Standard_B2ats_v2vsStandard_B2ts_v2

Standard_B2ats_v2 is 10% cheaper than Standard_B2ts_v2 on demand in East US, saving $0.73 a month.

At a glanceStandard_B2ats_v2Standard_B2ts_v2
On-demand$0.0094/hr10% less$0.0104/hr
Lowest rate$0.0036/hr10% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$0.004/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size2 vCPUs, 1 GiB2 vCPUs, 1 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in East US

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

OptionStandard_B2ats_v2Standard_B2ts_v2Standard_B2ts_v2 vs Standard_B2ats_v2
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0094$0.0104▲ 11%
SpotCan be interrupted10% off$0.008510% off$0.0094▲ 11%
1-yr reservedNo upfront40% off$0.005640% off$0.0062▲ 11%
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.003662% off$0.004▲ 11%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment33% off$0.006333% off$0.007▲ 11%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment55% off$0.004255% off$0.0047▲ 12%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_B2ats_v2 leads
On-demand price$0.0094 vs $0.0104 per hour
10% cheaper
Where Standard_B2ts_v2 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

3 of 20 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 5 differStandard_B2ats_v2Standard_B2ts_v2
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_B2ats_v2Standard_B2ts_v2
Memory (GiB)11
NetworkingAll 3 matchStandard_B2ats_v2Standard_B2ts_v2
Network6,250 Mbps6,250 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces22
StorageAll 5 matchStandard_B2ats_v2Standard_B2ts_v2
Max data disks44
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)3,7503,750
Max disk throughput (uncached)85 MB/s85 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoNo
Instance details1 of 4 differStandard_B2ats_v2Standard_B2ts_v2
FamilyBatsv2Btsv2
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_B2ats_v2Standard_B2ts_v2
Seriesbasv2-seriesbsv2-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_B2ats_v2 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_B2ats_v2Standard_B2ts_v2Difference
Central Indiacentralindia$0.0062$0.0112▲ 81%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.0062$0.0112▲ 81%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.0062$0.0112▲ 81%
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.0094$0.0104▲ 11%
East US 2eastus2$0.0094$0.0104▲ 11%
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.0094$0.0104▲ 11%
West US 2westus2$0.0094$0.0104▲ 11%
West US 3westus3$0.0094$0.0104▲ 11%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.0097$0.0108▲ 11%
North Europenortheurope$0.0102$0.0114▲ 12%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.0105$0.0116▲ 10%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.0105$0.0116▲ 10%
Central UScentralus$0.0106$0.0118▲ 11%
France Centralfrancecentral$0.0106$0.0118▲ 11%
UK Southuksouth$0.0106$0.0118▲ 11%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.0107$0.0119▲ 11%
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.0107$0.012▲ 12%
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.0107$0.012▲ 12%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.0108$0.012▲ 11%
Italy Northitalynorth$0.0108$0.012▲ 11%
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.0108$0.012▲ 11%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.0108$0.012▲ 11%
West Europewesteurope$0.0108$0.012▲ 11%
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.011$0.0123▲ 12%
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$0.011$0.0122▲ 11%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.011$0.0122▲ 11%
West USwestus$0.0112$0.0124▲ 11%
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.0113$0.0125▲ 11%
UAE Northuaenorth$0.0113$0.0125▲ 11%
West Central USwestcentralus$0.0113$0.0125▲ 11%
UK Westukwest$0.0114$0.0126▲ 11%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.0117$0.013▲ 11%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.0118$0.0132▲ 12%
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$0.0118$0.013▲ 10%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.0119$0.0132▲ 11%
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.0119$0.0132▲ 11%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.0119$0.0132▲ 11%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.0119$0.0132▲ 11%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.0119$0.0132▲ 11%
West Indiawestindia$0.012$0.0133▲ 11%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.0122$0.0135▲ 11%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.0122$0.0136▲ 11%
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.0122$0.0114▼ 7%
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.0123$0.0136▲ 11%
Japan Westjapanwest$0.0123$0.0136▲ 11%
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.0125$0.0139▲ 11%
Sweden Southswedensouth$0.0126$0.014▲ 11%
East Asiaeastasia$0.0131$0.0146▲ 11%
South Indiasouthindia$0.0133$0.0147▲ 11%
France Southfrancesouth$0.0138$0.0153▲ 11%
Germany Northgermanynorth$0.014$0.0156▲ 11%
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$0.0143$0.0159▲ 11%
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.0147$0.0163▲ 11%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.0151$0.0168▲ 11%
Norway Westnorwaywest$0.0154$0.0172▲ 12%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.0154$0.0172▲ 12%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.0159$0.0176▲ 11%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.0197$0.0218▲ 11%

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Azure VM Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.