Standard_D2_v3vsStandard_D2_v4

Standard_D2_v3 and Standard_D2_v4 cost the same on demand in East US, $0.096 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_D2_v3Standard_D2_v4
On-demand$0.096/hr$0.096/hr
Lowest rate$0.0192/hr5% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0202/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 8 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 Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), 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_v3Standard_D2_v4Standard_D2_v4 vs Standard_D2_v3
On-demandPay by the hour$0.096$0.096Same
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$0.019279% off$0.0202▲ 5%
1-yr reservedNo upfront—41% off$0.0566—
3-yr reservedNo upfront—62% off$0.0365—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$0.066231% off$0.0658▼ 1%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.045154% off$0.0442▼ 2%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D2_v3 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_D2_v4 leads
ACU (compute units)195 vs 160
22% higher

Specs

8 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_D2_v3Standard_D2_v4
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
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 Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
ACU (compute units)160195
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_D2_v3Standard_D2_v4
Memory (GiB)88
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_D2_v3Standard_D2_v4
Network1,000 Mbps5,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces22
Storage2 of 7 differStandard_D2_v3Standard_D2_v4
Storage50 GiB temp SSD–
Temp disk50 GiB–
Max data disks44
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)3,2003,200
Max disk throughput (uncached)48 MB/s48 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoNo
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_D2_v3Standard_D2_v4
FamilyDv3Dv4
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
VM generationsV1V1, V2
Encryption at hostNoNo
Other1 of 2 differStandard_D2_v3Standard_D2_v4
Seriesdv3-seriesdv4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D2_v3 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D2_v3Standard_D2_v4Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.096$0.096Same
East US 2eastus2$0.096$0.096Same
West US 2westus2$0.096$0.096Same
West US 3westus3$0.096$0.096Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.1$0.096▼ 4%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.102$0.102Same
Central Indiacentralindia$0.105$0.101▼ 4%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.105$0.101▼ 4%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.105$0.101▼ 4%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.106$0.106Same
North Europenortheurope$0.107$0.107Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.107$0.107Same
Central UScentralus$0.11$0.108▼ 2%
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.11$0.115▲ 5%
West Central USwestcentralus$0.11$0.115▲ 5%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.111$0.107▼ 4%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.111$0.107▼ 4%
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.111$0.111Same
France Centralfrancecentral$0.112$0.112Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.112$0.108▼ 4%
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.112$0.112Same
Italy Northitalynorth$0.112$0.112Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.112$0.108▼ 4%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.115$0.115Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.115$0.115Same
UK Southuksouth$0.116$0.111▼ 4%
UK Westukwest$0.116$0.116Same
West USwestus$0.117$0.112▼ 4%
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.118$0.118Same
UAE Northuaenorth$0.12$0.118▼ 2%
West Europewesteurope$0.12$0.115▼ 4%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.123$0.118▼ 4%
West Indiawestindia$0.123$0.118▼ 4%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.125$0.12▼ 4%
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.125$0.12▼ 4%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.125$0.12▼ 4%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.125$0.125Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.125$0.12▼ 4%
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.126$0.126Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$0.126$0.121▼ 4%
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$0.126$0.12▼ 5%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.126$0.121▼ 4%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.127$0.127Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.129$0.124▼ 4%
Japan Westjapanwest$0.129$0.136▲ 5%
East Asiaeastasia$0.132$0.132Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.132$0.126▼ 5%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.132$0.1265▼ 4%
Sweden Southswedensouth$0.133$0.133Same
South Indiasouthindia$0.135$0.135Same
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$0.141$0.101▼ 28%
France Southfrancesouth$0.1456$0.146Same
Germany Northgermanynorth$0.15$0.15Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.156$0.112▼ 28%
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.156$0.156Same
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.1588$0.168▲ 6%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.159$0.153▼ 4%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.1714$0.1643▼ 4%
Norway Westnorwaywest$0.172$0.164▼ 5%
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$0.203$0.145▼ 29%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.207$0.199▼ 4%

Keep exploring

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

Standard_D2_v3General purpose, Dv3 family
Standard_D2_v3 prices and specsEvery size in the Dv3 family

Compare Standard_D2_v3 with

Standard_D2s_v3Standard_E2_v3Standard_D2_v2
Standard_D2_v4General purpose, Dv4 family
Standard_D2_v4 prices and specsEvery size in the Dv4 family

Compare Standard_D2_v4 with

Standard_D2a_v4Standard_D2d_v4Standard_D2ds_v4Standard_D2s_v4Standard_E2_v4Standard_D2_v5

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