Instances Azure VM Standard_DC16ads_v5 Standard_DC16ads_v5
Standard_DC16ads_v5 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (AMD EPYC (Milan)). In East US it costs $0.824 per hour on demand ($601.52 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.6592 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1739 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.537 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 $0.537 $0.0992 $0.4295 $0.3221 $0.4559 $0.3477 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.537 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.537 – – – – – East US eastus $0.824 $0.1739 $0.6592 $0.4944 $0.6978 $0.5357 East US 2 eastus2 $0.824 $0.1523 $0.6592 $0.4944 $0.6978 $0.5357 North Europe northeurope $0.92 $0.17 $0.736 $0.552 $0.8283 $0.6504 Central US centralus $0.931 $0.1719 $0.6592 $0.4944 $0.8382 $0.6569 UK South uksouth $0.96 $0.1774 $0.768 $0.576 $0.8436 $0.6662 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.965 $0.1783 $0.7718 $0.5789 $0.8193 $0.6248 West US westus $0.976 $0.1804 $0.7808 $0.5856 $0.8786 $0.676 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $1.00 $0.1848 $0.8 $0.6 $0.884 $0.707 Italy North italynorth $1.00 $0.1848 $0.8 $0.6 $0.9003 $0.707 West Europe westeurope $1.00 $0.1848 $0.8 $0.6 $0.9003 $0.707 UAE North uaenorth $1.015 $0.1876 $0.8122 $0.6091 $0.9138 $0.7176 Southeast Asia southeastasia $1.032 $0.1907 $0.8256 $0.6192 $0.8774 $0.6709 Japan East japaneast $1.072 $0.1981 $0.8576 $0.6432 $0.9397 $0.7463 East Asia eastasia $1.136 $0.2099 $0.9088 $0.6816 $1.023 $0.8032 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $1.178 $0.2177 $0.9427 $0.707 $1.061 $0.8328
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.824 $0.6592 $0.4944 Windows $1.56 $1.395 $1.23
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 8 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC (Milan) ACU (compute units) 230
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 64
Networking Value Network 10 Gbps Accelerated networking No Max network interfaces 4
Storage Value Storage 600 GiB temp SSD Temp disk 600 GiB Max data disks 32 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 25,600 Max disk throughput (uncached) 384 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_DC16ads_v5 Family DCadsv5 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes Confidential computing SNP
Other Value Series dcadsv5-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 .