G2
The G2 is a azure vm instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for vm workloads.
Last updated at Thu Apr 30 2026
Instance Info
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 4 |
| Memory (GB) | 56 |
| CPU Architecture | x64 |
| Capacity Support | False |
| VM Generations | V1 |
| VM Deployment Types | PaaS,IaaS |
| Network | Value |
| Accelerated Networking | False |
| Storage | Value |
| Local Temp Storage (MB) | 786432 |
| Cache/Temp Storage Throughput (IOPS) | 12000 |
| Cache/Temp Storage Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) | 196608000 |
| Uncached Disk Throughput (IOPS) | 10000 |
| Uncached Disk Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) | 250000000 |
| Premium I/O | False |
| Encryption | False |
| Memory Maintenance | False |
Related Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| FX2ms_v2 | 2 | 42 |
| NV6ads_A10_v5 | 6 | 55 |
| GS2 | 4 | 56 |
| FX2mds_v2 | 2 | 42 |
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