Standard_E16-8ds_v6

Standard_E16-8ds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $1.308 per hour on demand ($954.84 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.8111 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2731 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$1.308$0.2731$0.8111$0.5102$0.8894$0.6148
East US 2 eastus2$1.308$0.2417$0.8111$0.5102$0.8894$0.6148
North Central US northcentralus$1.308$0.2417$0.8111$0.5102$0.8894$0.6148
West US 2 westus2$1.308$0.2417$0.8111$0.5102$0.8894$0.6148
West US 3 westus3$1.308$0.2417$0.8111$0.5102$0.8894$0.6148
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$1.341$0.2478$0.8316$0.5231$0.9119$0.6303
Malaysia West malaysiawest$1.341$0.2478––$0.9119$0.6303
Central India centralindia$1.35$0.2495$0.8369$0.5264$0.918$0.6345
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$1.35–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$1.35–––––
India South Central indiasouthcentral$1.352$0.2499$0.8382$0.5273$0.9194$0.6354
Sweden Central swedencentral$1.391$0.2571$0.8626$0.5426$0.9459$0.6538
Canada Central canadacentral$1.433$0.2648$0.8884$0.5588$0.9744$0.6735
Canada East canadaeast$1.433$0.2648$0.8884$0.5588$0.9744$0.6735
Mexico Central mexicocentral$1.439$0.2659$0.8922$0.5612$1.151$0.7915
West US westus$1.453$0.2685$0.9011$0.5669$0.988$0.6829
North Europe northeurope$1.464$0.2705$0.9075$0.5709$0.9955$0.6881
Spain Central spaincentral$1.464$0.2705$0.9075$0.5709$0.9955$0.6881
Central US centralus$1.478$0.2714$0.8111$0.5102$0.8868$0.6134
Taiwan North taiwannorth$1.495$0.2763$0.9269$0.5831$1.196$0.8223
Korea South koreasouth$1.504$0.2779$0.9326$0.5867$1.203$0.8272
France Central francecentral$1.537$0.284$0.9527$0.5993$1.045$0.7224
Israel Central israelcentral$1.537$0.284$0.9527$0.5993$1.045$0.7224
Italy North italynorth$1.537$0.284$0.9527$0.5993$1.045$0.7224
Qatar Central qatarcentral$1.537$0.284$0.9527$0.5993$1.045$0.7224
UK South uksouth$1.537$0.2701$0.9527$0.5993$1.045$0.7224
Australia Central australiacentral$1.568$0.2898$0.9719$0.6114$1.066$0.737
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$1.568$0.1568$0.9719$0.6114$1.066$0.737
Australia East australiaeast$1.568$0.2898$0.9719$0.6114$1.066$0.737
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$1.568$0.2898$0.9719$0.6114––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$1.568$0.2898$0.9719$0.6114––
South Central US southcentralus$1.57$0.2901$0.9733$0.6122$1.256$0.8635
West Central US westcentralus$1.57$0.2901$0.9733$0.6122$1.256$0.8635
Poland Central polandcentral$1.576$0.2912$0.9772$0.6146$1.261$0.8668
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$1.578$0.2916$0.9784$0.6154$1.073$0.7417
Japan East japaneast$1.578$0.2916$0.9784$0.6154$1.073$0.7417
Japan West japanwest$1.578$0.2916$0.9784$0.6154$1.073$0.7417
Korea Central koreacentral$1.578$0.2916$0.9784$0.6154$1.073$0.7417
Southeast Asia southeastasia$1.578$0.2916$0.9784$0.6154$1.073$0.7417
West Europe westeurope$1.578$0.2916$0.9784$0.6154$1.073$0.7417
UK West ukwest$1.583$0.2925$0.9814$0.6173$1.266$0.8707
UAE North uaenorth$1.609$0.2973$0.9976$0.6275$1.287$0.885
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$1.635$0.3021$1.014$0.6377––
New Zealand North newzealandnorth$1.646$0.3042$1.02$0.6419$1.119$0.7736
West India westindia$1.674$0.3094$1.038$0.653$1.339$0.9207
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$1.701$0.3143$1.054$0.6632$1.361$0.9356
South Africa North southafricanorth$1.74$0.3216$1.079$0.6785$1.392$0.957
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$1.74$0.3216$1.079$0.6785$1.392$0.957
East Asia eastasia$1.799$0.3325$1.115$0.7015$1.439$0.9895
Sweden South swedensouth$1.809$0.3343$1.121$0.7054$1.447$0.995
South India southindia$1.844$0.3408$1.144$0.7193$1.475$1.014
Norway East norwayeast$1.871$0.3458$1.16$0.7296$1.497$1.029
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$1.944$0.3593$1.205$0.758$1.555$1.069
France South francesouth$1.998$0.3692$1.238$0.7791$1.598$1.099
Germany North germanynorth$2.052$0.3792$1.272$0.8001$1.642$1.129
Brazil South brazilsouth$2.087$0.3857$1.294$0.8139$1.419$0.9809
UAE Central uaecentral$2.093$0.3868$1.298$0.8164$1.674$1.151
Norway West norwaywest$2.257$0.4171$1.399$0.8801$1.806$1.241
South Africa West southafricawest$2.268$0.4191$1.406$0.8843$1.814$1.247
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$2.294$0.4239$1.423$0.8948$1.835$1.262
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$2.713$0.5014$1.682$1.058$2.17$1.492

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$1.308$0.8111$0.5102
Windows$2.044$1.547$1.246

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)128
NetworkingValue
Network12.5 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces8
StorageValue
Storage2 x 440 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Local NVMe880 GiB
Max data disks48
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)25,600
Max disk throughput (uncached)848 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYes
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_E16-8ds_v6
FamilyEdsv6
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesedsv6-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.