Standard_E16s_v6

Standard_E16s_v6 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $1.058 per hour on demand ($772.34 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.6562 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2194 per hour. It is sold in 61 regions.

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
East US eastus$1.058$0.2194$0.6562$0.4128$0.7194$0.4973
East US 2 eastus2$1.058$0.1955$0.6562$0.4128$0.7194$0.4973
North Central US northcentralus$1.058$0.1955$0.6562$0.4128$0.7194$0.4973
West US 2 westus2$1.058$0.1955$0.6562$0.4128$0.7194$0.4973
West US 3 westus3$1.058$0.1955$0.6562$0.4128$0.7194$0.4973
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$1.085$0.2005$0.6728$0.4232$0.7378$0.51
Malaysia West malaysiawest$1.085$0.2005$0.6728$0.4232$0.7378$0.51
Central India centralindia$1.092$0.2018$0.6771$0.4259$0.7426$0.5132
India South Central indiasouthcentral$1.092$0.2018$0.6771$0.4259$0.7426$0.5132
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$1.092–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$1.092–––––
Sweden Central swedencentral$1.126$0.2081$0.6978$0.439$0.7657$0.5292
Taiwan North taiwannorth$1.149$0.2123$0.7124$0.4482$0.9192$0.632
Canada Central canadacentral$1.159$0.2142$0.7187$0.4521$0.7881$0.5447
Canada East canadaeast$1.159$0.2142$0.7187$0.4521$0.7881$0.5447
Mexico Central mexicocentral$1.164$0.2151$0.7219$0.4541$0.9312$0.6402
West US westus$1.176$0.2173$0.7291$0.4586$0.7997$0.5527
North Europe northeurope$1.184$0.2188$0.7344$0.4619$0.8051$0.5565
Spain Central spaincentral$1.184$0.2188$0.7344$0.4619$0.8051$0.5565
Central US centralus$1.196$0.2178$0.6562$0.4128$0.7152$0.4939
Korea South koreasouth$1.217$0.2249$0.7546$0.4747$0.9736$0.6694
France Central francecentral$1.243$0.2297$0.7708$0.4849$0.8452$0.5842
Israel Central israelcentral$1.243$0.2297$0.7708$0.4849$0.8452$0.5842
Italy North italynorth$1.243$0.2297$0.7708$0.4849$0.8452$0.5842
Qatar Central qatarcentral$1.243$0.2297$0.7708$0.4849$0.8452$0.5842
UK South uksouth$1.243$0.2184$0.7708$0.4849$0.8452$0.5842
Australia Central australiacentral$1.268$0.2343$0.7864$0.4947$0.8622$0.596
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$1.268$0.1268$0.7864$0.4947$0.8622$0.596
Australia East australiaeast$1.268$0.2343$0.7864$0.4947$0.8622$0.596
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$1.268$0.2343$0.7864$0.4947––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$1.268$0.2343$0.7864$0.4947––
South Central US southcentralus$1.27$0.2347$0.7874$0.4953$1.016$0.6985
West Central US westcentralus$1.27$0.2347$0.7874$0.4953$1.016$0.6985
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$1.277$0.236$0.7917$0.4979$0.8684$0.6002
Japan East japaneast$1.277$0.236$0.7917$0.4979$0.8684$0.6002
Japan West japanwest$1.277$0.236$0.7917$0.4979$0.8684$0.6002
Korea Central koreacentral$1.277$0.236$0.7917$0.4979$0.8684$0.6002
Southeast Asia southeastasia$1.277$0.236$0.7917$0.4979$0.8684$0.6002
West Europe westeurope$1.277$0.236$0.7917$0.4979$0.8684$0.6002
Poland Central polandcentral$1.28$0.2365$0.7936$0.4992$1.024$0.704
UK West ukwest$1.281$0.2367$0.7939$0.4995$1.025$0.7046
UAE North uaenorth$1.302$0.2406$0.8071$0.5077$1.042$0.7161
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$1.323$0.2445$0.8203$0.516––
New Zealand North newzealandnorth$1.332$0.2462$0.8257$0.5194$0.9058$0.626
West India westindia$1.355$0.2504$0.84$0.5283$1.084$0.7453
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$1.376$0.2543$0.8531$0.5366$1.101$0.7568
South Africa North southafricanorth$1.408$0.2602$0.8727$0.549$1.126$0.7744
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$1.408$0.2602$0.8727$0.549$1.126$0.7744
East Asia eastasia$1.455$0.2689$0.9023$0.5676$1.164$0.8003
Sweden South swedensouth$1.463$0.2704$0.9073$0.5707$1.17$0.8047
South India southindia$1.492$0.2757$0.9252$0.582$1.194$0.8206
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$1.494$0.2761$0.9261$0.5826$1.195$0.8217
Norway East norwayeast$1.513$0.2796$0.9384$0.5903$1.21$0.8322
France South francesouth$1.616$0.2986$1.002$0.6303$1.293$0.8888
Germany North germanynorth$1.66$0.3068$1.029$0.6473$1.328$0.913
Brazil South brazilsouth$1.688$0.3119$1.047$0.6585$1.148$0.7934
UAE Central uaecentral$1.694$0.3131$1.05$0.6606$1.355$0.9317
Norway West norwaywest$1.826$0.3374$1.132$0.7121$1.461$1.004
South Africa West southafricawest$1.835$0.3391$1.137$0.7155$1.468$1.009
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$1.856$0.343$1.151$0.724$1.485$1.021
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$2.195$0.4056$1.361$0.856$1.756$1.207

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$1.058$0.6562$0.4128
Windows$1.794$1.392$1.149

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs16
Physical cores8
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)128
NetworkingValue
Network12.5 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces8
StorageValue
Max data disks48
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)25,600
Max disk throughput (uncached)848 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNo
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_E16s_v6
FamilyEsv6
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesesv6-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.