Instances Azure VM Standard_E16_v5 Standard_E16_v5
Standard_E16_v5 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $1.008 per hour on demand ($735.84 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.6219 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2123 per hour. It is sold in 58 regions.
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 East US eastus $1.008 $0.2123 $0.6219 $0.3982 $0.6816 $0.4771 East US 2 eastus2 $1.008 $0.356 $0.6219 $0.3982 $0.6822 $0.4775 North Central US northcentralus $1.008 $0.1863 $0.6219 $0.3982 $0.6816 $0.4771 West US 2 westus2 $1.008 $0.1863 $0.6219 $0.3982 $0.6816 $0.4771 West US 3 westus3 $1.008 $0.1863 $0.5947 $0.383 $0.6822 $0.4775 Central India centralindia $1.04 $0.1922 $0.6417 $0.4108 $0.7002 $0.4899 India South Central indiasouthcentral $1.04 $0.1922 $0.6136 $0.3848 $0.7002 $0.4899 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $1.04 – – – $1.04 $1.04 Jio India West jioindiawest $1.04 – – – $1.04 $1.04 Sweden Central swedencentral $1.072 $0.1981 $0.6614 $0.4234 $0.725 $0.5075 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $1.094 $0.2022 $0.6435 $0.4049 $0.7398 $0.5178 Malaysia West malaysiawest $1.094 $0.2022 $0.6435 $0.4049 $0.7398 $0.5178 Taiwan North taiwannorth $1.094 $0.2022 $0.6752 $0.4323 $0.7398 $0.5178 Canada Central canadacentral $1.104 $0.4011 $0.6812 $0.4361 $0.7465 $0.5225 Canada East canadaeast $1.104 $0.204 $0.6812 $0.4361 $0.7465 $0.5225 Mexico Central mexicocentral $1.109 $0.2049 $0.6841 $0.438 $0.7499 $0.5249 West US westus $1.12 $0.207 $0.6911 $0.4424 $0.7573 $0.5302 North Europe northeurope $1.128 $0.2781 $0.696 $0.4455 $0.7626 $0.5339 Spain Central spaincentral $1.128 $0.2085 $0.696 $0.4455 $0.8122 $0.5866 Central US centralus $1.139 $0.2105 $0.5947 $0.3729 $0.68 $0.4761 Korea South koreasouth $1.159 $0.2142 $0.6839 $0.4289 $0.7844 $0.549 France Central francecentral $1.184 $0.2188 $0.7305 $0.4677 $0.8006 $0.5604 Israel Central israelcentral $1.184 $0.2188 $0.7305 $0.4677 $0.8051 $0.5565 Italy North italynorth $1.184 $0.2188 $0.7305 $0.4677 $0.8051 $0.5565 Qatar Central qatarcentral $1.184 $0.2188 $0.7305 $0.4677 $0.8007 $0.5605 UK South uksouth $1.184 $0.2092 $0.7305 $0.4677 $0.8006 $0.5604 Australia Central australiacentral $1.208 $0.2232 $0.7453 $0.4772 $0.8168 $0.5717 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $1.208 $0.1208 $0.7127 $0.447 $0.8168 $0.5717 Australia East australiaeast $1.208 $0.2232 $0.7453 $0.4772 $0.8168 $0.5717 South Central US southcentralus $1.21 $0.2236 $0.7463 $0.4778 $0.8189 $0.5732 West Central US westcentralus $1.21 $0.2236 $0.7463 $0.4778 $0.8189 $0.5732 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $1.216 $0.2247 $0.7502 $0.4803 $0.8223 $0.5757 Japan East japaneast $1.216 $0.2247 $0.7502 $0.4803 $0.8223 $0.5757 Japan West japanwest $1.216 $0.2247 $0.7502 $0.4803 $0.823 $0.576 Korea Central koreacentral $1.216 $0.2247 $0.7502 $0.4803 $0.8223 $0.5757 Poland Central polandcentral $1.216 $0.2247 $0.7502 $0.4803 $0.8223 $0.5757 Southeast Asia southeastasia $1.216 $0.2254 $0.7502 $0.4803 $0.8223 $0.5757 West Europe westeurope $1.216 $0.2247 $0.7502 $0.4803 $0.8223 $0.5757 UK West ukwest $1.22 $0.2255 $0.7525 $0.4818 $0.8257 $0.5779 UAE North uaenorth $1.241 $0.2293 $0.7655 $0.4901 $0.8394 $0.5876 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $1.268 $0.2343 $0.7484 $0.4769 $0.8574 $0.6001 West India westindia $1.29 $0.2384 $0.7612 $0.4774 $0.8731 $0.6111 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $1.31 $0.2421 $0.8086 $0.5176 $0.8866 $0.6205 East Asia eastasia $1.336 $0.2469 $0.8243 $0.5277 $0.9034 $0.6323 Norway East norwayeast $1.338 $0.2473 $0.8253 $0.5283 $0.9056 $0.6338 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $1.338 $0.2473 $0.8253 $0.5283 $0.9056 $0.6338 South Africa North southafricanorth $1.344 $0.2484 $0.8292 $0.5309 $0.9088 $0.6362 Sweden South swedensouth $1.394 $0.2576 $0.8223 $0.5156 $0.9435 $0.6603 South India southindia $1.421 $0.2626 $0.8769 $0.5614 $0.9617 $0.6731 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $1.423 $0.263 $0.8394 $0.5349 $0.9622 $0.6735 France South francesouth $1.539 $0.2844 $0.9081 $0.5695 $1.042 $0.729 Germany North germanynorth $1.581 $0.2922 $0.9326 $0.5849 $1.07 $0.7489 Brazil South brazilsouth $1.608 $0.2972 $0.9921 $0.6352 $1.087 $0.7558 UAE Central uaecentral $1.613 $0.2981 $0.9952 $0.6371 $1.092 $0.7641 Norway West norwaywest $1.739 $0.3214 $1.026 $0.6434 $1.177 $0.8238 South Africa West southafricawest $1.747 $0.3228 $1.031 $0.6465 $1.182 $0.8276 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $1.769 $0.3269 $1.044 $0.6546 $1.197 $0.838 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $2.09 $0.3862 $1.233 $0.7734 $1.415 $0.99
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $1.008 $0.6219 $0.3982 Windows $1.744 $1.358 $1.134
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 8 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 128
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 8
Storage Value Max data disks 32 Premium SSD No Max disk IOPS (uncached) 25,600 Max disk throughput (uncached) 600 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_E16_v5 Family Ev5 Category Memory optimized VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series ev5-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Compute and memory optimized
With or without local disk and networking
Other generations
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .