Instances Azure VM Standard_D16lds_v6 Standard_D16lds_v6
Standard_D16lds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.883 per hour on demand ($644.59 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.5471 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.186 per hour. It is sold in 58 regions; the cheapest is India South Central at $0.88 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 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.88 $0.1626 $0.5455 $0.3432 $0.5896 $0.3872 Central India centralindia $0.883 $0.1632 $0.5471 $0.3442 $0.5916 $0.3885 East US eastus $0.883 $0.186 $0.5471 $0.3442 $0.5916 $0.3885 East US 2 eastus2 $0.883 $0.1632 $0.5471 $0.3442 $0.5916 $0.3885 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.883 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.883 – – – – – North Central US northcentralus $0.883 $0.1632 $0.5471 $0.3442 $0.5916 $0.3885 West US 2 westus2 $0.883 $0.1632 $0.5471 $0.3442 $0.5916 $0.3885 West US 3 westus3 $0.883 $0.1632 $0.5471 $0.3442 $0.5916 $0.3885 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.945 $0.1746 $0.5857 $0.3685 $0.6332 $0.4158 North Europe northeurope $0.947 $0.175 $0.5871 $0.3693 $0.6345 $0.4167 Canada Central canadacentral $0.966 $0.1785 $0.5986 $0.3766 $0.6472 $0.425 Canada East canadaeast $0.966 $0.1785 $0.5986 $0.3766 $0.6472 $0.425 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.971 $0.1794 $0.6019 $0.3787 $0.7768 $0.5341 Central US centralus $0.997 $0.1842 $0.5471 $0.3442 $0.5872 $0.3858 Korea Central koreacentral $0.997 $0.1842 $0.6179 $0.3887 $0.668 $0.4387 Spain Central spaincentral $0.997 $0.1842 $0.6179 $0.3887 $0.668 $0.4387 Taiwan North taiwannorth $1.00 $0.1848 $0.6199 $0.39 $0.67 $0.44 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $1.007 $0.1861 $0.6243 $0.3927 $0.6747 $0.4431 West Europe westeurope $1.007 $0.1861 $0.6243 $0.3927 $0.6747 $0.4431 Poland Central polandcentral $1.008 $0.1863 $0.625 $0.3931 $0.8064 $0.5544 Korea South koreasouth $1.015 $0.1876 $0.6292 $0.3958 $0.812 $0.5583 Southeast Asia southeastasia $1.017 $0.1879 $0.6308 $0.3968 $0.6814 $0.4475 France Central francecentral $1.049 $0.1939 $0.6501 $0.409 $0.7028 $0.4616 Italy North italynorth $1.049 $0.1939 $0.6501 $0.409 $0.7028 $0.4616 UK South uksouth $1.049 $0.1843 $0.6501 $0.409 $0.7028 $0.4616 South Central US southcentralus $1.059 $0.1957 $0.6566 $0.413 $0.8472 $0.5825 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $1.059 $0.1957 $0.6566 $0.413 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $1.059 $0.1957 $0.6566 $0.413 – – West Central US westcentralus $1.059 $0.1957 $0.6566 $0.413 $0.8472 $0.5825 UK West ukwest $1.068 $0.1974 $0.6621 $0.4165 $0.8544 $0.5874 UAE North uaenorth $1.086 $0.2007 $0.6731 $0.4234 $0.8688 $0.5973 Israel Central israelcentral $1.096 $0.2025 $0.6797 $0.4275 $0.7343 $0.4822 Qatar Central qatarcentral $1.096 $0.2025 $0.6797 $0.4275 $0.7343 $0.4822 West US westus $1.10 $0.2033 $0.6823 $0.4292 $0.737 $0.484 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $1.103 $0.2038 $0.6839 $0.4302 – – Japan East japaneast $1.111 $0.2053 $0.6887 $0.4333 $0.7444 $0.4888 Japan West japanwest $1.111 $0.2053 $0.6887 $0.4333 $0.7444 $0.4888 West India westindia $1.13 $0.2088 $0.7003 $0.4405 $0.904 $0.6215 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $1.147 $0.212 $0.7113 $0.4474 $0.9176 $0.6309 Australia Central australiacentral $1.152 $0.2129 $0.7145 $0.4495 $0.7718 $0.5069 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $1.152 $0.1152 $0.7145 $0.4495 $0.7718 $0.5069 Australia East australiaeast $1.152 $0.2129 $0.7145 $0.4495 $0.7718 $0.5069 South Africa North southafricanorth $1.174 $0.217 $0.7279 $0.4578 $0.9392 $0.6457 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $1.174 $0.217 $0.7279 $0.4578 $0.9392 $0.6457 East Asia eastasia $1.214 $0.2243 $0.7524 $0.4733 $0.9712 $0.6677 Sweden South swedensouth $1.228 $0.2269 $0.7614 $0.479 $0.9824 $0.6754 South India southindia $1.244 $0.2299 $0.7715 $0.4853 $0.9952 $0.6842 Norway East norwayeast $1.262 $0.2332 $0.7825 $0.4922 $1.01 $0.6941 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $1.30 $0.2402 $0.8058 $0.5069 $0.871 $0.572 Germany North germanynorth $1.309 $0.2419 $0.8116 $0.5105 $1.047 $0.72 Brazil South brazilsouth $1.36 $0.2513 $0.8432 $0.5304 $0.9112 $0.5984 France South francesouth $1.363 $0.2519 $0.8452 $0.5317 $1.09 $0.7497 UAE Central uaecentral $1.425 $0.2633 $0.8837 $0.5559 $1.14 $0.7837 South Africa West southafricawest $1.539 $0.2844 $0.954 $0.6001 $1.231 $0.8465 Norway West norwaywest $1.64 $0.3031 $1.017 $0.6398 $1.312 $0.902 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $1.64 $0.3031 $1.017 $0.6398 $1.312 $0.902 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $1.768 $0.3267 $1.096 $0.6896 $1.414 $0.9724
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.883 $0.5471 $0.3442 Windows $1.619 $1.283 $1.08
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) 32
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_D16lds_v6 Family Dldsv6 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dldsv6-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 .