Instances Azure VM Standard_DC16as_v5 Standard_DC16as_v5
Standard_DC16as_v5 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (AMD EPYC (Milan)). In East US it costs $0.688 per hour on demand ($502.24 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.5505 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1452 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.444 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 $0.444 $0.0821 $0.3555 $0.2666 $0.3767 $0.2881 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.444 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.444 – – – – – East US eastus $0.688 $0.1452 $0.5505 $0.4128 $0.5816 $0.4478 East US 2 eastus2 $0.688 $0.1271 $0.5505 $0.4128 $0.5816 $0.4478 North Europe northeurope $0.768 $0.1419 $0.6144 $0.4608 $0.6948 $0.5435 Central US centralus $0.777 $0.1434 $0.5505 $0.4128 $0.5804 $0.446 UK South uksouth $0.8 $0.1478 $0.64 $0.48 $0.7029 $0.5563 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.805 $0.1488 $0.6438 $0.4829 $0.683 $0.5224 West US westus $0.808 $0.1493 $0.6463 $0.4848 $0.731 $0.5641 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.832 $0.1538 $0.6656 $0.4992 $0.7364 $0.5888 Italy North italynorth $0.832 $0.1538 $0.6656 $0.4992 $0.7528 $0.5888 West Europe westeurope $0.832 $0.1538 $0.6656 $0.4992 $0.7527 $0.5888 UAE North uaenorth $0.848 $0.1567 $0.6784 $0.5088 $0.7672 $0.6001 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.864 $0.1597 $0.6912 $0.5184 $0.7354 $0.5633 Japan East japaneast $0.896 $0.1656 $0.7168 $0.5376 $0.7853 $0.6233 East Asia eastasia $0.952 $0.1759 $0.7616 $0.5712 $0.8613 $0.6737 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.984 $0.1818 $0.7871 $0.5903 $0.8902 $0.6964
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.688 $0.5505 $0.4128 Windows $1.424 $1.286 $1.149
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 Max data disks 32 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 25,600 Max disk throughput (uncached) 384 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_DC16as_v5 Family DCasv5 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes Confidential computing SNP
Other Value Series dcasv5-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 .