Standard_M16bs_v3
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- vCPUs
- 16
- Memory
- 128 GB
- Architecture
- x64
Region pricing
Monthly estimates use 730 hours.
Cheapest published price
North Central US, West US 3
northcentralus, westus3
$1.3952
per hour, Linux Pay as you go
$1,018.50 estimated monthly
| # | Est. monthly | Vs. cheapest | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Central US Cheapest northcentralus | northcentralus | $1.3952 | $1,018.50 | 0% |
| 2 | West US 3 Cheapest westus3 | westus3 | $1.3952 | $1,018.50 | 0% |
| 3 | centralindia | centralindia | $1.4000 | $1,022.00 | +0.34% |
| 4 | eastus | eastus | $1.4000 | $1,022.00 | +0.34% |
| 5 | eastus2 | eastus2 | $1.4000 | $1,022.00 | +0.34% |
| 6 | jioindiacentral | jioindiacentral | $1.4000 | $1,022.00 | +0.34% |
| 7 | jioindiawest | jioindiawest | $1.4000 | $1,022.00 | +0.34% |
| 8 | southindia | southindia | $1.4000 | $1,022.00 | +0.34% |
| 9 | westus2 | westus2 | $1.4000 | $1,022.00 | +0.34% |
| 10 | centralus | centralus | $1.576627 | $1,150.94 | +13% |
| 11 | malaysiawest | malaysiawest | $1.6380 | $1,195.74 | +17.4% |
| 12 | indonesiacentral | indonesiacentral | $1.6400 | $1,197.20 | +17.55% |
| 13 | northeurope | northeurope | $1.6700 | $1,219.10 | +19.7% |
| 14 | southcentralus | southcentralus | $1.6700 | $1,219.10 | +19.7% |
| 15 | australiaeast | australiaeast | $1.677778 | $1,224.78 | +20.25% |
| 16 | canadacentral | canadacentral | $1.6800 | $1,226.40 | +20.41% |
| 17 | germanywestcentral | germanywestcentral | $1.688889 | $1,232.89 | +21.05% |
| 18 | austriaeast | austriaeast | $1.6900 | $1,233.70 | +21.13% |
| 19 | uksouth | uksouth | $1.7500 | $1,277.50 | +25.43% |
| 20 | newzealandnorth | newzealandnorth | $1.761667 | $1,286.02 | +26.27% |
| 21 | westeurope | westeurope | $1.8100 | $1,321.30 | +29.73% |
| 22 | southeastasia | southeastasia | $1.81376 | $1,324.04 | +30% |
| 23 | koreacentral | koreacentral | $1.8900 | $1,379.70 | +35.46% |
| 24 | swedencentral | swedencentral | $1.953334 | $1,425.93 | +40% |
| 25 | switzerlandnorth | switzerlandnorth | $2.0020 | $1,461.46 | +43.49% |
| 26 | uaenorth | uaenorth | $2.0020 | $1,461.46 | +43.49% |
| 27 | japaneast | japaneast | $2.0300 | $1,481.90 | +45.5% |
| 28 | eastasia | eastasia | $2.1700 | $1,584.10 | +55.53% |
| 29 | japanwest | japanwest | $2.1700 | $1,584.10 | +55.53% |
| 30 | brazilsouth | brazilsouth | $2.8000 | $2,044.00 | +100.69% |
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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_M16bs_v3 encodes a specific attribute. The Standard_ prefix is omitted from the breakdown below.
- M
- Family — M-family size series
- 16
- vCPUs — 16 vCPUs in the base size
- b
- Additive feature — Remote storage bandwidth optimized
- s
- Additive feature — Compatible with any Premium SSD type
- _v3
- Version — Generation 3 of this series
- ARM SKU name
- Standard_M16bs_v3
- Size
- M16bs_v3
- Series
- Mbsv3 Series
- Maximum data disks
- 64
- Maximum network interfaces
- 8
- Accelerator
- None
Feature flags
Other sizes in this series
Mbsv3 Series sizes, smallest first.
- Standard_M32bs_v3
32 vCPUs, 256 GB RAM
- Standard_M48bs_v3
48 vCPUs, 384 GB RAM
- Standard_M64bs_v3
64 vCPUs, 512 GB RAM
- Standard_M128-64bs_v3
64 vCPUs, 1,024 GB RAM
- Standard_M176-88bs_v3
88 vCPUs, 1,536 GB RAM
- Standard_M96bs_v3
96 vCPUs, 768 GB RAM
- Standard_M128bs_v3
128 vCPUs, 1,024 GB RAM
- Standard_M176bs_v3
176 vCPUs, 1,536 GB RAM
- Standard_M416bs_v3
416 vCPUs, 3,800 GB RAM
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
- 1129576398848
- CPU architecture
- x64
- Disk controllers
- NVMe
- Hyper-V generations
- V2
- Maximum data disks
- 64
- Maximum network interfaces
- 8
- Memory (GB)
- 128
- OS VHD size MB
- 1047552
- Premium storage
- True
- RDMA
- False
- Resource volume MB
- 0
- Temp and cached disk IOPS
- 10000
- Temp and cached read bytes/sec
- 100000000
- Temp and cached write bytes/sec
- 100000000
- Uncached disk bytes/sec
- 1000000000
- Uncached disk IOPS
- 44000
- vCPUs
- 16
- vCPUs per core
- 2
- Write Accelerator disks
- 2