Instances Azure VM Standard_D16ds_v6 Standard_D16ds_v6
Standard_D16ds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.997 per hour on demand ($727.81 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.6179 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.21 per hour. It is sold in 60 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 $0.997 $0.21 $0.6179 $0.3887 $0.6879 $0.4586 East US 2 eastus2 $0.997 $0.1842 $0.6179 $0.3887 $0.6879 $0.4586 North Central US northcentralus $0.997 $0.1842 $0.6179 $0.3887 $0.6879 $0.4586 West US 2 westus2 $0.997 $0.1842 $0.6179 $0.3887 $0.6879 $0.4586 West US 3 westus3 $0.997 $0.1842 $0.6179 $0.3887 $0.6879 $0.4586 India South Central indiasouthcentral $1.048 $0.1937 $0.6498 $0.4087 $0.7231 $0.4821 Central India centralindia $1.049 $0.1939 $0.6501 $0.409 $0.7238 $0.4825 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $1.049 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $1.049 – – – – – Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $1.059 $0.1957 $0.6248 $0.4024 $0.7307 $0.4871 Malaysia West malaysiawest $1.059 $0.1957 $0.6248 $0.4024 $0.7307 $0.4871 Sweden Central swedencentral $1.059 $0.1957 $0.6566 $0.413 $0.7307 $0.4871 Mexico Central mexicocentral $1.096 $0.2025 $0.6797 $0.4275 $0.8768 $0.6028 Canada Central canadacentral $1.111 $0.2053 $0.6887 $0.4333 $0.7666 $0.5111 Canada East canadaeast $1.111 $0.2053 $0.6887 $0.4333 $0.7666 $0.5111 North Europe northeurope $1.111 $0.2053 $0.6887 $0.4333 $0.7666 $0.5111 Spain Central spaincentral $1.111 $0.2053 $0.6887 $0.4333 $0.7666 $0.5111 Central US centralus $1.126 $0.2081 $0.6179 $0.3887 $0.6857 $0.4572 Korea South koreasouth $1.146 $0.2118 $0.7106 $0.447 $0.9168 $0.6303 UK South uksouth $1.152 $0.2024 $0.7145 $0.4495 $0.7949 $0.5299 France Central francecentral $1.163 $0.2149 $0.721 $0.4535 $0.8025 $0.535 Israel Central israelcentral $1.163 $0.2149 $0.721 $0.4535 $0.8025 $0.535 Italy North italynorth $1.163 $0.2149 $0.721 $0.4535 $0.8025 $0.535 West US westus $1.163 $0.2149 $0.721 $0.4535 $0.8025 $0.535 Poland Central polandcentral $1.192 $0.2203 $0.739 $0.4649 $0.9536 $0.6556 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $1.194 $0.2207 $0.7402 $0.4656 $0.8239 $0.5492 West Europe westeurope $1.194 $0.2207 $0.7402 $0.4656 $0.8239 $0.5492 South Central US southcentralus $1.196 $0.221 $0.7416 $0.4664 $0.9568 $0.6578 West Central US westcentralus $1.196 $0.221 $0.7416 $0.4664 $0.9568 $0.6578 UK West ukwest $1.206 $0.2229 $0.7477 $0.4704 $0.9648 $0.6633 Qatar Central qatarcentral $1.222 $0.2258 $0.7575 $0.4766 $0.8432 $0.5621 Taiwan North taiwannorth $1.222 $0.2258 $0.7578 $0.4767 $0.8432 $0.5621 Korea Central koreacentral $1.225 $0.2264 $0.7596 $0.4778 $0.8453 $0.5635 UAE North uaenorth $1.226 $0.2266 $0.76 $0.4781 $0.9808 $0.6743 Australia Central australiacentral $1.246 $0.2303 $0.7725 $0.4859 $0.8597 $0.5732 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $1.246 $0.1246 $0.7725 $0.4859 $0.8597 $0.5732 Australia East australiaeast $1.246 $0.2303 $0.7725 $0.4859 $0.8597 $0.5732 Southeast Asia southeastasia $1.246 $0.2303 $0.7725 $0.4859 $0.8597 $0.5732 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $1.246 $0.2303 $0.7724 $0.4858 – – US Gov Texas usgovtexas $1.246 $0.2303 $0.7724 $0.4858 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $1.246 $0.2303 $0.7724 $0.4858 – – West India westindia $1.276 $0.2358 $0.791 $0.4976 $1.021 $0.7018 Japan East japaneast $1.287 $0.2378 $0.7982 $0.5021 $0.888 $0.592 Japan West japanwest $1.287 $0.2378 $0.7982 $0.5021 $0.888 $0.592 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $1.296 $0.2395 $0.8033 $0.5053 $1.037 $0.7128 South Africa North southafricanorth $1.326 $0.245 $0.8219 $0.517 $1.061 $0.7293 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $1.326 $0.245 $0.8219 $0.517 $1.061 $0.7293 East Asia eastasia $1.37 $0.2532 $0.8497 $0.5345 $1.096 $0.7535 Sweden South swedensouth $1.377 $0.2545 $0.8535 $0.5369 $1.102 $0.7574 South India southindia $1.405 $0.2596 $0.8712 $0.5481 $1.124 $0.7728 Norway East norwayeast $1.425 $0.2633 $0.8837 $0.5559 $1.14 $0.7837 France South francesouth $1.512 $0.2794 $0.9372 $0.5896 $1.21 $0.8316 Germany North germanynorth $1.552 $0.2868 $0.9623 $0.6053 $1.242 $0.8536 Brazil South brazilsouth $1.588 $0.2935 $0.9848 $0.6195 $1.096 $0.7305 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $1.589 $0.2936 $0.985 $0.6197 $1.096 $0.7309 UAE Central uaecentral $1.589 $0.2936 $0.9849 $0.6196 $1.271 $0.874 Norway West norwaywest $1.707 $0.3155 $1.059 $0.6659 $1.366 $0.9389 South Africa West southafricawest $1.714 $0.3167 $1.063 $0.6685 $1.371 $0.9427 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $2.021 $0.3735 $1.253 $0.7883 $1.617 $1.112 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $2.065 $0.3816 $1.28 $0.8053 $1.652 $1.136
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.997 $0.6179 $0.3887 Windows $1.733 $1.354 $1.125
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 8 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 64
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 8
Storage Value Storage 2 x 440 GiB temp NVMe SSD Local NVMe 880 GiB Max data disks 48 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 25,600 Max disk throughput (uncached) 848 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_D16ds_v6 Family Ddsv6 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series ddsv6-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 .