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Instance Typec4d-highmem-8c4a-highmem-8
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
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
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeGeneral-purpose
Description8 vCPUs, 63 GB RAM8 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM
vCPUs88
Memory63 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC TurinGoogle Axion
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancyyesyes
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesnono
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks1632
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeNVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD12000 GB6000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremeyesyes
Hyperdisk Throughputnoyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, IDPFgVNIC, IDPF
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.01x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
c4d-highmem-8
c4a-highmem-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.48180.4715
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.54930.5192
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.55790.5311
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.55890.5375
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.56860.5460
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.56860.5564
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.56860.5564
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.57920.5564
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.59450.5668
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.60230.5705
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.61880.5729
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.48180.4715
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.62640.5817
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.5895
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.6055
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.6128
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.6177
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.6341
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.6743
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.7487
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.50110.4904
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.50590.4951
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.53060.4951
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.53060.5140
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.53060.5192
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.53060.5192
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.54270.5192
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.48180.4715
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.48180.4715
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)0.48180.4715
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