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Instance Typec4a-highmem-48-lssdn2-highmem-48
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
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
48 – Number of CPUs
lssd – Local SSD
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
2 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
48 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeGeneral-purpose
Description48 vCPUs, 384 GB RAM, 10 local SSD48 vCPUs 384 GB RAM
vCPUs4848
Memory384 GiB384 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorGoogle AxionIntel Cascade Lake and Ice Lake
Coremark Score814034
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)noyes
25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount0.8678
50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount0.733
75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount0.6
Extended Memoryyes
Sole Tenancyyesyes
Nested Virtualizationnoyes
Custom Shapesnoyes
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks32128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size524288 GB524288 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeSCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD6000 GB9000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnoyes
Hyperdisk Extremeyesyes
Hyperdisk Throughputyesyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, IDPFgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.16x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
c4a-highmem-48-lssd
n2-highmem-48
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.82913.1443
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.11513.5411
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.18643.6408
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.22503.6474
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.27583.6474
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.33843.7103
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.33843.7103
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.33843.7764
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.40093.7764
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.42323.7767
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.43743.7767
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.82913.4588
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)3.49033.7920
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)3.53683.8048
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)3.63323.8204
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)3.67683.8787
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)3.70624.0306
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)3.80434.0379
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)4.04554.0379
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)4.49244.0509
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a4.0509
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a4.0510
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.94213.4589
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a4.0562
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a4.1192
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a4.2278
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a4.3994
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)n/a4.4613
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)n/a4.4964
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)n/a4.9910
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)n/a5.0309
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.97063.4589
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.97063.4615
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.08383.4615
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.11513.4615
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.11513.4617
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.11513.5410
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)2.82913.1443
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)n/a3.1443
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)2.82913.1443
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)2.8291n/a
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