Instances Azure VM Standard_D16s_v6 Standard_D16s_v6
Standard_D16s_v6 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.806 per hour on demand ($588.38 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.5 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.17 per hour. It is sold in 58 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 $0.806 $0.17 $0.5 $0.3145 $0.5561 $0.3708 East US 2 eastus2 $0.806 $0.1489 $0.5 $0.3145 $0.5561 $0.3708 North Central US northcentralus $0.806 $0.1489 $0.5 $0.3145 $0.5561 $0.3708 West US 2 westus2 $0.806 $0.1489 $0.5 $0.3145 $0.5561 $0.3708 West US 3 westus3 $0.806 $0.1489 $0.5 $0.3145 $0.5561 $0.3708 Central India centralindia $0.848 $0.1567 $0.526 $0.3309 $0.5851 $0.3901 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.848 $0.1567 $0.5258 $0.3307 $0.5851 $0.3901 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.848 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.848 – – – – – Sweden Central swedencentral $0.857 $0.1584 $0.5312 $0.3342 $0.5913 $0.3942 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.887 $0.1639 $0.55 $0.3459 $0.7096 $0.4879 Canada Central canadacentral $0.899 $0.1661 $0.5573 $0.3506 $0.6203 $0.4135 Canada East canadaeast $0.899 $0.1661 $0.5573 $0.3506 $0.6203 $0.4135 North Europe northeurope $0.899 $0.1661 $0.5573 $0.3506 $0.6203 $0.4135 Spain Central spaincentral $0.899 $0.1661 $0.5573 $0.3506 $0.6203 $0.4135 Central US centralus $0.911 $0.1683 $0.5 $0.3145 $0.5548 $0.3699 Korea South koreasouth $0.927 $0.1713 $0.575 $0.3617 $0.7416 $0.5099 UK South uksouth $0.932 $0.1638 $0.5781 $0.3637 $0.6431 $0.4287 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.937 $0.1732 $0.5812 $0.3656 $0.6465 $0.431 France Central francecentral $0.941 $0.1739 $0.5833 $0.3669 $0.6493 $0.4329 Israel Central israelcentral $0.941 $0.1739 $0.5833 $0.3669 $0.6493 $0.4329 Italy North italynorth $0.941 $0.1739 $0.5833 $0.3669 $0.6493 $0.4329 West US westus $0.941 $0.1739 $0.5833 $0.3669 $0.6493 $0.4329 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.966 $0.1785 $0.599 $0.3768 $0.6665 $0.4444 West Europe westeurope $0.966 $0.1785 $0.599 $0.3768 $0.6665 $0.4444 Poland Central polandcentral $0.968 $0.1789 $0.6001 $0.3775 $0.7744 $0.5324 South Central US southcentralus $0.968 $0.1789 $0.6 $0.3774 $0.7744 $0.5324 West Central US westcentralus $0.968 $0.1789 $0.6 $0.3774 $0.7744 $0.5324 UK West ukwest $0.976 $0.1804 $0.6049 $0.3805 $0.7808 $0.5368 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.989 $0.1828 $0.613 $0.3856 $0.6824 $0.4549 Korea Central koreacentral $0.991 $0.1831 $0.6145 $0.3866 $0.6838 $0.4559 UAE North uaenorth $0.992 $0.1833 $0.615 $0.3868 $0.7936 $0.5456 Australia Central australiacentral $1.008 $0.1863 $0.625 $0.3931 $0.6955 $0.4637 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $1.008 $0.1008 $0.625 $0.3931 $0.6955 $0.4637 Australia East australiaeast $1.008 $0.1863 $0.625 $0.3931 $0.6955 $0.4637 Southeast Asia southeastasia $1.008 $0.1863 $0.625 $0.3931 $0.6955 $0.4637 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $1.008 $0.1863 $0.625 $0.3931 – – US Gov Texas usgovtexas $1.008 $0.1863 $0.625 $0.3931 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $1.008 $0.1863 $0.625 $0.3931 – – West India westindia $1.032 $0.1907 $0.64 $0.4025 $0.8256 $0.5676 Japan East japaneast $1.042 $0.1926 $0.6458 $0.4062 $0.719 $0.4793 Japan West japanwest $1.042 $0.1926 $0.6458 $0.4062 $0.719 $0.4793 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $1.048 $0.1937 $0.65 $0.4088 $0.8384 $0.5764 South Africa North southafricanorth $1.072 $0.1981 $0.665 $0.4183 $0.8576 $0.5896 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $1.072 $0.1981 $0.665 $0.4183 $0.8576 $0.5896 East Asia eastasia $1.109 $0.2049 $0.6874 $0.4324 $0.8872 $0.61 Sweden South swedensouth $1.114 $0.2059 $0.6906 $0.4344 $0.8912 $0.6127 South India southindia $1.137 $0.2101 $0.7049 $0.4434 $0.9096 $0.6254 Norway East norwayeast $1.153 $0.2131 $0.715 $0.4497 $0.9224 $0.6342 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $1.219 $0.2253 $0.7556 $0.4753 $0.8411 $0.5607 France South francesouth $1.223 $0.226 $0.7583 $0.477 $0.9784 $0.6727 Germany North germanynorth $1.256 $0.2321 $0.7787 $0.4898 $1.005 $0.6908 Brazil South brazilsouth $1.285 $0.2375 $0.7969 $0.5013 $0.8867 $0.5911 UAE Central uaecentral $1.285 $0.2375 $0.7969 $0.5013 $1.028 $0.7068 Norway West norwaywest $1.381 $0.2552 $0.8565 $0.5388 $1.105 $0.7595 South Africa West southafricawest $1.387 $0.2563 $0.8598 $0.5409 $1.11 $0.7629 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $1.635 $0.3021 $1.014 $0.6378 $1.308 $0.8993 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $1.671 $0.3088 $1.036 $0.6516 $1.337 $0.9191
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.806 $0.5 $0.3145 Windows $1.542 $1.236 $1.05
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 8 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor 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 48 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 25,600 Max disk throughput (uncached) 848 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_D16s_v6 Family Dsv6 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dsv6-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Other processors
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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .