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Instance Typee2-standard-8c3d-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 MilanAMD EPYC Genoa
Coremark Score103957192584
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancynoyes
Nested Virtualizationnono
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
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.26x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
e2-standard-8
c3d-standard-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.26800.3632
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.29510.4205
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.30190.4286
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.30190.4481
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.31040.4540
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.31090.5811
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.3109n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.3163n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.3163n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.3219n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.3219n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.28140.3777
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.3220n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.3220n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.3233n/a
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)0.29220.3814
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)0.29490.3959
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.29490.3995
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.29490.3999
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.29510.3999
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.29510.4091
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.29510.4091
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.26800.3632
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)0.2680n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.26800.3632
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a0.3632
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