Instances Azure VM Standard_EC16as_v6 Standard_EC16as_v6
Standard_EC16as_v6 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)). In East US it costs $1.049 per hour on demand ($765.77 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.8392 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2213 per hour. It is sold in 55 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.678 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 $0.678 $0.1253 $0.5421 $0.4065 $0.5763 $0.4407 East US eastus $1.049 $0.2213 $0.8392 $0.6294 $0.8917 $0.6819 East US 2 eastus2 $1.049 $0.1939 $0.8392 $0.6294 $0.8917 $0.6819 North Central US northcentralus $1.049 $0.1939 $0.8392 $0.6294 $0.8917 $0.6819 West US 2 westus2 $1.049 $0.1939 $0.8392 $0.6294 $0.8917 $0.6819 West US 3 westus3 $1.049 $0.1939 $0.8392 $0.6294 $0.8917 $0.6819 Sweden Central swedencentral $1.123 $0.2075 $0.8983 $0.6737 – – Mexico Central mexicocentral $1.155 $0.2134 $0.9236 $0.6927 $0.9818 $0.7508 Canada Central canadacentral $1.17 $0.2162 $0.9363 $0.7022 $0.9945 $0.7605 Canada East canadaeast $1.17 $0.2162 $0.9363 $0.7022 $0.9945 $0.7605 North Europe northeurope $1.17 $0.2162 $0.9363 $0.7022 $0.9945 $0.7605 Central US centralus $1.186 $0.2189 $0.5627 $0.3624 $1.008 $0.7709 Korea South koreasouth $1.207 $0.2231 $0.9659 $0.7244 $1.026 $0.7846 UK South uksouth $1.22 $0.2255 $0.9758 $0.7318 $1.037 $0.793 France Central francecentral $1.232 $0.2277 $0.9856 $0.7392 $1.047 $0.8008 Italy North italynorth $1.232 $0.2277 $0.9856 $0.7392 $1.047 $0.8008 Spain Central spaincentral $1.232 $0.2277 $0.9856 $0.7392 $1.047 $0.8008 West US westus $1.232 $0.2277 $0.9856 $0.7392 $1.047 $0.8008 South Central US southcentralus $1.257 $0.2323 $1.005 $0.754 $1.068 $0.8171 West Central US westcentralus $1.257 $0.2323 $1.005 $0.754 $1.068 $0.8171 Poland Central polandcentral $1.267 $0.2341 $1.014 $0.7603 $1.077 $0.8236 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $1.269 $0.2345 $1.015 $0.7614 $1.079 $0.8249 UK West ukwest $1.269 $0.2345 $1.015 $0.7614 $1.079 $0.8249 West Europe westeurope $1.269 $0.2345 $1.015 $0.7614 $1.079 $0.8249 Korea Central koreacentral $1.294 $0.2391 $1.035 $0.7761 $1.10 $0.8411 Qatar Central qatarcentral $1.294 $0.2391 $1.035 $0.7761 $1.10 $0.8411 UAE North uaenorth $1.294 $0.2391 $1.035 $0.7761 $1.10 $0.8411 Australia Central australiacentral $1.318 $0.2436 $1.055 $0.7909 $1.12 $0.8567 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $1.318 $0.1318 $1.055 $0.7909 $1.12 $0.8567 Australia East australiaeast $1.318 $0.2436 $1.055 $0.7909 $1.12 $0.8567 Southeast Asia southeastasia $1.318 $0.2436 $1.055 $0.7909 $1.12 $0.8567 Taiwan North taiwannorth $1.318 $0.2436 $1.055 $0.7909 $1.12 $0.8567 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $1.318 $0.2436 $1.055 $0.7909 – – US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $1.331 $0.246 $1.065 $0.7983 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $1.331 $0.246 $1.065 $0.7983 – – West India westindia $1.341 $0.2478 $1.073 $0.8047 $1.14 $0.8717 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $1.366 $0.2524 $1.093 $0.8194 $1.161 $0.8879 Japan East japaneast $1.366 $0.2524 $1.093 $0.8194 $1.161 $0.8879 Japan West japanwest $1.366 $0.2524 $1.093 $0.8194 $1.161 $0.8879 South Africa North southafricanorth $1.403 $0.2593 $1.122 $0.8416 $1.193 $0.912 East Asia eastasia $1.452 $0.2683 $1.162 $0.8712 $1.234 $0.9438 Sweden South swedensouth $1.464 $0.2705 $1.171 $0.8786 $1.244 $0.9516 South India southindia $1.477 $0.273 $1.181 $0.886 $1.256 $0.9601 Israel Central israelcentral $1.50 $0.2772 $1.20 $0.8997 $1.275 $0.975 Norway East norwayeast $1.501 $0.2774 $1.201 $0.9008 $1.276 $0.9757 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $1.501 $0.2774 $1.201 $0.9008 $1.276 $0.9757 France South francesouth $1.598 $0.2953 $1.278 $0.9589 $1.358 $1.039 Germany North germanynorth $1.647 $0.3044 $1.318 $0.9884 – – UAE Central uaecentral $1.681 $0.3106 $1.345 $1.008 $1.429 $1.093 Brazil South brazilsouth $1.684 $0.3112 $1.347 $1.011 $1.431 $1.095 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $1.712 $0.3164 $1.37 $1.028 $1.455 $1.113 South Africa West southafricawest $1.818 $0.336 $1.454 $1.091 $1.545 $1.182 Norway West norwaywest $1.952 $0.3607 $1.561 $1.171 $1.659 $1.269 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $1.952 $0.3607 $1.561 $1.171 $1.659 $1.269 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $2.184 $0.4036 $1.747 $1.31 $1.856 $1.42
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $1.049 $0.8392 $0.6294 Windows $1.785 $1.575 $1.365
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 8 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa) ACU (compute units) 230
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 128
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking No Max network interfaces 8
Storage Value Max data disks 32 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 30,400 Max disk throughput (uncached) 720 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_EC16as_v6 Family ECasv6 Category Memory optimized VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes Confidential computing SNP
Other Value Series ecasv6-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 .