Standard_E16nds_v6

Standard_E16nds_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 $0.9191 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.3264 per hour. It is sold in 57 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$0.287$0.9191$0.554$1.057$0.663
East US eastus$1.563$0.3264$0.9191$0.554$1.057$0.663
East US 2 eastus2$1.563$0.2888$0.9191$0.554$1.057$0.663
North Central US northcentralus$1.563$0.2888$0.9191$0.554$1.063$0.6565
West US 2 westus2$1.563$0.2888$0.9191$0.554$1.063$0.6565
West US 3 westus3$1.563$0.2888$0.9191$0.554$1.063$0.6565
Sweden Central swedencentral$1.657$0.3062$0.9742$0.6011$1.143$0.7291
Mexico Central mexicocentral$1.719$0.3177$1.011$0.6094$1.169$0.722
Korea South koreasouth$1.798$0.3323$1.057$0.6572$1.259$0.7911
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$1.863$0.3443$1.095$0.6756$1.286$0.8197
Poland Central polandcentral$1.863$0.3443$1.095$0.6756$1.286$0.8197
Southeast Asia southeastasia$1.872$0.3459$1.101$0.6687$1.273$0.805
Canada Central canadacentral$1.876$0.3467$1.103$0.6648$1.276$0.7879
Canada East canadaeast$1.876$0.3467$1.103$0.6648$1.276$0.7879
South Central US southcentralus$1.876$0.3467$1.103$0.6648$1.269$0.7958
West Central US westcentralus$1.876$0.3467$1.103$0.6648$1.269$0.7958
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$1.881$0.3476$1.106$0.6685––
UK West ukwest$1.891$0.3495$1.112$0.6862$1.305$0.832
Japan East japaneast$1.90$0.3511$1.117$0.6947$1.33$0.836
Australia Central australiacentral$1.909$0.3528$1.123$0.6803$1.298$0.8209
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$1.909$0.1909$1.123$0.6803$1.298$0.8209
Australia East australiaeast$1.909$0.3528$1.123$0.6803$1.298$0.8209
France Central francecentral$1.954$0.3611$1.149$0.7089$1.348$0.8598
UK South uksouth$1.954$0.3433$1.149$0.7089$1.35$0.8502
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$1.954$0.3611$1.149$0.6942––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$1.954$0.3611$1.149$0.6942––
West India westindia$2.001$0.3698$1.177$0.7315$1.401$0.8804
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$2.032$0.3755$1.195$0.724$1.382$0.8738
Italy North italynorth$2.032$0.3755$1.195$0.7372$1.402$0.8941
Spain Central spaincentral$2.032$0.3755$1.195$0.7372$1.402$0.8941
Taiwan North taiwannorth$2.032$0.3755$1.195$0.7429$1.422$0.8941
West US westus$2.032$0.3755$1.195$0.7202$1.374$0.862
North Europe northeurope$2.049$0.3787$1.205$0.7433$1.414$0.9016
West Europe westeurope$2.049$0.3787$1.205$0.7433$1.414$0.9016
Korea Central koreacentral$2.11$0.3899$1.241$0.7715$1.477$0.9284
Sweden South swedensouth$2.154$0.3981$1.266$0.7814$1.486$0.9478
Central India centralindia$2.188$0.4043$1.287$0.8001$1.532$0.9627
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$2.188–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$2.188–––––
South India southindia$2.204$0.4073$1.296$0.8058$1.543$0.9698
Israel Central israelcentral$2.235$0.413$1.319$0.8047$1.654$0.9611
Norway East norwayeast$2.235$0.413$1.314$0.8107$1.542$0.9834
Qatar Central qatarcentral$2.235$0.413$1.296$0.8047$1.654$0.9834
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$2.235$0.413$1.314$0.8107$1.542$0.9834
UAE North uaenorth$2.235$0.413$1.319$0.8047$1.654$0.9611
Japan West japanwest$2.267$0.4189$1.333$0.8287$1.587$0.9975
South Africa North southafricanorth$2.282$0.4217$1.347$0.8216$1.689$0.9813
Germany North germanynorth$2.421$0.4474$1.424$0.8785$1.671$1.065
East Asia eastasia$2.423$0.4478$1.425$0.8654$1.657$1.038
France South francesouth$2.54$0.4694$1.494$0.9215$1.753$1.118
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$2.642$0.4882$1.554$0.9658$1.849$1.163
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$2.906$0.537$1.709$1.054$2.005$1.279
UAE Central uaecentral$2.906$0.537$1.714$1.046$2.15$1.25
Norway West norwaywest$2.907$0.5372$1.71$1.054$2.006$1.279
South Africa West southafricawest$2.967$0.5483$1.75$1.068$2.196$1.276
Brazil South brazilsouth$3.126$0.5777$1.838$1.108$2.126$1.313
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$4.064$0.751$2.39$1.44$2.764$1.707

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$1.563$0.9191$0.554
Windows$2.299$1.655$1.29

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs16
Physical cores8
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)128
NetworkingValue
Network50 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces8
StorageValue
Storage2 x 440 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Local NVMe880 GiB
Max data disks48
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)25,600
Max disk throughput (uncached)848 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYes
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_E16nds_v6
FamilyEndsv6
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesendsv6-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

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