E16s v3
api name Standard_E16s_v3 · Azure Virtual Machines · Esv3 family
The E16s v3 is a memory optimized Azure Virtual Machines VM size with 16 vCPUs and 128 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake), starting at $1.008 per hour on demand.
memory optimizedx86-64intelprevious generation
- vCPUs
- 16
- memory
- 128 GiB
- processor
- Intel
- on-demand
- $1.008
- spot
- $0.2015
- regions
- 58
dedicated
8 GiB per vCPU
x86-64
$736/mo · eastus
−80% vs on-demand
across 7 areas
Previous generation. Azure still sells E16s v3, but newer families usually give more performance per dollar. See the similar VM sizes below.
E16s 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 | $1.008 | $0.2015 | $0.6955 | $0.4738 |
| North Central USnorthcentraluscheapestNorth America | $1.008 | $0.1863 | $0.6955 | $0.4738 |
| West US 2westus2cheapestNorth America | $1.008 | $0.1863 | $0.6955 | $0.4738 |
| West US 3westus3cheapestNorth America | $1.008 | $0.1863 | $0.6955 | $0.4738 |
| East US 2eastus2North America | $1.064 | $0.3668 | $0.7342 | $0.5001 |
| Sweden CentralswedencentralEurope | $1.072 | $0.1979 | $0.8147 | $0.5896 |
| Central IndiacentralindiaAsia | $1.096 | $0.2025 | $0.833 | $0.6028 |
| Mexico CentralmexicocentralNorth America | $1.109 | $0.2049 | $0.8428 | $0.61 |
| West USwestusNorth America | $1.12 | $0.207 | $0.7728 | $0.5264 |
| North EuropenortheuropeEurope | $1.128 | $0.2085 | $0.8573 | $0.6204 |
| Spain CentralspaincentralEurope | $1.128 | $0.2085 | $0.8122 | $0.5866 |
| Indonesia CentralindonesiacentralAsia | $1.152 | $0.2129 | $0.7949 | $0.5414 |
| Korea SouthkoreasouthAsia | $1.152 | $0.2129 | $0.8755 | $0.6336 |
| Malaysia WestmalaysiawestAsia | $1.152 | $0.2129 | $0.7949 | $0.5414 |
| South Central USsouthcentralusNorth America | $1.166 | $0.2155 | $0.8045 | $0.548 |
| West Central USwestcentralusNorth America | $1.166 | $0.2155 | $0.8045 | $0.548 |
| Central UScentralusNorth America | $1.167 | $0.1962 | $0.8052 | $0.5485 |
| Canada CentralcanadacentralNorth America | $1.168 | $0.3347 | $0.8877 | $0.6424 |
| Canada EastcanadaeastNorth America | $1.168 | $0.2158 | $0.8877 | $0.6424 |
| Israel CentralisraelcentralMiddle East | $1.184 | $0.2188 | – | – |
| Italy NorthitalynorthEurope | $1.184 | $0.2188 | $0.8525 | $0.6157 |
| UAE NorthuaenorthMiddle East | $1.21 | $0.2242 | $0.9196 | $0.6655 |
| Germany West CentralgermanywestcentralEurope | $1.216 | $0.2247 | $0.9242 | $0.6688 |
| Poland CentralpolandcentralEurope | $1.216 | $0.2247 | $0.9242 | $0.6688 |
| West IndiawestindiaAsia | $1.216 | $0.2247 | $0.9242 | $0.6688 |
| Qatar CentralqatarcentralMiddle East | $1.241 | $0.2293 | $0.9432 | $0.6826 |
| France CentralfrancecentralEurope | $1.248 | $0.2306 | $0.9485 | $0.6864 |
| UK SouthuksouthEurope | $1.248 | $0.2195 | $0.9485 | $0.6864 |
| UK WestukwestEurope | $1.248 | $0.2306 | $0.9485 | $0.6864 |
| New Zealand NorthnewzealandnorthOceania | $1.268 | $0.2343 | $0.9637 | $0.6974 |
| Australia CentralaustraliacentralOceania | $1.277 | $0.236 | $0.9705 | $0.7024 |
| Australia Central 2australiacentral2Oceania | $1.277 | $0.1277 | $0.9705 | $0.7024 |
| Australia EastaustraliaeastOceania | $1.277 | $0.236 | $0.9705 | $0.7024 |
| Australia SoutheastaustraliasoutheastOceania | $1.277 | $0.236 | $0.9705 | $0.7024 |
| US Gov ArizonausgovarizonaNorth America | $1.277 | $0.236 | – | – |
| US Gov TexasusgovtexasNorth America | $1.277 | $0.236 | – | – |
| US Gov VirginiausgovvirginiaNorth America | $1.277 | $0.236 | – | – |
| Japan EastjapaneastAsia | $1.28 | $0.2365 | $0.9728 | $0.704 |
| Japan WestjapanwestAsia | $1.28 | $0.2365 | $0.9728 | $0.704 |
| Korea CentralkoreacentralAsia | $1.28 | $0.2365 | $0.9728 | $0.704 |
| Southeast AsiasoutheastasiaAsia | $1.28 | $0.2365 | $0.9728 | $0.704 |
| West EuropewesteuropeEurope | $1.28 | $0.2365 | $0.9728 | $0.704 |
| South IndiasouthindiaAsia | $1.334 | $0.2465 | $1.014 | $0.7337 |
| East AsiaeastasiaAsia | $1.336 | $0.2469 | $1.015 | $0.7348 |
| South Africa NorthsouthafricanorthAfrica | $1.344 | $0.2484 | $1.021 | $0.7392 |
| Sweden SouthswedensouthEurope | $1.394 | $0.2576 | $1.059 | $0.7667 |
| Norway EastnorwayeastEurope | $1.408 | $0.2602 | $1.07 | $0.7744 |
| Switzerland NorthswitzerlandnorthEurope | $1.408 | $0.2602 | $1.07 | $0.7744 |
| India South CentralindiasouthcentralAsia | $1.456 | $0.2691 | $1.107 | $0.8008 |
| Taiwan NorthtaiwannorthAsia | $1.532 | $0.2831 | $1.327 | $1.047 |
| UAE CentraluaecentralMiddle East | $1.572 | $0.2905 | $1.195 | $0.8646 |
| Germany NorthgermanynorthEurope | $1.581 | $0.2922 | $1.202 | $0.8696 |
| France SouthfrancesouthEurope | $1.621 | $0.2996 | $1.232 | $0.8916 |
| South Africa WestsouthafricawestAfrica | $1.68 | $0.3113 | $1.277 | $0.924 |
| Norway WestnorwaywestEurope | $1.83 | $0.3382 | $1.391 | $1.007 |
| Switzerland WestswitzerlandwestEurope | $1.831 | $0.3383 | $1.391 | $1.007 |
| Brazil SouthbrazilsouthSouth America | $1.879 | $0.3472 | $1.428 | $1.033 |
| Brazil SoutheastbrazilsoutheastSouth America | $2.444 | $0.4517 | $1.857 | $1.344 |
Specifications
compute
- vCPUs
- 16
- Memory
- 128 GiB
- Memory per vCPU
- 8 GiB
- Processor
- Intel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake)
- CPU vendor
- Intel
- Architecture
- x86-64
- Burstable CPU
- No
storage & network
- Local storage
- 256 GB SSD
- Storage detail
- 256 GiB temporary disk
azure details
- API name
Standard_E16s_v3- Family
- Esv3
- Category
- Memory optimized
- Generation
- Previous
- Regions
- 58 (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
- Cheapest region
- East US · $1.008/hr
- Premium SSD support
- Yes
E16s v3 equivalents on other clouds
closest match by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and class · Linux on-demand in each provider's reference region
| Provider | Instance | vCPU | Memory | Processor | On-demand | vs E16s v3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | E16s v3 | 16 | 128 GiB | Intel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake) | $1.008 | – |
| AWS | r5ad.4xlarge | 16 | 128 GiB | AMD EPYC 7571 | $1.048 | +4% |
| r5d.4xlarge | 16 | 128 GiB | Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 | $1.152 | +14% | |
| Google Cloud | c3d-highmem-16-lssd | 16 | 128 GiB | AMD Genoa | $1.021 | +1% |
| z3-highmem-16-highlssd | 16 | 128 GiB | Intel Sapphire Rapids | $2.304 | +129% | |
| Akamai | Linode 300GB300 GiB (2.3×) | 16 | 300 GiB | AMD EPYC | $1.44 | +43% |
| G8 Dedicated 64x1664 GiB (2× less) | 16 | 64 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.84 | -17% | |
| Vultr | vx1-m-16c-128g-960s | 16 | 128 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.772 | -23% |
| voc-m-16c-128gb-800s-amd | 16 | 128 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.877 | -13% |
Esv3 family sizes
| Size | vCPU | Memory | Local storage | On-demand | Monthly | Spot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E2s v3 | 2 | 16 GiB | 32 GB SSD | $0.126 | $91.98 | $0.0252 |
| E4-2s v3 | 2 | 32 GiB | 64 GB SSD | $0.252 | $184 | $0.0504 |
| E8-2s v3 | 2 | 64 GiB | 128 GB SSD | $0.504 | $368 | $0.1008 |
| E4s v3 | 4 | 32 GiB | 64 GB SSD | $0.252 | $184 | $0.0504 |
| E8-4s v3 | 4 | 64 GiB | 128 GB SSD | $0.504 | $368 | $0.1008 |
| E16-4s v3 | 4 | 128 GiB | 256 GB SSD | $1.008 | $736 | $0.2015 |
| E8s v3 | 8 | 64 GiB | 128 GB SSD | $0.504 | $368 | $0.1008 |
| E16-8s v3 | 8 | 128 GiB | 256 GB SSD | $1.008 | $736 | $0.2015 |
| E32-8s v3 | 8 | 256 GiB | 512 GB SSD | $2.016 | $1,472 | $0.403 |
| E16s v3 | 16 | 128 GiB | 256 GB SSD | $1.008 | $736 | $0.2015 |
| E32-16s v3 | 16 | 256 GiB | 512 GB SSD | $2.016 | $1,472 | $0.403 |
| E64-16s v3 | 16 | 432 GiB | 864 GB SSD | $3.629 | $2,649 | $0.7254 |
| E20s v3 | 20 | 160 GiB | 320 GB SSD | $1.26 | $920 | $0.2519 |
| E32s v3 | 32 | 256 GiB | 512 GB SSD | $2.016 | $1,472 | $0.403 |
| E64-32s v3 | 32 | 432 GiB | 864 GB SSD | $3.629 | $2,649 | $0.7254 |
| E48s v3 | 48 | 384 GiB | 768 GB SSD | $3.024 | $2,208 | $0.6045 |
| E64is v3 | 64 | 432 GiB | 864 GB SSD | $3.629 | $2,649 | $0.7254 |
| E64s v3 | 64 | 432 GiB | 864 GB SSD | $3.629 | $2,649 | $0.7254 |
Similar VM sizes on Azure
other Azure families with a similar shape, cheapest first
E16as v4$1.008/hr16 vCPU · 128 GiB · AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)E16a v4$1.008/hr16 vCPU · 128 GiB · AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)E16ads v5$1.048/hr16 vCPU · 128 GiB · AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)4% moreE16ds v4$1.152/hr16 vCPU · 128 GiB · Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake)14% moreE16ds v5$1.152/hr16 vCPU · 128 GiB · Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake)14% moreE16d v4$1.152/hr16 vCPU · 128 GiB · Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake)14% more
E16s v3 FAQ
How much does E16s v3 cost?
E16s v3 costs $1.008 per hour on demand with Linux in East US (eastus), about $736 per month. Across 58 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $1.008 in East US to $2.444 in Brazil Southeast. Spot capacity costs $0.2015 per hour (80% less), but can be reclaimed. With Windows it costs $1.744 per hour.
How many vCPUs and how much memory does E16s v3 have?
E16s v3 has 16 vCPUs and 128 GiB of memory (8 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon (Broadwell, Skylake or Cascade Lake). It is a memory optimized VM size in the Esv3 family.
What are the equivalents of E16s v3 on other clouds?
The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on AWS, r5ad.4xlarge (16 vCPU, 128 GiB, $1.048/hour in US East (N. Virginia)); on Google Cloud, c3d-highmem-16-lssd (16 vCPU, 128 GiB, $1.021/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, Linode 300GB (16 vCPU, 300 GiB, $1.44/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vx1-m-16c-128g-960s (16 vCPU, 128 GiB, $0.772/hour in Amsterdam).