Standard_E16_v5vsStandard_E16s_v5

Standard_E16_v5 and Standard_E16s_v5 cost the same on demand in East US, $1.008 per hour.

At a glance	Standard_E16_v5	Standard_E16s_v5
On-demand	$1.008/hr	$1.008/hr
Lowest rate	$0.2123/hrSpot, can be interrupted	$0.2123/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size	16 vCPUs, 128 GiB	16 vCPUs, 128 GiB
Processor	Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)	Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Architecture	x86_64	x86_64

Prices in East US

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

Option	Standard_E16_v5	Standard_E16s_v5	Standard_E16s_v5 vs Standard_E16_v5
On-demandPay by the hour	$1.008	$1.008	Same
SpotCan be interrupted	79% off$0.2123	79% off$0.2123	Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront	38% off$0.6219	41% off$0.5947	▼ 4%
3-yr reservedNo upfront	60% off$0.3982	60% off$0.3982	Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment	32% off$0.6816	32% off$0.6816	Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment	53% off$0.4771	53% off$0.4771	Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_E16_v5 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where Standard_E16s_v5 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

3 of 20 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 5 match	Standard_E16_v5	Standard_E16s_v5
vCPUs	16	16
Physical cores	8	8
Threads per core	2	2
Architecture	x86_64	x86_64
Processor	Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)	Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)

MemoryAll 1 match	Standard_E16_v5	Standard_E16s_v5
Memory (GiB)	128	128

NetworkingAll 3 match	Standard_E16_v5	Standard_E16s_v5
Network	12,500 Mbps	12,500 Mbps
Accelerated networking	Yes	Yes
Max network interfaces	8	8

Storage1 of 5 differ	Standard_E16_v5	Standard_E16s_v5
Max data disks	32	32
Premium SSD	No	Yes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)	25,600	25,600
Max disk throughput (uncached)	600 MB/s	600 MB/s
Ephemeral OS disk	No	No

Instance details1 of 4 differ	Standard_E16_v5	Standard_E16s_v5
Family	Ev5	Esv5
Category	Memory optimized	Memory optimized
VM generations	V1, V2	V1, V2
Encryption at host	Yes	Yes

Other1 of 2 differ	Standard_E16_v5	Standard_E16s_v5
Series	ev5-series	esv5-series
Specs source	Azure Resource SKUs API	Azure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_E16_v5 first. Linux, USD per hour.

Region	Standard_E16_v5	Standard_E16s_v5	Difference
East USUsed in summaryeastus	$1.008	$1.008	Same
East US 2eastus2	$1.008	$1.008	Same
North Central USnorthcentralus	$1.008	$1.008	Same
West US 2westus2	$1.008	$1.008	Same
West US 3westus3	$1.008	$1.008	Same
Central Indiacentralindia	$1.04	$1.04	Same
India South Centralindiasouthcentral	$1.04	$1.04	Same
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral	$1.04	$1.04	Same
Jio India Westjioindiawest	$1.04	$1.04	Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral	$1.072	$1.072	Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral	$1.094	$1.094	Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest	$1.094	$1.094	Same
Taiwan Northtaiwannorth	$1.094	$1.094	Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral	$1.104	$1.104	Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast	$1.104	$1.104	Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral	$1.109	$1.109	Same
West USwestus	$1.12	$1.12	Same
North Europenortheurope	$1.128	$1.128	Same
Spain Centralspaincentral	$1.128	$1.128	Same
Central UScentralus	$1.139	$1.139	Same
Korea Southkoreasouth	$1.159	$1.159	Same
France Centralfrancecentral	$1.184	$1.184	Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral	$1.184	$1.184	Same
Italy Northitalynorth	$1.184	$1.184	Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral	$1.184	$1.184	Same
UK Southuksouth	$1.184	$1.184	Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral	$1.208	$1.208	Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2	$1.208	$1.208	Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast	$1.208	$1.208	Same
South Central USsouthcentralus	$1.21	$1.21	Same
West Central USwestcentralus	$1.21	$1.21	Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral	$1.216	$1.216	Same
Japan Eastjapaneast	$1.216	$1.216	Same
Japan Westjapanwest	$1.216	$1.216	Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral	$1.216	$1.216	Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral	$1.216	$1.216	Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia	$1.216	$1.216	Same
West Europewesteurope	$1.216	$1.216	Same
UK Westukwest	$1.22	$1.22	Same
UAE Northuaenorth	$1.241	$1.241	Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth	$1.268	$1.268	Same
West Indiawestindia	$1.29	$1.29	Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast	$1.31	$1.31	Same
East Asiaeastasia	$1.336	$1.336	Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast	$1.338	$1.338	Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth	$1.338	$1.336	Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth	$1.344	$1.344	Same
Sweden Southswedensouth	$1.394	$1.394	Same
South Indiasouthindia	$1.421	$1.421	Same
Taiwan North Westtaiwannorthwest	$1.423	$1.423	Same
France Southfrancesouth	$1.539	$1.539	Same
Germany Northgermanynorth	$1.581	$1.581	Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth	$1.608	$1.608	Same
UAE Centraluaecentral	$1.613	$1.613	Same
Norway Westnorwaywest	$1.739	$1.739	Same
South Africa Westsouthafricawest	$1.747	$1.747	Same
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest	$1.769	$1.768	Same
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast	$2.09	$2.09	Same

Keep exploring

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

Standard_E16_v5Memory optimized, Ev5 family

Standard_E16_v5 prices and specs Every size in the Ev5 family

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Standard_E16s_v5Memory optimized, Esv5 family

Standard_E16s_v5 prices and specs Every size in the Esv5 family

Compare Standard_E16s_v5 with

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