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Instance Typec3-highmem-8c4-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
3 – 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
4 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeGeneral-purpose
Description8 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM8 vCPUs, 62 GB RAM
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB62 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Sapphire RapidsIntel Emerald Rapids and Granite Rapids
Coremark Score160478
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancyyesyes
Nested Virtualizationyesyes
Custom Shapesnono
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB524288 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeNVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD12000 GB18000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremeyesyes
Hyperdisk Throughputyesyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, IDPFgVNIC, IDPF
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.02x

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c3-highmem-8
c4-highmem-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.52920.5214
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.60330.5741
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.62450.5741
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.62450.5741
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.62450.5741
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.63620.5741
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.63620.5872
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.64300.5943
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.65290.6037
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.67960.6048
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.71170.6048
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.52920.5214
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.84680.6152
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.6152
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.6152
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.6152
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.6267
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.6267
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.6308
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.6334
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.6432
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.6517
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.55040.5422
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.6695
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.6695
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.6695
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a0.6725
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)n/a0.6778
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)n/a0.6830
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)n/a0.7011
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)n/a0.7293
HiddenHidden (hidden-38)n/a0.7455
HiddenHidden (hidden-39)n/a0.8279
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.55040.5422
HiddenHidden (hidden-40)n/a0.8342
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.55570.5474
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.58270.5474
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.58270.5474
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.58270.5683
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.59610.5735
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.52920.5214
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.52920.5214
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)0.52920.5214
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