Standard_E16-8ds_v5

Standard_E16-8ds_v5 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $1.152 per hour on demand ($840.96 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.6797 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2436 per hour. It is sold in 61 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
East US eastus$1.152$0.2436$0.6797$0.4377$0.7804$0.5383
East US 2 eastus2$1.152$0.394$0.6797$0.4377$0.7903$0.5515
North Central US northcentralus$1.152$0.2129$0.6797$0.4377$0.7804$0.5383
West US 2 westus2$1.152$0.2129$0.6797$0.4377$0.7804$0.5383
West US 3 westus3$1.152$0.2135$0.6797$0.4377$0.7903$0.5515
Central India centralindia$1.208$0.2232$0.7127$0.4591$0.8168$0.5649
India South Central indiasouthcentral$1.208$0.2416$0.7127$0.4591$0.8168$0.5649
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$1.208–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$1.208–––$1.208$1.208
Sweden Central swedencentral$1.216$0.2247$0.7175$0.4621$0.8316$0.5794
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$1.253$0.2316$0.7366$0.4761$0.8596$0.5998
Malaysia West malaysiawest$1.253$0.2316$0.7366$0.4761$0.8596$0.5998
Canada Central canadacentral$1.264$0.4344$0.7458$0.4803$0.8602$0.5914
Canada East canadaeast$1.264$0.2336$0.7458$0.4803$0.8602$0.5914
Mexico Central mexicocentral$1.267$0.2341$0.7476$0.4765$0.8692$0.6065
North Europe northeurope$1.28$0.2999$0.7553$0.4864$0.8754$0.6099
Spain Central spaincentral$1.28$0.2365$0.7526$0.4813$0.9344$0.6656
West US westus$1.296$0.2395$0.7646$0.4925$0.8889$0.6144
Central US centralus$1.302$0.2405$0.6797$0.4377$0.7786$0.5364
Taiwan North taiwannorth$1.315$0.263$0.7761$0.4999––
Korea South koreasouth$1.325$0.2449$0.7816$0.5034$0.909$0.6343
Israel Central israelcentral$1.344$0.2484$0.7929$0.5107$0.9139$0.6451
Italy North italynorth$1.344$0.2484$0.7929$0.5107$0.9139$0.6451
Qatar Central qatarcentral$1.344$0.2478$0.7929$0.5107$0.9192$0.6404
France Central francecentral$1.352$0.2499$0.7977$0.5138$0.9153$0.64
UK South uksouth$1.352$0.2378$0.7977$0.5138$0.9246$0.6444
South Central US southcentralus$1.382$0.2554$0.8156$0.5253$0.9481$0.6616
West Central US westcentralus$1.382$0.2554$0.8156$0.5253$0.9481$0.6616
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$1.384$0.2558$0.8166$0.5259$0.948$0.6591
Korea Central koreacentral$1.384$0.2558$0.8166$0.5259$0.9341$0.6527
Poland Central polandcentral$1.384$0.2558$0.8166$0.5259$0.948$0.6591
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$1.384$0.2558$0.8166$0.5259––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$1.384$0.2558$0.8166$0.5259––
West Europe westeurope$1.384$0.2558$0.8166$0.5259$0.948$0.6591
Australia Central australiacentral$1.392$0.2572$0.8212$0.529$0.9489$0.6559
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$1.392$0.1392$0.8212$0.529$0.9489$0.6559
Australia East australiaeast$1.392$0.2572$0.8212$0.529$0.9489$0.6559
Japan East japaneast$1.392$0.2572$0.8212$0.529$0.9544$0.6662
Japan West japanwest$1.392$0.2572$0.8212$0.529$0.9549$0.6664
Southeast Asia southeastasia$1.392$0.2581$0.8212$0.529$0.9425$0.651
UK West ukwest$1.394$0.2576$0.8224$0.5297$0.9563$0.6673
East Asia eastasia$1.40$0.2587$0.826$0.532$0.9479$0.6548
UAE North uaenorth$1.408$0.2602$0.8307$0.535$0.9629$0.6709
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$1.44$0.2661$0.8495$0.5472––
New Zealand North newzealandnorth$1.462$0.2702$0.8623$0.5554$0.9966$0.6889
West India westindia$1.475$0.2726$0.87$0.5604$1.012$0.7061
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$1.498$0.2768$0.8836$0.5691$1.028$0.7171
South Africa North southafricanorth$1.52$0.2809$0.8968$0.5776$1.04$0.7243
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$1.52$0.2809$0.8968$0.5776$1.043$0.7276
Norway East norwayeast$1.522$0.2813$0.8982$0.5785$1.044$0.7286
Sweden South swedensouth$1.581$0.2922$0.9326$0.6007––
South India southindia$1.624$0.3001$0.9583$0.6172$1.114$0.7774
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$1.71$0.342$1.009$0.6498––
France South francesouth$1.758$0.3249$1.037$0.6679$1.206$0.8416
Germany North germanynorth$1.799$0.3325$1.062$0.6837$1.234$0.8612
Brazil South brazilsouth$1.824$0.3371$1.076$0.6931$1.244$0.8604
UAE Central uaecentral$1.83$0.3382$1.08$0.6955$1.255$0.876
South Africa West southafricawest$1.976$0.3652$1.166$0.7509$1.355$0.9459
Norway West norwaywest$1.979$0.3657$1.168$0.7521$1.358$0.9473
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$2.016$0.3726$1.189$0.7661$1.383$0.9651
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$2.371$0.4382$1.399$0.9011$1.627$1.135

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$1.152$0.6797$0.4377
Windows$1.888$1.416$1.174

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)128
NetworkingValue
Network12.5 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces8
StorageValue
Storage600 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk600 GiB
Max data disks32
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)25,600
Max disk throughput (uncached)600 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYes
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_E16-8ds_v5
FamilyEdsv5
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesedsv5-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.