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Instance Typez4m-highmem-16c3d-highmem-16
DetailsHighest block storage to compute ratios for storage-intensive workloads. File servers, Flash-optimized databases, Scale-out analytics.

z – Storage optimized
4 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
16 – 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
16 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyStorage optimizedGeneral-purpose
DescriptionStorage Optimized VM: 16 vCPUs, 122 GB RAM, 1 Local SSDs16 vCPUs, 128 GB RAM
vCPUs1616
Memory122 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Emerald RapidsAMD EPYC Genoa
Coremark Score384623
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancynoyes
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesnono
Confidential Computenoyes
Maximum Persistent Disks32128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeNVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD168000 GB12000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremeyesyes
Hyperdisk Throughputyesyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, IRDMA, IDPFgVNIC
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.01x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
z4m-highmem-16
c3d-highmem-16
EuropeFinland (europe-north1)1.1395n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.9798
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.1169
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.1345
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.1561
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.2087
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.5676
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a1.0190
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a1.0287
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a1.0287
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a1.0679
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.0777
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.0788
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.0788
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.1035
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)1.03480.9798
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a0.9798
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a0.9798
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