Compare GCP Instances

Instance Type	c4a-highcpu-32	c4a-standard-32-lssd
Details	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 highcpu – 1-2x RAM/CPU ratio 32 – 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 4 – Generation standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio 32 – Number of CPUs lssd – Local SSD
Instance Family	General-purpose	General-purpose
Description	32 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM	32 vCPUs, 128 GB RAM, 6 local SSD
vCPUs	32	32
Memory	64 GiB	128 GiB
CPU Architecture	arm64	arm64
Processor	Google Axion	Google Axion
Shared CPU	no	no
GPU	no	no
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)	no	no
Sole Tenancy	yes	yes
Nested Virtualization	no	no
Custom Shapes	no	no
Confidential Compute	no	no
Maximum Persistent Disks	32	32
Maximum Persistent Disks Size	524288 GB	524288 GB
Disk Interface Type	NVMe	NVMe
Local SSD	yes	yes
Max Local SSD	6000 GB	6000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disks	no	no
Hyperdisk Extreme	yes	yes
Hyperdisk Throughput	yes	yes
Network Interfaces	gVNIC, IDPF	gVNIC, IDPF
Avg Price Diff	1.00x	1.19x

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Geography	Region	c4a-highcpu-32	c4a-standard-32-lssd
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-1)	1.2122	1.4368
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-10)	1.3347	1.5821
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-11)	1.3347	1.6183
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-12)	1.3653	1.6379
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-13)	1.3818	1.6637
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-14)	1.4036	1.6955
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-15)	1.4304	1.6955
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-16)	1.4304	1.6955
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-17)	1.4304	1.7272
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-18)	1.4571	1.7385
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-19)	1.4667	1.7457
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-2)	1.2122	1.4368
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-20)	1.4728	1.7726
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-21)	1.4954	1.7962
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-22)	1.5154	1.8451
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-23)	1.5567	1.8675
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-24)	1.5757	1.8822
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-25)	1.5880	1.9321
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-26)	1.6300	2.0546
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-27)	1.7334	2.2815
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-28)	1.9248	2.2995
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-29)	1.9398	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-3)	1.2606	1.4942
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-4)	1.2727	1.5086
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-5)	1.2727	1.5086
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-6)	1.3212	1.5661
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-7)	1.3347	1.5821
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-8)	1.3347	1.5821
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-9)	1.3347	1.5821
North America	Iowa (us-central1)	1.2122	1.4368
North America	South Carolina (us-east1)	1.2122	1.4368
North America	Virginia (us-east4)	1.2122	1.4368

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