Instances Azure VM Standard_D16plds_v5 Standard_D16plds_v5
Standard_D16plds_v5 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Ampere Altra). In East US it costs $0.614 per hour on demand ($448.22 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.3624 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1298 per hour. It is sold in 24 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.392 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 $0.392 $0.0724 $0.2313 $0.149 $0.2824 $0.1826 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.392 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.392 – – – – – East US eastus $0.614 $0.1298 $0.3624 $0.2335 $0.4199 $0.2695 East US 2 eastus2 $0.614 $0.1135 $0.3624 $0.2335 $0.4159 $0.2647 North Central US northcentralus $0.614 $0.1135 $0.3624 $0.2335 $0.4159 $0.2647 West US 2 westus2 $0.614 $0.1135 $0.3624 $0.2335 $0.4143 $0.2661 West US 3 westus3 $0.614 $0.1135 $0.3624 $0.2335 – – Sweden Central swedencentral $0.666 $0.1231 $0.3927 $0.2529 $0.4928 $0.3397 Canada Central canadacentral $0.678 $0.1253 $0.4002 $0.2578 $0.488 $0.2958 Central US centralus $0.694 $0.1282 $0.3624 $0.2335 $0.4157 $0.2644 North Europe northeurope $0.698 $0.129 $0.4115 $0.2651 $0.5159 $0.3522 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.712 $0.1316 $0.4201 $0.2705 $0.5253 $0.3685 West Europe westeurope $0.712 $0.1316 $0.4201 $0.2705 $0.5253 $0.3685 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.72 $0.1331 $0.4248 $0.2736 $0.5174 $0.3371 UK South uksouth $0.736 $0.1293 $0.4342 $0.2797 $0.5443 $0.3719 South Central US southcentralus $0.737 $0.1362 $0.435 $0.2802 $0.5602 $0.3981 West Central US westcentralus $0.737 $0.1362 $0.435 $0.2802 $0.5602 $0.3981 France Central francecentral $0.74 $0.1368 $0.4366 $0.2812 $0.5625 $0.3997 West US westus $0.768 $0.1419 $0.4531 $0.2919 $0.5644 $0.3763 East Asia eastasia $0.784 $0.1449 $0.4626 $0.2979 $0.5959 $0.4234 Japan East japaneast $0.784 $0.1449 $0.4626 $0.2979 $0.5958 $0.4234 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.784 $0.1449 – – $0.5802 $0.4077 Australia East australiaeast $0.808 $0.1493 $0.4767 $0.307 $0.5567 $0.3763
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 16 Threads per core 1 Architecture arm64 Processor Ampere Altra
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 32
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_D16plds_v5 Family Dpldsv5 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dpldsv5-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
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