Instances Azure VM Standard_E16pds_v5 Standard_E16pds_v5
Standard_E16pds_v5 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (Ampere Altra [ARM-64]). In East US it costs $0.922 per hour on demand ($673.06 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.5437 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1949 per hour. It is sold in 24 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.656 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 $0.656 $0.1212 $0.387 $0.2493 $0.4435 $0.3067 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.656 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.656 – – – – – East US eastus $0.922 $0.1949 $0.5437 $0.3502 $0.6273 $0.433 East US 2 eastus2 $0.922 $0.1704 $0.5437 $0.3502 $0.6261 $0.4287 North Central US northcentralus $0.922 $0.1704 $0.5437 $0.3502 $0.6261 $0.4287 West US 2 westus2 $0.922 $0.1704 $0.5437 $0.3502 $0.6261 $0.4287 West US 3 westus3 $0.922 $0.1704 $0.5437 $0.3502 – – Sweden Central swedencentral $0.973 $0.1798 $0.574 $0.3697 $0.6616 $0.4573 Canada Central canadacentral $1.012 $0.187 $0.597 $0.3846 $0.6887 $0.4735 North Europe northeurope $1.024 $0.1892 $0.6041 $0.3891 $0.7013 $0.4886 West US westus $1.04 $0.1922 $0.6136 $0.3952 $0.7134 $0.4939 Central US centralus $1.041 $0.1923 $0.5437 $0.3502 $0.6246 $0.4279 France Central francecentral $1.08 $0.1996 $0.6372 $0.4104 $0.7313 $0.5113 UK South uksouth $1.083 $0.1903 $0.639 $0.4116 $0.7437 $0.5194 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $1.104 $0.204 $0.6514 $0.4195 $0.7526 $0.5253 West Europe westeurope $1.104 $0.204 $0.6514 $0.4195 $0.7526 $0.5253 South Central US southcentralus $1.106 $0.2044 $0.6525 $0.4202 $0.7595 $0.5304 West Central US westcentralus $1.106 $0.2044 $0.6525 $0.4202 $0.7595 $0.5304 Australia East australiaeast $1.112 $0.2055 $0.6561 $0.4226 $0.7604 $0.5253 Japan East japaneast $1.112 $0.2055 $0.6561 $0.4226 $0.7604 $0.5331 Southeast Asia southeastasia $1.112 $0.2055 $0.6561 $0.4226 $0.7526 $0.5253 East Asia eastasia $1.124 $0.2077 $0.6631 $0.4271 $0.7719 $0.5391 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $1.222 $0.2258 – – $0.831 $0.5743
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 16 Threads per core 1 Architecture arm64 Processor Ampere Altra [ARM-64]
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 128
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 4
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) 600 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_E16pds_v5 Family Epdsv5 Category Memory optimized VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series epdsv5-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 .