Standard_L16as_v3

Standard_L16as_v3 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7763v (Genoa)). In East US it costs $1.248 per hour on demand ($911.04 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.7987 per hour, 36% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2666 per hour. It is sold in 54 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$1.248$0.2666$0.7987$0.5242$0.9197$0.6311
East US 2 eastus2$1.248$0.2306$0.7987$0.5242$0.9218$0.6379
North Central US northcentralus$1.248$0.2306$0.7987$0.5242$0.9197$0.6311
West US 2 westus2$1.248$0.2306$0.7987$0.5242$0.9197$0.6311
West US 3 westus3$1.248$0.2308$0.7987$0.5242$0.9218$0.6379
Sweden Central swedencentral$1.304$0.241$0.8346$0.5477$0.957$0.6665
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$1.317$0.2434$0.7769$0.5004$0.8824$0.5927
Malaysia West malaysiawest$1.317$0.2434$0.7769$0.5004$0.8824$0.5927
Mexico Central mexicocentral$1.373$0.2588$0.8785$0.5766$1.012$0.6943
Canada Central canadacentral$1.376$0.2594$0.8806$0.5779$1.01$0.7033
Canada East canadaeast$1.376$0.2543$0.8806$0.5779$1.01$0.7033
North Europe northeurope$1.376$0.2543$0.8806$0.5779$1.01$0.7033
West US westus$1.376$0.2543$0.8806$0.5779$1.01$0.7033
Central US centralus$1.41$0.263$0.7987$0.5242$0.9193$0.6303
Central India centralindia$1.416$0.2617$0.9063$0.5947$1.046$0.7213
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$1.416–––$1.416$1.416
Jio India West jioindiawest$1.416–––$1.416$1.416
Korea South koreasouth$1.435$0.2652$0.9185$0.6028$1.06$0.7341
France Central francecentral$1.448$0.2676$0.9267$0.6081$1.063$0.7305
Italy North italynorth$1.448$0.2676$0.9267$0.6081$1.057$0.7385
UK South uksouth$1.448$0.2676$0.9267$0.6081$1.064$0.7393
Japan East japaneast$1.464$0.2705$0.937$0.6149$1.064$0.7393
Japan West japanwest$1.464$0.2705$0.937$0.6149$1.064$0.7393
Korea Central koreacentral$1.464$0.2705$0.937$0.6149$1.064$0.7393
Poland Central polandcentral$1.488$0.275$0.9523$0.625$1.082$0.7574
West Europe westeurope$1.488$0.2887$0.9523$0.625$1.082$0.7574
Australia Central australiacentral$1.496$0.2765$0.9574$0.6283$1.10$0.7574
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$1.496$0.1496$0.9574$0.6283$1.10$0.7574
Australia East australiaeast$1.496$0.2765$0.9574$0.6283$1.10$0.7574
Southeast Asia southeastasia$1.496$0.2765$0.9574$0.6283$1.10$0.7574
Taiwan North taiwannorth$1.496$0.2765$0.9574$0.6283$1.10$0.7574
South Central US southcentralus$1.498$0.2768$0.9584$0.629$1.106$0.7656
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$1.504$0.2779$0.9626$0.6317––
UK West ukwest$1.51$0.279$0.9664$0.6342$1.115$0.7725
Qatar Central qatarcentral$1.512$0.2794$0.9677$0.635$1.11$0.7729
UAE North uaenorth$1.512$0.2794$0.9677$0.635$1.11$0.7729
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$1.56$0.2883$0.9984$0.6552––
West India westindia$1.597$0.2951$1.022$0.6709$1.179$0.817
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$1.622$0.2997$1.038$0.6814$1.198$0.8298
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$1.636$0.3023$1.047$0.6871$1.208$0.837
South Africa North southafricanorth$1.64$0.3031$1.05$0.6888$1.204$0.8382
East Asia eastasia$1.648$0.3046$1.055$0.6922$1.212$0.8344
Sweden South swedensouth$1.695$0.3132$1.085$0.712$1.252$0.8672
South India southindia$1.76$0.3252$1.126$0.7391$1.30$0.9004
Norway East norwayeast$1.785$0.3299$1.142$0.7495$1.318$0.9132
France South francesouth$1.882$0.3478$1.205$0.7906$1.39$0.9628
Germany North germanynorth$1.934$0.3574$1.238$0.8124$1.429$0.9894
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$1.945$0.3594$1.245$0.8168$1.43$0.9848
UAE Central uaecentral$1.966$0.3633$1.258$0.8256$1.452$1.006
Brazil South brazilsouth$1.992$0.3681$1.275$0.8366$1.46$1.005
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$2.127$0.3931$1.361$0.8933$1.571$1.088
South Africa West southafricawest$2.132$0.394$1.365$0.8954$1.575$1.091
Norway West norwaywest$2.32$0.4287$1.485$0.9744$1.714$1.187
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$2.59$0.4786$1.657$1.088$1.913$1.325

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$1.248$0.7987$0.5242
Windows$1.984$1.535$1.26

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs16
Physical cores8
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7763v (Genoa)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)128
NetworkingValue
Network12.5 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces8
StorageValue
Storage2 x 1.92 TB NVMe + 160 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk160 GiB
Local NVMe3,576 GiB
Max data disks32
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)25,600
Max disk throughput (uncached)384 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYes
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_L16as_v3
FamilyLasv3
CategoryStorage optimized
VM generationsV1, V2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Serieslasv3-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.