Instances Azure VM Standard_D16pds_v6 Standard_D16pds_v6
Standard_D16pds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (Azure Cobalt 100). In East US it costs $0.734 per hour on demand ($535.82 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.4333 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.3204 per hour. It is sold in 44 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 $0.0981 $0.285 $0.1836 $0.3284 $0.227 East US eastus $0.734 $0.3204 $0.4333 $0.2791 $0.4991 $0.345 East US 2 eastus2 $0.734 $0.1356 $0.4333 $0.2791 $0.4991 $0.345 North Central US northcentralus $0.734 $0.1356 $0.4333 $0.2791 $0.4991 $0.345 West US 2 westus2 $0.734 $0.1356 $0.4333 $0.2791 $0.4991 $0.345 West US 3 westus3 $0.734 $0.1356 $0.4333 $0.2791 $0.4991 $0.345 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.782 $0.1589 $0.4616 $0.2973 $0.5318 $0.3675 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.808 $0.1493 $0.4767 $0.307 $0.5494 $0.3798 Canada Central canadacentral $0.816 $0.1508 $0.4814 $0.3101 $0.5549 $0.3835 Canada East canadaeast $0.816 $0.1508 $0.4814 $0.3101 $0.5549 $0.3835 North Europe northeurope $0.821 $0.2693 $0.4842 $0.3119 $0.5583 $0.3859 Spain Central spaincentral $0.821 $0.1517 $0.4842 $0.3119 $0.5583 $0.3859 Central US centralus $0.83 $0.1768 $0.4333 $0.2791 $0.498 $0.3436 UK South uksouth $0.846 $0.172 $0.4994 $0.3216 $0.5753 $0.3976 Italy North italynorth $0.854 $0.1578 $0.5041 $0.3247 $0.5807 $0.4014 France Central francecentral $0.859 $0.1666 $0.507 $0.3265 $0.5841 $0.4037 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.859 $0.1587 $0.507 $0.3265 $0.5841 $0.4037 West US westus $0.859 $0.1587 $0.507 $0.3265 $0.5841 $0.4037 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.878 $0.1623 $0.5183 $0.3338 $0.597 $0.4127 Poland Central polandcentral $0.878 $0.1623 $0.5183 $0.3338 $0.597 $0.4127 West Europe westeurope $0.878 $0.1784 $0.5183 $0.3338 $0.597 $0.4127 South Central US southcentralus $0.882 $0.163 $0.5201 $0.335 $0.5998 $0.4145 West Central US westcentralus $0.882 $0.163 $0.5201 $0.335 $0.5998 $0.4145 UK West ukwest $0.89 $0.1645 $0.5249 $0.3381 $0.6052 $0.4183 UAE North uaenorth $0.896 $0.1656 $0.5287 $0.3405 $0.6093 $0.4211 Australia East australiaeast $0.915 $0.1859 $0.54 $0.3478 $0.6222 $0.4301 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.915 $0.1691 $0.54 $0.3478 $0.6222 $0.4301 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.918 $0.1696 $0.5417 $0.3489 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.923 $0.1706 $0.5446 $0.3508 – – Japan East japaneast $0.944 $0.1745 $0.557 $0.3587 $0.6419 $0.4437 Japan West japanwest $0.947 $0.175 $0.5589 $0.3599 $0.644 $0.4451 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.955 $0.1765 $0.5636 $0.363 $0.6494 $0.4489 Korea Central koreacentral $0.958 $0.177 $0.5654 $0.3642 $0.6514 $0.4503 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.962 $0.1778 $0.5674 $0.3654 $0.6542 $0.4521 East Asia eastasia $1.011 $0.1868 $0.5966 $0.3842 $0.6875 $0.4752 South Africa North southafricanorth $1.03 $0.1903 $0.608 $0.3916 $0.7004 $0.4841 Norway East norwayeast $1.051 $0.1942 $0.6202 $0.3995 $0.7147 $0.494 South India southindia $1.109 $0.2049 $0.6542 $0.4214 $0.7541 $0.5212 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $1.146 $0.2118 $0.6759 $0.4353 $0.7793 $0.5386 Brazil South brazilsouth $1.168 $0.2158 $0.6892 $0.4438 $0.7942 $0.549 Sweden South swedensouth $1.241 $0.2293 $0.7323 $0.4716 $0.8439 $0.5833 South Africa West southafricawest $1.337 $0.2471 $0.7886 $0.5079 $0.9092 $0.6284 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $1.366 $0.2524 $0.8059 $0.5191 $0.9289 $0.642 UAE Central uaecentral $1.366 $0.2524 $0.8059 $0.5191 $0.9289 $0.642
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 16 Threads per core 1 Architecture arm64 Processor Azure Cobalt 100
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 64
Networking Value Network 15 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_D16pds_v6 Family Dpdsv6 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dpdsv6-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 .