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Instance Typec2-standard-8c3d-standard-8
DetailsHigh-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
2 – Generation
standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – Number of CPUs
High-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
3 – Generation
standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedGeneral-purpose
DescriptionCompute Optimized: 8 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM8 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Cascade LakeAMD EPYC Genoa
Coremark Score146712192584
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)yesno
25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount0.8678
50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount0.733
75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount0.6
Sole Tenancyyesyes
Nested Virtualizationyesno
Custom Shapesnono
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeSCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)NVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD3000 GB12000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenoyes
Hyperdisk Throughputnoyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, VirtIO-NetgVNIC
Avg Price DiffInfinityx

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c2-standard-8
c3d-standard-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.3632
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.4205
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.4286
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.4481
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.4540
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.5811
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.3777
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.3814
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.3959
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.3995
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.3999
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.3999
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.4091
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.4091
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)n/a0.3632
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a0.3632
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a0.3632
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