Instances Azure VM Standard_FX2mds_v2 Standard_FX2mds_v2
Standard_FX2mds_v2 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 42 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.274 per hour on demand ($200.02 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1559 per hour, 43% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0601 per hour. It is sold in 57 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 $0.274 $0.0601 $0.1559 $0.0739 $0.1891 $0.0959 East US 2 eastus2 $0.274 $0.0506 $0.1559 $0.0739 $0.1891 $0.0959 West US 2 westus2 $0.274 $0.0506 $0.1559 $0.0739 $0.1891 $0.0959 West US 3 westus3 $0.274 $0.0506 $0.1559 $0.0739 $0.1891 $0.0959 Central India centralindia $0.282 $0.0521 $0.161 $0.0762 $0.1946 $0.0987 Canada Central canadacentral $0.301 $0.0556 $0.1716 $0.0813 $0.2077 $0.1054 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.301 $0.0602 $0.1728 $0.084 $0.2077 $0.1053 Central US centralus $0.309 $0.057 $0.1559 $0.0739 $0.1885 $0.0955 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.312 $0.0577 $0.1779 $0.0842 $0.2153 $0.1092 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.32 $0.0591 $0.1888 $0.1216 $0.2176 $0.1472 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.32 $0.064 $0.1838 $0.0893 $0.2208 $0.112 North Central US northcentralus $0.328 $0.0656 $0.1885 $0.0916 $0.2263 $0.1148 North Europe northeurope $0.328 $0.0606 $0.1871 $0.0887 $0.2263 $0.1148 South Central US southcentralus $0.328 $0.0606 $0.1871 $0.0886 $0.2493 $0.1804 Spain Central spaincentral $0.328 $0.0606 $0.1871 $0.0887 $0.2263 $0.1148 West Central US westcentralus $0.328 $0.0606 $0.1871 $0.0886 $0.2493 $0.1804 UK West ukwest $0.331 $0.0612 $0.1887 $0.0893 $0.2516 $0.1821 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.337 $0.0623 $0.1919 $0.0909 $0.2325 $0.118 UAE North uaenorth $0.337 $0.0623 $0.1919 $0.0909 $0.2325 $0.118 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.342 $0.0632 $0.1949 $0.0923 – – US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.342 $0.0632 $0.1949 $0.0923 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.342 $0.0632 $0.1949 $0.0923 – – Canada East canadaeast $0.345 $0.069 $0.1979 $0.0962 $0.238 $0.1207 France Central francecentral $0.345 $0.0638 $0.1965 $0.0931 $0.2381 $0.1208 UK South uksouth $0.345 $0.0638 $0.1965 $0.0931 $0.2381 $0.1208 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.356 $0.0658 $0.2027 $0.096 $0.2706 $0.1958 Italy North italynorth $0.356 $0.0712 $0.2042 $0.0993 $0.2456 $0.1246 Poland Central polandcentral $0.356 $0.0712 $0.2042 $0.0993 $0.2456 $0.1246 West US westus $0.356 $0.0658 $0.2027 $0.096 $0.2456 $0.1246 Korea South koreasouth $0.369 $0.0738 $0.2121 $0.1031 $0.2546 $0.1291 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.383 $0.0708 $0.2184 $0.1034 $0.2643 $0.1341 West Europe westeurope $0.383 $0.0708 $0.2184 $0.1034 $0.2643 $0.1341 South India southindia $0.386 $0.0713 $0.2199 $0.1041 $0.2934 $0.2123 Israel Central israelcentral $0.391 $0.0782 $0.2247 $0.1092 $0.2698 $0.1368 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.391 $0.0723 $0.2227 $0.1055 $0.2698 $0.1369 UAE Central uaecentral $0.391 $0.0782 $0.2247 $0.1092 $0.2698 $0.1368 Australia East australiaeast $0.397 $0.0734 $0.2261 $0.1071 $0.2739 $0.139 Japan East japaneast $0.397 $0.0734 $0.2261 $0.1071 $0.2739 $0.139 Japan West japanwest $0.397 $0.0794 $0.2277 $0.1107 $0.2739 $0.1389 Korea Central koreacentral $0.397 $0.0734 $0.2261 $0.1071 $0.2739 $0.139 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.397 $0.0734 $0.2261 $0.1071 $0.2739 $0.139 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.397 $0.0734 $0.2261 $0.1071 $0.2739 $0.139 Australia Central australiacentral $0.402 $0.0804 $0.2309 $0.1123 $0.2773 $0.1407 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.402 $0.0804 $0.2309 $0.1123 $0.2773 $0.1407 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.416 $0.0769 $0.2457 $0.1499 $0.2829 $0.1789 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.421 $0.0778 $0.2402 $0.1138 $0.2905 $0.1474 East Asia eastasia $0.424 $0.0848 $0.2435 $0.1184 $0.2925 $0.1484 Norway East norwayeast $0.427 $0.0854 $0.2451 $0.1191 $0.2946 $0.1494 West India westindia $0.427 $0.0854 $0.2451 $0.1191 $0.2946 $0.1494 Sweden South swedensouth $0.462 $0.0924 $0.2655 $0.1291 $0.3187 $0.1617 Germany North germanynorth $0.498 $0.092 $0.2839 $0.1345 $0.3785 $0.2739 France South francesouth $0.509 $0.1018 $0.2922 $0.142 $0.3512 $0.1781 Norway West norwaywest $0.509 $0.1018 $0.2922 $0.142 $0.3512 $0.1781 South Africa West southafricawest $0.509 $0.1018 $0.2922 $0.142 $0.3512 $0.1781 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.509 $0.1018 $0.2922 $0.142 $0.3512 $0.1781 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.534 $0.0987 $0.3041 $0.1441 $0.3685 $0.1869 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.711 $0.1422 $0.4084 $0.1986 $0.4905 $0.2488
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.274 $0.1559 $0.0739 Windows $0.366 $0.2479 $0.1659
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 42
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 2
Storage Value Storage 110 GiB temp NVMe SSD Local NVMe 110 GiB Max data disks 8 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 8,000 Max disk throughput (uncached) 272 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_FX2mds_v2 Family FXmdsv2 Category Compute optimized VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series fxmdsv2-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .