Standard_D2vsStandard_F2

Standard_F2 is 36% cheaper than Standard_D2 on demand in East US, saving $40.15 a month.

At a glanceStandard_D2Standard_F2
On-demand$0.154/hr$0.099/hr36% less
Lowest rate$0.0358/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.023/hr36% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 7 GiB2 vCPUs, 4 GiB
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in East US

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

OptionStandard_D2Standard_F2Standard_F2 vs Standard_D2
On-demandPay by the hour$0.154$0.099▼ 36%
SpotCan be interrupted77% off$0.035877% off$0.023▼ 36%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$0.106331% off$0.0683▼ 36%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.072453% off$0.0465▼ 36%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D2 leads
Temp disk100 GiB vs 32 GiB
3.1× higher
Memory (GiB)7 vs 4
75% higher
Where Standard_F2 leads
On-demand price$0.099 vs $0.154 per hour
36% cheaper
Max disk throughput (uncached)96 MB/s vs 64 MB/s
50% higher
ACU (compute units)210 vs 160
31% higher

Specs

7 of 19 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 5 differStandard_D2Standard_F2
vCPUs22
Physical cores22
Threads per core11
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ACU (compute units)160210
Memory1 of 1 differStandard_D2Standard_F2
Memory (GiB)74
Networking1 of 2 differStandard_D2Standard_F2
Accelerated networkingNoYes
Max network interfaces22
Storage2 of 6 differStandard_D2Standard_F2
Temp disk100 GiB32 GiB
Max data disks88
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)6,4006,400
Max disk throughput (uncached)64 MB/s96 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoNo
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_D2Standard_F2
FamilyDF
VM generationsV1V1
Encryption at hostNoNo
Retirement date2028-05-012028-11-16
OtherAll 1 matchStandard_D2Standard_F2
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D2 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D2Standard_F2Difference
East US 2eastus2$0.134$0.099▼ 26%
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.134$0.109▼ 19%
West Indiawestindia$0.136$0.11▼ 19%
Central Indiacentralindia$0.141$0.0988▼ 30%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.143$0.12▼ 16%
North Europenortheurope$0.146$0.113▼ 23%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.149$0.104▼ 30%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.149$0.109▼ 27%
Central UScentralus$0.154$0.109▼ 29%
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.154$0.099▼ 36%
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.154$0.099▼ 36%
West USwestus$0.154$0.124▼ 19%
West US 3westus3$0.154$0.099▼ 36%
UAE Northuaenorth$0.161$0.119▼ 26%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.168$0.114▼ 32%
West Europewesteurope$0.168$0.114▼ 32%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.169$0.109▼ 36%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.18$0.133▼ 26%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.186$0.13▼ 30%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.186$0.13▼ 30%
South Indiasouthindia$0.189$0.121▼ 36%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.19$0.144▼ 24%
France Centralfrancecentral$0.192$0.101▼ 47%
Japan Westjapanwest$0.192$0.126▼ 34%
UK Southuksouth$0.192$0.114▼ 41%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.196$0.115▼ 41%
UK Westukwest$0.202$0.119▼ 41%
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.209$0.148▼ 29%
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.221$0.126▼ 43%
East Asiaeastasia$0.225$0.144▼ 36%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.225$0.167▼ 26%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.247$0.187▼ 24%

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