Instances Azure VM Standard_DC16ads_v6 Standard_DC16ads_v6
Standard_DC16ads_v6 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)). In East US it costs $1.003 per hour on demand ($732.19 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.8025 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2116 per hour. It is sold in 55 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.649 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 $0.649 $0.1199 $0.5195 $0.3896 $0.5517 $0.4219 East US eastus $1.003 $0.2116 $0.8025 $0.6019 $0.8526 $0.652 East US 2 eastus2 $1.003 $0.1854 $0.8025 $0.6019 $0.8526 $0.652 North Central US northcentralus $1.003 $0.1854 $0.8025 $0.6019 $0.8526 $0.652 West US 2 westus2 $1.003 $0.1854 $0.8025 $0.6019 $0.8526 $0.652 West US 3 westus3 $1.003 $0.1854 $0.8025 $0.6019 $0.8526 $0.652 Sweden Central swedencentral $1.074 $0.1985 $0.8589 $0.6442 $0.9129 $0.6981 Mexico Central mexicocentral $1.105 $0.2042 $0.8842 $0.6632 $0.9393 $0.7183 Canada Central canadacentral $1.121 $0.2072 $0.8969 $0.6727 $0.9529 $0.7287 Canada East canadaeast $1.121 $0.2072 $0.8969 $0.6727 $0.9529 $0.7287 North Europe northeurope $1.121 $0.2072 $0.8969 $0.6727 $0.9529 $0.7287 Central US centralus $1.135 $0.2095 $0.5381 $0.3466 $0.9648 $0.7378 Korea South koreasouth $1.155 $0.2134 $0.9236 $0.6927 $0.9818 $0.7508 UK South uksouth $1.167 $0.2157 $0.9334 $0.7001 $0.992 $0.7585 France Central francecentral $1.179 $0.2179 $0.9434 $0.7075 $1.002 $0.7664 Italy North italynorth $1.179 $0.2179 $0.9434 $0.7075 $1.002 $0.7664 Spain Central spaincentral $1.179 $0.2179 $0.9434 $0.7075 $1.002 $0.7664 West US westus $1.179 $0.2179 $0.9434 $0.7075 $1.002 $0.7664 South Central US southcentralus $1.202 $0.2221 $0.9616 $0.7212 $1.022 $0.7813 West Central US westcentralus $1.202 $0.2221 $0.9616 $0.7212 $1.022 $0.7813 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $1.214 $0.2243 $0.9716 $0.7287 $1.032 $0.7891 Poland Central polandcentral $1.214 $0.2243 $0.9716 $0.7287 $1.032 $0.7891 UK West ukwest $1.214 $0.2243 $0.9716 $0.7287 $1.032 $0.7891 West Europe westeurope $1.214 $0.2243 $0.9716 $0.7287 $1.032 $0.7891 Korea Central koreacentral $1.237 $0.2286 $0.9898 $0.7424 $1.052 $0.8041 Qatar Central qatarcentral $1.237 $0.2286 $0.9898 $0.7424 $1.052 $0.8041 UAE North uaenorth $1.237 $0.2286 $0.9898 $0.7424 $1.052 $0.8041 Australia Central australiacentral $1.26 $0.2328 $1.008 $0.7561 $1.071 $0.819 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $1.26 $0.126 $1.008 $0.7561 $1.071 $0.819 Australia East australiaeast $1.26 $0.2328 $1.008 $0.7561 $1.071 $0.819 Southeast Asia southeastasia $1.26 $0.2328 $1.008 $0.7561 $1.071 $0.819 Taiwan North taiwannorth $1.26 $0.2328 $1.008 $0.7561 $1.071 $0.819 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $1.26 $0.2328 $1.008 $0.7561 – – US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $1.272 $0.2351 $1.018 $0.7635 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $1.272 $0.2351 $1.018 $0.7635 – – West India westindia $1.285 $0.2375 $1.028 $0.7709 $1.092 $0.8353 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $1.308 $0.2417 $1.046 $0.7846 $1.112 $0.8502 Japan East japaneast $1.308 $0.2417 $1.046 $0.7846 $1.112 $0.8502 Japan West japanwest $1.308 $0.2417 $1.046 $0.7846 $1.112 $0.8502 South Africa North southafricanorth $1.343 $0.2482 $1.074 $0.8057 $1.142 $0.873 East Asia eastasia $1.389 $0.2567 $1.111 $0.8332 $1.181 $0.9029 Sweden South swedensouth $1.401 $0.2589 $1.121 $0.8406 $1.191 $0.9107 South India southindia $1.413 $0.2611 $1.131 $0.848 $1.201 $0.9185 Israel Central israelcentral $1.436 $0.2654 $1.149 $0.8617 $1.221 $0.9334 Norway East norwayeast $1.436 $0.2654 $1.149 $0.8617 $1.221 $0.9334 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $1.436 $0.2654 $1.149 $0.8617 $1.221 $0.9334 France South francesouth $1.529 $0.2826 $1.224 $0.9177 $1.30 $0.9939 Germany North germanynorth $1.577 $0.2914 $1.262 $0.9462 $1.341 $1.025 UAE Central uaecentral $1.609 $0.2973 $1.287 $0.9652 $1.368 $1.046 Brazil South brazilsouth $1.61 $0.2975 $1.288 $0.9662 $1.369 $1.046 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $1.639 $0.3029 $1.311 $0.9831 $1.393 $1.065 South Africa West southafricawest $1.739 $0.3214 $1.391 $1.043 $1.478 $1.13 Norway West norwaywest $1.867 $0.345 $1.494 $1.12 $1.587 $1.214 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $1.867 $0.345 $1.494 $1.12 $1.587 $1.214 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $2.089 $0.386 $1.671 $1.254 $1.776 $1.358
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $1.003 $0.8025 $0.6019 Windows $1.739 $1.538 $1.338
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 8 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa) ACU (compute units) 230
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 64
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking No Max network interfaces 8
Storage Value Storage 600 GiB temp SSD Temp disk 600 GiB Max data disks 32 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 30,400 Max disk throughput (uncached) 720 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_DC16ads_v6 Family DCadsv6 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes Confidential computing SNP
Other Value Series dcadsv6-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 .