Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | a2-highgpu-4g | a3-highgpu-4g |
|---|---|---|
| Details | Optimized for accelerated high performance computing workloads. a – Accelerator optimized 2 – Generation highgpu – High amound of GPU memory - 40x RAM/GPU ratio 4g – Number of GPUs | Optimized for accelerated high performance computing workloads. a – Accelerator optimized 3 – Generation highgpu – High amound of GPU memory - 40x RAM/GPU ratio 4g – Number of GPUs |
| Instance Family | Accelerator optimized | Accelerator optimized |
| Description | Accelerator Optimized: 4 NVIDIA Tesla A100 GPUs, 48 vCPUs, 340GB RAM | Accelerator Optimized: 4 NVIDIA H100 GPU, 104 vCPUs, 936GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 48 | 104 |
| Memory | 340 GiB | 936 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Cascade Lake | Intel Sapphire Rapids |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | yes | yes |
| GPUs | 4 | 4 |
| GPU Name | nvidia-tesla-a100 | nvidia-h100-80gb |
| GPU Total RAM (GiB) | 340 | 936 |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no | no |
| Sole Tenancy | yes | yes |
| Nested Virtualization | yes | no |
| Custom Shapes | no | no |
| Confidential Compute | no | no |
| Maximum Persistent Disks | 128 | 128 |
| Maximum Persistent Disks Size | 524288 GB | 524288 GB |
| Disk Interface Type | SCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD) | NVMe |
| Local SSD | yes | yes |
| Max Local SSD | 3000 GB | 6000 GB |
| Extreme Persistent Disks | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Extreme | no | yes |
| Hyperdisk Throughput | no | yes |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net | gVNIC |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 3.23x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | a2-highgpu-4g | a3-highgpu-4g |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 14.9919 | 45.6729 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | n/a | 52.7478 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | n/a | 54.8953 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | n/a | 55.9086 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | n/a | 56.7775 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | n/a | 62.8943 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 15.7374 | 48.3562 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 16.0550 | 48.3562 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 16.1629 | 49.4628 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 16.1984 | 49.4628 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 16.1984 | 50.8506 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 17.3003 | 50.9428 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 50.9428 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 51.8212 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 14.6935 | 43.9162 |
| North America | Oregon (us-west1) | 14.6935 | 43.9162 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 14.6935 | n/a |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | n/a | 43.9162 |