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Instance Type	n4a-highcpu-48	c4a-highcpu-48
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 48 – 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 48 – Number of CPUs
Instance Family	General-purpose	General-purpose
Description	48 vCPUs, 96 GB RAM	48 vCPUs, 96 GB RAM
vCPUs	48	48
Memory	96 GiB	96 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-48	c4a-highcpu-48
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-1)	1.5590	1.8182
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-10)	n/a	2.0021
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-11)	n/a	2.0021
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-12)	n/a	2.0479
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-13)	n/a	2.0727
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-14)	n/a	2.1053
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-15)	n/a	2.1456
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-16)	n/a	2.1456
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-17)	n/a	2.1456
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-18)	n/a	2.1857
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-19)	n/a	2.2000
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-2)	1.6368	1.8182
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-20)	n/a	2.2092
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-21)	n/a	2.2432
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-22)	n/a	2.2731
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-23)	n/a	2.3350
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-24)	n/a	2.3635
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-25)	n/a	2.3820
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-26)	n/a	2.4450
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-27)	n/a	2.6001
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-28)	n/a	2.8872
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-29)	n/a	2.9098
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-3)	1.7165	1.8909
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-4)	1.7770	1.9091
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-5)	1.8394	1.9091
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-6)	1.9229	1.9819
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-7)	n/a	2.0021
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-8)	n/a	2.0021
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-9)	n/a	2.0021
North America	Iowa (us-central1)	1.5590	1.8182
North America	South Carolina (us-east1)	1.5590	1.8182
North America	Virginia (us-east4)	1.5590	1.8182

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