Instances Azure VM Standard_M16s_v3 Standard_M16s_v3
Standard_M16s_v3 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory. In East US it costs $1.64 per hour on demand ($1,197.20 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.9539 per hour, 42% less. Spot capacity is about $0.328 per hour. It is sold in 26 regions; the cheapest is Central US at $1.64 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 US centralus $1.64 $0.328 $0.9539 $0.4605 $1.131 $0.5738 East US eastus $1.64 $0.328 $0.9539 $0.4605 $1.131 $0.5738 East US 2 eastus2 $1.64 $0.328 $0.9539 $0.4605 $1.131 $0.5738 West US 2 westus2 $1.64 $0.328 $0.9539 $0.4605 $1.131 $0.5738 Central India centralindia $1.683 $0.3365 $0.9787 $0.4725 $1.161 $0.5887 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $1.689 – – – $1.165 $0.5911 Jio India West jioindiawest $1.689 – – – $1.165 $0.5911 Canada Central canadacentral $1.804 $0.3608 $1.049 $0.5066 $1.245 $0.6312 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $1.917 $0.3834 $1.115 $0.5383 $1.323 $0.6707 Malaysia West malaysiawest $1.919 $0.3838 $1.116 $0.5388 $1.324 $0.6714 North Europe northeurope $1.968 $0.3935 $1.144 $0.5525 $1.357 $0.6885 Australia East australiaeast $1.968 $0.3936 $1.145 $0.5526 $1.358 $0.6886 South Central US southcentralus $1.968 $0.3936 $1.145 $0.5526 $1.358 $0.6886 UK South uksouth $2.066 $0.4132 $1.202 $0.5801 $1.425 $0.7229 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $2.066 $0.4133 $1.202 $0.5803 $1.426 $0.723 Southeast Asia southeastasia $2.13 $0.426 $1.239 $0.5981 $1.469 $0.7452 UAE North uaenorth $2.162 $0.4324 $1.257 $0.607 $1.491 $0.7564 Sweden Central swedencentral $2.29 $0.4579 $1.332 $0.643 $1.58 $0.8011 West Europe westeurope $2.295 $0.459 $1.335 $0.6445 $1.583 $0.8031 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $2.296 $0.4592 $1.335 $0.6447 $1.584 $0.8034 Japan East japaneast $2.378 $0.4756 $1.383 $0.6678 $1.641 $0.8321 Japan West japanwest $2.378 $0.4756 $1.383 $0.6678 $1.641 $0.8321 Korea Central koreacentral $2.378 $0.4756 $1.383 $0.6678 $1.641 $0.8321 South India southindia $2.471 $0.4941 $1.437 $0.6938 $1.704 $0.8645 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $2.524 $0.5048 $1.468 $0.7087 $1.741 $0.8831 East Asia eastasia $2.535 $0.5071 $1.475 $0.7119 $1.749 $0.8871
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $1.64 $0.9539 $0.4605 Windows $2.376 $1.69 $1.196
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 8 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 256
Networking Value Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 8
Storage Value Max data disks 64 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 32,000 Max disk throughput (uncached) 500 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_M16s_v3 Family Msv3 VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .