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Instance Typec4a-highmem-72-lssdn2-highmem-80
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
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.

n – General purpose
2 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
80 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeGeneral-purpose
Description72 vCPUs, 576 GB RAM, 16 local SSD80 vCPUs 640 GB RAM
vCPUs7280
Memory576 GiB640 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorGoogle AxionIntel Cascade Lake and Ice Lake
Coremark Score1361752
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 Disks128128
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 Diff1.00x1.29x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
c4a-highmem-72-lssd
n2-highmem-80
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.24375.2406
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.67275.9018
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.77976.0680
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)4.83756.0790
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.91386.0790
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)5.00776.1839
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)5.00776.1839
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)5.00776.2939
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)5.10136.2939
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)5.13486.2946
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)5.15616.2946
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)4.24375.7646
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)5.23546.3200
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)5.30526.3413
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)5.44976.3673
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)5.51526.4646
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)5.55926.7176
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)5.70656.7298
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)6.06836.7298
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)6.73856.7515
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a6.7515
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a6.7517
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.41325.7649
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a6.7603
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a6.8654
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a7.0464
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a7.3324
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)n/a7.4355
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)n/a7.4940
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)n/a8.3184
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)n/a8.3849
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.45595.7649
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.45595.7691
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.62565.7691
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.67275.7691
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.67275.7694
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.67275.9017
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)4.24375.2406
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)n/a5.2406
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)4.24375.2406
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)4.2437n/a
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