Instances Azure VM Standard_DC16as_v6 Standard_DC16as_v6
Standard_DC16as_v6 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)). In East US it costs $0.799 per hour on demand ($583.27 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.6393 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1686 per hour. It is sold in 55 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.516 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 $0.516 $0.0954 $0.4126 $0.3094 $0.4386 $0.3354 East US eastus $0.799 $0.1686 $0.6393 $0.4794 $0.6792 $0.5194 East US 2 eastus2 $0.799 $0.1477 $0.6393 $0.4794 $0.6792 $0.5194 North Central US northcentralus $0.799 $0.1477 $0.6393 $0.4794 $0.6792 $0.5194 West US 2 westus2 $0.799 $0.1477 $0.6393 $0.4794 $0.6792 $0.5194 West US 3 westus3 $0.799 $0.1477 $0.6393 $0.4794 $0.6792 $0.5194 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.854 $0.1578 $0.6829 $0.5122 $0.7259 $0.851 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.878 $0.1623 $0.7026 $0.5269 $0.7463 $0.8749 Canada Central canadacentral $0.891 $0.1647 $0.7124 $0.5343 $0.7574 $0.5792 Canada East canadaeast $0.891 $0.1647 $0.7124 $0.5343 $0.7574 $0.5792 North Europe northeurope $0.891 $0.1647 $0.7124 $0.5343 $0.7574 $0.5792 Central US centralus $0.903 $0.1667 $0.4285 $0.276 $0.7676 $0.587 Korea South koreasouth $0.919 $0.1698 $0.7349 $0.5512 $0.7812 $0.5974 UK South uksouth $0.929 $0.1717 $0.7434 $0.5576 $0.7897 $0.6039 France Central francecentral $0.938 $0.1733 $0.7505 $0.5629 $0.7973 $0.6097 Italy North italynorth $0.938 $0.1733 $0.7505 $0.5629 $0.7973 $0.6097 Spain Central spaincentral $0.938 $0.1733 $0.7505 $0.5629 $0.7973 $0.6097 West US westus $0.938 $0.1733 $0.7505 $0.5629 $0.7973 $0.6097 South Central US southcentralus $0.956 $0.1767 $0.7645 $0.5734 $0.8126 $0.6214 West Central US westcentralus $0.956 $0.1767 $0.7645 $0.5734 $0.8126 $0.6214 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.966 $0.1785 $0.7729 $0.5798 $0.8211 $0.9626 UK West ukwest $0.966 $0.1785 $0.7729 $0.5798 $0.8211 $0.6279 West Europe westeurope $0.966 $0.1785 $0.7729 $0.5798 $0.8211 $0.6279 Poland Central polandcentral $0.968 $0.1789 $0.7744 $0.5808 $0.8228 $0.6292 Korea Central koreacentral $0.984 $0.1818 $0.7871 $0.5903 $0.8364 $0.6396 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.984 $0.1818 $0.7871 $0.5903 $0.8364 $0.6396 UAE North uaenorth $0.984 $0.1818 $0.7871 $0.5903 $0.8364 $0.6396 Australia Central australiacentral $1.003 $0.1854 $0.8025 $0.6019 $0.8526 $0.652 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $1.003 $0.1003 $0.8025 $0.6019 $0.8526 $0.652 Australia East australiaeast $1.003 $0.1854 $0.8025 $0.6019 $0.8526 $0.652 Southeast Asia southeastasia $1.003 $0.1854 $0.8025 $0.6019 $0.8526 $0.652 Taiwan North taiwannorth $1.003 $0.1854 $0.8025 $0.6019 $0.8526 $0.652 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $1.003 $0.1854 $0.8025 $0.6019 – – US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $1.012 $0.187 $0.8096 $0.6072 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $1.012 $0.187 $0.8096 $0.6072 – – West India westindia $1.021 $0.1887 $0.8167 $0.6125 $0.8679 $0.6637 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $1.04 $0.1922 $0.8321 $0.6241 $0.884 $0.676 Japan East japaneast $1.04 $0.1922 $0.8321 $0.6241 $0.884 $0.676 Japan West japanwest $1.04 $0.1922 $0.8321 $0.6241 $0.884 $0.676 South Africa North southafricanorth $1.068 $0.1974 $0.8547 $0.641 $0.9078 $0.6942 East Asia eastasia $1.105 $0.2042 $0.8842 $0.6632 $0.9393 $0.7183 Sweden South swedensouth $1.114 $0.2059 $0.8912 $0.6685 $0.9469 $0.7241 South India southindia $1.123 $0.2075 $0.8983 $0.6737 $0.9546 $0.73 Israel Central israelcentral $1.142 $0.211 $0.9138 $0.6854 $0.9707 $0.7423 Norway East norwayeast $1.142 $0.211 $0.9138 $0.6854 $0.9707 $0.7423 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $1.142 $0.211 $0.9138 $0.6854 $0.9707 $0.7423 France South francesouth $1.216 $0.2247 $0.9729 $0.7297 $1.034 $0.7904 Germany North germanynorth $1.253 $0.2316 $1.002 $0.7519 $1.065 $1.249 UAE Central uaecentral $1.28 $0.2365 $1.024 $0.7677 $1.088 $0.832 Brazil South brazilsouth $1.281 $0.2367 $1.025 $0.7688 $1.089 $0.8327 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $1.304 $0.241 $1.043 $0.7825 $1.108 $0.8476 South Africa West southafricawest $1.383 $0.2556 $1.107 $0.83 $1.176 $0.899 Norway West norwaywest $1.485 $0.2744 $1.188 $0.8912 $1.262 $0.9653 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $1.485 $0.2744 $1.188 $0.8912 $1.262 $0.9653 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $1.661 $0.307 $1.329 $0.9969 $1.412 $1.08
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.799 $0.6393 $0.4794 Windows $1.535 $1.375 $1.215
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 Max data disks 32 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 30,400 Max disk throughput (uncached) 720 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_DC16as_v6 Family DCasv6 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes Confidential computing SNP
Other Value Series dcasv6-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 .