GS5-16
The GS5-16 is a azure vm instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for vm workloads.
Last updated at Wed May 20 2026
Instance Info
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 32 |
| Memory (GB) | 448 |
| CPU Architecture | x64 |
| Capacity Support | False |
| VM Generations | V1,V2 |
| VM Deployment Types | IaaS |
| Network | Value |
| Accelerated Networking | False |
| Storage | Value |
| Local Temp Storage (MB) | 917504 |
| Cache/Temp Storage Throughput (IOPS) | 160000 |
| Cache/Temp Storage Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) | 1600000000 |
| Uncached Disk Throughput (IOPS) | 80000 |
| Uncached Disk Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) | 2000000000 |
| Premium I/O | True |
| Encryption | True |
| Memory Maintenance | False |
Family Instances
Related Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| G5 | 32 | 448 |
| NV24s_v2 | 24 | 448 |
| NV36ads_A10_v5 | 36 | 440 |
| NC24s_v3 | 24 | 448 |
| NC24rs_v3 | 24 | 448 |
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