D16 v3

api name Standard_D16_v3 · Azure Virtual Machines · Dv3 family

The D16 v3 is a general purpose Azure Virtual Machines VM size with 16 vCPUs and 64 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake), starting at $0.768 per hour on demand.

general purposex86-64intelprevious generation
vCPUs
16

dedicated

memory
64 GiB

4 GiB per vCPU

processor
Intel

x86-64

on-demand
$0.768

$561/mo · eastus

spot
$0.1535

−80% vs on-demand

regions
58

across 7 areas

Previous generation. Azure still sells D16 v3, but newer families usually give more performance per dollar. See the similar VM sizes below.

D16 v3 price by region

58 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot · 1-yr Reserved · 3-yr Reserved · 1-yr Savings plan · 3-yr Savings plan

East USeastuscheapestreferenceNorth America$0.768$0.1535$0.5299$0.361
East US 2eastus2cheapestNorth America$0.768$0.2647$0.5299$0.361
West US 2westus2cheapestNorth America$0.768$0.1419$0.5299$0.361
West US 3westus3cheapestNorth America$0.768$0.1419$0.5299$0.361
North Central USnorthcentralusNorth America$0.80$0.1478$0.552$0.376
Sweden CentralswedencentralEurope$0.816$0.1506$0.6202$0.4488
Central IndiacentralindiaAsia$0.84$0.1552$0.6384$0.462
Mexico CentralmexicocentralNorth America$0.845$0.1562$0.496$0.3177
North EuropenortheuropeEurope$0.856$0.1582$0.6506$0.4708
Spain CentralspaincentralEurope$0.856$0.1582$0.6506$0.4708
Central UScentralusNorth America$0.88$0.1479$0.6072$0.4136
South Central USsouthcentralusNorth America$0.88$0.1626$0.6072$0.4136
West Central USwestcentralusNorth America$0.88$0.1626$0.6072$0.4136
Korea SouthkoreasouthAsia$0.886$0.1637$0.6734$0.4873
Canada CentralcanadacentralNorth America$0.888$0.2545$0.6749$0.4884
Canada EastcanadaeastNorth America$0.888$0.1641$0.6749$0.4884
France CentralfrancecentralEurope$0.896$0.1656$0.681$0.4928
Israel CentralisraelcentralMiddle East$0.896$0.1656$0.681$0.4928
Italy NorthitalynorthEurope$0.896$0.1656$0.7258$0.5107
Indonesia CentralindonesiacentralAsia$0.90$0.1663$0.621$0.423
Malaysia WestmalaysiawestAsia$0.90$0.1663$0.621$0.423
Germany West CentralgermanywestcentralEurope$0.92$0.17$0.6992$0.506
Poland CentralpolandcentralEurope$0.92$0.17––
UK SouthuksouthEurope$0.928$0.1632$0.7053$0.5104
UK WestukwestEurope$0.928$0.1715$0.7053$0.5104
West USwestusNorth America$0.936$0.173$0.6458$0.4399
Qatar CentralqatarcentralMiddle East$0.942$0.1741$0.7159$0.5181
UAE NorthuaenorthMiddle East$0.96$0.1779$0.7296$0.528
West EuropewesteuropeEurope$0.96$0.1774$0.7296$0.528
Korea CentralkoreacentralAsia$0.984$0.1818$0.7478$0.5412
West IndiawestindiaAsia$0.984$0.1818$0.7478$0.5412
Australia CentralaustraliacentralOceania$1.00$0.1848$0.76$0.55
Australia Central 2australiacentral2Oceania$1.00$0.10$0.76$0.55
Australia EastaustraliaeastOceania$1.00$0.1848$0.76$0.55
Australia SoutheastaustraliasoutheastOceania$1.00$0.1848$0.76$0.55
Southeast AsiasoutheastasiaAsia$1.00$0.1848$0.76$0.55
New Zealand NorthnewzealandnorthOceania$1.008$0.1863$0.7661$0.5544
US Gov ArizonausgovarizonaNorth America$1.008$0.1863––
US Gov TexasusgovtexasNorth America$1.008$0.1863––
US Gov VirginiausgovvirginiaNorth America$1.008$0.1863––
South Africa NorthsouthafricanorthAfrica$1.016$0.1878$0.7722$0.5588
Japan EastjapaneastAsia$1.032$0.1907$0.7843$0.5676
Japan WestjapanwestAsia$1.032$0.1907$0.7843$0.5676
East AsiaeastasiaAsia$1.056$0.1951$0.8026$0.5808
Norway EastnorwayeastEurope$1.056$0.1951$0.8026$0.5808
Switzerland NorthswitzerlandnorthEurope$1.056$0.1951$0.8026$0.5808
Sweden SouthswedensouthEurope$1.061$0.1961$0.8064$0.5836
South IndiasouthindiaAsia$1.082$0.20$0.8223$0.5951
India South CentralindiasouthcentralAsia$1.131$0.209$0.8596$0.6221
France SouthfrancesouthEurope$1.165$0.2153$0.8853$0.6406
Germany NorthgermanynorthEurope$1.196$0.221$0.909$0.6578
UAE CentraluaecentralMiddle East$1.248$0.2306$0.9485$0.6864
Taiwan NorthtaiwannorthAsia$1.25$0.231––
South Africa WestsouthafricawestAfrica$1.27$0.2353$0.9652$0.6985
Brazil SouthbrazilsouthSouth America$1.272$0.2351$0.9667$0.6996
Norway WestnorwaywestEurope$1.373$0.2537$1.043$0.7552
Switzerland WestswitzerlandwestEurope$1.373$0.2538$1.044$0.7552
Brazil SoutheastbrazilsoutheastSouth America$1.654$0.3057$1.257$0.9097

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
16
Memory
64 GiB
Memory per vCPU
4 GiB
Processor
Intel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake)
CPU vendor
Intel
Architecture
x86-64
Burstable CPU
No

storage & network

Local storage
400 GB SSD
Storage detail
400 GiB temporary disk

azure details

API name
Standard_D16_v3
Family
Dv3
Category
General purpose
Generation
Previous
Regions
58 (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
Cheapest region
East US · $0.768/hr

D16 v3 equivalents on other clouds

closest match by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and class · Linux on-demand in each provider's reference region

compare side by side→
ProviderInstancevCPUMemoryProcessorOn-demandvs D16 v3
AzureD16 v31664 GiBIntel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake)$0.768–
AWSm5ad.4xlarge1664 GiBAMD EPYC 7571$0.824+7%
m5d.4xlarge1664 GiBIntel Xeon Platinum 8175$0.904+18%
Google Cloudc3d-standard-16-lssd1664 GiBAMD Genoa$0.76750%
c4d-standard-16-lssd1662 GiBAMD Turin$0.8382+9%
AkamaiG8 Dedicated 64x161664 GiBAMD EPYC$0.84+9%
Linode 64GBburstable CPU1664 GiBAMD EPYC$0.576-25%
Vultrvbm-8c-64gb-amd1664 GiBAMD EPYC 4345P$0.55-28%
vx1-g-16c-64g-960s1664 GiBAMD EPYC$0.612-20%

Dv3 family sizes

all about Dv3→
SizevCPUMemoryLocal storageOn-demandMonthlySpot
D2 v328 GiB50 GB SSD$0.096$70.08$0.0192
D4 v3416 GiB100 GB SSD$0.192$140$0.0384
D8 v3832 GiB200 GB SSD$0.384$280$0.0768
D16 v31664 GiB400 GB SSD$0.768$561$0.1535
D32 v332128 GiB800 GB SSD$1.536$1,121$0.307
D48 v348192 GiB1.2 TB SSD$2.304$1,682$0.4606
D64 v364256 GiB1.6 TB SSD$3.072$2,243$0.6141

Similar VM sizes on Azure

other Azure families with a similar shape, cheapest first

D16 v3 FAQ

How much does D16 v3 cost?

D16 v3 costs $0.768 per hour on demand with Linux in East US (eastus), about $561 per month. Across 58 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.768 in East US to $1.654 in Brazil Southeast. Spot capacity costs $0.1535 per hour (80% less), but can be reclaimed. With Windows it costs $1.504 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does D16 v3 have?

D16 v3 has 16 vCPUs and 64 GiB of memory (4 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake). It is a general purpose VM size in the Dv3 family.

What are the equivalents of D16 v3 on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on AWS, m5ad.4xlarge (16 vCPU, 64 GiB, $0.824/hour in US East (N. Virginia)); on Google Cloud, c3d-standard-16-lssd (16 vCPU, 64 GiB, $0.7675/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, G8 Dedicated 64x16 (16 vCPU, 64 GiB, $0.84/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vbm-8c-64gb-amd (16 vCPU, 64 GiB, $0.55/hour in Johannesburg).