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Instance Typec4a-highmem-32c2d-highmem-32
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
4 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
32 – 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
2 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
32 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeCompute optimized
Description32 vCPUs, 256 GB RAM32 vCPUs, 256 GB RAM
vCPUs3232
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorGoogle AxionAMD EPYC Milan
Coremark Score709754
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancyyesno
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesnono
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks32128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size524288 GB524288 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeSCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD6000 GB3000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremeyesno
Hyperdisk Throughputyesno
Network InterfacesgVNIC, IDPFgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.07x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
c4a-highmem-32
c2d-highmem-32
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.88611.9595
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.07682.2689
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.12432.2730
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.15002.3122
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.18392.3535
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.22562.3555
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.22562.3555
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)2.22562.3735
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)2.26732.4174
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)2.28222.5164
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)2.29162.5164
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.88612.1555
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)2.32692.5164
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)2.35792.5244
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)2.42212.5244
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)2.45122.5278
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)2.47082.7411
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)2.53622.7813
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)2.69702.7813
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)2.99493.1114
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a3.1352
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.96142.1575
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.98042.1575
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.98042.1575
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.05582.1575
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.07682.1575
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.07682.2067
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.07682.2067
APACIndia (asia-south1)n/a1.2933
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)1.88611.9595
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)1.88611.9595
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)1.8861n/a
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