Instances Azure VM Standard_B16ps_v2 Standard_B16ps_v2
Standard_B16ps_v2 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (Ampere Altra). In East US it costs $0.538 per hour on demand ($392.74 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.3172 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.4842 per hour. It is sold in 24 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.358 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 $0.358 $0.3222 $0.2114 $0.1326 $0.2434 $0.1575 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.358 – – – $0.358 $0.358 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.358 – – – $0.358 $0.358 West US 3 westus3 $0.48 $0.432 $0.2832 $0.1824 $0.3312 $0.2256 East US eastus $0.538 $0.4842 $0.3172 $0.2043 $0.3605 $0.2421 East US 2 eastus2 $0.538 $0.4842 $0.3172 $0.2043 $0.3712 $0.2529 North Central US northcentralus $0.538 $0.4842 $0.3172 $0.2043 $0.3605 $0.2421 West US 2 westus2 $0.538 $0.4842 $0.3172 $0.2043 $0.3605 $0.2421 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.55 $0.495 $0.3248 $0.2037 $0.418 $0.2915 Canada Central canadacentral $0.589 $0.5301 $0.3474 $0.2237 $0.4005 $0.2651 North Europe northeurope $0.589 $0.5301 $0.3474 $0.2237 $0.4476 $0.3122 France Central francecentral $0.602 $0.5418 $0.3549 $0.2286 $0.4575 $0.3191 UK South uksouth $0.602 $0.5418 $0.3549 $0.2286 $0.4575 $0.3191 Central US centralus $0.607 $0.4815 $0.3172 $0.2043 $0.3581 $0.2404 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.614 $0.5526 $0.3624 $0.2335 $0.4666 $0.3377 West Europe westeurope $0.614 $0.5526 $0.3624 $0.2335 $0.4666 $0.3377 West US westus $0.64 $0.576 $0.3776 $0.2432 $0.4416 $0.3008 South Central US southcentralus $0.645 $0.5805 $0.3806 $0.2451 $0.4451 $0.3031 West Central US westcentralus $0.645 $0.5805 $0.3806 $0.2451 $0.4451 $0.3031 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.676 $0.6084 – – $0.5855 $0.462 Australia East australiaeast $0.678 $0.6102 $0.4002 $0.2578 $0.4949 $0.3458 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.678 $0.6102 $0.4002 $0.251 $0.4543 $0.2983 Japan East japaneast $0.691 $0.6219 $0.4078 $0.2627 $0.5044 $0.3524 East Asia eastasia $0.742 $0.6678 $0.438 $0.2747 $0.4971 $0.3265
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.538 $0.3172 $0.2043 Windows $0.611 $0.3902 $0.2773
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 16 Threads per core 1 Architecture arm64 Processor Ampere Altra
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_B16ps_v2 Family Bpsv2 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 .