Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | a4x-highgpu-4g | a3-highgpu-4g |
|---|---|---|
| Details | Optimized for accelerated high performance computing workloads. a – Accelerator optimized 4 – 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 GB200 GPU, 140 vCPUs, 884GB RAM | Accelerator Optimized: 4 NVIDIA H100 GPU, 104 vCPUs, 936GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 140 | 104 |
| Memory | 884 GiB | 936 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | arm64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | NVIDIA Grace | Intel Sapphire Rapids |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | yes | yes |
| GPUs | 4 | 4 |
| GPU Name | nvidia-gb200 | nvidia-h100-80gb |
| GPU Total RAM (GiB) | 936 | |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no | no |
| Sole Tenancy | no | yes |
| Nested Virtualization | no | 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 | NVMe | NVMe |
| Local SSD | yes | yes |
| Max Local SSD | 12000 GB | 6000 GB |
| Extreme Persistent Disks | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Extreme | yes | yes |
| Hyperdisk Throughput | no | yes |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC, MRDMA | gVNIC |
| Avg Price Diff | Infinityx |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | a4x-highgpu-4g | a3-highgpu-4g |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | n/a | 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) | n/a | 48.3562 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | n/a | 48.3562 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | n/a | 49.4628 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | n/a | 49.4628 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | n/a | 50.8506 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | n/a | 50.9428 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 50.9428 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 51.8212 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | n/a | 43.9162 |
| North America | Oregon (us-west1) | n/a | 43.9162 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | n/a | 43.9162 |