Instances Azure VM Standard_B16pls_v2 Standard_B16pls_v2
Standard_B16pls_v2 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Ampere Altra). In East US it costs $0.476 per hour on demand ($347.48 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.2808 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.4284 per hour. It is sold in 24 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.317 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 $0.317 $0.2853 $0.1872 $0.1174 $0.2156 $0.1395 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.317 – – – $0.317 $0.317 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.317 – – – $0.317 $0.317 West US 3 westus3 $0.425 $0.3825 $0.2508 $0.1615 $0.2933 $0.1998 East US eastus $0.476 $0.4284 $0.2808 $0.1809 $0.3189 $0.2142 East US 2 eastus2 $0.476 $0.4284 $0.2808 $0.1809 $0.3284 $0.2237 North Central US northcentralus $0.476 $0.4284 $0.2808 $0.1809 $0.3189 $0.2142 West US 2 westus2 $0.476 $0.4284 $0.2808 $0.1809 $0.3189 $0.2142 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.487 $0.4383 $0.2876 $0.1803 $0.3701 $0.2581 Canada Central canadacentral $0.521 $0.4689 $0.3076 $0.1981 $0.3543 $0.2345 North Europe northeurope $0.521 $0.4689 $0.3076 $0.1981 $0.396 $0.2761 France Central francecentral $0.533 $0.4797 $0.3143 $0.2024 $0.4051 $0.2825 UK South uksouth $0.533 $0.4797 $0.3143 $0.2024 $0.4051 $0.2825 Central US centralus $0.538 $0.4268 $0.2808 $0.1809 $0.3174 $0.213 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.544 $0.4896 $0.321 $0.2067 $0.4134 $0.2992 West Europe westeurope $0.544 $0.4896 $0.321 $0.2067 $0.4134 $0.2992 West US westus $0.567 $0.5103 $0.3344 $0.2153 $0.3912 $0.2665 South Central US southcentralus $0.571 $0.5139 $0.337 $0.2171 $0.394 $0.2684 West Central US westcentralus $0.571 $0.5139 $0.337 $0.2171 $0.394 $0.2684 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.598 $0.5382 – – $0.5179 $0.4087 Australia East australiaeast $0.601 $0.5409 $0.3545 $0.2283 $0.4387 $0.3065 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.601 $0.5409 $0.3545 $0.2223 $0.4027 $0.2644 Japan East japaneast $0.612 $0.5508 $0.3611 $0.2326 $0.4468 $0.3121 East Asia eastasia $0.657 $0.5913 $0.3879 $0.2432 $0.4402 $0.2891
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.476 $0.2808 $0.1809 Windows $0.55 $0.3548 $0.2549
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 16 Threads per core 1 Architecture arm64 Processor Ampere Altra
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_B16pls_v2 Family Bplsv2 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series bpsv2-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 .