Standard_B2svsStandard_B2s_v2

Standard_B2s is 50% cheaper than Standard_B2s_v2 on demand in East US, saving $30.37 a month.

At a glanceStandard_B2sStandard_B2s_v2
On-demand$0.0416/hr50% less$0.0832/hr
Lowest rate$0.0187/hr50% less3-yr savings plan, hourly commitment$0.0374/hr3-yr savings plan, hourly commitment
Size2 vCPUs, 4 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 (Haswell)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_B2sStandard_B2s_v2Standard_B2s_v2 vs Standard_B2s
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0416$0.0832▲ 100%
SpotCan be interrupted—10% off$0.0749—
1-yr reservedNo upfront—41% off$0.0491—
3-yr reservedNo upfront—62% off$0.0316—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment33% off$0.02833% off$0.0557▲ 99%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment55% off$0.018755% off$0.0374▲ 100%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_B2s leads
On-demand price$0.0416 vs $0.0832 per hour
50% cheaper
Physical cores2 vs 1
2× higher
Max network interfaces3 vs 2
50% higher
Where Standard_B2s_v2 leads
Max disk throughput (uncached)85 MB/s vs 23 MB/s
3.7× higher
Memory (GiB)8 vs 4
2× higher

Specs

15 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 5 differStandard_B2sStandard_B2s_v2
vCPUs22
Physical cores21
Threads per core12
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Memory1 of 1 differStandard_B2sStandard_B2s_v2
Memory (GiB)48
Networking3 of 3 differStandard_B2sStandard_B2s_v2
Network–6,250 Mbps
Accelerated networkingNoYes
Max network interfaces32
Storage5 of 7 differStandard_B2sStandard_B2s_v2
Storage8 GiB temp SSD–
Temp disk8 GiB–
Max data disks44
Premium SSDYesYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)1,2803,750
Max disk throughput (uncached)23 MB/s85 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYesNo
Instance details2 of 5 differStandard_B2sStandard_B2s_v2
FamilyBsBsv2
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostYesYes
Retirement date2028-11-15–
Other1 of 2 differStandard_B2sStandard_B2s_v2
Seriesbv1-seriesbsv2-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_B2s first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_B2sStandard_B2s_v2Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.0416$0.0832▲ 100%
East US 2eastus2$0.0416$0.0832▲ 100%
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.0416$0.0832▲ 100%
West US 2westus2$0.0416$0.0832▲ 100%
West US 3westus3$0.0416$0.0832▲ 100%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.0432$0.0864▲ 100%
Central Indiacentralindia$0.0448$0.0896▲ 100%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.0448$0.0896▲ 100%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.0448$0.0896▲ 100%
North Europenortheurope$0.045$0.0912▲ 103%
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.0458$0.0912▲ 99%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.0464$0.0928▲ 100%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.0464$0.0928▲ 100%
UK Westukwest$0.047$0.101▲ 115%
France Centralfrancecentral$0.0472$0.0944▲ 100%
UK Southuksouth$0.0472$0.0944▲ 100%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.0475$0.095▲ 100%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.048$0.096▲ 100%
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.048$0.0958▲ 100%
Italy Northitalynorth$0.048$0.0958▲ 100%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.048$0.096▲ 100%
West Europewesteurope$0.048$0.096▲ 100%
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$0.0488$0.0976▲ 100%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.0488$0.0976▲ 100%
West USwestus$0.0496$0.0992▲ 100%
Central UScentralus$0.0499$0.094▲ 88%
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.0499$0.0998▲ 100%
UAE Northuaenorth$0.0499$0.1▲ 100%
West Central USwestcentralus$0.0499$0.0998▲ 100%
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.0502$0.0958▲ 91%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.052$0.104▲ 100%
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.052$0.0957▲ 84%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.0528$0.106▲ 101%
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.0528$0.106▲ 101%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.0528$0.106▲ 101%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.0528$0.108▲ 105%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.0528$0.106▲ 101%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.0528$0.106▲ 101%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.0528$0.106▲ 101%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.0542$0.109▲ 101%
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.0544$0.109▲ 100%
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.0554$0.111▲ 100%
Sweden Southswedensouth$0.0562$0.112▲ 99%
South Indiasouthindia$0.058$0.117▲ 102%
East Asiaeastasia$0.0584$0.117▲ 100%
West Indiawestindia$0.059$0.106▲ 80%
Japan Westjapanwest$0.0599$0.109▲ 82%
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$0.06$0.104▲ 73%
Germany Northgermanynorth$0.0624$0.125▲ 100%
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.0624$0.13▲ 108%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.0672$0.134▲ 99%
France Southfrancesouth$0.0676$0.123▲ 82%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.0678$0.141▲ 108%
Norway Westnorwaywest$0.0686$0.137▲ 100%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.0687$0.137▲ 99%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.0874$0.175▲ 100%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

Standard_B2sGeneral purpose, Bs family
Standard_B2s prices and specsEvery size in the Bs family
Standard_B2s_v2General purpose, Bsv2 family
Standard_B2s_v2 prices and specsEvery size in the Bsv2 family

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