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Instance Typec4a-standard-8-lssdg2-standard-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
standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – Number of CPUs
lssd – Local SSD
Accelerator Optimized for Graphics-intensive workloads, Video streaming and transcoding, remote virtual workstations, digital twins Inference.

g – Graphics-intensive workloads
2 – Generation
standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeAccelerator optimized
Description8 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM, 2 local SSDGraphics Optimized: 1 NVIDIA L4 GPU, 8 vCPUs, 32GB RAM
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorGoogle AxionIntel Cascade Lake
Coremark Score111997
Shared CPUnono
GPUnoyes
GPUs1
GPU Namenvidia-l4
GPU Total RAM (GiB)24
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancyyesyes
Nested Virtualizationnoyes
Custom Shapesnoyes
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks32128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeNVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD6000 GB3000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremeyesno
Hyperdisk Throughputyesyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, IDPFgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.34x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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Region
c4a-standard-8-lssd
g2-standard-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.35920.8886
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.39551.0531
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.40461.0962
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.40951.0962
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.41591.1681
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.42391.3658
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.4239n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.4239n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.4318n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.4346n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.4364n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.35920.8972
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.4431n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.4491n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.4613n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.4669n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.4706n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.4830n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.5136n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.5704n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.5749n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.37360.9399
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.37720.9399
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.37720.9399
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.39150.9614
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.39550.9719
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.39550.9884
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.39551.0060
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.3592n/a
North AmericaOregon (us-west1)n/a0.8536
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.35920.8536
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)0.35920.8508
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