Standard_M16lds_v4

Standard_M16lds_v4 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory (Intel Xeon 6th gen Scalable (Granite Rapids)). In East US it costs $2.189 per hour on demand ($1,598.33 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.4379 per hour. It is sold in 6 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

Region	On-demand	Spot
East US eastus	$2.189	$0.4379
East US 2 eastus2	$2.189	$0.4379
West US 2 westus2	$2.189	$0.4379
West US westus	$2.846	$0.5693
Germany West Central germanywestcentral	$3.065	$0.6131
West Europe westeurope	$3.372	$0.6744

Spot prices by region Windows prices by region AWS equivalents

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating system	On-demand /hr	1-yr reserved /hr	3-yr reserved /hr
Linux	$2.189	–	–
Windows	$2.925	–	–

Specs

Compute	Value
vCPUs	16
Architecture	x86_64
Processor	Intel Xeon 6th gen Scalable (Granite Rapids)

Memory	Value
Memory (GiB)	256

Networking	Value
Network	4.5 Gbps

Storage	Value
Storage	550 GiB temp SSD

Instance details	Value
Instance type	Standard_M16lds_v4
Family	Mldsv4
Category	Memory optimized

Other	Value
Series	mdsv4-series
Specs source	Microsoft docs

Other Mldsv4 sizes

Size	vCPUs	Memory (GiB)	On-demand /hr
Standard_M16lds_v4	16	256	$2.189
Standard_M24lds_v4	24	–	$3.284
Standard_M32lds_v4	32	512	$4.105
Standard_M48lds_v4	48	768	$6.569
Standard_M64lds_v4	64	1024	$8.33
Standard_M96lds_v4	96	1536	$13.137
Standard_M128lds_v4	128	1944	$16.644
Standard_M192lds_v4	192	3072	$26.274
Standard_M256lds_v4	256	3892	$33.287

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.