Instances Azure VM Standard_L16aos_v4 Standard_L16aos_v4
Standard_L16aos_v4 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)). In East US it costs $1.808 per hour on demand ($1,319.84 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.157 per hour, 36% less. Spot capacity is about $0.3791 per hour. It is sold in 36 regions; the cheapest is Indonesia Central at $1.594 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 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $1.594 $0.2946 $0.9402 $0.6056 $1.068 $0.7173 Malaysia West malaysiawest $1.60 $0.2957 $0.9439 $0.608 $1.072 $0.72 East US eastus $1.808 $0.3791 $1.157 $0.687 $1.32 $0.8136 East US 2 eastus2 $1.808 $0.3341 $1.157 $0.687 $1.32 $0.8136 North Central US northcentralus $1.808 $0.3341 $1.067 $0.687 $1.211 $0.8136 West US 2 westus2 $1.808 $0.3341 $1.157 $0.687 $1.32 $0.8136 West US 3 westus3 $1.808 $0.3341 $1.157 $0.687 $1.32 $0.8136 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $1.81 $0.3345 $1.068 $0.6876 $1.213 $0.8145 Sweden Central swedencentral $1.896 $0.3504 $1.119 $0.7205 $1.27 $0.8532 Mexico Central mexicocentral $1.989 $0.3676 $1.173 $0.7557 $1.333 $0.8951 Canada Central canadacentral $2.00 $0.3696 $1.18 $0.76 $1.34 $0.9 North Europe northeurope $2.00 $0.3696 $1.28 $0.76 $1.46 $0.92 Spain Central spaincentral $2.00 $0.3696 $1.18 $0.76 $1.34 $0.9 West US westus $2.00 $0.3696 $1.28 $0.76 $1.46 $0.9 Central US centralus $2.043 $0.3771 $1.157 $0.687 $1.318 $0.8131 Central India centralindia $2.056 $0.3799 $1.213 $0.7813 $1.377 $0.9252 Italy North italynorth $2.096 $0.3873 $1.237 $0.7965 $1.404 $0.9432 France Central francecentral $2.104 $0.3888 $1.241 $0.7995 $1.41 $0.9468 UK South uksouth $2.104 $0.3888 $1.347 $0.7995 $1.536 $0.9468 Japan East japaneast $2.128 $0.3933 $1.256 $0.8086 $1.426 $0.9576 Korea Central koreacentral $2.128 $0.3933 $1.256 $0.8086 $1.426 $0.9576 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $2.16 $0.3992 $1.274 $0.8208 $1.447 $0.972 Poland Central polandcentral $2.16 $0.3992 $1.274 $0.8208 $1.447 $0.972 West Europe westeurope $2.16 $0.3992 $1.382 $0.8208 $1.577 $0.9936 Australia East australiaeast $2.168 $0.4006 $1.279 $0.8239 $1.453 $0.9756 Southeast Asia southeastasia $2.168 $0.4006 $1.279 $0.8239 $1.453 $0.9756 Taiwan North taiwannorth $2.168 $0.4006 $1.279 $0.8239 $1.453 $0.9756 South Central US southcentralus $2.17 $0.401 $1.389 $0.8244 $1.584 $0.9765 UAE North uaenorth $2.20 $0.4066 $1.298 $0.836 $1.474 $0.99 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $2.26 $0.4176 $1.333 $0.8588 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $2.26 $0.4176 $1.333 $0.8588 – – South Africa North southafricanorth $2.376 $0.4391 $1.402 $0.9029 $1.592 $1.069 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $2.376 $0.4391 $1.402 $0.9029 $1.592 $1.069 East Asia eastasia $2.384 $0.4406 $1.407 $0.9059 $1.597 $1.073 Norway East norwayeast $2.585 $0.4777 $1.526 $0.9825 $1.732 $1.163 Brazil South brazilsouth $2.88 $0.5322 $1.699 $1.094 $1.93 $1.296
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $1.808 $1.157 $0.687 Windows $2.544 $1.893 $1.423
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 8 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 128
Networking Value Network 25 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 8
Storage Value Storage 6 x 1920 GiB temp NVMe SSD Local NVMe 10,728 GiB Max data disks 32 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 35,200 Max disk throughput (uncached) 1,200 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_L16aos_v4 Family Laosv4 Category Storage optimized VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series laosv4-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 .