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Instance Typec4a-highmem-8-lssdc2d-highmem-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
4 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – Number of CPUs
lssd – Local SSD
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
8 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeCompute optimized
Description8 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM, 2 local SSD8 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorGoogle AxionAMD EPYC Milan
Coremark Score177882
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancyyesno
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesnono
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks32128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 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

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c4a-highmem-8-lssd
c2d-highmem-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.47150.4899
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.51920.5672
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.53110.5683
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.53750.5781
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.54600.5884
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.55640.5889
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.55640.5889
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.55640.5934
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.56680.6043
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.57050.6291
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.57290.6291
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.47150.5389
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.58170.6291
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.58950.6311
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.60550.6311
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.61280.6319
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.61770.6853
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.63410.6953
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.67430.6953
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.74870.7778
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.7838
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.49040.5394
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.49510.5394
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.49510.5394
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.51400.5394
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.51920.5394
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.51920.5517
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.51920.5517
APACIndia (asia-south1)n/a0.3233
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.47150.4899
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.47150.4899
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)0.4715n/a
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