Instances Azure VM Standard_D16nls_v6 Standard_D16nls_v6
Standard_D16nls_v6 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.907 per hour on demand ($662.11 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.5333 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1913 per hour. It is sold in 57 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.907 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 $0.907 $0.1676 $0.5353 $0.3084 $0.6621 $0.3719 Central US centralus $0.907 $0.1674 $0.5333 $0.2867 $0.6133 $0.3442 East US eastus $0.907 $0.1913 $0.5333 $0.2867 $0.6133 $0.3442 East US 2 eastus2 $0.907 $0.1676 $0.5333 $0.2867 $0.6133 $0.3442 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.907 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.907 – – – – – North Central US northcentralus $0.907 $0.1676 $0.5353 $0.2903 $0.6168 $0.3447 West US 2 westus2 $0.907 $0.1676 $0.5353 $0.2903 $0.6168 $0.3447 West US 3 westus3 $0.907 $0.1676 $0.5353 $0.2903 $0.6168 $0.3447 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.974 $0.18 $0.5749 $0.3508 $0.7208 $0.4188 Canada Central canadacentral $0.991 $0.1831 $0.5848 $0.3073 $0.7135 $0.3766 Canada East canadaeast $0.991 $0.1831 $0.5848 $0.3073 $0.7135 $0.3766 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.998 $0.1844 $0.5888 $0.3493 $0.7685 $0.4192 Spain Central spaincentral $1.024 $0.1892 $0.6041 $0.3686 $0.7578 $0.4403 Korea Central koreacentral $1.025 $0.1894 $0.6047 $0.3792 $0.7483 $0.451 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $1.033 $0.1909 $0.6096 $0.3823 $0.7644 $0.4649 Poland Central polandcentral $1.033 $0.1909 $0.6096 $0.3823 $0.7644 $0.5372 Southeast Asia southeastasia $1.042 $0.1926 $0.6145 $0.3541 $0.7502 $0.4272 Korea South koreasouth $1.043 $0.1927 $0.6155 $0.386 $0.7614 $0.4589 France Central francecentral $1.075 $0.1987 $0.6344 $0.3871 $0.7955 $0.473 UK South uksouth $1.075 $0.1889 $0.6322 $0.3914 $0.7935 $0.4647 Israel Central israelcentral $1.076 $0.1988 $0.6349 $0.3874 $0.7962 $0.4627 Italy North italynorth $1.084 $0.2003 $0.6393 $0.3901 $0.8022 $0.4661 South Central US southcentralus $1.089 $0.2012 $0.6401 $0.344 $0.7364 $0.4133 West Central US westcentralus $1.089 $0.2012 $0.6401 $0.344 $0.7364 $0.4133 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $1.092 $0.2018 $0.642 $0.3278 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $1.092 $0.2018 $0.642 $0.3278 – – UK West ukwest $1.098 $0.2029 $0.6476 $0.3952 $0.8125 $0.4721 Qatar Central qatarcentral $1.126 $0.2081 $0.6529 $0.4052 $0.8332 $0.4954 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $1.134 $0.2096 $0.6667 $0.3404 – – West US westus $1.134 $0.2096 $0.6669 $0.3962 $0.8335 $0.4751 North Europe northeurope $1.137 $0.2101 $0.6705 $0.4091 $0.8414 $0.4889 West Europe westeurope $1.137 $0.2101 $0.6705 $0.4091 $0.8414 $0.4889 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $1.138 $0.2103 $0.6717 $0.4212 $0.8421 $0.5918 Japan East japaneast $1.142 $0.211 $0.674 $0.4341 $0.8793 $0.5367 Japan West japanwest $1.142 $0.211 $0.6735 $0.4224 $0.8793 $0.5596 West India westindia $1.161 $0.2146 $0.6852 $0.3948 $0.8475 $0.476 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $1.179 $0.2179 $0.6958 $0.401 $0.8017 $0.4716 Taiwan North taiwannorth $1.179 $0.2179 $0.6958 $0.4364 $0.8607 $0.5188 Australia Central australiacentral $1.184 $0.2188 $0.6987 $0.4027 $0.8051 $0.4736 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $1.184 $0.1184 $0.6987 $0.4027 $0.8051 $0.4736 Australia East australiaeast $1.184 $0.2188 $0.6987 $0.4027 $0.8051 $0.4736 East Asia eastasia $1.201 $0.2219 $0.7064 $0.4076 $0.8687 $0.4882 South Africa North southafricanorth $1.22 $0.2255 $0.7196 $0.4391 $0.9028 $0.5246 Sweden South swedensouth $1.267 $0.2341 $0.7474 $0.456 $0.9376 $0.5448 South India southindia $1.279 $0.2364 $0.7547 $0.4349 $0.9337 $0.5244 Norway East norwayeast $1.297 $0.2397 $0.7654 $0.48 $0.9598 $0.6744 UAE North uaenorth $1.297 $0.2397 $0.7654 $0.467 $0.9598 $0.5577 Germany North germanynorth $1.343 $0.2482 $0.7925 $0.4835 $0.9938 $0.5775 Brazil South brazilsouth $1.394 $0.2576 $0.8227 $0.4881 $1.073 $0.5855 France South francesouth $1.398 $0.2584 $0.8247 $0.5032 $1.034 $0.6151 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $1.48 $0.2735 $0.8732 $0.5476 $1.095 $0.7696 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $1.533 $0.2833 $0.9046 $0.5673 $1.119 $0.6745 South Africa West southafricawest $1.586 $0.2931 $0.9355 $0.5708 $1.174 $0.682 UAE Central uaecentral $1.686 $0.3116 $0.995 $0.6071 $1.248 $0.725 Norway West norwaywest $1.687 $0.3118 $0.9955 $0.6244 $1.248 $0.8772 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $1.813 $0.335 $1.069 $0.6344 $1.396 $0.7615
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.907 $0.5333 $0.2867 Windows $1.643 $1.269 $1.023
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 Max data disks 48 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 25,600 Max disk throughput (uncached) 848 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_D16nls_v6 Family Dnlsv6 Category Memory optimized VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dnlsv6-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .