Instances Azure VM Standard_D16lds_v5 Standard_D16lds_v5
Standard_D16lds_v5 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 $0.768 per hour on demand ($560.64 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.4531 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1647 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 $0.768 $0.1647 $0.4531 $0.2765 $0.5146 $0.3379 East US 2 eastus2 $0.768 $0.2826 $0.4531 $0.2765 $0.5837 $0.4147 North Central US northcentralus $0.768 $0.1419 $0.4531 $0.2765 $0.5146 $0.3379 West US 2 westus2 $0.768 $0.1419 $0.4531 $0.2765 $0.5146 $0.3379 West US 3 westus3 $0.768 $0.1424 $0.4531 $0.2765 $0.5837 $0.4147 Central India centralindia $0.792 $0.1464 $0.4672 $0.2851 $0.6019 $0.4277 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.792 $0.1627 $0.4672 $0.2851 $0.6019 $0.4277 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.792 – – – $0.792 $0.792 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.792 – – – $0.792 $0.792 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.806 $0.1489 $0.4758 $0.2903 $0.6126 $0.4352 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.806 $0.1489 $0.4758 $0.2903 $0.6126 $0.4352 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.832 $0.1538 $0.4909 $0.2995 $0.6323 $0.4493 Canada Central canadacentral $0.848 $0.2915 $0.5003 $0.3053 $0.6445 $0.4579 Canada East canadaeast $0.848 $0.1567 $0.5003 $0.3053 $0.6445 $0.4579 Central US centralus $0.868 $0.1603 $0.4531 $0.2765 $0.5139 $0.3377 North Europe northeurope $0.872 $0.2043 $0.5145 $0.3139 $0.6453 $0.4447 Korea Central koreacentral $0.88 $0.1626 $0.5192 $0.3168 $0.6688 $0.4752 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.88 $0.1732 $0.5195 $0.3346 $0.6688 $0.3168 Korea South koreasouth $0.883 $0.1632 $0.5211 $0.318 $0.6711 $0.4768 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.888 $0.1641 $0.524 $0.3197 $0.6749 $0.4795 Italy North italynorth $0.888 $0.1641 $0.524 $0.3197 $0.6571 $0.4529 Poland Central polandcentral $0.888 $0.1641 $0.524 $0.3197 $0.6571 $0.4618 Spain Central spaincentral $0.888 $0.1641 $0.524 $0.3197 $0.6749 $0.4884 West Europe westeurope $0.888 $0.1641 $0.524 $0.3197 $0.6571 $0.4618 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.896 $0.1661 $0.5287 $0.3226 $0.681 $0.4838 France Central francecentral $0.92 $0.17 $0.5428 $0.3312 $0.6992 $0.4968 UK South uksouth $0.92 $0.17 $0.5428 $0.3312 $0.6992 $0.4968 South Central US southcentralus $0.922 $0.1704 $0.5437 $0.3318 $0.7007 $0.4979 West Central US westcentralus $0.922 $0.1704 $0.5437 $0.3318 $0.7007 $0.4979 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.928 $0.1715 $0.5475 $0.3341 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.928 $0.1715 $0.5475 $0.3341 – – UK West ukwest $0.929 $0.1717 $0.5483 $0.3346 $0.706 $0.5017 Israel Central israelcentral $0.96 $0.1774 $0.5664 $0.3648 $0.7104 $0.4896 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.96 $0.1774 $0.5664 $0.3648 $0.7104 $0.4896 UAE North uaenorth $0.96 $0.178 $0.5664 $0.3456 $0.7296 $0.5184 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.96 $0.178 $0.5664 $0.3456 – – West US westus $0.96 $0.1774 $0.5664 $0.3456 $0.7296 $0.5184 Japan East japaneast $0.976 $0.1804 $0.5758 $0.3514 $0.7418 $0.527 Japan West japanwest $0.976 $0.1804 $0.5758 $0.3514 $0.7418 $0.527 West India westindia $0.983 $0.1817 $0.58 $0.3539 $0.7471 $0.5308 East Asia eastasia $0.984 $0.1818 $0.5806 $0.3542 $0.7478 $0.5314 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.998 $0.1844 $0.589 $0.3594 $0.6886 $0.4691 Australia Central australiacentral $1.008 $0.1863 $0.5947 $0.3629 $0.6955 $0.4738 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $1.008 $0.1008 $0.5947 $0.3629 $0.6955 $0.4738 Australia East australiaeast $1.008 $0.1863 $0.5947 $0.3629 $0.6955 $0.4738 South Africa North southafricanorth $1.04 $0.1922 $0.6136 $0.3744 $0.7904 $0.5616 Sweden South swedensouth $1.082 $0.2 $0.6381 $0.3894 $0.8223 $0.5843 South India southindia $1.083 $0.2001 $0.6389 $0.3898 $0.8231 $0.5848 Norway East norwayeast $1.098 $0.2029 $0.6479 $0.3954 $0.8345 $0.5929 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $1.098 $0.2029 $0.6479 $0.3954 $0.8345 $0.5929 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $1.145 $0.2256 $0.6753 $0.4349 $0.8702 $0.4122 Germany North germanynorth $1.154 $0.2133 $0.6811 $0.4156 $0.877 $0.6232 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $1.169 $0.216 $0.6898 $0.4209 $0.8066 $0.5494 Brazil South brazilsouth $1.192 $0.2203 $0.7033 $0.4291 $0.9059 $0.6437 France South francesouth $1.196 $0.221 $0.7056 $0.4306 $0.909 $0.6458 UAE Central uaecentral $1.248 $0.2306 $0.7363 $0.4493 $0.9485 $0.6739 South Africa West southafricawest $1.352 $0.2499 $0.7977 $0.4867 $1.028 $0.7301 Norway West norwaywest $1.428 $0.2639 $0.8424 $0.514 $1.085 $0.7711 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $1.428 $0.2639 $0.8424 $0.514 $1.085 $0.7711 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $1.55 $0.2864 $0.9143 $0.5578 $1.178 $0.837
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.768 $0.4531 $0.2765 Windows $1.504 $1.189 $1.012
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 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 8
Storage Value Storage 600 GiB temp SSD Temp disk 600 GiB Max data disks 32 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 25,600 Max disk throughput (uncached) 600 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_D16lds_v5 Family Dldsv5 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dldsv5-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 .