Compare GCP Instances

Instance Type	c4a-standard-72-lssd	c4a-highmem-72-lssd
Details	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 standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio 72 – 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. c – Compute optimized 4 – Generation highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio 72 – Number of CPUs lssd – Local SSD
Instance Family	General-purpose	General-purpose
Description	72 vCPUs, 288 GB RAM, 16 local SSD	72 vCPUs, 576 GB RAM, 16 local SSD
vCPUs	72	72
Memory	288 GiB	576 GiB
CPU Architecture	arm64	arm64
Processor	Google Axion	Google Axion
Shared CPU	no	no
GPU	no	no
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)	no	no
Sole Tenancy	yes	yes
Nested Virtualization	no	no
Custom Shapes	no	no
Confidential Compute	no	no
Maximum Persistent Disks	128	128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size	524288 GB	524288 GB
Disk Interface Type	NVMe	NVMe
Local SSD	yes	yes
Max Local SSD	6000 GB	6000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disks	no	no
Hyperdisk Extreme	yes	yes
Hyperdisk Throughput	yes	yes
Network Interfaces	gVNIC, IDPF	gVNIC, IDPF
Avg Price Diff	1.00x	1.30x

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Geography	Region	c4a-standard-72-lssd	c4a-highmem-72-lssd
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-1)	3.2328	4.2437
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-10)	3.5596	4.6727
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-11)	3.6411	4.7797
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-12)	3.6852	4.8375
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-13)	3.7433	4.9138
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-14)	3.8148	5.0077
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-15)	3.8148	5.0077
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-16)	3.8148	5.0077
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-17)	3.8861	5.1013
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-18)	3.9116	5.1348
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-19)	3.9279	5.1561
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-2)	3.2328	4.2437
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-20)	3.9883	5.2354
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-21)	4.0415	5.3052
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-22)	4.1516	5.4497
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-23)	4.2019	5.5152
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-24)	4.2351	5.5592
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-25)	4.3471	5.7065
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-26)	4.6228	6.0683
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-27)	5.1334	6.7385
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-28)	5.1739	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-3)	3.3620	4.4132
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-4)	3.3944	4.4559
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-5)	3.3944	4.4559
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-6)	3.5238	4.6256
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-7)	3.5596	4.6727
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-8)	3.5596	4.6727
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-9)	3.5596	4.6727
North America	Iowa (us-central1)	3.2328	4.2437
North America	South Carolina (us-east1)	3.2328	4.2437
North America	Virginia (us-east4)	3.2328	4.2437

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