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Instance Typen2d-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.

n – General purpose
2 – 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 64 GB RAM8 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC Rome and EPYC MilanGoogle Axion
Coremark Score163486
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)yesno
25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount0.8678
50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount0.733
75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount0.6
Extended Memoryyes
Sole Tenancyyesyes
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesyesno
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks12832
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeSCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)NVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD9000 GB6000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenoyes
Hyperdisk Throughputyesyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, VirtIO-NetgVNIC, IDPF
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.00x

Regional Prices

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Region
n2d-highmem-8
c4a-highmem-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.45590.4715
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.51350.5192
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.51350.5311
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.52790.5375
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.52890.5460
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.52890.5564
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.53800.5564
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.53800.5564
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.54760.5668
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.54760.5705
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.54760.5729
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.45590.4715
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.54990.5817
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.55170.5895
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.55390.6055
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.56240.6128
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.58450.6177
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.58550.6341
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.58550.6743
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.58740.7487
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.5874n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.5874n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.50150.4904
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.5881n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.5973n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.6131n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.6379n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)0.6469n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)0.6520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)0.7237n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)0.7295n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.50150.4951
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.50150.4951
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.50190.5140
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.50190.5192
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.50190.5192
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.50200.5192
APACIndia (asia-south1)0.3009n/a
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.45590.4715
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.45590.4715
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a0.4715
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