Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | n2d-highcpu-2 | a2-ultragpu-2g |
|---|---|---|
| Details | High-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding. n – General purpose 2 – Generation highcpu – 1-2x RAM/CPU ratio 2 – Number of CPUs | Optimized for accelerated high performance computing workloads. a – Accelerator optimized 2 – Generation ultragpu – Extra large amound of GPU memory 2g – Number of GPUs |
| Instance Family | General-purpose | Accelerator optimized |
| Description | 2 vCPUs 2 GB RAM | Accelerator Optimized: 2 NVIDIA A100 80GB GPUs, 24 vCPUs, 340GB RAM, 2 local SSD |
| vCPUs | 2 | 24 |
| Memory | 2 GiB | 340 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan | Intel Cascade Lake |
| Coremark Score | 41112 | |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | yes |
| GPUs | 2 | |
| GPU Name | nvidia-a100-80gb | |
| GPU Total RAM (GiB) | 340 | |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | yes | no |
| 25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.8678 | |
| 50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.733 | |
| 75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.6 | |
| Extended Memory | yes | |
| Sole Tenancy | yes | yes |
| Nested Virtualization | no | yes |
| Custom Shapes | yes | no |
| Confidential Compute | no | no |
| Maximum Persistent Disks | 128 | 128 |
| Maximum Persistent Disks Size | 263168 GB | 263168 GB |
| Disk Interface Type | SCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD) | SCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD) |
| Local SSD | yes | yes |
| Max Local SSD | 9000 GB | 3000 GB |
| Extreme Persistent Disks | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Extreme | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Throughput | yes | no |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 149.31x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | n2d-highcpu-2 | a2-ultragpu-2g |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.0624 | 11.3251 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.0703 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.0703 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.0722 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.0724 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.0724 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.0736 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.0736 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.0749 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.0749 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.0749 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.0624 | 12.4050 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 0.0752 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 0.0755 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | 0.0758 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | 0.0770 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | 0.0801 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | 0.0801 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | 0.0801 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-27) | 0.0804 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-28) | 0.0804 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-29) | 0.0804 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.0686 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-30) | 0.0805 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-31) | 0.0817 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-32) | 0.0839 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-33) | 0.0873 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-34) | 0.0885 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-35) | 0.0892 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-36) | 0.0990 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-37) | 0.0998 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.0686 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.0686 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.0687 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.0687 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.0687 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.0687 | n/a |
| APAC | India (asia-south1) | 0.0412 | n/a |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.0624 | 10.0554 |
| Europe | Netherlands (europe-west4) | n/a | 11.0714 |
| North America | Ohio (us-east5) | n/a | 11.0476 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.0624 | n/a |