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Instance Typee2-standard-8c3-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
3 – Generation
standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyCost optimizedGeneral-purpose
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 MilanIntel Sapphire Rapids
Coremark Score103957160341
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 Diff1.00x1.44x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
e2-standard-8
c3-standard-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.26800.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.29510.4541
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.30190.4597
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.30190.4677
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.31040.4758
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.31090.4758
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.31090.4847
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.31630.4847
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.31630.4974
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.32190.5040
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.32190.5178
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.28140.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.32200.5242
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.32200.6403
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.32330.6451
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.3243n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.3257n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.3307n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.3439n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.3439n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.3439n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.3453n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.29220.4193
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)0.29490.4194
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.29490.4234
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.29490.4435
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.29510.4440
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.29510.4440
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.29510.4440
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.26800.4032
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)0.2680n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.26800.4032
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a0.4032
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