Instances Azure VM Standard_D16plds_v6 Standard_D16plds_v6
Standard_D16plds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Azure Cobalt 100). In East US it costs $0.624 per hour on demand ($455.52 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.3682 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2724 per hour. It is sold in 44 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.411 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 $0.411 $0.0835 $0.2426 $0.1562 $0.2795 $0.1932 East US eastus $0.624 $0.2724 $0.3682 $0.2371 $0.4243 $0.2933 East US 2 eastus2 $0.624 $0.1153 $0.3682 $0.2371 $0.4243 $0.2933 North Central US northcentralus $0.624 $0.1153 $0.3682 $0.2371 $0.4243 $0.2933 West US 2 westus2 $0.624 $0.1153 $0.3682 $0.2371 $0.4243 $0.2933 West US 3 westus3 $0.624 $0.1153 $0.3682 $0.2371 $0.4243 $0.2933 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.666 $0.1353 $0.3927 $0.2529 $0.4529 $0.313 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.686 $0.1268 – – $0.4665 $0.3224 Canada Central canadacentral $0.694 $0.1283 $0.4097 $0.2639 $0.4719 $0.3262 Canada East canadaeast $0.694 $0.1283 $0.4097 $0.2639 $0.4719 $0.3262 North Europe northeurope $0.698 $0.2289 $0.4115 $0.2651 $0.4746 $0.3281 Spain Central spaincentral $0.698 $0.129 $0.4115 $0.2651 $0.4746 $0.3281 Central US centralus $0.706 $0.1504 $0.3682 $0.2371 $0.4243 $0.293 UK South uksouth $0.72 $0.1464 $0.4248 $0.2736 $0.4896 $0.3384 Italy North italynorth $0.726 $0.1342 $0.4285 $0.276 $0.4937 $0.3412 France Central francecentral $0.73 $0.1416 $0.4305 $0.2772 $0.4964 $0.3431 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.73 $0.1349 – – $0.4964 $0.3431 West US westus $0.73 $0.1349 $0.4305 $0.2772 $0.4964 $0.3431 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.746 $0.1379 $0.44 $0.2833 $0.5073 $0.3506 Poland Central polandcentral $0.746 $0.1379 $0.44 $0.2833 $0.5073 $0.3506 West Europe westeurope $0.746 $0.1516 $0.44 $0.2833 $0.5073 $0.3506 South Central US southcentralus $0.749 $0.1384 $0.4418 $0.2846 $0.5093 $0.352 West Central US westcentralus $0.749 $0.1384 $0.4418 $0.2846 $0.5093 $0.352 UK West ukwest $0.755 $0.1395 $0.4455 $0.287 $0.5134 $0.3549 UAE North uaenorth $0.763 $0.141 $0.4503 $0.29 $0.5188 $0.3586 Australia East australiaeast $0.779 $0.1583 $0.4597 $0.2961 $0.5297 $0.3661 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.779 $0.144 $0.4597 $0.2961 $0.5297 $0.3661 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.78 $0.1441 $0.4602 $0.2964 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.786 $0.1453 $0.4635 $0.2985 – – Japan East japaneast $0.803 $0.1484 $0.4739 $0.3052 $0.546 $0.3774 Japan West japanwest $0.805 $0.1488 $0.4749 $0.3058 $0.5474 $0.3784 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.811 $0.1499 $0.4787 $0.3083 $0.5515 $0.3812 Korea Central koreacentral $0.814 $0.1504 $0.4805 $0.3095 $0.5535 $0.3826 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.818 $0.1512 $0.4824 $0.3107 $0.5562 $0.3845 East Asia eastasia $0.859 $0.1587 $0.507 $0.3265 $0.5841 $0.4037 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.875 $0.1617 $0.5163 $0.3326 $0.595 $0.4113 Norway East norwayeast $0.893 $0.165 $0.5267 $0.3393 $0.6072 $0.4197 South India southindia $0.942 $0.1741 $0.5559 $0.3581 $0.6406 $0.4427 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.974 $0.18 $0.5749 $0.3703 $0.6623 $0.4578 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.992 $0.1833 $0.5853 $0.377 $0.6746 $0.4662 Sweden South swedensouth $1.055 $0.195 $0.6221 $0.4007 $0.7174 $0.4959 South Africa West southafricawest $1.136 $0.2099 – – $0.7725 $0.5339 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $1.161 $0.2146 – – $0.7895 $0.5457 UAE Central uaecentral $1.161 $0.2146 $0.6848 $0.4411 $0.7895 $0.5457
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 16 Threads per core 1 Architecture arm64 Processor Azure Cobalt 100
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 32
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_D16plds_v6 Family Dpldsv6 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dpldsv6-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
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