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Instance Typec4a-highcpu-4e2-highmem-4
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
highcpu – 1-2x RAM/CPU ratio
4 – Number of CPUs
Cost optimized with burstable capabilities. Low-traffic web servers, Small databases, Development and test environments.

e – Economic general purpose with burstable capabilities
2 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
4 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeCost optimized
Description4 vCPUs, 8 GB RAMEfficient Instance, 4 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorGoogle AxionIntel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan
Coremark Score51736
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancyyesno
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesnoyes
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks16128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeSCSI
Local SSDyesno
Max Local SSD6000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremeyesno
Hyperdisk Throughputyesno
Network InterfacesgVNIC, IDPFgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.22x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
c4a-highcpu-4
e2-highmem-4
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.15150.1808
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.16680.1990
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.16680.2036
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.17070.2036
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.17270.2093
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.17540.2097
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.17880.2097
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.17880.2133
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.17880.2134
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.18210.2171
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.18330.2171
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.15150.1898
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.18410.2172
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.18690.2172
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.18940.2180
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.19460.2188
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.19700.2197
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.19850.2230
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.20370.2318
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.21670.2318
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.24060.2318
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.24250.2329
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.15760.1971
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.2329
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.2329
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.2332
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a0.2368
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)n/a0.2431
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)n/a0.2530
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)n/a0.2565
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)n/a0.2585
HiddenHidden (hidden-38)n/a0.2870
HiddenHidden (hidden-39)n/a0.2893
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.15910.1989
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.15910.1989
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.16520.1989
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.16680.1990
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.16680.1990
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.16680.1990
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.15150.1808
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)n/a0.1808
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.15150.1808
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)0.1515n/a
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