Standard_D3vsStandard_D3_v2

Standard_D3_v2 is 5% cheaper than Standard_D3 on demand in East US, saving $10.95 a month.

At a glanceStandard_D3Standard_D3_v2
On-demand$0.308/hr$0.293/hr5% less
Lowest rate$0.0717/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0682/hr5% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 14 GiB4 vCPUs, 14 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_D3Standard_D3_v2Standard_D3_v2 vs Standard_D3
On-demandPay by the hour$0.308$0.293▼ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted77% off$0.071777% off$0.0682▼ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$0.212531% off$0.2022▼ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.144853% off$0.1377▼ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D3 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_D3_v2 leads
On-demand price$0.293 vs $0.308 per hour
5% cheaper
Max disk throughput (uncached)192 MB/s vs 128 MB/s
50% higher
ACU (compute units)210 vs 160
31% higher

Specs

9 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_D3Standard_D3_v2
vCPUs44
Physical cores44
Threads per core11
Architecturex86_64x86_64
Processor–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)160210
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_D3Standard_D3_v2
Memory (GiB)1414
Networking2 of 3 differStandard_D3Standard_D3_v2
Network–3,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingNoYes
Max network interfaces44
Storage2 of 7 differStandard_D3Standard_D3_v2
Storage–200 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk200 GiB200 GiB
Max data disks1616
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)12,80012,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)128 MB/s192 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoNo
Instance details2 of 5 differStandard_D3Standard_D3_v2
FamilyDDv2
Category–General purpose
VM generationsV1V1
Encryption at hostNoNo
Retirement date2028-05-012028-05-01
Other1 of 2 differStandard_D3Standard_D3_v2
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API
Series–dv2-series

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D3 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D3Standard_D3_v2Difference
East US 2eastus2$0.268$0.229▼ 15%
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.268$0.254▼ 5%
West Indiawestindia$0.272$0.337▲ 24%
Central Indiacentralindia$0.282$0.337▲ 20%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.2856$0.285Same
North Europenortheurope$0.292$0.263▼ 10%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.299$0.28▼ 6%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.299$0.28▼ 6%
Central UScentralus$0.308$0.293▼ 5%
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.308$0.293▼ 5%
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.308$0.293▼ 5%
West USwestus$0.308$0.279▼ 9%
West US 3westus3$0.308$0.229▼ 26%
UAE Northuaenorth$0.322$0.275▼ 15%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.336$0.272▼ 19%
West Europewesteurope$0.336$0.272▼ 19%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.339$0.251▼ 26%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.359$0.307▼ 14%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.372$0.336▼ 10%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.372$0.311▼ 16%
South Indiasouthindia$0.378$0.337▼ 11%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.38$0.343▼ 10%
Japan Westjapanwest$0.384$0.365▼ 5%
France Centralfrancecentral$0.385$0.351▼ 9%
UK Southuksouth$0.385$0.351▼ 9%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.392$0.316▼ 19%
UK Westukwest$0.403$0.351▼ 13%
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.418$0.357▼ 15%
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.442$0.409▼ 7%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.45$0.385▼ 14%
East Asiaeastasia$0.451$0.428▼ 5%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.494$0.445▼ 10%

Keep exploring

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

Standard_D3D family
Standard_D3 prices and specsEvery size in the D family
Standard_D3_v2General purpose, Dv2 family
Standard_D3_v2 prices and specsEvery size in the Dv2 family

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