Instances Azure VM Standard_D16pds_v5 Standard_D16pds_v5
Standard_D16pds_v5 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (Ampere Altra). In East US it costs $0.723 per hour on demand ($527.79 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.4267 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1528 per hour. It is sold in 24 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.483 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 $0.483 $0.0893 $0.285 $0.1836 $0.3334 $0.219 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.483 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.483 – – – – – East US eastus $0.723 $0.1528 $0.4267 $0.2748 $0.4953 $0.3323 East US 2 eastus2 $0.723 $0.1336 $0.4267 $0.2748 $0.4914 $0.3281 North Central US northcentralus $0.723 $0.1336 $0.4267 $0.2748 $0.4914 $0.3281 West US 2 westus2 $0.723 $0.1336 $0.4267 $0.2748 $0.4914 $0.3281 West US 3 westus3 $0.723 $0.1336 $0.4267 $0.2748 – – Sweden Central swedencentral $0.768 $0.1419 $0.4531 $0.2842 $0.5837 $0.3994 North Europe northeurope $0.806 $0.1489 $0.4758 $0.3064 $0.6114 $0.4148 Canada Central canadacentral $0.808 $0.1493 $0.4767 $0.307 $0.6141 $0.4444 Central US centralus $0.818 $0.1511 $0.4267 $0.2748 $0.4908 $0.328 UK South uksouth $0.834 $0.1465 $0.4918 $0.3168 $0.6258 $0.4374 France Central francecentral $0.848 $0.1567 $0.5003 $0.3222 $0.6445 $0.4664 West US westus $0.848 $0.1567 $0.5003 $0.3222 $0.5851 $0.3986 South Central US southcentralus $0.867 $0.1602 $0.5116 $0.3295 $0.5982 $0.4075 West Central US westcentralus $0.868 $0.1604 $0.512 $0.3298 $0.5989 $0.408 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.872 $0.1611 $0.5145 $0.3314 $0.6627 $0.4796 West Europe westeurope $0.872 $0.1611 $0.5145 $0.3314 $0.6627 $0.4796 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.904 $0.1671 $0.5333 $0.3435 $0.6272 $0.4155 Australia East australiaeast $0.912 $0.1685 $0.5381 $0.3466 $0.6664 $0.4626 Japan East japaneast $0.936 $0.173 $0.5523 $0.3557 $0.6978 $0.4939 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.96 $0.1774 – – $0.7296 $0.528 East Asia eastasia $0.996 $0.1841 $0.5877 $0.3785 $0.757 $0.5478
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 16 Threads per core 1 Architecture arm64 Processor Ampere Altra
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 64
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 4
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_D16pds_v5 Family Dpdsv5 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dpdsv5-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
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