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Instance Typee2-standard-8c2d-standard-8
DetailsCost optimized with burstable capabilities. Low-traffic web servers, Small databases, Development and test environments.

e – Economic general purpose with burstable capabilities
2 – Generation
standard – 4x 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
standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyCost optimizedCompute optimized
DescriptionEfficient Instance, 8 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM8 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC MilanAMD EPYC Milan
Coremark Score103957177921
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancynono
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesyesno
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeSCSISCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)
Local SSDnoyes
Max Local SSD3000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenono
Hyperdisk Throughputnono
Network InterfacesgVNIC, VirtIO-NetgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.35x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
e2-standard-8
c2d-standard-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.26800.3632
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.29510.4205
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.30190.4213
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.30190.4286
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.31040.4362
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.31090.4366
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.31090.4366
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.31630.4398
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.31630.4481
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.32190.4664
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.32190.4664
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.28140.3995
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.32200.4664
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.32200.4679
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.32330.4679
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.32430.4685
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.32570.5081
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.33070.5155
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.34390.5155
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.34390.5767
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.34390.5811
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.3453n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.29220.3999
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.3453n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.3454n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.3458n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.3511n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)0.3604n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)0.3750n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)0.3803n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)0.3833n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-38)0.4255n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-39)0.4289n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.29490.3999
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.29490.3999
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.29490.3999
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.29510.3999
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.29510.4090
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.29510.4090
APACIndia (asia-south1)n/a0.2397
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.26800.3632
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)0.2680n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.26800.3632
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