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Instance Typec2-standard-8n2-highcpu-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.

n – General purpose
2 – Generation
highcpu – 1-2x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedGeneral-purpose
DescriptionCompute Optimized: 8 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM8 vCPUs 8 GB RAM
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB8 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Cascade LakeIntel Cascade Lake and Ice Lake
Coremark Score146712138600
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)yesyes
25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount0.86780.8678
50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount0.7330.733
75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount0.60.6
Extended Memoryyes
Sole Tenancyyesyes
Nested Virtualizationyesyes
Custom Shapesnoyes
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeSCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)SCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD3000 GB9000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnoyes
Hyperdisk Extremenoyes
Hyperdisk Throughputnoyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, VirtIO-NetgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price DiffInfinityx

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c2-standard-8
n2-highcpu-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.2868
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.3230
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.3321
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.3327
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.3327
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.3384
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.3384
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.3445
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.3445
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.3445
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.3445
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.3155
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.3459
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.3470
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.3484
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.3538
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.3683
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.3683
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.3683
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.3695
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.3695
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.3695
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.3155
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.3700
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.3757
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.3856
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a0.4013
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)n/a0.4069
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)n/a0.4101
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)n/a0.4552
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)n/a0.4589
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.3155
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.3157
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.3157
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.3157
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.3158
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.3230
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)n/a0.2868
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)n/a0.2868
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a0.2868
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