Instances Azure VM Standard_E16a_v4 Standard_E16a_v4
Standard_E16a_v4 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome), AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)). 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 $0.5927 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2122 per hour. It is sold in 61 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.635 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 $0.635 $0.1173 $0.375 $0.2415 $0.4275 $0.2991 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.635 – – – $0.635 $0.635 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.635 – – – $0.635 $0.635 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.985 $0.182 $0.5791 $0.3704 $0.6661 $0.4662 East US eastus $1.008 $0.2122 $0.5927 $0.379 $0.6816 $0.4771 East US 2 eastus2 $1.008 $0.1863 $0.5927 $0.3979 $0.6818 $0.4773 North Central US northcentralus $1.008 $0.1863 $0.5927 $0.379 $0.6816 $0.4771 US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $1.008 $0.1863 $0.6048 $0.4032 – – West US 2 westus2 $1.008 $0.1863 $0.5927 $0.379 $0.6816 $0.4771 West US 3 westus3 $1.008 $0.1863 $0.5947 $0.383 $0.6816 $0.4771 India South Central indiasouthcentral $1.04 $0.1922 $0.6136 $0.3952 $0.7002 $0.4899 Spain Central spaincentral $1.064 $0.1966 $0.6277 $0.4043 $0.7235 $0.5001 Sweden Central swedencentral $1.072 $0.1981 $0.6325 $0.4073 $0.7249 $0.5075 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $1.088 $0.2011 $0.6397 $0.4091 $0.7357 $0.515 Malaysia West malaysiawest $1.094 $0.2022 $0.6566 $0.4377 $0.7398 $0.5178 Canada Central canadacentral $1.104 $0.204 $0.6514 $0.4195 $0.7465 $0.5225 Canada East canadaeast $1.104 $0.204 $0.6514 $0.4195 $0.7465 $0.5225 Mexico Central mexicocentral $1.109 $0.2049 $0.6519 $0.4169 $0.7499 $0.5249 West US westus $1.12 $0.207 $0.6586 $0.4211 $0.7573 $0.5302 North Europe northeurope $1.128 $0.2085 $0.663 $0.4241 $0.7626 $0.5339 Central US centralus $1.139 $0.2104 $0.6834 $0.4556 $0.7704 $0.5393 Korea South koreasouth $1.152 $0.2129 $0.6912 $0.4608 $0.7792 $0.5455 France Central francecentral $1.184 $0.2188 $0.6962 $0.4452 $0.8006 $0.5604 Israel Central israelcentral $1.184 $0.2188 $0.6985 $0.4499 $0.8007 $0.5605 Italy North italynorth $1.184 $0.2188 $0.7104 $0.4736 $0.8525 $0.6157 UK South uksouth $1.184 $0.208 $0.6962 $0.4452 $0.8006 $0.5604 Australia Central australiacentral $1.208 $0.2232 $0.7127 $0.4591 $0.8168 $0.5717 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $1.208 $0.1208 $0.7127 $0.4591 $0.8168 $0.5717 Australia East australiaeast $1.208 $0.2232 $0.7103 $0.4542 $0.8168 $0.5717 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $1.208 $0.2232 $0.7127 $0.4591 – – South Central US southcentralus $1.21 $0.2236 $0.7258 $0.4838 $0.8184 $0.5729 West Central US westcentralus $1.21 $0.2236 $0.7258 $0.4838 $0.8184 $0.5729 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $1.216 $0.2247 $0.7175 $0.4621 $0.8223 $0.5757 Japan East japaneast $1.216 $0.2247 $0.715 $0.4572 $0.8223 $0.5757 Japan West japanwest $1.216 $0.2247 $0.7175 $0.4621 $0.8225 $0.5758 Korea Central koreacentral $1.216 $0.2247 $0.715 $0.4572 $0.8223 $0.5757 Poland Central polandcentral $1.216 $0.2247 $0.7175 $0.4621 $0.8223 $0.5757 Southeast Asia southeastasia $1.216 $0.2247 $0.715 $0.4572 $0.8223 $0.5757 West Europe westeurope $1.216 $0.2471 $0.7151 $0.4801 $0.8223 $0.5757 UK West ukwest $1.22 $0.2255 $0.7318 $0.4879 $0.8252 $0.5777 Qatar Central qatarcentral $1.241 $0.2293 $0.7321 $0.4715 $0.8393 $0.5875 UAE North uaenorth $1.241 $0.2293 $0.7321 $0.4715 $0.8393 $0.5875 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $1.26 $0.2328 $0.7434 $0.4788 – – New Zealand North newzealandnorth $1.268 $0.2343 – – $0.8574 $0.6001 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $1.28 $0.2365 $0.7683 $0.5122 $0.8704 $0.606 West India westindia $1.29 $0.2384 $0.7612 $0.4903 $0.8731 $0.6111 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $1.31 $0.2421 $0.7862 $0.5242 $0.8861 $0.6203 East Asia eastasia $1.336 $0.2469 $0.7856 $0.5023 $0.9034 $0.6323 South Africa North southafricanorth $1.344 $0.2484 $0.7929 $0.5107 $0.9088 $0.6361 Sweden South swedensouth $1.394 $0.2576 $0.8223 $0.5296 $0.9435 $0.6603 South India southindia $1.421 $0.2626 $0.8386 $0.5401 $0.9617 $0.6731 Norway East norwayeast $1.441 $0.2663 $0.8505 $0.5478 $0.9753 $0.6826 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $1.441 $0.2663 $0.8505 $0.5478 $0.9753 $0.6826 France South francesouth $1.539 $0.2844 $0.9081 $0.5849 $1.042 $0.729 Germany North germanynorth $1.581 $0.2922 $0.9326 $0.6007 $1.07 $0.7489 Brazil South brazilsouth $1.608 $0.2972 $0.9455 $0.6046 $1.087 $0.7558 UAE Central uaecentral $1.613 $0.2981 $0.9516 $0.6129 $1.097 $0.7581 South Africa West southafricawest $1.747 $0.3228 $1.031 $0.6639 $1.182 $0.8276 Norway West norwaywest $1.874 $0.3463 $1.106 $0.7121 $1.268 $0.8877 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $1.874 $0.3463 $1.106 $0.7121 $1.268 $0.8877 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $2.09 $0.3862 $1.233 $0.7942 $1.414 $0.9896
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $1.008 $0.5927 $0.379 Windows $1.744 $1.329 $1.115
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 8 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome), AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 128
Networking Value Network 10 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 8
Storage Value Storage 32 x 128 GiB temp SSD Temp disk 400 GiB Max data disks 32 Premium SSD No Max disk IOPS (uncached) 25,600 Max disk throughput (uncached) 384 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_E16a_v4 Family Eav4 Category Memory optimized VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series eav4-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Compute and memory optimized
Other processors
With or without local disk and networking
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .