Standard_D2_v4vsStandard_D2a_v4

Standard_D2_v4 and Standard_D2a_v4 cost the same on demand in East US, $0.096 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_D2_v4Standard_D2a_v4
On-demand$0.096/hr$0.096/hr
Lowest rate$0.0202/hrSpot, 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 Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome), AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)
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_v4Standard_D2a_v4Standard_D2a_v4 vs Standard_D2_v4
On-demandPay by the hour$0.096$0.096Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.020279% off$0.0202Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$0.056641% off$0.0564Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.036562% off$0.0361▼ 1%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$0.065831% off$0.0658Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment54% off$0.044254% off$0.0442Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D2_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_D2a_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

9 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_D2_v4Standard_D2a_v4
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome), AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)
ACU (compute units)195–
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_D2_v4Standard_D2a_v4
Memory (GiB)88
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_D2_v4Standard_D2a_v4
Network5,000 Mbps2,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces22
Storage3 of 7 differStandard_D2_v4Standard_D2a_v4
Storage–50 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk–50 GiB
Max data disks44
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)3,2003,200
Max disk throughput (uncached)48 MB/s48 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoYes
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_D2_v4Standard_D2a_v4
FamilyDv4Dav4
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostNoYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_D2_v4Standard_D2a_v4
Seriesdv4-seriesdav4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D2_v4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D2_v4Standard_D2a_v4Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.096$0.096Same
East US 2eastus2$0.096$0.096Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.096$0.096Same
West US 2westus2$0.096$0.096Same
West US 3westus3$0.096$0.096Same
Central Indiacentralindia$0.101$0.0622▼ 38%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$0.101$0.0909▼ 10%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.101$0.0622▼ 38%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.101$0.0622▼ 38%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.102$0.102Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.106$0.106Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.107$0.107Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.107$0.107Same
North Europenortheurope$0.107$0.107Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.107$0.101▼ 6%
Central UScentralus$0.108$0.108Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.108$0.108Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.108$0.108Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.111$0.111Same
UK Southuksouth$0.111$0.111Same
France Centralfrancecentral$0.112$0.112Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.112$0.112Same
Italy Northitalynorth$0.112$0.112Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.112$0.1▼ 11%
West USwestus$0.112$0.112Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.115$0.104▼ 10%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.115$0.104▼ 10%
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.115$0.115Same
West Central USwestcentralus$0.115$0.115Same
West Europewesteurope$0.115$0.115Same
UK Westukwest$0.116$0.116Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.118$0.118Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.118$0.118Same
UAE Northuaenorth$0.118$0.118Same
West Indiawestindia$0.118$0.123▲ 4%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.12$0.12Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.12$0.12Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.12$0.12Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.12$0.12Same
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$0.12$0.12Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$0.121$0.121Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.121$0.121Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.124$0.124Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.125$0.125Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.126$0.113▼ 10%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.126$0.137▲ 9%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.1265$0.137▲ 8%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.127$0.127Same
East Asiaeastasia$0.132$0.132Same
Sweden Southswedensouth$0.133$0.133Same
South Indiasouthindia$0.135$0.135Same
Japan Westjapanwest$0.136$0.124▼ 9%
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$0.145$0.131▼ 10%
France Southfrancesouth$0.146$0.146Same
Germany Northgermanynorth$0.15$0.135▼ 10%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.153$0.153Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.156$0.153▼ 2%
Norway Westnorwaywest$0.164$0.178▲ 9%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.1643$0.178▲ 8%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.168$0.165▼ 2%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.199$0.199Same

Keep exploring

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

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

Compare Standard_D2_v4 with

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Standard_D2a_v4General purpose, Dav4 family
Standard_D2a_v4 prices and specsEvery size in the Dav4 family

Compare Standard_D2a_v4 with

Standard_D2as_v4Standard_E2a_v4

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