South francesouth$0.283$0.0523$0.1671$0.1048$0.1953$0.1217
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$0.295$0.0545$0.1739$0.1061$0.2036$0.1269
Norway West norwaywest$0.324$0.0599$0.1913$0.1167$0.2203$0.1393
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.324$0.0599$0.1912$0.1167$0.2203$0.1393
UAE Central uaecentral$0.324$0.0599$0.1912$0.1167$0.2398$0.1393
South Africa West southafricawest$0.331$0.0612$0.1952$0.1191$0.2449$0.1423
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.349$0.0645$0.2057$0.122$0.2373$0.1466
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$0.453$0.0837$0.2675$0.1586$0.308$0.1903

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.174$0.1025$0.0614
Windows$0.266$0.1945$0.1534

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
Max data disks8
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)3,750
Max disk throughput (uncached)106 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNo
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_E2ns_v6
FamilyEnsv6
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesensv6-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.