Instances Azure VM Standard_B16ls_v2 Standard_B16ls_v2
Standard_B16ls_v2 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.589 per hour on demand ($429.97 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.3478 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.5301 per hour. It is sold in 58 regions.
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 East US eastus $0.589 $0.5301 $0.3478 $0.224 $0.3946 $0.2651 East US 2 eastus2 $0.589 $0.5301 $0.3478 $0.224 $0.3946 $0.2651 North Central US northcentralus $0.589 $0.5301 $0.3478 $0.224 $0.3946 $0.2651 West US 2 westus2 $0.589 $0.5301 $0.3478 $0.224 $0.3946 $0.2651 West US 3 westus3 $0.589 $0.5301 $0.3478 $0.224 $0.4064 $0.2768 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.612 $0.5508 $0.3612 $0.2326 $0.4651 $0.3244 Central India centralindia $0.635 $0.5715 $0.3745 $0.2349 $0.4318 $0.2794 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.635 – – – $0.635 $0.635 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.635 – – – $0.635 $0.635 North Europe northeurope $0.646 $0.5814 $0.3812 $0.2455 $0.491 $0.3424 Spain Central spaincentral $0.646 $0.5814 $0.3812 $0.2455 $0.491 $0.3424 Canada Central canadacentral $0.657 $0.5913 $0.3879 $0.2498 $0.4402 $0.2957 Canada East canadaeast $0.657 $0.5913 $0.3879 $0.2498 $0.4402 $0.2957 Central US centralus $0.666 $0.5275 $0.3478 $0.224 $0.3923 $0.2637 France Central francecentral $0.669 $0.6021 $0.3946 $0.2541 $0.5084 $0.3546 UK South uksouth $0.669 $0.6021 $0.3946 $0.2541 $0.5084 $0.3546 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.673 $0.6057 $0.3973 $0.2491 $0.4509 $0.2961 Korea South koreasouth $0.678 $0.6102 $0.4 $0.2576 $0.5153 $0.3729 Israel Central israelcentral $0.679 $0.6111 $0.4005 $0.2579 $0.516 $0.3599 Italy North italynorth $0.679 $0.6111 $0.4005 $0.2579 $0.516 $0.3599 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.679 $0.6111 $0.4005 $0.2579 $0.516 $0.3599 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.68 $0.612 $0.4013 $0.2584 $0.5168 $0.374 Poland Central polandcentral $0.68 $0.612 $0.4013 $0.2584 $0.5168 $0.3604 West Europe westeurope $0.68 $0.612 $0.4013 $0.2584 $0.5168 $0.374 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.691 $0.6219 $0.408 $0.2627 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.691 $0.6219 $0.408 $0.2627 – – Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.694 $0.1527 $0.4096 $0.2639 $0.465 $0.3054 West US westus $0.703 $0.6327 $0.4146 $0.2671 $0.4851 $0.3304 South Central US southcentralus $0.707 $0.6363 $0.4174 $0.2688 $0.4878 $0.3323 West Central US westcentralus $0.707 $0.6363 $0.4174 $0.2688 $0.4878 $0.3323 UAE North uaenorth $0.711 $0.6399 $0.4193 $0.27 $0.5404 $0.3768 UK West ukwest $0.713 $0.6417 $0.4208 $0.271 $0.5419 $0.3922 Korea Central koreacentral $0.737 $0.6633 $0.4127 $0.28 $0.4791 $0.339 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.737 $0.6633 $0.4347 $0.28 – – Australia Central australiacentral $0.748 $0.6732 $0.4414 $0.2843 $0.546 $0.3815 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.748 $0.6732 $0.4414 $0.2843 $0.546 $0.3815 Australia East australiaeast $0.748 $0.6732 $0.4414 $0.2843 $0.546 $0.3815 Norway East norwayeast $0.748 $0.6732 $0.4414 $0.2843 $0.5685 $0.4114 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.748 $0.6732 $0.4414 $0.2768 $0.5012 $0.3291 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.748 $0.6732 $0.4414 $0.2843 $0.5685 $0.4114 West India westindia $0.755 $0.6795 $0.4452 $0.2867 $0.5738 $0.4153 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.766 $0.6894 $0.4522 $0.2912 $0.5822 $0.4213 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.769 $0.6921 $0.4535 $0.2921 $0.5844 $0.3999 Japan East japaneast $0.771 $0.6939 $0.4548 $0.2929 $0.5628 $0.3932 Japan West japanwest $0.771 $0.6939 $0.4548 $0.2929 $0.5628 $0.3932 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.786 $0.7074 $0.4635 $0.2985 $0.5738 $0.4009 Sweden South swedensouth $0.796 $0.7164 $0.4695 $0.3024 $0.605 $0.4378 East Asia eastasia $0.828 $0.7452 $0.4882 $0.3062 $0.5548 $0.3643 South India southindia $0.831 $0.7479 $0.4904 $0.3158 $0.6316 $0.4571 France South francesouth $0.869 $0.7821 $0.513 $0.3304 $0.6604 $0.478 Germany North germanynorth $0.884 $0.7956 $0.5217 $0.336 $0.6718 $0.4862 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.903 $0.1987 $0.5325 $0.343 $0.605 $0.3973 UAE Central uaecentral $0.924 $0.8316 $0.5451 $0.351 $0.7022 $0.5082 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.952 $0.8568 $0.5142 $0.3618 $0.5902 $0.4284 Norway West norwaywest $0.973 $0.8757 $0.5739 $0.3696 $0.7395 $0.5352 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.973 $0.8757 $0.5739 $0.3696 $0.7395 $0.5352 South Africa West southafricawest $0.999 $0.8991 $0.5896 $0.3798 $0.7592 $0.5495 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $1.238 $1.114 $0.7304 $0.4704 $0.9409 $0.6809
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.589 $0.3478 $0.224 Windows $0.663 $0.4218 $0.298
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 8 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 32
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_B16ls_v2 Family Blsv2 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series bsv2-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 .