Instances Azure VM Standard_FX2ms_v2 Standard_FX2ms_v2
Standard_FX2ms_v2 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 42 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.221 per hour on demand ($161.33 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1261 per hour, 43% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0484 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 $0.221 $0.0484 $0.1261 $0.0597 $0.1525 $0.0774 East US 2 eastus2 $0.221 $0.0408 $0.1261 $0.0597 $0.1525 $0.0774 West US 2 westus2 $0.221 $0.0408 $0.1261 $0.0598 $0.1525 $0.0774 West US 3 westus3 $0.221 $0.0408 $0.1261 $0.0597 $0.1525 $0.0774 Central India centralindia $0.228 $0.0421 $0.1303 $0.0617 $0.1573 $0.0798 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.243 $0.0486 $0.1398 $0.068 $0.1676 $0.085 Canada Central canadacentral $0.244 $0.0451 $0.1388 $0.0658 $0.1684 $0.0854 Central US centralus $0.25 $0.0461 $0.1261 $0.0597 $0.1523 $0.0773 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.252 $0.0466 $0.1439 $0.0682 $0.1739 $0.0882 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.259 $0.0479 $0.1527 $0.0984 $0.1761 $0.1191 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.259 $0.0518 $0.1487 $0.0723 $0.1787 $0.0906 North Central US northcentralus $0.266 $0.0532 $0.1525 $0.0742 $0.1835 $0.0931 North Europe northeurope $0.266 $0.0492 $0.1514 $0.0717 $0.1835 $0.0931 South Central US southcentralus $0.266 $0.0492 $0.1514 $0.0717 $0.2022 $0.1463 Spain Central spaincentral $0.266 $0.0492 $0.1514 $0.0717 $0.1835 $0.0931 West Central US westcentralus $0.266 $0.0492 $0.1514 $0.0717 $0.2022 $0.1463 UK West ukwest $0.268 $0.0495 $0.1526 $0.0723 $0.2037 $0.1474 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.272 $0.0503 $0.1553 $0.0735 $0.1877 $0.0952 UAE North uaenorth $0.272 $0.0503 $0.1553 $0.0735 $0.1877 $0.0952 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.277 $0.0512 $0.1576 $0.0747 – – US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.277 $0.0512 $0.1576 $0.0747 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.277 $0.0512 $0.1576 $0.0747 – – Canada East canadaeast $0.279 $0.0558 $0.1602 $0.0779 $0.1925 $0.0976 France Central francecentral $0.279 $0.0516 $0.159 $0.0753 $0.1925 $0.0977 UK South uksouth $0.279 $0.0516 $0.159 $0.0753 $0.1925 $0.0977 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.288 $0.0532 $0.164 $0.0777 $0.2189 $0.1584 Italy North italynorth $0.288 $0.0576 $0.1652 $0.0803 $0.1987 $0.1008 Poland Central polandcentral $0.288 $0.0576 $0.1652 $0.0803 $0.1987 $0.1008 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.288 $0.0532 $0.1652 $0.0803 $0.1987 $0.1008 West US westus $0.288 $0.0532 $0.164 $0.0777 $0.1987 $0.1008 Korea South koreasouth $0.299 $0.0598 $0.1716 $0.0834 $0.2063 $0.1046 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.31 $0.0573 $0.1767 $0.0837 $0.2139 $0.1085 West Europe westeurope $0.31 $0.0573 $0.1767 $0.0837 $0.2139 $0.1085 South India southindia $0.312 $0.0577 $0.1779 $0.0842 $0.2371 $0.1716 Israel Central israelcentral $0.316 $0.0632 $0.1817 $0.0884 $0.218 $0.1106 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.316 $0.0584 $0.1803 $0.0854 $0.218 $0.1106 UAE Central uaecentral $0.316 $0.0632 $0.1823 $0.0889 $0.218 $0.1107 Australia East australiaeast $0.321 $0.0593 $0.183 $0.0867 $0.2215 $0.1124 Japan East japaneast $0.321 $0.0593 $0.183 $0.0867 $0.2215 $0.1124 Japan West japanwest $0.321 $0.0642 $0.1842 $0.0896 $0.2215 $0.1123 Korea Central koreacentral $0.321 $0.0593 $0.183 $0.0867 $0.2215 $0.1124 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.321 $0.0593 $0.1829 $0.0866 $0.2215 $0.1124 Australia Central australiacentral $0.325 $0.065 $0.1869 $0.0908 $0.2242 $0.1137 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.325 $0.065 $0.1869 $0.0908 $0.2242 $0.1137 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.337 $0.0623 $0.1989 $0.1213 $0.2292 $0.1449 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.341 $0.063 $0.1943 $0.092 $0.2353 $0.1194 East Asia eastasia $0.343 $0.0686 $0.197 $0.0958 $0.2366 $0.12 Norway East norwayeast $0.345 $0.069 $0.1983 $0.0964 $0.238 $0.1207 West India westindia $0.345 $0.069 $0.1983 $0.0964 $0.238 $0.1207 Sweden South swedensouth $0.374 $0.0748 $0.2148 $0.1044 $0.258 $0.1309 Germany North germanynorth $0.403 $0.0745 $0.2297 $0.1088 $0.3063 $0.2217 France South francesouth $0.412 $0.0824 $0.2364 $0.1149 $0.2842 $0.1442 Norway West norwaywest $0.412 $0.0824 $0.2364 $0.1149 $0.2842 $0.1442 South Africa West southafricawest $0.412 $0.0824 $0.2364 $0.1149 $0.2842 $0.1442 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.412 $0.0824 $0.2364 $0.1149 $0.2842 $0.1442 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.432 $0.0798 $0.2461 $0.1166 $0.2981 $0.1512 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.575 $0.115 $0.3305 $0.1607 $0.3967 $0.2012
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.221 $0.1261 $0.0597 Windows $0.313 $0.2181 $0.1517
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 Max data disks 8 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 8,000 Max disk throughput (uncached) 272 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_FX2ms_v2 Family FXmsv2 Category Compute optimized VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series fxmsv2-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .