Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | c4a-highmem-4-lssd | c3-highmem-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Details | 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 4 – Generation highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio 4 – 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 3 – Generation highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio 4 – Number of CPUs |
| Instance Family | General-purpose | General-purpose |
| Description | 4 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM, 1 local SSD | 4 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 4 | 4 |
| Memory | 32 GiB | 32 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | arm64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | Google Axion | Intel Sapphire Rapids |
| Coremark Score | 80742 | |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no | no |
| Sole Tenancy | yes | yes |
| Nested Virtualization | no | yes |
| Custom Shapes | no | no |
| Confidential Compute | no | no |
| Maximum Persistent Disks | 16 | 128 |
| Maximum Persistent Disks Size | 263168 GB | 263168 GB |
| Disk Interface Type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Local SSD | yes | yes |
| Max Local SSD | 6000 GB | 12000 GB |
| Extreme Persistent Disks | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Extreme | yes | yes |
| Hyperdisk Throughput | yes | yes |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC, IDPF | gVNIC, IDPF |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 1.15x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | c4a-highmem-4-lssd | c3-highmem-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.2358 | 0.2646 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.2782 | 0.3122 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.2834 | 0.3122 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.2909 | 0.3181 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.3028 | 0.3181 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.3064 | 0.3215 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | n/a | 0.3265 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | n/a | 0.3398 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | n/a | 0.3558 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | n/a | 0.4234 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.2452 | 0.2646 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.2476 | 0.2752 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.2570 | 0.2752 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.2596 | 0.2778 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.2655 | 0.2914 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.2688 | 0.2980 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.2730 | 0.3017 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.2782 | 0.3122 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.2358 | 0.2646 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.2358 | 0.2646 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | 0.2358 | 0.2646 |