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Instance Typee2-highcpu-8c4a-highcpu-8
DetailsCost optimized with burstable capabilities. Low-traffic web servers, Small databases, Development and test environments.

e – Economic general purpose with burstable capabilities
2 – Generation
highcpu – 1-2x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – 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
8 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyCost optimizedGeneral-purpose
DescriptionEfficient Instance, 8 vCPUs, 8 GB RAM8 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM
vCPUs88
Memory8 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC MilanGoogle Axion
Coremark Score104080
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancynoyes
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesyesno
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks12832
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeSCSINVMe
Local SSDnoyes
Max Local SSD6000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenoyes
Hyperdisk Throughputnoyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, VirtIO-NetgVNIC, IDPF
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.49x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
e2-highcpu-8
c4a-highcpu-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.19790.3030
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.21790.3337
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.22290.3337
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.22290.3413
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.22910.3455
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.22950.3509
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.22950.3576
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.23350.3576
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.23350.3576
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.23770.3643
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.23770.3667
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.20780.3030
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.23770.3682
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.23770.3739
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.23870.3788
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.23940.3892
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.24040.3939
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.24410.3970
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.25410.4075
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.25410.4333
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.25410.4812
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.25500.4850
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.21570.3152
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.2550n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.2550n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.2553n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.2592n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)0.2661n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)0.2769n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)0.2808n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)0.2830n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-38)0.3141n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-39)0.3166n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.21770.3182
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.21770.3182
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.21770.3303
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.21790.3337
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.21790.3337
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.21790.3337
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.19790.3030
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)0.1979n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.19790.3030
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a0.3030
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