Instances Azure VM Standard_B16s_v2 Standard_B16s_v2
Standard_B16s_v2 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 64 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 $0.666 per hour on demand ($486.18 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.3927 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.5994 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 $0.666 $0.5994 $0.3927 $0.2529 $0.4462 $0.2997 East US 2 eastus2 $0.666 $0.5994 $0.3927 $0.2529 $0.4462 $0.2997 North Central US northcentralus $0.666 $0.5994 $0.3927 $0.2529 $0.4462 $0.2997 West US 2 westus2 $0.666 $0.5994 $0.3927 $0.2529 $0.4462 $0.2997 West US 3 westus3 $0.666 $0.5994 $0.3927 $0.2529 $0.4595 $0.313 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.691 $0.6219 $0.4078 $0.2627 $0.5252 $0.3662 Central India centralindia $0.717 $0.6453 $0.4229 $0.2652 $0.4876 $0.3155 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.717 – – – $0.717 $0.717 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.717 – – – $0.717 $0.717 North Europe northeurope $0.73 $0.657 $0.4305 $0.2772 $0.5548 $0.3869 Spain Central spaincentral $0.73 $0.657 $0.4305 $0.2772 $0.5548 $0.3869 Canada Central canadacentral $0.742 $0.6678 $0.438 $0.2821 $0.4971 $0.3339 Canada East canadaeast $0.742 $0.6678 $0.438 $0.2821 $0.4971 $0.3339 Central US centralus $0.752 $0.5957 $0.3927 $0.2529 $0.4429 $0.2978 France Central francecentral $0.755 $0.6795 $0.4455 $0.287 $0.5738 $0.4002 UK South uksouth $0.755 $0.6795 $0.4455 $0.287 $0.5738 $0.4002 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.76 $0.684 $0.4486 $0.2813 $0.5092 $0.3344 Korea South koreasouth $0.765 $0.6885 $0.4516 $0.2909 $0.5814 $0.4208 Israel Central israelcentral $0.766 $0.6894 $0.4522 $0.2912 $0.5822 $0.406 Italy North italynorth $0.766 $0.6894 $0.4522 $0.2912 $0.5822 $0.406 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.766 $0.6894 $0.4522 $0.2912 $0.5822 $0.406 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.768 $0.6912 $0.4531 $0.2919 $0.5837 $0.4224 Poland Central polandcentral $0.768 $0.6912 $0.4531 $0.2919 $0.5837 $0.407 West Europe westeurope $0.768 $0.6912 $0.4531 $0.2919 $0.5837 $0.4224 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.781 $0.7029 $0.4606 $0.2967 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.781 $0.7029 $0.4606 $0.2967 – – Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.784 $0.1725 $0.4626 $0.2979 $0.5253 $0.345 West US westus $0.794 $0.7146 $0.4683 $0.3016 $0.5479 $0.3732 South Central US southcentralus $0.799 $0.7191 $0.4712 $0.3035 $0.5513 $0.3755 West Central US westcentralus $0.799 $0.7191 $0.4712 $0.3035 $0.5513 $0.3755 UAE North uaenorth $0.802 $0.7218 $0.4734 $0.3049 $0.6095 $0.4251 UK West ukwest $0.805 $0.7245 $0.4752 $0.3061 $0.6118 $0.4428 Korea Central koreacentral $0.832 $0.7488 $0.4659 $0.3162 $0.5408 $0.3827 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.832 $0.7488 $0.4909 $0.3162 – – Australia Central australiacentral $0.845 $0.7605 $0.4984 $0.321 $0.6169 $0.431 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.845 $0.7605 $0.4984 $0.321 $0.6169 $0.431 Australia East australiaeast $0.845 $0.7605 $0.4984 $0.321 $0.6169 $0.431 Norway East norwayeast $0.845 $0.7605 $0.4984 $0.321 $0.6422 $0.4648 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.845 $0.7605 $0.4984 $0.3126 $0.5662 $0.3718 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.845 $0.7605 $0.4984 $0.321 $0.6422 $0.4648 West India westindia $0.852 $0.7668 $0.5026 $0.3237 $0.6475 $0.4686 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.865 $0.7785 $0.5105 $0.3288 $0.6574 $0.4758 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.868 $0.7812 $0.5121 $0.3298 $0.6597 $0.4514 Japan East japaneast $0.87 $0.783 $0.5136 $0.3307 $0.6351 $0.4437 Japan West japanwest $0.87 $0.783 $0.5136 $0.3307 $0.6351 $0.4437 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.887 $0.7983 $0.5234 $0.3371 $0.6475 $0.4524 Sweden South swedensouth $0.899 $0.8091 $0.5301 $0.3414 $0.6832 $0.4945 East Asia eastasia $0.934 $0.8406 $0.5513 $0.3457 $0.6258 $0.411 South India southindia $0.938 $0.8442 $0.5538 $0.3566 $0.7129 $0.5159 France South francesouth $0.982 $0.8838 $0.5792 $0.3731 $0.7463 $0.5401 Germany North germanynorth $0.998 $0.8982 $0.589 $0.3794 $0.7585 $0.5489 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $1.019 $0.2242 $0.6014 $0.3873 $0.6827 $0.4484 UAE Central uaecentral $1.043 $0.9387 $0.6154 $0.3964 $0.7927 $0.5737 Brazil South brazilsouth $1.075 $0.9675 $0.5806 $0.4086 $0.6665 $0.4838 Norway West norwaywest $1.098 $0.9882 $0.6479 $0.4173 $0.8345 $0.6039 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $1.098 $0.9882 $0.6479 $0.4173 $0.8345 $0.6039 South Africa West southafricawest $1.128 $1.015 $0.6658 $0.4288 $0.8573 $0.6204 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $1.398 $1.258 $0.8247 $0.5312 $1.063 $0.7689
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.666 $0.3927 $0.2529 Windows $0.739 $0.4657 $0.3259
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) 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_B16s_v2 Family Bsv2 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series bsv2-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .