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| n4-highmem-32 | c2d-highmem-32 |
| 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 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 |
| General-purpose | Compute optimized |
| 32 vCPUs, 256 GB RAM | 32 vCPUs, 256 GB RAM |
| 32 | 32 |
| 256 GiB | 256 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Intel Emerald Rapids | AMD EPYC Milan |
| 704876 | 709754 |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| yes | |
| yes | no |
| yes | no |
| yes | no |
| no | no |
| 128 | 128 |
| 524288 GB | 524288 GB |
| NVMe | SCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD) |
| no | yes |
| 3000 GB | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| yes | no |
| gVNIC | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net |
| 1.00x | 1.05x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | n4-highmem-32 | c2d-highmem-32 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 1.9043 | 1.9595 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 2.0968 | 2.2689 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 2.0968 | 2.2730 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 2.0968 | 2.3122 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 2.0968 | 2.3535 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 2.0968 | 2.3555 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 2.1448 | 2.3555 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 2.1709 | 2.3735 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 2.2050 | 2.4174 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 2.2090 | 2.5164 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 2.2090 | 2.5164 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 1.9043 | 2.1555 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 2.2471 | 2.5164 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 2.2471 | 2.5244 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | 2.2471 | 2.5244 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | 2.2892 | 2.5278 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | 2.2892 | 2.7411 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | 2.3042 | 2.7813 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | 2.3137 | 2.7813 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-27) | 2.3494 | 3.1114 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-28) | 2.3804 | 3.1352 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-29) | 2.4455 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 1.9805 | 2.1575 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-30) | 2.4455 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-31) | 2.4455 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-32) | 2.4756 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-33) | 2.4947 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-34) | 2.5607 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-35) | 2.6640 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-36) | 2.7232 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-37) | 3.0239 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-38) | 3.0469 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 1.9805 | 2.1575 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 1.9995 | 2.1575 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 1.9995 | 2.1575 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 1.9996 | 2.1575 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 2.0757 | 2.2067 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 2.0948 | 2.2067 |
| APAC | India (asia-south1) | n/a | 1.2933 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 1.9043 | 1.9595 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 1.9043 | 1.9595 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | 1.9043 | n/a |
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