Compare GCP Instances
| c2d-highmem-16 | z3-highmem-16-highlssd |
| 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 2 – Generation highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio 16 – Number of CPUs | Highest block storage to compute ratios for storage-intensive workloads. File servers, Flash-optimized databases, Scale-out analytics. z – Storage optimized 3 – Generation highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio 16 – Number of CPUs highlssd – High Local SSD |
| Compute optimized | Storage optimized |
| 16 vCPUs, 128 GB RAM | 16 vCPUs, 128 GB RAM, 2 Local SSDs |
| 16 | 16 |
| 128 GiB | 128 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| AMD EPYC Milan | Intel Sapphire Rapids |
| 354656 | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | yes |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 128 | 128 |
| 263168 GB | 263168 GB |
| SCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD) | NVMe |
| yes | yes |
| 3000 GB | 36000 GB |
| no | no |
| no | yes |
| no | yes |
| gVNIC, VirtIO-Net | gVNIC, IDPF |
| 1.00x | 1.63x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | c2d-highmem-16 | z3-highmem-16-highlssd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.9798 | 1.6463 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 1.1561 | 2.1142 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 1.1768 | 2.1567 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 1.1777 | 2.1568 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 1.1777 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 1.1868 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 1.2087 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 1.2582 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 1.2582 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 1.2582 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 1.2622 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 1.0777 | 1.7122 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 1.2622 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 1.3705 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | 1.3907 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | 1.5557 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 1.0788 | 1.7286 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 1.0788 | 1.8543 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 1.0788 | 1.8768 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 1.0788 | 1.9427 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 1.1034 | 1.9427 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 1.1034 | 2.0311 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 1.1344 | 2.0579 |
| APAC | India (asia-south1) | 0.6467 | n/a |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.9798 | 1.6463 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.9798 | 1.6463 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | n/a | 1.6463 |