Standard_D16plds_v6vsStandard_D16plds_v7

Standard_D16plds_v6 is 37% cheaper than Standard_D16plds_v7 on demand in East US, saving $270.83 a month.

At a glanceStandard_D16plds_v6Standard_D16plds_v7
On-demand$0.624/hr37% less$0.995/hr
Lowest rate$0.2724/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.199/hr27% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in East US

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

OptionStandard_D16plds_v6Standard_D16plds_v7Standard_D16plds_v7 vs Standard_D16plds_v6
On-demandPay by the hour$0.624$0.995▲ 59%
SpotCan be interrupted56% off$0.272480% off$0.199▼ 27%
1-yr reservedNo upfront41% off$0.368241% off$0.587▲ 59%
3-yr reservedNo upfront62% off$0.237162% off$0.378▲ 59%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment32% off$0.424332% off$0.6766▲ 59%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.293353% off$0.4677▲ 59%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D16plds_v6 leads
On-demand price$0.624 vs $0.995 per hour
37% cheaper
Where Standard_D16plds_v7 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

20 of 22 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 5 differStandard_D16plds_v6Standard_D16plds_v7
vCPUs1616
Physical cores16–
Threads per core1–
Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAzure Cobalt 100–
Memory1 of 1 differStandard_D16plds_v6Standard_D16plds_v7
Memory (GiB)32–
Networking3 of 3 differStandard_D16plds_v6Standard_D16plds_v7
Network15,000 Mbps–
Accelerated networkingYes–
Max network interfaces8–
Storage7 of 7 differStandard_D16plds_v6Standard_D16plds_v7
Storage2 x 440 GiB temp NVMe SSD–
Local NVMe880 GiB–
Max data disks48–
Premium SSDYes–
Max disk IOPS (uncached)25,600–
Max disk throughput (uncached)848 MB/s–
Ephemeral OS diskYes–
Instance details4 of 4 differStandard_D16plds_v6Standard_D16plds_v7
FamilyDpldsv6Dpldsv7
CategoryGeneral purpose–
VM generationsV2–
Encryption at hostYes–
Other2 of 2 differStandard_D16plds_v6Standard_D16plds_v7
Seriesdpldsv6-series–
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIderived from size name

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D16plds_v6 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D16plds_v6Standard_D16plds_v7Difference
Central Indiacentralindia$0.411$1.393▲ 239%
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.624$0.995▲ 59%
East US 2eastus2$0.624$0.995▲ 59%
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.624$1.194▲ 91%
West US 2westus2$0.624$0.995▲ 59%
West US 3westus3$0.624$0.995▲ 59%
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.666$1.293▲ 94%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.686$1.094▲ 59%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.694$1.194▲ 72%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.694$1.194▲ 72%
North Europenortheurope$0.698$1.423▲ 104%
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.698$1.293▲ 85%
Central UScentralus$0.706$0.995▲ 41%
UK Southuksouth$0.72$1.244▲ 73%
Italy Northitalynorth$0.726$1.293▲ 78%
France Centralfrancecentral$0.73$1.244▲ 70%
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.73$1.164▲ 59%
West USwestus$0.73$1.293▲ 77%
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.746$1.293▲ 73%
West Europewesteurope$0.746$1.423▲ 91%
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.749$1.194▲ 59%
West Central USwestcentralus$0.749$1.194▲ 59%
UAE Northuaenorth$0.763$1.423▲ 87%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.779$1.443▲ 85%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.779$1.393▲ 79%
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.803$1.443▲ 80%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.811$1.393▲ 72%
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.814$1.343▲ 65%
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.818$1.515▲ 85%
East Asiaeastasia$0.859$1.542▲ 80%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.875$1.453▲ 66%
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.974$1.423▲ 46%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.992$1.99▲ 101%

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