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Instance Typec4a-highmem-96-metalc4-highmem-96-lssd
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
4 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
96 – Number of CPUs
metal – Bare metal instance
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
96 – Number of CPUs
lssd – Local SSD
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeGeneral-purpose
Description96 vCPUs, 768 GB RAM96 vCPUs, 744 GB RAM, 16 local SSDs
vCPUs9696
Memory768 GiB744 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorGoogle AxionIntel Emerald Rapids and Granite Rapids
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancyyesyes
Nested Virtualizationnoyes
Custom Shapesnono
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size524288 GB524288 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeNVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD6000 GB18000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremeyesyes
Hyperdisk Throughputyesyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, IDPFgVNIC, IDPF
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.17x

Regional Prices

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c4a-highmem-96-metal
c4-highmem-96-lssd
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)6.37296.2563
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HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a7.2573
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a7.3824
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a7.3824
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)6.67696.2563
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a7.3824
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a7.5207
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a7.5207
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HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a8.1962
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a8.4128
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)7.26636.5065
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a8.7519
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a8.9465
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a9.9343
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a6.5067
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a6.5689
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a6.5691
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HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a6.8193
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a6.8888
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)n/a6.2563
EuropeNetherlands (europe-west4)5.9412n/a
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)5.6582n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a6.2563
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)5.65826.2563
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