Instances Azure VM Standard_D16s_v5 Standard_D16s_v5
Standard_D16s_v5 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.768 per hour on demand ($560.64 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.4739 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1621 per hour. It is sold in 61 regions.
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 East US eastus $0.768 $0.1621 $0.4739 $0.3033 $0.5267 $0.3534 East US 2 eastus2 $0.768 $0.2203 $0.4739 $0.3033 $0.5299 $0.361 North Central US northcentralus $0.768 $0.1419 $0.4739 $0.3033 $0.5267 $0.3534 West US 2 westus2 $0.768 $0.1419 $0.4739 $0.3033 $0.5267 $0.3534 West US 3 westus3 $0.768 $0.1424 $0.4531 $0.2919 $0.5299 $0.361 Central India centralindia $0.808 $0.1493 $0.4985 $0.3192 $0.5572 $0.3684 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.808 $0.1493 $0.4767 $0.299 $0.5572 $0.3684 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.808 – – – $0.808 $0.808 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.808 – – – $0.808 $0.808 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.816 $0.1508 $0.5034 $0.3223 $0.6149 $0.4229 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.845 $0.1562 $0.5212 $0.3337 $0.5795 $0.3889 Canada Central canadacentral $0.856 $0.3088 $0.5282 $0.3381 $0.5826 $0.3904 Canada East canadaeast $0.856 $0.1582 $0.5282 $0.3381 $0.5826 $0.3904 North Europe northeurope $0.856 $0.1971 $0.5282 $0.3381 $0.6451 $0.4436 Spain Central spaincentral $0.856 $0.1582 $0.5282 $0.3381 $0.6506 $0.4708 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.864 $0.1597 $0.5331 $0.3413 $0.5962 $0.4061 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.864 $0.1597 $0.5331 $0.3413 $0.5962 $0.4061 Central US centralus $0.868 $0.1602 $0.4531 $0.2842 $0.526 $0.3533 Korea South koreasouth $0.883 $0.1632 $0.545 $0.3489 $0.6711 $0.4857 UK South uksouth $0.888 $0.1641 $0.5479 $0.3508 $0.6672 $0.4668 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.893 $0.165 $0.5509 $0.3527 $0.6206 $0.411 France Central francecentral $0.896 $0.1656 $0.5529 $0.3539 $0.6752 $0.4643 Israel Central israelcentral $0.896 $0.1656 $0.5529 $0.3539 $0.6751 $0.4642 Italy North italynorth $0.896 $0.1661 $0.5529 $0.3539 $0.681 $0.4659 West US westus $0.896 $0.1656 $0.5529 $0.3539 $0.6182 $0.4211 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.92 $0.17 $0.5677 $0.3634 $0.6992 $0.506 Poland Central polandcentral $0.92 $0.17 $0.5677 $0.3634 $0.6992 $0.506 West Europe westeurope $0.92 $0.17 $0.5677 $0.3634 $0.6992 $0.506 South Central US southcentralus $0.922 $0.1704 $0.5686 $0.364 $0.6362 $0.4333 West Central US westcentralus $0.922 $0.1704 $0.5686 $0.364 $0.6362 $0.4333 UK West ukwest $0.929 $0.1717 $0.5734 $0.367 $0.706 $0.511 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.942 $0.1741 $0.5809 $0.3719 $0.7098 $0.4881 UAE North uaenorth $0.942 $0.1741 $0.5809 $0.3719 $0.7098 $0.4881 Korea Central koreacentral $0.944 $0.1745 $0.5824 $0.3729 $0.6311 $0.4509 Australia Central australiacentral $0.96 $0.1774 $0.5924 $0.3792 $0.714 $0.4948 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.96 $0.096 $0.5924 $0.3792 $0.714 $0.4948 Australia East australiaeast $0.96 $0.1774 $0.5924 $0.3792 $0.714 $0.4948 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.96 $0.178 $0.5924 $0.3792 $0.6672 $0.4418 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.96 $0.178 $0.5924 $0.3792 – – US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.968 $0.1789 $0.5973 $0.3823 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.968 $0.1789 $0.5711 $0.3678 – – West India westindia $0.983 $0.1817 $0.58 $0.3637 $0.7471 $0.5407 Japan East japaneast $0.992 $0.1833 $0.6121 $0.3919 $0.7416 $0.522 Japan West japanwest $0.992 $0.1833 $0.6121 $0.3919 $0.7539 $0.5456 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.998 $0.1844 $0.616 $0.3944 $0.7585 $0.5489 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $1.008 $0.1863 $0.5947 $0.379 $0.7498 $0.5195 Norway East norwayeast $1.012 $0.187 $0.6244 $0.3997 $0.7691 $0.5566 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $1.012 $0.1875 $0.6244 $0.3997 $0.7691 $0.5566 South Africa North southafricanorth $1.016 $0.1878 $0.6268 $0.4013 $0.7657 $0.5265 East Asia eastasia $1.056 $0.1951 $0.6516 $0.4171 $0.7339 $0.486 Sweden South swedensouth $1.061 $0.1961 $0.6546 $0.419 $0.8064 $0.5836 South India southindia $1.083 $0.2001 $0.6682 $0.4277 $0.8231 $0.5957 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $1.161 $0.2146 $0.6848 $0.4364 $0.8069 $0.5343 France South francesouth $1.165 $0.2153 $0.7187 $0.4601 $0.8854 $0.6408 Germany North germanynorth $1.196 $0.221 $0.7379 $0.4724 $0.909 $0.6578 Brazil South brazilsouth $1.224 $0.2262 $0.7553 $0.4835 $0.7754 $0.577 UAE Central uaecentral $1.224 $0.2262 $0.7553 $0.4835 $0.9302 $0.6732 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $1.314 $0.2428 $0.8108 $0.5191 $0.9986 $0.7227 Norway West norwaywest $1.316 $0.2432 $0.8118 $0.5197 $1.00 $0.7238 South Africa West southafricawest $1.321 $0.2441 $0.815 $0.5217 $1.004 $0.7266 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $1.591 $0.294 $0.9817 $0.6285 $1.209 $0.8751
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.768 $0.4739 $0.3033 Windows $1.504 $1.21 $1.039
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 8 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 64
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 8
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_D16s_v5 Family Dsv5 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dsv5-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
With or without local disk and networking
Other processors
Compute and memory optimized
Other generations
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .