Instances Azure VM Standard_EC16as_v5 Standard_EC16as_v5
Standard_EC16as_v5 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (AMD EPYC (Milan)). In East US it costs $0.904 per hour on demand ($659.92 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.7232 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1908 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.572 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 $0.572 $0.1057 $0.4576 $0.3432 $0.4807 $0.3767 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.572 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.572 – – – – – East US eastus $0.904 $0.1908 $0.7232 $0.5424 $0.7621 $0.5969 East US 2 eastus2 $0.904 $0.1671 $0.7232 $0.5424 $0.7621 $0.5969 West US westus $1.008 $0.1863 $0.8064 $0.6048 $0.8502 $0.6668 North Europe northeurope $1.016 $0.1878 $0.8128 $0.6096 $0.8572 $0.6994 Central US centralus $1.022 $0.1887 $0.7232 $0.5424 $0.7604 $0.5928 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $1.058 $0.1955 $0.8461 $0.6346 $0.8909 $0.6947 UK South uksouth $1.064 $0.1966 $0.8513 $0.6384 $0.8972 $0.7313 Southeast Asia southeastasia $1.088 $0.2011 $0.8704 $0.6528 $0.9166 $0.719 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $1.096 $0.2025 $0.8768 $0.6576 $0.9224 $0.7242 Italy North italynorth $1.096 $0.2025 $0.8768 $0.6576 $0.9247 $0.7545 Japan East japaneast $1.096 $0.2025 $0.8768 $0.6576 $0.9224 $0.7534 West Europe westeurope $1.096 $0.2025 $0.8768 $0.6576 $0.9247 $0.7545 UAE North uaenorth $1.12 $0.207 $0.896 $0.672 $0.9449 $0.771 East Asia eastasia $1.204 $0.2225 $0.9632 $0.7224 $1.016 $0.8288 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $1.293 $0.2389 $1.034 $0.7756 $1.164 $0.9142
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.904 $0.7232 $0.5424 Windows $1.64 $1.459 $1.278
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 8 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC (Milan) ACU (compute units) 230
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 128
Networking Value Network 10 Gbps Accelerated networking No Max network interfaces 4
Storage Value Max data disks 32 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 25,600 Max disk throughput (uncached) 384 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_EC16as_v5 Family ECasv5 Category Memory optimized VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes Confidential computing SNP
Other Value Series ecasv5-ecadsv5-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 .