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Instance Typea2-highgpu-8ga4-highgpu-8g
DetailsOptimized for accelerated high performance computing workloads.

a – Accelerator optimized
2 – Generation
highgpu – High amound of GPU memory - 40x RAM/GPU ratio
8g – Number of GPUs
Optimized for accelerated high performance computing workloads.

a – Accelerator optimized
4 – Generation
highgpu – High amound of GPU memory - 40x RAM/GPU ratio
8g – Number of GPUs
Instance FamilyAccelerator optimizedAccelerator optimized
DescriptionAccelerator Optimized: 8 NVIDIA Tesla A100 GPUs, 96 vCPUs, 680GB RAMAccelerator Optimized: 8 NVIDIA B200 GPU, 224 vCPUs, 3968GB RAM
vCPUs96224
Memory680 GiB3968 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Cascade LakeIntel Emerald Rapids
Coremark Score1269327
Shared CPUnono
GPUyesyes
GPUs88
GPU Namenvidia-tesla-a100nvidia-b200
GPU Total RAM (GiB)3201440
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancyyesno
Nested Virtualizationyesno
Custom Shapesnono
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size524288 GB524288 GB
Disk Interface TypeSCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)NVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD3000 GB12000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenoyes
Hyperdisk Throughputnono
Network InterfacesgVNIC, VirtIO-NetgVNIC, MRDMA
Avg Price Diff1.00x5.13x

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a2-highgpu-8g
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EuropeBelgium (europe-west1)n/an/a
EuropeFinland (europe-north1)n/an/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)31.4748n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)32.1101n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)32.3258n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)32.3967n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)32.3967154.6560
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)34.6005168.5136
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)29.3871n/a
APACJapan (asia-northeast1)n/an/a
North AmericaOregon (us-west1)29.3871n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)29.3871n/a
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