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Standard_B16ms

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vCPUs
16
Memory
64 GB
Architecture
x64

Region pricing

Monthly estimates use 730 hours.

Compare this VM 57 priced regions
Operating system
Pricing model

Cheapest published price

East US, East US 2, North Central US, West US 2, West US 3

eastus, eastus2, northcentralus, westus2, westus3

$0.6660

per hour, Linux Pay as you go

$486.18 estimated monthly

Linux Pay as you go hourly prices for Standard_B16ms by Azure region, including each region's percentage above the cheapest price. Use a column heading button to change the sort order.
#Est. monthlyVs. cheapest
1
East US Cheapest
eastus 		eastus $0.6660 $486.18 0%
2
East US 2 Cheapest
eastus2 		eastus2 $0.6660 $486.18 0%
3
North Central US Cheapest
northcentralus 		northcentralus $0.6660 $486.18 0%
4
West US 2 Cheapest
westus2 		westus2 $0.6660 $486.18 0%
5
West US 3 Cheapest
westus3 		westus3 $0.6660 $486.18 0%
6
Sweden Central
swedencentral 		swedencentral $0.6910 $504.43 +3.75%
7
Central India
centralindia 		centralindia $0.7170 $523.41 +7.66%
8
Jio India Central
jioindiacentral 		jioindiacentral $0.7170 $523.41 +7.66%
9
Jio India West
jioindiawest 		jioindiawest $0.7170 $523.41 +7.66%
10
North Europe
northeurope 		northeurope $0.7280 $531.44 +9.31%
11
Mexico Central
mexicocentral 		mexicocentral $0.7320 $534.36 +9.91%
12
Spain Central
spaincentral 		spaincentral $0.7320 $534.36 +9.91%
13
Canada Central
canadacentral 		canadacentral $0.7420 $541.66 +11.41%
14
Canada East
canadaeast 		canadaeast $0.7420 $541.66 +11.41%
15
UK West
ukwest 		ukwest $0.7520 $548.96 +12.91%
16
France Central
francecentral 		francecentral $0.7550 $551.15 +13.36%
17
UK South
uksouth 		uksouth $0.7550 $551.15 +13.36%
18
Indonesia Central
indonesiacentral 		indonesiacentral $0.7600 $554.80 +14.11%
19
Malaysia West
malaysiawest 		malaysiawest $0.7600 $554.80 +14.11%
20
Austria East
austriaeast 		austriaeast $0.7680 $560.64 +15.32%
21
Belgium Central
belgiumcentral 		belgiumcentral $0.7680 $560.64 +15.32%
22
Germany West Central
germanywestcentral 		germanywestcentral $0.7680 $560.64 +15.32%
23
Israel Central
israelcentral 		israelcentral $0.7680 $560.64 +15.32%
24
Italy North
italynorth 		italynorth $0.7680 $560.64 +15.32%
25
Poland Central
polandcentral 		polandcentral $0.7680 $560.64 +15.32%
26
West Europe
westeurope 		westeurope $0.7680 $560.64 +15.32%
27
West US
westus 		westus $0.7940 $579.62 +19.22%
28
Central US
centralus 		centralus $0.7990 $583.27 +19.97%
29
South Central US
southcentralus 		southcentralus $0.7990 $583.27 +19.97%
30
UAE North
uaenorth 		uaenorth $0.7990 $583.27 +19.97%
31
West Central US
westcentralus 		westcentralus $0.7990 $583.27 +19.97%
32
Qatar Central
qatarcentral 		qatarcentral $0.8020 $585.46 +20.42%
33
Korea South
koreasouth 		koreasouth $0.8300 $605.90 +24.62%
34
Korea Central
koreacentral 		koreacentral $0.8320 $607.36 +24.92%
35
Switzerland North
switzerlandnorth 		switzerlandnorth $0.8448 $616.70 +26.85%
36
Australia Central
australiacentral 		australiacentral $0.8450 $616.85 +26.88%
37
Australia Central 2
australiacentral2 		australiacentral2 $0.8450 $616.85 +26.88%
38
Australia East
australiaeast 		australiaeast $0.8450 $616.85 +26.88%
39
Australia Southeast
australiasoutheast 		australiasoutheast $0.8450 $616.85 +26.88%
40
Norway East
norwayeast 		norwayeast $0.8450 $616.85 +26.88%
41
Southeast Asia
southeastasia 		southeastasia $0.8450 $616.85 +26.88%
42
South Africa North
southafricanorth 		southafricanorth $0.8680 $633.64 +30.33%
43
Japan East
japaneast 		japaneast $0.8700 $635.10 +30.63%
44
New Zealand North
newzealandnorth 		newzealandnorth $0.8870 $647.51 +33.18%
45
Chile Central
chilecentral 		chilecentral $0.9320 $680.36 +39.94%
46
East Asia
eastasia 		eastasia $0.9340 $681.82 +40.24%
47
South India
southindia 		southindia $0.9410 $686.93 +41.29%
48
West India
westindia 		westindia $0.9510 $694.23 +42.79%
49
Japan West
japanwest 		japanwest $0.9580 $699.34 +43.84%
50
Germany North
germanynorth 		germanynorth $0.9980 $728.54 +49.85%
51
UAE Central
uaecentral 		uaecentral $0.9980 $728.54 +49.85%
52
Brazil South
brazilsouth 		brazilsouth $1.0750 $784.75 +61.41%
53
France South
francesouth 		francesouth $1.0820 $789.86 +62.46%
54
South Africa West
southafricawest 		southafricawest $1.0850 $792.05 +62.91%
55
Switzerland West
switzerlandwest 		switzerlandwest $1.09769 $801.31 +64.82%
56
Norway West
norwaywest 		norwaywest $1.0980 $801.54 +64.86%
57
Brazil Southeast
brazilsoutheast 		brazilsoutheast $1.3980 $1,020.54 +109.91%

Vs. cheapest shows how each region compares with the lowest available public price. Prices are shown in USD and may vary by availability, capacity, and agreement.

SKU identity and primary specs

Canonical Resource SKUs fields and the most commonly compared capabilities.

How to read this VM size name

Each segment of Standard_B16ms encodes a specific attribute. The Standard_ prefix is omitted from the breakdown below.

B
Family — B-family size series
16
vCPUs — 16 vCPUs in the base size
m
Additive feature — Memory intensive; highest vCPU to memory ratio in the series
s
Additive feature — Compatible with any Premium SSD type
Microsoft naming guide
ARM SKU name
Standard_B16ms
Size
B16ms
Series
BS Series
Maximum data disks
32
Maximum network interfaces
8
Accelerator
None

Feature flags

Accelerated networkingPremium storage

Other sizes in this series

BS Series sizes, smallest first.

Static capabilities

Only allowlisted values that were present and identical across every regional record for this SKU are included.

Accelerated networking
True
Available vCPUs
16
Cached disk bytes
32212254720
CPU architecture
x64
Hyper-V generations
V1,V2
Maximum data disks
32
Maximum network interfaces
8
Memory (GB)
64
OS VHD size MB
1047552
Premium storage
True
RDMA
False
Resource volume MB
131072
Temp and cached disk IOPS
8640
Temp and cached read bytes/sec
99942400
Temp and cached write bytes/sec
99942400
Uncached disk bytes/sec
50000000
Uncached disk IOPS
4320
vCPUs
16
vCPUs per core
1