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Instance Typen1-highcpu-8a2-ultragpu-8g
DetailsHigh-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
1 – Generation
highcpu – 1-2x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – Number of CPUs
Optimized for accelerated high performance computing workloads.

a – Accelerator optimized
2 – Generation
ultragpu – Extra large amound of GPU memory
8g – Number of GPUs
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeAccelerator optimized
Description8 vCPUs, 7.2 GB RAMAccelerator Optimized: 8 NVIDIA A100 80GB GPUs, 96 vCPUs, 1360GB RAM, 8 local SSD
vCPUs896
Memory7.2 GiB1360 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Skylake, Broadwell, Haswell, Sandy Bridge, and Ivy BridgeIntel Cascade Lake
Coremark Score104238
Shared CPUnono
GPUnoyes
GPUs8
GPU Namenvidia-a100-80gb
GPU Total RAM (GiB)640
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)yesno
25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount0.8
50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount0.6
75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount0.4
Extended Memoryyes
Sole Tenancyyesyes
Nested Virtualizationyesyes
Custom Shapesyesno
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB524288 GB
Disk Interface TypeSCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)SCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD9000 GB3000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenono
Hyperdisk Throughputnono
Network InterfacesgVNIC, VirtIO-NetgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price Diff1.00x134.91x

Regional Prices

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n1-highcpu-8
a2-ultragpu-8g
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.3117n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.3404n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.3404n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.3404n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.3404n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.3429n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.3496n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.3640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.3640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.3640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.3651n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.3117n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.3651n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.3712n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.3811n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.3965n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.4021n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.4021n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.4499n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.3120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.3120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.3120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.3120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.3192n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.3192n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.3281n/a
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.2834n/a
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)n/a44.1906
North AmericaOregon (us-west1)0.2834n/a
APACSingapore (asia-southeast1)n/a49.6198
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.2834n/a
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a45.3002
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