Instances Azure VM Standard_D16pls_v5 Standard_D16pls_v5
Standard_D16pls_v5 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Ampere Altra). In East US it costs $0.544 per hour on demand ($397.12 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.321 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.115 per hour. It is sold in 24 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.341 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 $0.341 $0.063 $0.201 $0.1295 $0.2457 $0.159 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.341 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.341 – – – – – East US eastus $0.544 $0.115 $0.321 $0.2067 $0.3701 $0.2384 East US 2 eastus2 $0.544 $0.1005 $0.321 $0.2067 $0.3737 $0.2368 North Central US northcentralus $0.544 $0.1005 $0.321 $0.2067 $0.3737 $0.2368 West US 2 westus2 $0.544 $0.1005 $0.321 $0.2067 $0.3658 $0.2382 West US 3 westus3 $0.544 $0.1005 $0.321 $0.2067 – – North Europe northeurope $0.584 $0.1079 $0.3443 $0.2218 $0.4165 $0.2769 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.584 $0.1079 $0.3445 $0.2161 $0.4322 $0.292 Canada Central canadacentral $0.595 $0.11 $0.3511 $0.2262 $0.4272 $0.2612 Central US centralus $0.615 $0.1136 $0.321 $0.2067 $0.369 $0.2362 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.621 $0.1148 $0.3663 $0.2359 $0.4621 $0.3238 West Europe westeurope $0.621 $0.1148 $0.3663 $0.2359 $0.4621 $0.3238 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.627 $0.1159 $0.3701 $0.2383 $0.4527 $0.2914 UK South uksouth $0.646 $0.1135 $0.3814 $0.2456 $0.4764 $0.3242 France Central francecentral $0.648 $0.1198 $0.3823 $0.2462 $0.4783 $0.3293 South Central US southcentralus $0.653 $0.1207 $0.3852 $0.2481 $0.4506 $0.3069 West Central US westcentralus $0.653 $0.1207 $0.3852 $0.2481 $0.4506 $0.3069 West US westus $0.678 $0.1253 $0.4002 $0.2578 $0.4998 $0.3271 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.683 $0.1262 – – $0.5054 $0.3552 Japan East japaneast $0.685 $0.1266 $0.404 $0.2602 $0.5206 $0.3767 East Asia eastasia $0.688 $0.1271 $0.4059 $0.2615 $0.5018 $0.3293 Australia East australiaeast $0.71 $0.1312 $0.4192 $0.2699 $0.4871 $0.3287
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 Max data disks 32 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 25,600 Max disk throughput (uncached) 600 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_D16pls_v5 Family Dplsv5 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dplsv5-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 .