Standard_D2_v2vsStandard_D2_v3

Standard_D2_v3 is 34% cheaper than Standard_D2_v2 on demand in East US, saving $36.50 a month.

At a glanceStandard_D2_v2Standard_D2_v3
On-demand$0.146/hr$0.096/hr34% less
Lowest rate$0.034/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0192/hr44% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 7 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 8573C (Emerald Rapids)Intel 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 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_D2_v2Standard_D2_v3Standard_D2_v3 vs Standard_D2_v2
On-demandPay by the hour$0.146$0.096▼ 34%
SpotCan be interrupted77% off$0.03480% off$0.0192▼ 44%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$0.100731% off$0.0662▼ 34%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.068653% off$0.0451▼ 34%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D2_v2 leads
Physical cores2 vs 1
2× higher
Temp disk100 GiB vs 50 GiB
2× higher
Where Standard_D2_v3 leads
On-demand price$0.096 vs $0.146 per hour
34% cheaper
Memory (GiB)8 vs 7
14% higher

Specs

13 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 6 differStandard_D2_v2Standard_D2_v3
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 8573C (Emerald Rapids)Intel 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 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
ACU (compute units)210160
Memory1 of 1 differStandard_D2_v2Standard_D2_v3
Memory (GiB)78
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_D2_v2Standard_D2_v3
Network1,500 Mbps1,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces22
Storage5 of 7 differStandard_D2_v2Standard_D2_v3
Storage100 GiB temp SSD50 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk100 GiB50 GiB
Max data disks84
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)6,4003,200
Max disk throughput (uncached)96 MB/s48 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoNo
Instance details2 of 5 differStandard_D2_v2Standard_D2_v3
FamilyDv2Dv3
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
VM generationsV1V1
Encryption at hostNoNo
Retirement date2028-05-01–
Other1 of 2 differStandard_D2_v2Standard_D2_v3
Seriesdv2-seriesdv3-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D2_v2 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D2_v2Standard_D2_v3Difference
East US 2eastus2$0.114$0.096▼ 16%
West US 2westus2$0.114$0.096▼ 16%
West US 3westus3$0.114$0.096▼ 16%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.125$0.106▼ 15%
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.127$0.11▼ 13%
West Central USwestcentralus$0.127$0.11▼ 13%
North Europenortheurope$0.132$0.107▼ 19%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.133$0.115▼ 14%
Italy Northitalynorth$0.136$0.112▼ 18%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.136$0.115▼ 15%
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.136$0.107▼ 21%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.136$0.102▼ 25%
West Europewesteurope$0.136$0.12▼ 12%
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.137$0.112▼ 18%
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.137$0.118▼ 14%
UAE Northuaenorth$0.137$0.12▼ 12%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.14$0.111▼ 21%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.14$0.111▼ 21%
West USwestus$0.14$0.117▼ 16%
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$0.143$0.126▼ 12%
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$0.143$0.126▼ 12%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.143$0.126▼ 12%
Central UScentralus$0.146$0.11▼ 25%
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.146$0.096▼ 34%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.146$0.112▼ 23%
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.146$0.112▼ 23%
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.146$0.1▼ 32%
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.149$0.111▼ 26%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.1496$0.132▼ 12%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.15$0.132▼ 12%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.153$0.127▼ 17%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.1558$0.125▼ 20%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.158$0.125▼ 21%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.165$0.123▼ 25%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.168$0.125▼ 26%
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.168$0.125▼ 26%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.168$0.125▼ 26%
Central Indiacentralindia$0.169$0.105▼ 38%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.169$0.105▼ 38%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.169$0.105▼ 38%
South Indiasouthindia$0.169$0.135▼ 20%
West Indiawestindia$0.169$0.123▼ 27%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.171$0.159▼ 7%
Germany Northgermanynorth$0.174$0.15▼ 14%
France Centralfrancecentral$0.175$0.112▼ 36%
UK Westukwest$0.175$0.116▼ 34%
UK Southuksouth$0.176$0.116▼ 34%
Sweden Southswedensouth$0.177$0.133▼ 25%
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.178$0.156▼ 12%
Japan Westjapanwest$0.182$0.129▼ 29%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.192$0.1588▼ 17%
Norway Westnorwaywest$0.194$0.172▼ 11%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.1946$0.1714▼ 12%
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.195$0.126▼ 35%
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.205$0.129▼ 37%
East Asiaeastasia$0.214$0.132▼ 38%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.223$0.207▼ 7%
France Southfrancesouth$0.228$0.1456▼ 36%

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