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Instance Typee2-highmem-8c3-highmem-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
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
3 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyCost optimizedGeneral-purpose
DescriptionEfficient Instance, 8 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM8 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC MilanIntel Sapphire Rapids
Coremark Score104083160478
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancynoyes
Nested Virtualizationnoyes
Custom Shapesyesno
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeSCSINVMe
Local SSDnoyes
Max Local SSD12000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenoyes
Hyperdisk Throughputnoyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, VirtIO-NetgVNIC, IDPF
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.39x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
e2-highmem-8
c3-highmem-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.36160.5292
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.39810.6033
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.40720.6245
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.40720.6245
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.41870.6245
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.41940.6362
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.41940.6362
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.42670.6430
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.42670.6529
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.43430.6796
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.43430.7117
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.37970.5292
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.43430.8468
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.4343n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.4361n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.4375n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.4393n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.4461n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.4635n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.4635n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.4635n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.4659n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.39410.5504
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.4659n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.4659n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.4665n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.4737n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)0.4862n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)0.5059n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)0.5131n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)0.5171n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-38)0.5740n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-39)0.5786n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.39780.5504
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.39780.5557
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.39780.5827
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.39810.5827
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.39810.5827
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.39810.5961
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.36160.5292
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)0.3616n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.36160.5292
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a0.5292
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