Instances Azure VM Standard_D16ps_v5 Standard_D16ps_v5
Standard_D16ps_v5 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (Ampere Altra). In East US it costs $0.616 per hour on demand ($449.68 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.3635 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1302 per hour. It is sold in 24 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.405 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 $0.405 $0.0748 $0.2388 $0.1538 $0.2811 $0.1867 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.405 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.405 – – – – – East US eastus $0.616 $0.1302 $0.3635 $0.2341 $0.4234 $0.29 East US 2 eastus2 $0.616 $0.1138 $0.3635 $0.2341 $0.4234 $0.2823 North Central US northcentralus $0.616 $0.1138 $0.3635 $0.2341 $0.4234 $0.2823 West US 2 westus2 $0.616 $0.1138 $0.3635 $0.2341 $0.4234 $0.2823 West US 3 westus3 $0.616 $0.1138 $0.3635 $0.2341 – – Sweden Central swedencentral $0.656 $0.1212 $0.387 $0.2493 $0.492 $0.3346 Canada Central canadacentral $0.685 $0.1266 $0.404 $0.2602 $0.4648 $0.313 North Europe northeurope $0.688 $0.1271 $0.4059 $0.2615 $0.4852 $0.3265 Central US centralus $0.696 $0.1286 $0.3635 $0.2341 $0.4232 $0.2819 UK South uksouth $0.71 $0.1247 $0.4192 $0.2699 $0.5365 $0.3746 West US westus $0.717 $0.1325 $0.4229 $0.2724 $0.5091 $0.3394 France Central francecentral $0.72 $0.1331 $0.4248 $0.2736 $0.5409 $0.3763 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.736 $0.136 $0.4342 $0.2797 $0.5239 $0.3474 West Europe westeurope $0.736 $0.136 $0.4342 $0.2797 $0.5239 $0.3474 South Central US southcentralus $0.739 $0.1366 $0.4361 $0.2809 $0.5586 $0.3901 West Central US westcentralus $0.739 $0.1366 $0.4361 $0.2809 $0.5586 $0.3901 Australia East australiaeast $0.768 $0.1419 $0.4531 $0.2919 $0.5742 $0.3985 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.768 $0.1419 $0.4531 $0.2919 $0.5368 $0.3523 Japan East japaneast $0.792 $0.1464 $0.4672 $0.301 $0.561 $0.3741 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.81 $0.1497 – – $0.6156 $0.4455 East Asia eastasia $0.848 $0.1567 $0.5003 $0.3222 $0.588 $0.392
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 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_D16ps_v5 Family Dpsv5 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dpsv5-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 .