M16ms by Microsoft Azure
M16ms is a MS family [Memory Intensive] [Premium Storage capable] [Intel processor] 16 vCPUs server offered by Microsoft Azure with 16 vCPUs, 438 GiB of memory and 524 GB of storage. The pricing starts at 0.4456 USD per hour.
16 vCPU
438 GiB Memory
524 GB Storage
Spare SCore
10944
(All-cores)
(All-cores)
1038
(Single-core)
(Single-core)
Specifications
Server Metadata
Vendor ID | azure |
Server ID | Standard_M16ms |
Name | M16ms |
API Reference | Standard_M16ms |
Description | MS family [Memory Intensive] [Premium Storage capable] [Intel processor] 16 vCPUs |
Family | MS |
Hw Virt | |
Status | active |
Observed At | 2026-06-24T09:55:57.175016 |
Availability
| REGION / ID | SPOT | ONDEMAND |
|---|---|---|
East US (US) / eastus | 0.5679 USD/h | 3.073 USD/h |
East US 2 (US) / eastus2 | 0.5679 USD/h | 3.073 USD/h |
North Central US (US) / northcentralus | 0.5679 USD/h | 3.073 USD/h |
West US 2 (US) / westus2 | 0.5679 USD/h | 3.073 USD/h |
West US 3 (US) / westus3 | 0.5679 USD/h | 3.073 USD/h |
Central India (IN) / centralindia | 0.5858 USD/h | 3.17 USD/h |
Jio India Central (IN) / jioindiacentral | - | 3.17 USD/h |
Jio India West (IN) / jioindiawest | - | 3.17 USD/h |
Canada Central (CA) / canadacentral | 0.6247 USD/h | 3.3803 USD/h |
Canada East (CA) / canadaeast | 0.6247 USD/h | 3.3803 USD/h |
Mexico Central (ZA) / mexicocentral | 0.6254 USD/h | 3.3842 USD/h |
Central US (US) / centralus | 0.6416 USD/h | 3.472 USD/h |
North Europe (IE) / northeurope | 0.6815 USD/h | 3.6876 USD/h |
South Central US (US) / southcentralus | 0.6815 USD/h | 3.688 USD/h |
France Central (FR) / francecentral | 0.7155 USD/h | 3.872 USD/h |
UK South (GB) / uksouth | 0.7155 USD/h | 3.872 USD/h |
UK West (GB) / ukwest | 0.7155 USD/h | 3.872 USD/h |
West US (US) / westus | 0.7383 USD/h | 3.995 USD/h |
Indonesia Central (ID) / indonesiacentral | 0.7411 USD/h | 4.0103 USD/h |
Malaysia West (MY) / malaysiawest | 0.7411 USD/h | 4.0103 USD/h |
Israel Central (IL) / israelcentral | 0.7495 USD/h | 4.056 USD/h |
UAE North (AE) / uaenorth | 0.7495 USD/h | 4.056 USD/h |
Qatar Central (QA) / qatarcentral | 0.7503 USD/h | 4.06 USD/h |
South Africa North (ZA) / southafricanorth | 0.761 USD/h | 4.118 USD/h |
Austria East (AT) / austriaeast | 0.795 USD/h | 4.302 USD/h |
Germany West Central (DE) / germanywestcentral | 0.795 USD/h | 4.302 USD/h |
Poland Central (PL) / polandcentral | 0.795 USD/h | 4.302 USD/h |
Sweden Central (SE) / swedencentral | 0.795 USD/h | 4.302 USD/h |
Italy North (IT) / italynorth | 0.795 USD/h | 4.3022 USD/h |
West Europe (NL) / westeurope | 0.795 USD/h | 4.3022 USD/h |
Spain Central (ES) / spaincentral | 0.796 USD/h | 4.3071 USD/h |
Norway East (NO) / norwayeast | 0.812 USD/h | 4.394 USD/h |
Australia Central 2 (AU) / australiacentral2 | 0.4456 USD/h | 4.4559 USD/h |
Australia Central (AU) / australiacentral | 0.8235 USD/h | 4.4559 USD/h |
Australia East (AU) / australiaeast | 0.8235 USD/h | 4.4559 USD/h |
Australia Southeast (AU) / australiasoutheast | 0.8235 USD/h | 4.4559 USD/h |
Japan East (JP) / japaneast | 0.8235 USD/h | 4.4559 USD/h |
Japan West (JP) / japanwest | 0.8235 USD/h | 4.4559 USD/h |
Southeast Asia (SG) / southeastasia | 0.8235 USD/h | 4.4559 USD/h |
Korea Central (KR) / koreacentral | 0.8235 USD/h | 4.456 USD/h |
Korea South (KR) / koreasouth | 0.8235 USD/h | 4.456 USD/h |
South India (IN) / southindia | 0.8519 USD/h | 4.61 USD/h |
New Zealand North (NZ) / newzealandnorth | 0.8646 USD/h | 4.6787 USD/h |
Switzerland North (CH) / switzerlandnorth | 0.8746 USD/h | 4.7324 USD/h |
UAE Central (AE) / uaecentral | 0.8859 USD/h | 4.794 USD/h |
South Africa West (ZA) / southafricawest | 0.9541 USD/h | 5.163 USD/h |
East Asia (HK) / eastasia | 1.0293 USD/h | 5.5699 USD/h |
Germany North (DE) / germanynorth | 1.0336 USD/h | 5.593 USD/h |
Brazil South (BR) / brazilsouth | 1.1073 USD/h | 5.992 USD/h |
Switzerland West (CH) / switzerlandwest | 1.1369 USD/h | 6.1522 USD/h |
Brazil Southeast (US) / brazilsoutheast | 1.2777 USD/h | 6.914 USD/h |
Processor
vCPUs | 16 |
Hypervisor | Microsoft Hyper-V |
CPU Allocation | Dedicated |
CPU Cores | 8 |
CPU Speed | 2.7 GHz |
CPU Architecture | x86_64 |
CPU Manufacturer | Intel |
CPU Family | Xeon |
CPU Model | 8280M |
CPU L1D Cache | 32 KiB |
CPU L1D Cache Total | 256 KiB |
CPU L1I Cache | 32 KiB |
CPU L1I Cache Total | 256 KiB |
CPU L2 Cache | 1 MiB |
CPU L2 Cache Total | 8 MiB |
CPU L3 Cache | 39 MiB |
CPU L3 Cache Total | 39 MiB |
CPU Flags | fpu, vme, de, pse, tsc, msr, pae, mce, cx8, apic, sep, mtrr, pge, mca, cmov, pat, pse36, clflush, mmx, fxsr, sse, sse2, ss, ht, syscall, nx, pdpe1gb, rdtscp, lm, constant_tsc, rep_good, nopl, xtopology, cpuid, pni, pclmulqdq, vmx, ssse3, fma, cx16, pcid, sse4_1, sse4_2, movbe, popcnt, aes, xsave, avx, f16c, rdrand, hypervisor, lahf_lm, abm, 3dnowprefetch, pti, tpr_shadow, ept, vpid, fsgsbase, bmi1, hle, avx2, smep, bmi2, erms, invpcid, rtm, avx512f, avx512dq, rdseed, adx, smap, clflushopt, avx512cd, avx512bw, avx512vl, xsaveopt, xsavec, xsaves, vnmi, md_clear |
Ecpus | 10.5 |
Scalability | 131.25 |
System Resources and Accelerators
| MEMORY | |
|---|---|
Memory Amount | 438 GiB |
Memory Amount Actual | 438 GiB |
| GPU | |
|---|---|
GPU Count | 0 |
GPU Memory Min | 0 MiB |
GPU Memory Total | 0 MiB |
GPUs |
| STORAGE | |
|---|---|
Storage Size | 524 GB |
Storages |
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| NETWORK | |
|---|---|
Inbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
Outbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
IPv4 | 0 |
Server Description
A memory-optimized virtual machine featuring high RAM-to-vCPU density and local storage for memory-intensive enterprise workloads.
Memory OptimizedStorage & Database
Microsoft Azure M16ms is a memory-optimized virtual machine from the MS family, designed for memory-intensive workloads. It features an Intel Xeon 8280M x86_64 processor with 16 vCPUs, 8 physical cores, and a 2.7 GHz clock speed. The hardware is characterized by a high memory capacity of 438.0 GB, alongside 524 GB of local storage, with no integrated GPUs. Benchmark data reveals a trade-off: single-core CPU performance and single-threaded compression are weak, while multi-core execution, memory bandwidth, and database operations perform at average levels. Qualitatively, the server provides high memory density relative to compute resources, making it cost-efficient for memory-bound tasks rather than compute-heavy processing. It is suited for large databases, in-memory caching, and enterprise applications.
Economics
Performance
Memory Bandwidth
Compression
OpenSSL
Geekbench Single-Core
Score: 878
Geekbench Multi-Core
Score: 5,698
Passmark CPU Scores
| BENCHMARK | SCORE |
|---|---|
Mark | 11765 |
Compression | 161837 |
Encryption | 5034 |
Extended Instructions | 11635 |
Floating Point Maths | 19649 |
Integer Maths | 36545 |
Physics | 1199 |
Prime Numbers | 59 |
Single Threaded | 1485 |
String Sorting | 19207 |
Passmark Memory Scores
| BENCHMARK | SCORE |
|---|---|
Memory Mark | 1848 |
Database Operations | 4198 |
Memory Latency | 72 |
Memory Read Cached | 18306 |
Memory Read Uncached | 6891 |
Memory Write | 6664 |
Stress-ng Raw Scores
Stress-ng Relative Multicore Performance
LLM Inference Speed for Prompt Processing
LLM Inference Speed for Text Generation
Static Web Server
Redis
Alternatives
Servers of the Same Family
| INSTANCE | vCPUs | MEMORY | GPUs |
|---|---|---|---|
| M8-2ms | 2 | 219 GiB | 0 |
| M8-4ms | 4 | 219 GiB | 0 |
| M16-4ms | 4 | 438 GiB | 0 |
| M8ms | 8 | 219 GiB | 0 |
| M16-8ms | 8 | 438 GiB | 0 |
| M32-8ms | 8 | 875 GiB | 0 |
| M32-16ms | 16 | 875 GiB | 0 |
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