Compare GCP Instances

Instance Type	n4a-highcpu-32	c4a-highcpu-32
Details	High-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding. n – General purpose 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 highcpu – 1-2x RAM/CPU ratio 32 – Number of CPUs
Instance Family	General-purpose	General-purpose
Description	32 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM	32 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM
vCPUs	32	32
Memory	64 GiB	64 GiB
CPU Architecture	arm64	arm64
Processor	Google Axion	Google Axion
Shared CPU	no	no
GPU	no	no
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)	no	no
Extended Memory	yes
Sole Tenancy	yes	yes
Nested Virtualization	no	no
Custom Shapes	yes	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	no	yes
Max Local SSD		6000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disks	no	no
Hyperdisk Extreme	no	yes
Hyperdisk Throughput	yes	yes
Network Interfaces	gVNIC	gVNIC, IDPF
Avg Price Diff	1.00x	1.27x

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Geography	Region	n4a-highcpu-32	c4a-highcpu-32
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-1)	1.0394	1.2122
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-10)	n/a	1.3347
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-11)	n/a	1.3347
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-12)	n/a	1.3653
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-13)	n/a	1.3818
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-14)	n/a	1.4036
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-15)	n/a	1.4304
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-16)	n/a	1.4304
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-17)	n/a	1.4304
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-18)	n/a	1.4571
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-19)	n/a	1.4667
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-2)	1.0912	1.2122
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-20)	n/a	1.4728
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-21)	n/a	1.4954
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-22)	n/a	1.5154
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-23)	n/a	1.5567
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-24)	n/a	1.5757
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-25)	n/a	1.5880
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-26)	n/a	1.6300
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-27)	n/a	1.7334
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-28)	n/a	1.9248
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-29)	n/a	1.9398
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-3)	1.1443	1.2606
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-4)	1.1846	1.2727
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-5)	1.2262	1.2727
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-6)	1.2819	1.3212
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-7)	n/a	1.3347
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-8)	n/a	1.3347
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-9)	n/a	1.3347
North America	Iowa (us-central1)	1.0394	1.2122
North America	South Carolina (us-east1)	1.0394	1.2122
North America	Virginia (us-east4)	1.0394	1.2122

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