Instances Azure VM Standard_D16ls_v5 Standard_D16ls_v5
Standard_D16ls_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 $0.68 per hour on demand ($496.40 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.4195 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1435 per hour. It is sold in 61 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.68 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 $0.68 $0.1257 $0.4013 $0.2584 $0.5168 $0.374 East US eastus $0.68 $0.1435 $0.4195 $0.2686 $0.4556 $0.2992 East US 2 eastus2 $0.68 $0.195 $0.4195 $0.2686 $0.4692 $0.3196 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.68 $0.1257 $0.4013 $0.2584 $0.5168 $0.374 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.68 – – – $0.68 $0.68 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.68 – – – $0.68 $0.68 North Central US northcentralus $0.68 $0.1257 $0.4195 $0.2686 $0.4556 $0.2992 West US 2 westus2 $0.68 $0.1257 $0.4195 $0.2686 $0.4556 $0.2992 West US 3 westus3 $0.68 $0.1261 $0.4195 $0.2686 $0.4692 $0.3196 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.706 $0.1305 $0.4354 $0.2787 $0.473 $0.3106 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.706 $0.1305 $0.4354 $0.2787 $0.473 $0.3106 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.728 $0.1345 $0.4296 $0.2766 $0.495 $0.3276 North Europe northeurope $0.73 $0.168 $0.4305 $0.2772 $0.5183 $0.3431 Canada Central canadacentral $0.744 $0.2684 $0.459 $0.2939 $0.5282 $0.3274 Canada East canadaeast $0.744 $0.1375 $0.459 $0.2939 $0.5282 $0.3274 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.748 $0.1382 $0.4615 $0.2955 $0.5012 $0.3291 Central US centralus $0.768 $0.1418 $0.4013 $0.2584 $0.4547 $0.2988 Korea Central koreacentral $0.768 $0.1419 $0.4739 $0.3033 $0.5453 $0.361 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.77 $0.1423 $0.4546 $0.2928 $0.5467 $0.3619 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.776 $0.1434 $0.4579 $0.2949 $0.5898 $0.4268 Italy North italynorth $0.776 $0.1439 $0.4579 $0.2949 $0.551 $0.3647 Poland Central polandcentral $0.776 $0.1434 $0.4579 $0.2949 $0.551 $0.3647 Spain Central spaincentral $0.776 $0.1434 $0.4579 $0.2949 $0.551 $0.3647 West Europe westeurope $0.776 $0.1434 $0.4579 $0.2949 $0.551 $0.3647 Korea South koreasouth $0.782 $0.1445 $0.4825 $0.3089 $0.5943 $0.4301 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.784 $0.1454 $0.4837 $0.3097 $0.5566 $0.3685 France Central francecentral $0.808 $0.1493 $0.4767 $0.307 $0.5737 $0.3798 UK South uksouth $0.808 $0.1493 $0.4767 $0.307 $0.5737 $0.3798 South Central US southcentralus $0.816 $0.1508 $0.5034 $0.3223 $0.563 $0.3835 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.816 $0.1508 $0.5034 $0.3223 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.816 $0.1508 $0.4814 $0.3101 – – West Central US westcentralus $0.816 $0.1508 $0.5034 $0.3223 $0.563 $0.3835 UK West ukwest $0.823 $0.1521 $0.4855 $0.3127 $0.6255 $0.4527 Israel Central israelcentral $0.845 $0.1562 $0.5212 $0.3337 $0.6 $0.3972 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.845 $0.1562 $0.5212 $0.3337 $0.6 $0.3972 UAE North uaenorth $0.845 $0.1562 $0.4984 $0.321 $0.6 $0.3972 West US westus $0.848 $0.1567 $0.5232 $0.335 $0.6021 $0.407 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.85 $0.1576 $0.5244 $0.3358 – – Japan East japaneast $0.856 $0.1582 $0.5282 $0.3381 $0.6506 $0.4708 Japan West japanwest $0.856 $0.1582 $0.5282 $0.3381 $0.6078 $0.4023 East Asia eastasia $0.864 $0.1597 $0.5331 $0.3413 $0.6566 $0.4752 West India westindia $0.87 $0.1608 $0.5136 $0.3307 $0.6612 $0.4785 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.884 $0.1634 $0.5216 $0.3359 $0.6718 $0.4862 Australia Central australiacentral $0.888 $0.1641 $0.5479 $0.3508 $0.6038 $0.4174 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.888 $0.0888 $0.524 $0.3374 $0.6038 $0.4174 Australia East australiaeast $0.888 $0.1641 $0.5479 $0.3508 $0.6038 $0.4174 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.912 $0.1685 $0.5381 $0.3466 $0.6931 $0.5016 Sweden South swedensouth $0.946 $0.1748 $0.5583 $0.3596 $0.719 $0.5203 South India southindia $0.959 $0.1772 $0.5916 $0.3787 $0.7288 $0.5275 Norway East norwayeast $0.972 $0.1796 $0.5737 $0.3695 $0.7387 $0.5346 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.972 $0.1801 $0.5737 $0.3695 $0.7387 $0.5346 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $1.002 $0.1852 $0.5909 $0.3806 $0.7114 $0.4709 Germany North germanynorth $1.009 $0.1865 $0.5952 $0.3833 $0.7668 $0.555 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $1.035 $0.1913 $0.6108 $0.3934 $0.7038 $0.4865 Brazil South brazilsouth $1.048 $0.1937 $0.6466 $0.414 $0.7441 $0.4926 France South francesouth $1.05 $0.194 $0.6197 $0.3992 $0.798 $0.5775 UAE Central uaecentral $1.098 $0.2029 $0.6479 $0.4173 $0.8345 $0.6039 South Africa West southafricawest $1.186 $0.2192 $0.6995 $0.4505 $0.8776 $0.593 Norway West norwaywest $1.264 $0.2336 $0.7459 $0.4804 $0.9606 $0.6952 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $1.264 $0.2336 $0.7459 $0.4804 $0.9606 $0.6952 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $1.362 $0.2517 $0.8406 $0.5382 $1.035 $0.7491
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.68 $0.4195 $0.2686 Windows $1.416 $1.155 $1.005
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 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_D16ls_v5 Family Dlsv5 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dlsv5-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 .