Standard_F2ads_v7

Standard_F2ads_v7 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)). In East US it costs $0.172 per hour on demand ($125.56 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1063 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0334 per hour. It is sold in 34 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.111 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 India centralindia$0.111$0.0205$0.0686$0.0443$0.0766$0.0511
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.111–––$0.0766$0.0511
Central US centralus$0.172$0.0318$0.1063$0.0669$0.1187$0.0791
East US eastus$0.172$0.0334$0.1063$0.0669$0.1187$0.0791
East US 2 eastus2$0.172$0.0318$0.1063$0.0669$0.1187$0.0791
North Central US northcentralus$0.172$0.0318$0.1063$0.0669$0.1187$0.0791
South Central US southcentralus$0.172$0.0318$0.1063$0.0669$0.1187$0.0791
West US 2 westus2$0.172$0.0318$0.1063$0.0669$0.1187$0.0791
West US 3 westus3$0.172$0.0318$0.1063$0.0669$0.1187$0.0791
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.183$0.0338$0.1137$0.0715$0.1299$0.086
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.189$0.0349$0.1113$0.0717$0.138$0.0945
Canada Central canadacentral$0.191$0.0353$0.1129$0.0727$0.1299$0.0898
North Europe northeurope$0.191$0.0353$0.1186$0.0746$0.1356$0.0917
UK South uksouth$0.199$0.0368$0.1176$0.0758$0.1413$0.0935
France Central francecentral$0.201$0.0371$0.1249$0.0785$0.1427$0.0945
Italy North italynorth$0.201$0.0371$0.1249$0.0785$0.1427$0.0965
Spain Central spaincentral$0.201$0.0371$0.1188$0.0765$0.1367$0.1025
West US westus$0.201$0.0371$0.1249$0.0806$0.1427$0.0945
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.207$0.0383$0.1285$0.0809$0.147$0.0973
Poland Central polandcentral$0.207$0.0383$0.1223$0.0787$0.1408$0.1056
West Europe westeurope$0.207$0.0383$0.1285$0.0809$0.147$0.0973
Korea Central koreacentral$0.211$0.039$0.1311$0.0825$0.1498$0.0992
UAE North uaenorth$0.211$0.039$0.1248$0.0825$0.1435$0.0992
Australia East australiaeast$0.215$0.0397$0.1336$0.084$0.1527$0.1032
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.215$0.0397$0.1336$0.084$0.1527$0.1011
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.215$0.0397$0.1336$0.084$0.1527$0.1011
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.217$0.0401$0.1347$0.0847––
Japan East japaneast$0.223$0.0412$0.1384$0.0871$0.1583$0.1048
Japan West japanwest$0.223$0.0412$0.1384$0.0871$0.1583$0.1048
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.229$0.0423$0.1421$0.0894$0.1626$0.1076
East Asia eastasia$0.237$0.0438$0.1471$0.0925$0.1683$0.1114
Norway East norwayeast$0.245$0.0453$0.1447$0.0932$0.174$0.1152
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.245$0.0453$0.1447$0.0932$0.174$0.1152
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.275$0.0508$0.1707$0.1073$0.1732$0.1293

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.172$0.1063$0.0669
Windows$0.264$0.1983$0.1589

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores2
Threads per core1
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9005 (Turin)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)8
NetworkingValue
Network16 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces3
StorageValue
Storage220 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Local NVMe220 GiB
Max data disks12
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)8,000
Max disk throughput (uncached)234 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYes
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_F2ads_v7
FamilyFadsv7
CategoryCompute optimized
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesfadsv7-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.