Standard_E16bs_v6

Standard_E16bs_v6 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $1.395 per hour on demand ($1,018.35 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.8232 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2593 per hour. It is sold in 53 regions; the cheapest is Central US at $1.395 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$1.395$0.2577$0.8201$0.4915$0.9433$0.5906
East US eastus$1.395$0.2593$0.8232$0.4883$0.9486$0.5859
East US 2 eastus2$1.395$0.2578$0.8232$0.4883$0.9486$0.5859
North Central US northcentralus$1.395$0.2578$0.8201$0.4915$0.9433$0.5906
West US 2 westus2$1.395$0.2578$0.8228$0.4881$0.9486$0.5859
West US 3 westus3$1.395$0.2578$0.8232$0.4883$0.9486$0.5859
Sweden Central swedencentral$1.488$0.275$0.8781$0.5506$1.027$0.6398
Mexico Central mexicocentral$1.534$0.2835$0.9021$0.5406$1.037$0.6495
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$1.666$0.3079$0.9797$0.5983$1.138$0.7165
Italy North italynorth$1.666$0.3079$0.9753$0.6154$1.145$0.7134
Poland Central polandcentral$1.666$0.3079$0.9797$0.5983$1.138$0.7165
Southeast Asia southeastasia$1.666$0.3079$0.983$0.5998$1.133$0.7164
Spain Central spaincentral$1.666$0.3079$0.9753$0.6154$1.145$0.7134
UK West ukwest$1.666$0.3079$0.9753$0.6154$1.145$0.7134
Canada Central canadacentral$1.674$0.3094$0.984$0.5898$1.132$0.7088
Canada East canadaeast$1.674$0.3094$0.984$0.5898$1.132$0.7088
South Central US southcentralus$1.674$0.3094$0.9878$0.586$1.138$0.7031
West Central US westcentralus$1.674$0.3094$0.984$0.5898$1.132$0.7088
Australia Central australiacentral$1.694$0.3131$0.9961$0.597$1.152$0.7171
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$1.694$0.1694$0.9961$0.597$1.152$0.7171
Australia East australiaeast$1.694$0.3131$0.9995$0.593$1.152$0.7115
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$1.694$0.3131$0.9961$0.597$1.152$0.7171
Japan East japaneast$1.694$0.3131$0.9961$0.6067$1.17$0.7271
Japan West japanwest$1.694$0.3131$0.9961$0.6067$1.17$0.7271
France Central francecentral$1.744$0.3223$1.021$0.6442$1.199$0.7468
UK South uksouth$1.744$0.3064$1.029$0.6279$1.203$0.7499
New Zealand North newzealandnorth$1.779$0.3288$1.046$0.6269$1.21$0.7531
West US westus$1.813$0.335$1.066$0.6389$1.226$0.7676
North Europe northeurope$1.833$0.3387$1.081$0.6598$1.246$0.7882
West Europe westeurope$1.833$0.3387$1.081$0.6598$1.246$0.7882
Korea Central koreacentral$1.877$0.3469$1.104$0.6723$1.297$0.8056
Korea South koreasouth$1.877$0.3469$1.104$0.6723$1.297$0.8056
Sweden South swedensouth$1.935$0.3576$1.133$0.7147$1.33$0.8286
South Africa North southafricanorth$1.952$0.3607$1.148$0.7011$1.333$0.8396
South Africa West southafricawest$1.952$0.3607$1.148$0.7011$1.333$0.8396
Central India centralindia$1.953$0.3609$1.149$0.6995$1.349$0.8382
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$1.953–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$1.953–––––
West India westindia$1.953$0.3609$1.149$0.6995$1.349$0.8382
Israel Central israelcentral$1.995$0.3687$1.173$0.7164$1.363$0.858
Norway East norwayeast$1.995$0.3687$1.173$0.7164$1.363$0.858
Qatar Central qatarcentral$1.995$0.3687$1.173$0.7164$1.363$0.858
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$1.995$0.3687$1.173$0.7164$1.363$0.858
UAE Central uaecentral$1.995$0.3687$1.173$0.7164$1.363$0.858
UAE North uaenorth$1.995$0.3687$1.173$0.7164$1.363$0.858
East Asia eastasia$2.122$0.3921$1.248$0.7621$1.45$0.9127
South India southindia$2.149$0.3971$1.263$0.7694$1.484$0.9224
Germany North germanynorth$2.166$0.4003$1.268$0.8001$1.489$0.9275
France South francesouth$2.267$0.4189$1.327$0.8375$1.558$0.9707
Norway West norwaywest$2.594$0.4794$1.525$0.9314$1.772$1.116
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$2.594$0.4794$1.525$0.9314$1.772$1.116
Brazil South brazilsouth$2.79$0.5156$1.641$0.9833$1.887$1.181
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$3.628$0.6705$2.133$1.278$2.453$1.536

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$1.395$0.8232$0.4883
Windows$2.131$1.559$1.224

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs16
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)128
NetworkingValue
Network12.5 Gbps
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_E16bs_v6
FamilyEbsv6
CategoryMemory optimized
OtherValue
Seriesebsv6-series
Specs sourceMicrosoft docs

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