The result sees City jump above Liverpool and into second in the Premier League table.
Dzeko put City ahead after just 43 seconds as Manuel Pellegrini's men burst out of the traps. Rafael made a great last-ditch tackle to deny David Silva even earlier, but the ball was worked out to Samir Nasri and, in the United right-back's absence, he had time to pick out a low shot which hit the inside of the post, rebounded across goal and was turned in by Dzeko.
The Bosnian went close to making it 2-0 after 18 minutes but David De Gea kept out his weak strike.
David Moyes' men were on the ropes for the early exchanges and barely got out of their own half for the first 10 minutes, but gradually wrested more possession towards half-time even if they failed to carve out many opportunities.
Juan Mata had the best of those rare first-half chances, skying Rafael's low cross over the bar from just inside the area.
Fernandinho flashed a header over the bar on 51 minutes, but Dzeko made no mistake five minutes later when he side-footed home Nasri's corner.
United barely registered a threat after that but Danny Welbeck did force Joe Hart into a save with a backheel at the near post.
Yaya Toure added the gloss as he stroked home a low shot from the edge of the box in the 90th minute.
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