Instances Azure VM Standard_E16ads_v5 Standard_E16ads_v5
Standard_E16ads_v5 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan), AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)). In East US it costs $1.048 per hour on demand ($765.04 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.6183 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2207 per hour. It is sold in 61 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.664 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 $0.664 $0.1227 $0.392 $0.2525 $0.4491 $0.3106 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.664 – – – $0.664 $0.664 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.664 – – – $0.664 $0.664 East US eastus $1.048 $0.2207 $0.6183 $0.3982 $0.7117 $0.4899 East US 2 eastus2 $1.048 $0.1937 $0.6183 $0.3982 $0.7117 $0.4899 North Central US northcentralus $1.048 $0.1937 $0.6183 $0.3982 $0.7117 $0.4899 West US 2 westus2 $1.048 $0.1937 $0.6183 $0.3982 $0.7117 $0.4899 West US 3 westus3 $1.048 $0.1937 $0.6183 $0.3982 $0.7117 $0.4899 Sweden Central swedencentral $1.112 $0.2055 $0.6561 $0.4226 $0.7652 $0.5759 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $1.145 $0.2116 $0.6732 $0.435 $0.7776 $0.5353 Malaysia West malaysiawest $1.145 $0.2116 $0.6732 $0.435 $0.7776 $0.5353 Canada Central canadacentral $1.152 $0.2172 $0.6797 $0.4377 $0.7827 $0.5795 Canada East canadaeast $1.152 $0.2129 $0.6797 $0.4377 $0.7827 $0.5795 Mexico Central mexicocentral $1.153 $0.2131 $0.6801 $0.4381 $0.783 $0.539 North Europe northeurope $1.168 $0.2158 $0.6892 $0.4438 $0.8036 $0.5585 Central US centralus $1.184 $0.2187 $0.6183 $0.3982 $0.7104 $0.489 West US westus $1.184 $0.2188 $0.6985 $0.4499 $0.8121 $0.562 Korea South koreasouth $1.205 $0.2227 $0.7111 $0.458 $0.8292 $0.6241 Taiwan North taiwannorth $1.205 $0.2227 $0.711 $0.4579 $0.8315 $0.5543 India South Central indiasouthcentral $1.208 $0.2456 $0.7127 $0.4591 $0.8171 $0.565 France Central francecentral $1.224 $0.2262 $0.7221 $0.4651 $0.8411 $0.5906 UK South uksouth $1.232 $0.2165 $0.7268 $0.4682 $0.8411 $0.6298 Italy North italynorth $1.234 $0.228 $0.7279 $0.4688 $0.8391 $0.58 Spain Central spaincentral $1.234 $0.228 $0.7279 $0.4688 $0.8391 $0.58 South Central US southcentralus $1.258 $0.2325 $0.742 $0.4779 $0.8656 $0.6515 West Central US westcentralus $1.258 $0.237 $0.742 $0.4779 $0.8656 $0.6515 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $1.264 $0.2336 $0.7458 $0.4803 $0.8627 $0.6043 Korea Central koreacentral $1.264 $0.2336 $0.7458 $0.4803 $0.8523 $0.6448 Poland Central polandcentral $1.264 $0.2336 $0.7458 $0.4803 $0.8627 $0.6043 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $1.264 $0.2336 $0.7458 $0.4803 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $1.264 $0.2336 $0.7458 $0.4803 – – West Europe westeurope $1.264 $0.2452 $0.7458 $0.4803 $0.8627 $0.6043 UK West ukwest $1.268 $0.2343 $0.7482 $0.4819 $0.8725 $0.6567 Australia Central australiacentral $1.272 $0.2351 $0.7505 $0.4834 $0.8646 $0.6043 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $1.272 $0.1272 $0.7505 $0.4834 $0.8646 $0.6043 Australia East australiaeast $1.272 $0.2351 $0.7505 $0.4834 $0.8646 $0.6043 Japan East japaneast $1.272 $0.2351 $0.7505 $0.4834 $0.8716 $0.6586 Japan West japanwest $1.272 $0.2351 $0.7505 $0.4834 $0.8753 $0.6588 Southeast Asia southeastasia $1.272 $0.2351 $0.7505 $0.4834 $0.8564 $0.5947 Israel Central israelcentral $1.287 $0.2378 $0.7595 $0.4891 $0.888 $0.6692 Qatar Central qatarcentral $1.287 $0.2378 $0.7595 $0.4891 $0.8856 $0.6665 UAE North uaenorth $1.287 $0.2378 $0.7595 $0.4891 $0.8856 $0.6665 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $1.31 $0.2421 $0.7729 $0.4978 – – New Zealand North newzealandnorth $1.336 $0.2469 – – $0.9081 $0.6347 West India westindia $1.341 $0.2478 $0.7914 $0.5097 $0.9227 $0.6945 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $1.362 $0.2517 $0.8038 $0.5177 $0.9372 $0.7054 South Africa North southafricanorth $1.384 $0.2558 $0.8166 $0.5259 $0.9523 $0.7168 East Asia eastasia $1.388 $0.2565 $0.8189 $0.5274 $0.9551 $0.7188 Sweden South swedensouth $1.446 $0.2672 $0.8529 $0.5493 $0.995 $0.7489 South India southindia $1.478 $0.2731 $0.8718 $0.5615 $1.017 $0.7655 Norway East norwayeast $1.499 $0.277 $0.8842 $0.5695 $1.032 $0.7763 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $1.499 $0.277 $0.8842 $0.5695 $1.032 $0.7763 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $1.567 $0.2896 $0.9243 $0.5953 $1.055 $0.7326 France South francesouth $1.591 $0.294 $0.9388 $0.6046 $1.095 $0.824 Germany North germanynorth $1.643 $0.3036 $0.9695 $0.6244 $1.131 $0.8509 Brazil South brazilsouth $1.664 $0.3075 $0.9817 $0.6323 $1.135 $0.8526 UAE Central uaecentral $1.675 $0.3095 $0.9884 $0.6366 $1.156 $0.871 South Africa West southafricawest $1.799 $0.3325 $1.062 $0.6837 $1.238 $0.9317 Norway West norwaywest $1.948 $0.36 $1.149 $0.7403 $1.34 $1.009 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $1.948 $0.36 $1.149 $0.7403 $1.34 $1.009 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $2.163 $0.3997 $1.276 $0.822 $1.488 $1.12
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $1.048 $0.6183 $0.3982 Windows $1.784 $1.354 $1.134
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 8 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan), AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa) ACU (compute units) 230
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 128
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 8
Storage Value Storage 600 GiB temp SSD Temp disk 600 GiB Max data disks 32 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 25,600 Max disk throughput (uncached) 384 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_E16ads_v5 Family Eadsv5 Category Memory optimized VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series eadsv5-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 .