DS3 v2
api name Standard_DS3_v2 · Azure Virtual Machines · Dsv2 family
The DS3 v2 is a general purpose Azure Virtual Machines VM size with 4 vCPUs and 14 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon, starting at $0.229 per hour on demand.
general purposex86-64intelprevious generation
- vCPUs
- 4
- memory
- 14 GiB
- processor
- Intel
- on-demand
- $0.293
- spot
- $0.0682
- regions
- 56
dedicated
3.5 GiB per vCPU
x86-64
$214/mo · eastus
−77% vs on-demand
across 7 areas
Previous generation. Azure still sells DS3 v2, but newer families usually give more performance per dollar. See the similar VM sizes below.
DS3 v2 price by region
56 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot · 1-yr Reserved · 3-yr Reserved · 1-yr Savings plan · 3-yr Savings plan
| East US 2eastus2cheapestNorth America | $0.229 | $0.1014 | $0.158 | $0.1076 |
| West US 2westus2cheapestNorth America | $0.229 | $0.0533 | $0.158 | $0.1076 |
| West US 3westus3cheapestNorth America | $0.229 | $0.0533 | $0.158 | $0.1076 |
| Mexico CentralmexicocentralNorth America | $0.251 | $0.0584 | $0.1908 | $0.1381 |
| South Central USsouthcentralusNorth America | $0.254 | $0.0591 | $0.1753 | $0.1194 |
| West Central USwestcentralusNorth America | $0.254 | $0.0591 | $0.1753 | $0.1194 |
| North EuropenortheuropeEurope | $0.263 | $0.0612 | $0.1999 | $0.1447 |
| Germany West CentralgermanywestcentralEurope | $0.266 | $0.0619 | $0.2022 | $0.1463 |
| Italy NorthitalynorthEurope | $0.272 | $0.0633 | $0.2356 | $0.1859 |
| Poland CentralpolandcentralEurope | $0.272 | $0.0633 | $0.2067 | $0.1496 |
| Spain CentralspaincentralEurope | $0.272 | $0.0633 | $0.2067 | $0.1496 |
| Sweden CentralswedencentralEurope | $0.272 | $0.0633 | $0.2067 | $0.1496 |
| West EuropewesteuropeEurope | $0.272 | $0.0633 | $0.2067 | $0.1496 |
| Israel CentralisraelcentralMiddle East | $0.274 | $0.0638 | $0.2082 | $0.1507 |
| Qatar CentralqatarcentralMiddle East | $0.275 | $0.064 | $0.209 | $0.1513 |
| UAE NorthuaenorthMiddle East | $0.275 | $0.064 | $0.209 | $0.1513 |
| West USwestusNorth America | $0.279 | $0.0649 | $0.1925 | $0.1311 |
| Canada CentralcanadacentralNorth America | $0.28 | $0.1088 | $0.2128 | $0.154 |
| Canada EastcanadaeastNorth America | $0.28 | $0.0652 | $0.2128 | $0.154 |
| US Gov ArizonausgovarizonaNorth America | $0.285 | $0.0663 | – | – |
| US Gov TexasusgovtexasNorth America | $0.285 | $0.0663 | – | – |
| US Gov VirginiausgovvirginiaNorth America | $0.285 | $0.0663 | – | – |
| Indonesia CentralindonesiacentralAsia | $0.292 | $0.0679 | $0.2015 | $0.1372 |
| Malaysia WestmalaysiawestAsia | $0.292 | $0.0679 | $0.2015 | $0.1372 |
| Central UScentralusNorth America | $0.293 | $0.0541 | $0.2022 | $0.1377 |
| East USeastusreferenceNorth America | $0.293 | $0.0682 | $0.2022 | $0.1377 |
| North Central USnorthcentralusNorth America | $0.293 | $0.0682 | $0.2022 | $0.1377 |
| Korea SouthkoreasouthAsia | $0.297 | $0.0691 | $0.2257 | $0.1634 |
| Norway EastnorwayeastEurope | $0.299 | $0.0696 | $0.2272 | $0.1645 |
| Switzerland NorthswitzerlandnorthEurope | $0.2992 | $0.0696 | $0.2274 | $0.1646 |
| South Africa NorthsouthafricanorthAfrica | $0.307 | $0.0714 | $0.2333 | $0.1689 |
| Australia SoutheastaustraliasoutheastOceania | $0.311 | $0.0724 | $0.2364 | $0.1711 |
| Southeast AsiasoutheastasiaAsia | $0.316 | $0.0735 | $0.2402 | $0.1738 |
| Korea CentralkoreacentralAsia | $0.33 | $0.0768 | $0.2508 | $0.1815 |
| Australia CentralaustraliacentralOceania | $0.336 | $0.0782 | $0.2554 | $0.1848 |
| Australia Central 2australiacentral2Oceania | $0.336 | $0.0336 | $0.2554 | $0.1848 |
| Australia EastaustraliaeastOceania | $0.336 | $0.0782 | $0.2554 | $0.1848 |
| Central IndiacentralindiaAsia | $0.337 | $0.0784 | $0.2561 | $0.1854 |
| South IndiasouthindiaAsia | $0.337 | $0.0784 | $0.2561 | $0.1854 |
| West IndiawestindiaAsia | $0.337 | $0.0784 | $0.2561 | $0.1854 |
| Brazil SouthbrazilsouthSouth America | $0.343 | $0.0798 | $0.2607 | $0.1887 |
| Germany NorthgermanynorthEurope | $0.348 | $0.081 | $0.2645 | $0.1914 |
| France CentralfrancecentralEurope | $0.351 | $0.0817 | $0.2668 | $0.1931 |
| UK SouthuksouthEurope | $0.351 | $0.0817 | $0.2668 | $0.1931 |
| UK WestukwestEurope | $0.351 | $0.0817 | $0.2668 | $0.1931 |
| Sweden SouthswedensouthEurope | $0.353 | $0.0821 | $0.2683 | $0.1942 |
| UAE CentraluaecentralMiddle East | $0.357 | $0.0831 | $0.2713 | $0.1964 |
| Japan WestjapanwestAsia | $0.365 | $0.0849 | $0.2774 | $0.2008 |
| South Africa WestsouthafricawestAfrica | $0.385 | $0.0896 | $0.2926 | $0.2118 |
| Norway WestnorwaywestEurope | $0.389 | $0.0905 | $0.2956 | $0.214 |
| Switzerland WestswitzerlandwestEurope | $0.3891 | $0.0906 | $0.2958 | $0.214 |
| New Zealand NorthnewzealandnorthOceania | $0.391 | $0.091 | $0.2972 | $0.2151 |
| Japan EastjapaneastAsia | $0.409 | $0.0952 | $0.3108 | $0.225 |
| East AsiaeastasiaAsia | $0.428 | $0.0996 | $0.3253 | $0.2354 |
| Brazil SoutheastbrazilsoutheastSouth America | $0.445 | $0.1036 | $0.3382 | $0.2448 |
| France SouthfrancesouthEurope | $0.456 | $0.1061 | $0.3466 | $0.2508 |
Specifications
compute
- vCPUs
- 4
- Memory
- 14 GiB
- Memory per vCPU
- 3.5 GiB
- Processor
- Intel Xeon
- CPU vendor
- Intel
- Architecture
- x86-64
- Burstable CPU
- No
storage & network
- Local storage
- 28 GB SSD
- Storage detail
- 28 GiB temporary disk
azure details
- API name
Standard_DS3_v2- Family
- Dsv2
- Category
- General purpose
- Generation
- Previous
- Regions
- 56 (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
- Cheapest region
- East US 2 · $0.229/hr
- Premium SSD support
- Yes
DS3 v2 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 DS3 v2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | DS3 v2 | 4 | 14 GiB | Intel Xeon | $0.293 | – |
| AWS | m5ad.xlarge16 GiB (1.14×) | 4 | 16 GiB | AMD EPYC 7571 | $0.206 | -30% |
| m5d.xlarge16 GiB (1.14×) | 4 | 16 GiB | Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 | $0.226 | -23% | |
| Google Cloud | c4-standard-4-lssd15 GiB (1.07×) | 4 | 15 GiB | Intel Emerald Rapids, Intel Granite Rapids | $0.2799 | -4% |
| c4n-standard-4-lssd15 GiB (1.07×) | 4 | 15 GiB | Intel Emerald Rapids | $0.3574 | +22% | |
| Akamai | G8 Dedicated 16x416 GiB (1.14×) | 4 | 16 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.21 | -28% |
| Dedicated 8GB8 GiB (1.8× less) | 4 | 8 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.108 | -63% | |
| Vultr | vx1-g-4c-16g-240s16 GiB (1.14×) | 4 | 16 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.153 | -48% |
| voc-g-4c-16gb-80s-amd16 GiB (1.14×) | 4 | 16 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.164 | -44% |
Dsv2 family sizes
| Size | vCPU | Memory | Local storage | On-demand | Monthly | Spot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DS1 v2 | 1 | 3.5 GiB | 7 GB SSD | $0.073 | $53.29 | $0.017 |
| DS11-1 v2 | 1 | 14 GiB | 28 GB SSD | $0.185 | $135 | $0.0431 |
| DS12-1 v2 | 1 | 28 GiB | 56 GB SSD | $0.371 | $271 | $0.0863 |
| DS2 v2 | 2 | 7 GiB | 14 GB SSD | $0.146 | $107 | $0.034 |
| DS11 v2 | 2 | 14 GiB | 28 GB SSD | $0.185 | $135 | $0.0431 |
| DS12-2 v2 | 2 | 28 GiB | 56 GB SSD | $0.371 | $271 | $0.0863 |
| DS13-2 v2 | 2 | 56 GiB | 112 GB SSD | $0.741 | $541 | $0.1724 |
| DS3 v2 | 4 | 14 GiB | 28 GB SSD | $0.293 | $214 | $0.0682 |
| DS12 v2 | 4 | 28 GiB | 56 GB SSD | $0.371 | $271 | $0.0863 |
| DS13-4 v2 | 4 | 56 GiB | 112 GB SSD | $0.741 | $541 | $0.1724 |
| DS14-4 v2 | 4 | 112 GiB | 224 GB SSD | $1.482 | $1,082 | $0.3449 |
| DS4 v2 | 8 | 28 GiB | 56 GB SSD | $0.585 | $427 | $0.1361 |
| DS13 v2 | 8 | 56 GiB | 112 GB SSD | $0.741 | $541 | $0.1724 |
| DS14-8 v2 | 8 | 112 GiB | 224 GB SSD | $1.482 | $1,082 | $0.3449 |
| DS5 v2 | 16 | 56 GiB | 112 GB SSD | $1.17 | $854 | $0.2723 |
| DS14 v2 | 16 | 112 GiB | 224 GB SSD | $1.482 | $1,082 | $0.3449 |
| DS15 v2 | 20 | 140 GiB | 280 GB SSD | $1.853 | $1,353 | $0.4312 |
| DS15i v2 | 20 | 140 GiB | 280 GB SSD | $1.853 | $1,353 | $0.4312 |
Similar VM sizes on Azure
other Azure families with a similar shape, cheapest first
D4as v4$0.192/hr4 vCPU · 16 GiB · AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)34% cheaperD4a v4$0.192/hr4 vCPU · 16 GiB · AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)34% cheaperD4ads v5$0.206/hr4 vCPU · 16 GiB · AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)30% cheaperDC4ads v5$0.206/hr4 vCPU · 16 GiB · AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)30% cheaperD4ds v4$0.226/hr4 vCPU · 16 GiB · Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake)23% cheaperD4ds v5$0.226/hr4 vCPU · 16 GiB · Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake)23% cheaper
DS3 v2 FAQ
How much does DS3 v2 cost?
DS3 v2 costs $0.293 per hour on demand with Linux in East US (eastus), about $214 per month. Across 56 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.229 in East US 2 to $0.456 in France South. Spot capacity costs $0.0682 per hour (77% less), but can be reclaimed. With Windows it costs $0.476 per hour.
How many vCPUs and how much memory does DS3 v2 have?
DS3 v2 has 4 vCPUs and 14 GiB of memory (3.5 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon. It is a general purpose VM size in the Dsv2 family.
What is the cheapest region for DS3 v2?
East US 2 (eastus2) at $0.229 per hour for Linux on demand, 22% less than East US. DS3 v2 is sold in 56 Azure regions.
What are the equivalents of DS3 v2 on other clouds?
The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on AWS, m5ad.xlarge (4 vCPU, 16 GiB, $0.206/hour in US East (N. Virginia)); on Google Cloud, c4-standard-4-lssd (4 vCPU, 15 GiB, $0.2799/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, G8 Dedicated 16x4 (4 vCPU, 16 GiB, $0.21/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vx1-g-4c-16g-240s (4 vCPU, 16 GiB, $0.153/hour in New Jersey).