Standard_E16bds_v6

Standard_E16bds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $1.563 per hour on demand ($1,140.99 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.9223 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2904 per hour. It is sold in 53 regions; the cheapest is Central US at $1.563 per hour.

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
Central US centralus$1.563$0.2887$0.9191$0.554$1.057$0.663
East US eastus$1.563$0.2904$0.9223$0.5471$1.063$0.6565
East US 2 eastus2$1.563$0.2888$0.9223$0.5471$1.063$0.6565
North Central US northcentralus$1.563$0.2888$0.9191$0.554$1.057$0.663
West US 2 westus2$1.563$0.2888$0.9223$0.5471$1.063$0.6565
West US 3 westus3$1.563$0.2888$0.9223$0.5471$1.063$0.6565
Sweden Central swedencentral$1.657$0.3062$0.9775$0.5964$1.143$0.7291
Mexico Central mexicocentral$1.719$0.3177$1.011$0.6094$1.162$0.7292
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$1.863$0.3443$1.095$0.6756$1.287$0.8106
Italy North italynorth$1.863$0.3443$1.095$0.6758$1.287$0.8106
Poland Central polandcentral$1.863$0.3443$1.095$0.6756$1.287$0.8106
Spain Central spaincentral$1.863$0.3443$1.095$0.681$1.302$0.816
UK West ukwest$1.863$0.3443$1.095$0.6758$1.287$0.8106
Southeast Asia southeastasia$1.872$0.3459$1.105$0.6739$1.273$0.7862
Canada Central canadacentral$1.876$0.3467$1.103$0.6648$1.269$0.7958
Canada East canadaeast$1.876$0.3467$1.103$0.6648$1.269$0.7958
South Central US southcentralus$1.876$0.3467$1.107$0.6565$1.276$0.7879
West Central US westcentralus$1.876$0.3467$1.103$0.6648$1.269$0.7958
Japan East japaneast$1.90$0.3511$1.117$0.6947$1.327$0.8322
Japan West japanwest$1.90$0.3511$1.117$0.6947$1.327$0.8322
Australia Central australiacentral$1.909$0.3528$1.123$0.6803$1.306$0.8155
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$1.909$0.1909$1.123$0.6803$1.306$0.8155
Australia East australiaeast$1.909$0.3528$1.127$0.6874$1.298$0.8018
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$1.909$0.3528$1.123$0.6803$1.306$0.8155
France Central francecentral$1.954$0.3611$1.149$0.7089$1.35$0.8502
UK South uksouth$1.954$0.3433$1.153$0.7034$1.348$0.8598
New Zealand North newzealandnorth$2.005$0.3705$1.179$0.7143$1.371$0.8565
West US westus$2.032$0.3755$1.195$0.7202$1.374$0.862
North Europe northeurope$2.049$0.3787$1.209$0.7376$1.414$0.9016
West Europe westeurope$2.049$0.3787$1.209$0.7376$1.414$0.9016
Korea Central koreacentral$2.103$0.3886$1.237$0.7689$1.469$0.9211
Korea South koreasouth$2.103$0.3886$1.237$0.7689$1.469$0.9211
Sweden South swedensouth$2.154$0.3981$1.266$0.7814$1.488$0.9372
Central India centralindia$2.188$0.4043$1.287$0.8001$1.529$0.9583
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$2.188–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$2.188–––––
South Africa North southafricanorth$2.188$0.4043$1.287$0.7937$1.512$0.952
South Africa West southafricawest$2.188$0.4043$1.287$0.7937$1.512$0.952
West India westindia$2.188$0.4043$1.287$0.8001$1.529$0.9583
Israel Central israelcentral$2.235$0.413$1.314$0.8108$1.544$0.9724
Norway East norwayeast$2.235$0.413$1.314$0.8108$1.544$0.9724
Qatar Central qatarcentral$2.235$0.413$1.314$0.8108$1.544$0.9724
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$2.235$0.413$1.314$0.8108$1.544$0.9724
UAE Central uaecentral$2.235$0.413$1.314$0.8108$1.544$0.9724
UAE North uaenorth$2.235$0.413$1.314$0.8108$1.544$0.9724
East Asia eastasia$2.378$0.4395$1.398$0.8493$1.627$1.018
South India southindia$2.407$0.4448$1.416$0.8801$1.682$1.054
Germany North germanynorth$2.421$0.4474$1.424$0.8785$1.672$1.053
France South francesouth$2.54$0.4694$1.494$0.9216$1.755$1.105
Norway West norwaywest$2.906$0.537$1.709$1.054$2.008$1.264
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$2.906$0.537$1.709$1.054$2.008$1.264
Brazil South brazilsouth$3.126$0.5777$1.838$1.108$2.114$1.326
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$4.064$0.751$2.39$1.44$2.748$1.724

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$1.563$0.9223$0.5471
Windows$2.299$1.658$1.283

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs16
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)128
NetworkingValue
Network12.5 Gbps
StorageValue
Storage2 x 440 GiB temp SSD
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_E16bds_v6
FamilyEbdsv6
CategoryMemory optimized
OtherValue
Seriesebdsv6-series
Specs sourceMicrosoft docs

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