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Instance Typen4d-highmem-8c2d-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.

n – General purpose
4 – Generation
highmem – 8x 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.

c – Compute optimized
2 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeCompute optimized
Description8 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM8 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC TurinAMD EPYC Milan
Coremark Score177882
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Extended Memoryyes
Sole Tenancynono
Nested Virtualizationyesno
Custom Shapesyesno
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeSCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)
Local SSDnoyes
Max Local SSD3000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenono
Hyperdisk Throughputyesno
Network InterfacesgVNICgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.25x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
n4d-highmem-8
c2d-highmem-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.44470.4899
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.54840.5672
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.5683
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.5781
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.5884
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.5889
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.5889
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.5934
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.6043
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.6291
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.6291
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.44470.5389
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.6291
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.6311
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.6311
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.6319
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.6853
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.6953
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.6953
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.7778
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.7838
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.44470.5394
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.46720.5394
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.48940.5394
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.50100.5394
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.50680.5394
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.52500.5517
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.53470.5517
APACIndia (asia-south1)0.33830.3233
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.44470.4899
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.44470.4899
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