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Instance Typen2-highcpu-8c4d-highcpu-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
highcpu – 1-2x 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
highcpu – 1-2x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeGeneral-purpose
Description8 vCPUs 8 GB RAM8 vCPUs, 15 GB RAM
vCPUs88
Memory8 GiB15 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Cascade Lake and Ice LakeAMD EPYC Turin
Coremark Score138600
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 Virtualizationyesno
Custom Shapesyesno
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks12816
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeSCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)NVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD9000 GB12000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksyesno
Hyperdisk Extremeyesyes
Hyperdisk Throughputyesno
Network InterfacesgVNIC, VirtIO-NetgVNIC, IDPF
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.01x

Regional Prices

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Region
n2-highcpu-8
c4d-highcpu-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.28680.3141
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.32300.3706
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.33210.3706
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.33270.3775
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.33270.3875
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.33840.4033
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.33840.4083
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.3445n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.3445n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.3445n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.3445n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.31550.3141
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.3459n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.3470n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.3484n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.3538n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.3683n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.3683n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.3683n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.3695n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.3695n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.3695n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.31550.3266
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.3700n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.3757n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.3856n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.4013n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)0.4069n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)0.4101n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)0.4552n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)0.4589n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.31550.3298
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.31570.3458
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.31570.3537
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.31570.3580
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.31580.3637
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.32300.3706
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.28680.3141
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)0.2868n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.28680.3141
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a0.3141
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