Compare GCP Instances

Instance Type	n4a-highcpu-64	c4a-highcpu-64
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 64 – 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 64 – Number of CPUs
Instance Family	General-purpose	General-purpose
Description	64 vCPUs, 128 GB RAM	64 vCPUs, 128 GB RAM
vCPUs	64	64
Memory	128 GiB	128 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	128	64
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-64	c4a-highcpu-64
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-1)	2.0787	2.4243
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-10)	n/a	2.6694
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-11)	n/a	2.6694
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-12)	n/a	2.7305
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-13)	n/a	2.7636
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-14)	n/a	2.8071
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-15)	n/a	2.8607
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-16)	n/a	2.8607
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-17)	n/a	2.8607
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-18)	n/a	2.9143
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-19)	n/a	2.9333
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-2)	2.1824	2.4243
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-20)	n/a	2.9456
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-21)	n/a	2.9909
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-22)	n/a	3.0308
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-23)	n/a	3.1133
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-24)	n/a	3.1514
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-25)	n/a	3.1760
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-26)	n/a	3.2600
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-27)	n/a	3.4668
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-28)	n/a	3.8496
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-29)	n/a	3.8797
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-3)	2.2886	2.5212
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-4)	2.3693	2.5454
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-5)	2.4525	2.5454
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-6)	2.5638	2.6425
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-7)	n/a	2.6694
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-8)	n/a	2.6694
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-9)	n/a	2.6694
North America	Iowa (us-central1)	2.0787	2.4243
North America	South Carolina (us-east1)	2.0787	2.4243
North America	Virginia (us-east4)	2.0787	2.4243

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