Instances Azure VM Standard_L16s_v4 Standard_L16s_v4
Standard_L16s_v4 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $1.392 per hour on demand ($1,016.16 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.8491 per hour, 39% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2922 per hour. It is sold in 41 regions.
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 East US eastus $1.392 $0.2922 $0.8491 $0.5568 $1.016 $0.696 East US 2 eastus2 $1.396 $0.258 $0.8516 $0.5584 $1.019 $0.698 West US 2 westus2 $1.396 $0.258 $0.8516 $0.5584 $1.019 $0.698 West US 3 westus3 $1.396 $0.258 $0.8516 $0.5584 $1.019 $0.698 Sweden Central swedencentral $1.456 $0.2691 $0.8881 $0.5824 $1.063 $0.728 Spain Central spaincentral $1.514 $0.2798 $0.9233 $0.6054 $1.105 $0.757 Mexico Central mexicocentral $1.531 $0.2829 $0.934 $0.6125 $1.118 $0.7655 Canada Central canadacentral $1.536 $0.2839 $0.937 $0.6144 $1.121 $0.768 North Europe northeurope $1.536 $0.2839 $0.937 $0.6144 $1.121 $0.768 West US westus $1.536 $0.2839 $0.937 $0.6144 $1.121 $0.768 Central US centralus $1.572 $0.2902 $0.8491 $0.5568 $1.012 $0.6933 India South Central indiasouthcentral $1.579 $0.2918 $0.9629 $0.6314 $1.153 $0.8053 Central India centralindia $1.584 $0.2927 $0.9662 $0.6336 $1.156 $0.792 France Central francecentral $1.616 $0.2986 $0.9857 $0.6464 $1.18 $0.808 UK South uksouth $1.616 $0.2986 $0.9857 $0.6464 $1.18 $0.808 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $1.629 $0.301 $0.9935 $0.6514 $1.189 $0.8145 Malaysia West malaysiawest $1.629 $0.301 $0.9935 $0.6514 $1.189 $0.8145 Japan East japaneast $1.636 $0.3023 $0.9979 $0.6544 $1.194 $0.818 Korea Central koreacentral $1.636 $0.3023 $0.9979 $0.6544 $1.178 $0.818 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $1.664 $0.3075 $1.015 $0.6656 $1.215 $0.832 Italy North italynorth $1.664 $0.3075 $1.015 $0.6656 $1.198 $0.832 Poland Central polandcentral $1.664 $0.3075 $1.015 $0.6656 $1.215 $0.832 West Europe westeurope $1.664 $0.3075 $1.015 $0.6656 $1.215 $0.832 Australia Central australiacentral $1.668 $0.3082 $1.017 $0.6671 $1.218 $0.834 North Central US northcentralus $1.67 $0.3086 $1.019 $0.6682 $1.219 $0.835 South Central US southcentralus $1.67 $0.3086 $1.019 $0.668 $1.219 $0.835 Australia East australiaeast $1.672 $0.309 $1.02 $0.6688 $1.221 $0.836 Southeast Asia southeastasia $1.672 $0.309 $1.02 $0.6688 $1.221 $0.836 Taiwan North taiwannorth $1.672 $0.309 $1.02 $0.6688 $1.221 $0.836 West Central US westcentralus $1.676 $0.3097 $1.022 $0.6704 $1.224 $0.838 Qatar Central qatarcentral $1.688 $0.3119 $1.03 $0.6752 $1.232 $0.844 UAE North uaenorth $1.688 $0.3119 $1.03 $0.6752 $1.232 $0.844 UK West ukwest $1.69 $0.3123 $1.031 $0.676 $1.234 $0.845 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $1.756 $0.3245 $1.071 $0.7022 $1.282 $0.878 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $1.814 $0.3352 $1.107 $0.7256 $1.324 $0.907 Norway East norwayeast $1.83 $0.3382 $1.117 $0.7322 $1.336 $0.915 South Africa North southafricanorth $1.832 $0.3386 $1.117 $0.7328 $1.337 $0.916 South India southindia $1.968 $0.3637 $1.201 $0.7873 $1.437 $1.004 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $1.996 $0.3689 $1.218 $0.7984 $1.457 $0.998 East Asia eastasia $2.158 $0.3988 $1.316 $0.8631 $1.575 $1.079 Brazil South brazilsouth $2.224 $0.411 $1.357 $0.8896 $1.623 $1.112
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $1.392 $0.8491 $0.5568 Windows $2.128 $1.585 $1.293
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 8 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 128
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 8
Storage Value Storage 4 x 960 GiB temp NVMe SSD Local NVMe 3,576 GiB Max data disks 48 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 25,600 Max disk throughput (uncached) 848 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_L16s_v4 Family Lsv4 Category Storage optimized VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series lsv4-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 .