Instances Azure VM Standard_D16nlds_v6 Standard_D16nlds_v6
Standard_D16nlds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $1.12 per hour on demand ($817.60 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.6611 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2359 per hour. It is sold in 57 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $1.12 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 $1.12 $0.207 $0.6611 $0.3809 $0.8176 $0.4592 Central US centralus $1.12 $0.2068 $0.6611 $0.3585 $0.7616 $0.4256 East US eastus $1.12 $0.2359 $0.6611 $0.3585 $0.7616 $0.4256 East US 2 eastus2 $1.12 $0.207 $0.6611 $0.3585 $0.7616 $0.4256 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $1.12 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $1.12 – – – – – North Central US northcentralus $1.12 $0.207 $0.6611 $0.3585 $0.7616 $0.4256 West US 2 westus2 $1.12 $0.207 $0.6611 $0.3585 $0.7616 $0.4256 West US 3 westus3 $1.12 $0.207 $0.6611 $0.3585 $0.7616 $0.4256 Sweden Central swedencentral $1.203 $0.2223 $0.71 $0.4332 $0.8902 $0.5173 Canada Central canadacentral $1.224 $0.2262 $0.7223 $0.3795 $0.8813 $0.4651 Canada East canadaeast $1.224 $0.2262 $0.7223 $0.3795 $0.8813 $0.4651 Mexico Central mexicocentral $1.232 $0.2277 $0.7272 $0.4314 $0.9486 $0.5174 Spain Central spaincentral $1.265 $0.2338 $0.7461 $0.4553 $0.9361 $0.544 Korea Central koreacentral $1.266 $0.234 $0.7467 $0.4683 $0.9242 $0.557 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $1.276 $0.2358 $0.7529 $0.4721 $0.9442 $0.5742 Poland Central polandcentral $1.276 $0.2358 $0.7529 $0.4721 $0.9442 $0.6635 Southeast Asia southeastasia $1.286 $0.2377 $0.759 $0.4374 $0.9259 $0.5273 Korea South koreasouth $1.288 $0.238 $0.7602 $0.4767 $0.9402 $0.5667 France Central francecentral $1.328 $0.2454 $0.7834 $0.478 $0.9827 $0.5843 UK South uksouth $1.328 $0.2333 $0.7834 $0.478 $0.9827 $0.571 Israel Central israelcentral $1.329 $0.2456 $0.7841 $0.4784 $0.9835 $0.5715 Italy North italynorth $1.338 $0.2473 $0.7896 $0.4818 $0.9901 $0.5753 South Central US southcentralus $1.344 $0.2484 $0.7933 $0.4302 $0.9139 $0.5107 West Central US westcentralus $1.344 $0.2484 $0.7933 $0.4302 $0.9139 $0.5107 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $1.349 $0.2493 $0.7928 $0.4049 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $1.349 $0.2493 $0.7928 $0.4049 – – UK West ukwest $1.356 $0.2506 $0.7999 $0.4881 $1.003 $0.5831 Qatar Central qatarcentral $1.39 $0.2569 $0.8063 $0.5005 $1.029 $0.6116 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $1.40 $0.2587 $0.8234 $0.4204 – – West US westus $1.40 $0.2587 $0.8263 $0.4902 $1.036 $0.588 North Europe northeurope $1.404 $0.2595 $0.8281 $0.5053 $1.039 $0.6037 West Europe westeurope $1.404 $0.2595 $0.8281 $0.5053 $1.039 $0.6037 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $1.406 $0.2598 $0.8295 $0.5202 $1.04 $0.7311 Japan West japanwest $1.41 $0.2606 $0.8318 $0.5217 $1.086 $0.6909 Japan East japaneast $1.411 $0.2608 $0.8324 $0.5361 $1.087 $0.6632 West India westindia $1.434 $0.265 $0.8461 $0.4876 $1.047 $0.5879 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $1.457 $0.2693 $0.8594 $0.4952 $0.9908 $0.5828 Taiwan North taiwannorth $1.457 $0.2693 $0.8594 $0.5389 $1.064 $0.6411 Australia Central australiacentral $1.463 $0.2704 $0.863 $0.4973 $0.9948 $0.5852 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $1.463 $0.1463 $0.863 $0.4973 $0.9948 $0.5852 Australia East australiaeast $1.463 $0.2704 $0.863 $0.4973 $0.9948 $0.5852 East Asia eastasia $1.483 $0.2741 $0.8752 $0.5044 $1.068 $0.608 South Africa North southafricanorth $1.506 $0.2783 $0.8887 $0.5423 $1.114 $0.6476 Sweden South swedensouth $1.564 $0.289 $0.9229 $0.5632 $1.157 $0.6725 South India southindia $1.58 $0.292 $0.9321 $0.5371 $1.153 $0.6478 Norway East norwayeast $1.602 $0.2961 $0.9453 $0.5928 $1.185 $0.833 UAE North uaenorth $1.602 $0.2961 $0.9453 $0.5768 $1.185 $0.6889 Germany North germanynorth $1.659 $0.3066 $0.9787 $0.5972 $1.228 $0.7134 Brazil South brazilsouth $1.722 $0.3182 $1.016 $0.6027 $1.326 $0.7232 France South francesouth $1.726 $0.319 $1.018 $0.6215 $1.277 $0.7594 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $1.828 $0.3378 $1.078 $0.6763 $1.353 $0.9506 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $1.893 $0.3498 $1.117 $0.7006 $1.382 $0.8329 South Africa West southafricawest $1.958 $0.3618 $1.155 $0.7049 $1.449 $0.8419 UAE Central uaecentral $2.083 $0.3849 $1.229 $0.7498 $1.541 $0.8957 Norway West norwaywest $2.084 $0.3851 $1.23 $0.771 $1.542 $1.084 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $2.239 $0.4138 $1.321 $0.7836 $1.724 $0.9404
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $1.12 $0.6611 $0.3585 Windows $1.856 $1.397 $1.095
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 50 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_D16nlds_v6 Family Dnldsv6 Category Memory optimized VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dnldsv6-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .