D2 v3
api name Standard_D2_v3 · Azure Virtual Machines · Dv3 family
The D2 v3 is a general purpose Azure Virtual Machines VM size with 2 vCPUs and 8 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake), starting at $0.096 per hour on demand.
- vCPUs
- 2
- memory
- 8 GiB
- processor
- Intel
- on-demand
- $0.096
- spot
- $0.0192
- regions
- 58
dedicated
4 GiB per vCPU
x86-64
$70.08/mo · eastus
−80% vs on-demand
across 7 areas
D2 v3 price by region
58 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot · 1-yr Reserved · 3-yr Reserved · 1-yr Savings plan · 3-yr Savings plan
| East USeastuscheapestreferenceNorth America | $0.096 | $0.0192 | $0.0662 | $0.0451 |
| East US 2eastus2cheapestNorth America | $0.096 | $0.0331 | $0.0662 | $0.0451 |
| West US 2westus2cheapestNorth America | $0.096 | $0.0177 | $0.0662 | $0.0451 |
| West US 3westus3cheapestNorth America | $0.096 | $0.0177 | $0.0662 | $0.0451 |
| North Central USnorthcentralusNorth America | $0.10 | $0.0185 | $0.069 | $0.047 |
| Sweden CentralswedencentralEurope | $0.102 | $0.0188 | $0.0775 | $0.0561 |
| Central IndiacentralindiaAsia | $0.105 | $0.0194 | $0.0798 | $0.0578 |
| Mexico CentralmexicocentralNorth America | $0.106 | $0.0196 | $0.0622 | $0.0399 |
| North EuropenortheuropeEurope | $0.107 | $0.0198 | $0.0813 | $0.0589 |
| Spain CentralspaincentralEurope | $0.107 | $0.0198 | $0.0813 | $0.0589 |
| Central UScentralusNorth America | $0.11 | $0.0185 | $0.0759 | $0.0517 |
| South Central USsouthcentralusNorth America | $0.11 | $0.0203 | $0.0759 | $0.0517 |
| West Central USwestcentralusNorth America | $0.11 | $0.0203 | $0.0759 | $0.0517 |
| Canada CentralcanadacentralNorth America | $0.111 | $0.0318 | $0.0844 | $0.0611 |
| Canada EastcanadaeastNorth America | $0.111 | $0.0205 | $0.0844 | $0.0611 |
| Korea SouthkoreasouthAsia | $0.111 | $0.0205 | $0.0844 | $0.0611 |
| France CentralfrancecentralEurope | $0.112 | $0.0207 | $0.0851 | $0.0616 |
| Indonesia CentralindonesiacentralAsia | $0.112 | $0.0207 | $0.0773 | $0.0526 |
| Israel CentralisraelcentralMiddle East | $0.112 | $0.0207 | $0.0851 | $0.0616 |
| Italy NorthitalynorthEurope | $0.112 | $0.0207 | $0.0907 | $0.0638 |
| Malaysia WestmalaysiawestAsia | $0.112 | $0.0207 | $0.0773 | $0.0526 |
| Germany West CentralgermanywestcentralEurope | $0.115 | $0.0213 | $0.0874 | $0.0633 |
| Poland CentralpolandcentralEurope | $0.115 | $0.0213 | – | – |
| UK SouthuksouthEurope | $0.116 | $0.0204 | $0.0882 | $0.0638 |
| UK WestukwestEurope | $0.116 | $0.0214 | $0.0882 | $0.0638 |
| West USwestusNorth America | $0.117 | $0.0216 | $0.0807 | $0.055 |
| Qatar CentralqatarcentralMiddle East | $0.118 | $0.0218 | $0.0897 | $0.0649 |
| UAE NorthuaenorthMiddle East | $0.12 | $0.0222 | $0.0912 | $0.066 |
| West EuropewesteuropeEurope | $0.12 | $0.0222 | $0.0912 | $0.066 |
| Korea CentralkoreacentralAsia | $0.123 | $0.0227 | $0.0935 | $0.0677 |
| West IndiawestindiaAsia | $0.123 | $0.0227 | $0.0935 | $0.0677 |
| Australia CentralaustraliacentralOceania | $0.125 | $0.0231 | $0.095 | $0.0688 |
| Australia Central 2australiacentral2Oceania | $0.125 | $0.0125 | $0.095 | $0.0688 |
| Australia EastaustraliaeastOceania | $0.125 | $0.0231 | $0.095 | $0.0688 |
| Australia SoutheastaustraliasoutheastOceania | $0.125 | $0.0231 | $0.095 | $0.0688 |
| Southeast AsiasoutheastasiaAsia | $0.125 | $0.0231 | $0.095 | $0.0688 |
| New Zealand NorthnewzealandnorthOceania | $0.126 | $0.0233 | $0.0958 | $0.0693 |
| US Gov ArizonausgovarizonaNorth America | $0.126 | $0.0233 | – | – |
| US Gov TexasusgovtexasNorth America | $0.126 | $0.0233 | – | – |
| US Gov VirginiausgovvirginiaNorth America | $0.126 | $0.0233 | – | – |
| South Africa NorthsouthafricanorthAfrica | $0.127 | $0.0235 | $0.0965 | $0.0699 |
| Japan EastjapaneastAsia | $0.129 | $0.0238 | $0.098 | $0.071 |
| Japan WestjapanwestAsia | $0.129 | $0.0238 | $0.098 | $0.071 |
| East AsiaeastasiaAsia | $0.132 | $0.0244 | $0.1003 | $0.0726 |
| Norway EastnorwayeastEurope | $0.132 | $0.0244 | $0.1003 | $0.0726 |
| Switzerland NorthswitzerlandnorthEurope | $0.132 | $0.0244 | $0.1003 | $0.0726 |
| Sweden SouthswedensouthEurope | $0.133 | $0.0246 | $0.1011 | $0.0732 |
| South IndiasouthindiaAsia | $0.135 | $0.0249 | $0.1026 | $0.0743 |
| India South CentralindiasouthcentralAsia | $0.141 | $0.0261 | $0.1072 | $0.0776 |
| France SouthfrancesouthEurope | $0.1456 | $0.0269 | $0.1107 | $0.0801 |
| Germany NorthgermanynorthEurope | $0.15 | $0.0277 | $0.114 | $0.0825 |
| Taiwan NorthtaiwannorthAsia | $0.156 | $0.0288 | – | – |
| UAE CentraluaecentralMiddle East | $0.156 | $0.0288 | $0.1186 | $0.0858 |
| South Africa WestsouthafricawestAfrica | $0.1588 | $0.0294 | $0.1207 | $0.0873 |
| Brazil SouthbrazilsouthSouth America | $0.159 | $0.0294 | $0.1208 | $0.0875 |
| Switzerland WestswitzerlandwestEurope | $0.1714 | $0.0317 | $0.1303 | $0.0943 |
| Norway WestnorwaywestEurope | $0.172 | $0.0318 | $0.1307 | $0.0946 |
| Brazil SoutheastbrazilsoutheastSouth America | $0.207 | $0.0383 | $0.1573 | $0.1139 |
Specifications
compute
- vCPUs
- 2
- Memory
- 8 GiB
- Memory per vCPU
- 4 GiB
- Processor
- Intel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake)
- CPU vendor
- Intel
- Architecture
- x86-64
- Burstable CPU
- No
storage & network
- Local storage
- 50 GB SSD
- Storage detail
- 50 GiB temporary disk
azure details
- API name
Standard_D2_v3- Family
- Dv3
- Category
- General purpose
- Generation
- Previous
- Regions
- 58 (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
- Cheapest region
- East US · $0.096/hr
D2 v3 equivalents on other clouds
closest match by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and class · Linux on-demand in each provider's reference region
| Provider | Instance | vCPU | Memory | Processor | On-demand | vs D2 v3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | D2 v3 | 2 | 8 GiB | Intel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake) | $0.096 | – |
| AWS | m5ad.large | 2 | 8 GiB | AMD EPYC 7571 | $0.103 | +7% |
| m5d.large | 2 | 8 GiB | Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 | $0.113 | +18% | |
| Google Cloud | e2-standard-2 | 2 | 8 GiB | AMD Rome, Intel Broadwell, Intel Haswell, Intel Skylake | $0.067 | -30% |
| n2d-standard-2 | 2 | 8 GiB | AMD Milan, AMD Rome | $0.0845 | -12% | |
| Akamai | G8 Dedicated 8x2 | 2 | 8 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.11 | +15% |
| Dedicated 4GB4 GiB (2× less) | 2 | 4 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.054 | -44% | |
| Vultr | vx1-g-2c-8g-120s | 2 | 8 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.076 | -21% |
| voc-g-2c-8gb-50s-amd | 2 | 8 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.082 | -15% |
Dv3 family sizes
| Size | vCPU | Memory | Local storage | On-demand | Monthly | Spot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2 v3 | 2 | 8 GiB | 50 GB SSD | $0.096 | $70.08 | $0.0192 |
| D4 v3 | 4 | 16 GiB | 100 GB SSD | $0.192 | $140 | $0.0384 |
| D8 v3 | 8 | 32 GiB | 200 GB SSD | $0.384 | $280 | $0.0768 |
| D16 v3 | 16 | 64 GiB | 400 GB SSD | $0.768 | $561 | $0.1535 |
| D32 v3 | 32 | 128 GiB | 800 GB SSD | $1.536 | $1,121 | $0.307 |
| D48 v3 | 48 | 192 GiB | 1.2 TB SSD | $2.304 | $1,682 | $0.4606 |
| D64 v3 | 64 | 256 GiB | 1.6 TB SSD | $3.072 | $2,243 | $0.6141 |
Similar VM sizes on Azure
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D2 v3 FAQ
How much does D2 v3 cost?
D2 v3 costs $0.096 per hour on demand with Linux in East US (eastus), about $70.08 per month. Across 58 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.096 in East US to $0.207 in Brazil Southeast. Spot capacity costs $0.0192 per hour (80% less), but can be reclaimed. With Windows it costs $0.188 per hour.
How many vCPUs and how much memory does D2 v3 have?
D2 v3 has 2 vCPUs and 8 GiB of memory (4 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake). It is a general purpose VM size in the Dv3 family.
What are the equivalents of D2 v3 on other clouds?
The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on AWS, m5ad.large (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.103/hour in US East (N. Virginia)); on Google Cloud, e2-standard-2 (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.067/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, G8 Dedicated 8x2 (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.11/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vx1-g-2c-8g-120s (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.076/hour in New Jersey).