Standard_D16_v4vsStandard_D16a_v4

Standard_D16_v4 and Standard_D16a_v4 cost the same on demand in East US, $0.768 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_D16_v4Standard_D16a_v4
On-demand$0.768/hr$0.768/hr
Lowest rate$0.162/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.162/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size16 vCPUs, 64 GiB16 vCPUs, 64 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome), AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in East US

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

OptionStandard_D16_v4Standard_D16a_v4Standard_D16a_v4 vs Standard_D16_v4
On-demandPay by the hour$0.768$0.768Same
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.16279% off$0.162Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$0.453141% off$0.4516Same
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.291962% off$0.2888▼ 1%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$0.526731% off$0.5266Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment54% off$0.353454% off$0.3534Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D16_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_D16a_v4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

9 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 6 differStandard_D16_v4Standard_D16a_v4
vCPUs1616
Physical cores88
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome), AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)
ACU (compute units)195–
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_D16_v4Standard_D16a_v4
Memory (GiB)6464
Networking1 of 3 differStandard_D16_v4Standard_D16a_v4
Network12,500 Mbps10,000 Mbps
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces88
Storage3 of 7 differStandard_D16_v4Standard_D16a_v4
Storage–400 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk–400 GiB
Max data disks3232
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)25,60025,600
Max disk throughput (uncached)384 MB/s384 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoYes
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_D16_v4Standard_D16a_v4
FamilyDv4Dav4
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
VM generationsV1, V2V1, V2
Encryption at hostNoYes
Other1 of 2 differStandard_D16_v4Standard_D16a_v4
Seriesdv4-seriesdav4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D16_v4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D16_v4Standard_D16a_v4Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.768$0.768Same
East US 2eastus2$0.768$0.768Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.768$0.768Same
West US 2westus2$0.768$0.768Same
West US 3westus3$0.768$0.768Same
Central Indiacentralindia$0.808$0.493▼ 39%
India South Centralindiasouthcentral$0.808$0.727▼ 10%
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.808$0.493▼ 39%
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.808$0.493▼ 39%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.816$0.816Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.845$0.845Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.856$0.856Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.856$0.856Same
North Europenortheurope$0.856$0.856Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.856$0.808▼ 6%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.864$0.864Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.864$0.864Same
Central UScentralus$0.868$0.868Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.886$0.886Same
UK Southuksouth$0.888$0.888Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth$0.893$0.804▼ 10%
France Centralfrancecentral$0.896$0.896Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.896$0.896Same
Italy Northitalynorth$0.896$0.896Same
West USwestus$0.896$0.896Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.92$0.832▼ 10%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.92$0.832▼ 10%
West Europewesteurope$0.92$0.92Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.922$0.922Same
West Central USwestcentralus$0.922$0.922Same
UK Westukwest$0.929$0.929Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.942$0.942Same
UAE Northuaenorth$0.942$0.942Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.944$0.944Same
West Indiawestindia$0.944$0.983▲ 4%
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.96$0.96Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.96$0.96Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.96$0.96Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.96$0.96Same
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$0.96$0.96Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$0.968$0.968Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.968$0.968Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.992$0.992Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.998$0.998Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$1.008$0.907▼ 10%
Norway Eastnorwayeast$1.012$1.098▲ 8%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$1.012$1.098▲ 8%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$1.016$1.016Same
East Asiaeastasia$1.056$1.056Same
Sweden Southswedensouth$1.061$1.061Same
South Indiasouthindia$1.082$1.083Same
Japan Westjapanwest$1.091$0.992▼ 9%
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest$1.161$1.045▼ 10%
France Southfrancesouth$1.167$1.165Same
Germany Northgermanynorth$1.196$1.082▼ 10%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$1.224$1.224Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$1.248$1.227▼ 2%
Norway Westnorwaywest$1.316$1.428▲ 9%
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$1.316$1.428▲ 9%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$1.344$1.321▼ 2%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$1.591$1.591Same

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

Standard_D16_v4General purpose, Dv4 family
Standard_D16_v4 prices and specsEvery size in the Dv4 family

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Standard_D16a_v4General purpose, Dav4 family
Standard_D16a_v4 prices and specsEvery size in the Dav4 family

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Azure VM Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.