Instances Azure VM Standard_B16as_v2 Standard_B16as_v2
Standard_B16as_v2 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)). In East US it costs $0.602 per hour on demand ($439.46 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.3549 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.5418 per hour. It is sold in 60 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.394 per hour.
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
Region On-demand Spot 1-yr reserved 3-yr reserved 1-yr savings plan 3-yr savings plan Central India centralindia $0.394 $0.3546 $0.2322 $0.1456 $0.2679 $0.1734 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.394 – – – $0.394 $0.394 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.394 – – – $0.394 $0.394 East US eastus $0.602 $0.5418 $0.3549 $0.2286 $0.4033 $0.2709 East US 2 eastus2 $0.602 $0.5418 $0.3549 $0.2286 $0.4033 $0.2709 North Central US northcentralus $0.602 $0.5418 $0.3549 $0.2286 $0.4033 $0.2709 West US 2 westus2 $0.602 $0.5418 $0.3549 $0.2286 $0.4033 $0.2709 West US 3 westus3 $0.602 $0.5418 $0.3549 $0.2286 $0.4154 $0.2829 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.622 $0.5598 $0.367 $0.2364 $0.4727 $0.3421 North Europe northeurope $0.653 $0.5877 $0.3852 $0.2481 $0.4963 $0.3461 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.662 $0.1938 $0.3904 $0.2515 $0.5734 $0.4525 Canada Central canadacentral $0.669 $0.6021 $0.3946 $0.2541 $0.4482 $0.3011 Canada East canadaeast $0.669 $0.6021 $0.3946 $0.2541 $0.4482 $0.3011 Central US centralus $0.68 $0.539 $0.3549 $0.2286 $0.4012 $0.2693 France Central francecentral $0.68 $0.612 $0.4013 $0.2584 $0.5168 $0.3604 UK South uksouth $0.68 $0.612 $0.4013 $0.2584 $0.5168 $0.3604 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.684 $0.5196 $0.4035 $0.2599 $0.4583 $0.3078 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.684 $0.5196 $0.4035 $0.2599 $0.4583 $0.3078 Israel Central israelcentral $0.686 $0.6174 $0.405 $0.2608 $0.5214 $0.3636 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.686 $0.6174 $0.405 $0.2608 $0.5214 $0.3636 Italy North italynorth $0.69 $0.621 $0.4068 $0.2621 $0.5244 $0.3657 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.691 $0.6219 $0.4078 $0.2627 $0.5252 $0.3801 Poland Central polandcentral $0.691 $0.6219 $0.4078 $0.2627 $0.5252 $0.3662 West Europe westeurope $0.691 $0.6219 $0.4078 $0.2627 $0.5252 $0.3801 Korea South koreasouth $0.692 $0.6228 $0.4082 $0.2629 $0.5259 $0.3806 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.702 $0.6318 $0.4144 $0.2669 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.702 $0.6318 $0.4144 $0.2669 – – Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.706 $0.1553 $0.4163 $0.2681 $0.4801 $0.3106 West US westus $0.714 $0.6426 $0.421 $0.2712 $0.4927 $0.3356 South Central US southcentralus $0.722 $0.6498 $0.4259 $0.2743 $0.4982 $0.3393 UAE North uaenorth $0.722 $0.6498 $0.426 $0.2744 $0.5487 $0.3971 West Central US westcentralus $0.722 $0.6498 $0.4259 $0.2743 $0.4982 $0.3393 UK West ukwest $0.728 $0.6552 $0.4295 $0.2766 $0.5533 $0.4004 Korea Central koreacentral $0.749 $0.6741 $0.4193 $0.2846 $0.4869 $0.3445 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.752 $0.6768 $0.4437 $0.2858 – – Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.755 $0.6795 $0.4455 $0.2794 $0.5134 $0.3322 Australia Central australiacentral $0.76 $0.684 $0.4484 $0.2888 $0.5548 $0.3876 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.76 $0.684 $0.4484 $0.2888 $0.5548 $0.3876 Australia East australiaeast $0.76 $0.684 $0.4484 $0.2888 $0.5548 $0.3876 Norway East norwayeast $0.76 $0.684 $0.4486 $0.2889 $0.5776 $0.418 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.76 $0.684 $0.4486 $0.2889 $0.5776 $0.418 West India westindia $0.77 $0.693 $0.4543 $0.2926 $0.5852 $0.4235 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.781 $0.7029 $0.461 $0.2968 $0.5936 $0.4296 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.782 $0.7038 $0.4614 $0.2972 $0.5943 $0.4301 Spain Central spaincentral $0.782 $0.7038 $0.4614 $0.2972 $0.6773 $0.5345 Japan East japaneast $0.784 $0.7056 $0.4626 $0.2979 $0.5723 $0.4077 Japan West japanwest $0.784 $0.7056 $0.4626 $0.2979 $0.5958 $0.4312 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.798 $0.7182 $0.4709 $0.3033 $0.5825 $0.407 Sweden South swedensouth $0.809 $0.7281 $0.4772 $0.3073 $0.6148 $0.445 East Asia eastasia $0.841 $0.7569 $0.4961 $0.3196 $0.6392 $0.4626 South India southindia $0.848 $0.7632 $0.5005 $0.3223 $0.6445 $0.4664 France South francesouth $0.884 $0.7956 $0.5216 $0.3359 $0.6718 $0.4862 Germany North germanynorth $0.899 $0.8091 $0.5301 $0.3414 $0.6832 $0.4945 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.917 $0.2017 $0.5412 $0.3486 $0.6236 $0.4035 UAE Central uaecentral $0.939 $0.8451 $0.5539 $0.3567 $0.7136 $0.5165 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.968 $0.8712 $0.5227 $0.3678 $0.6002 $0.4356 Norway West norwaywest $0.988 $0.8892 $0.5832 $0.3756 $0.7509 $0.5434 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.988 $0.8892 $0.5832 $0.3756 $0.7509 $0.5434 South Africa West southafricawest $1.016 $0.9144 $0.5992 $0.3859 $0.7722 $0.5588 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $1.258 $1.132 $0.7425 $0.4782 $0.9561 $0.6919
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.602 $0.3549 $0.2286 Windows $0.675 $0.4279 $0.3016
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 8 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 64
Networking Value Network 6.25 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 4
Storage Value Max data disks 32 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 25,600 Max disk throughput (uncached) 600 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_B16as_v2 Family Basv2 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series basv2-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .