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Instance Typet2a-standard-16c4d-standard-16-lssd
DetailsTau T-instances where each vCPU is equivalent to an entire core that gives cost-effective performance. Scale-out workloads, Web servers, Containerized microservices.

t – General purpose with entire core
2 – Generation
standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio
16 – 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
standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio
16 – Number of CPUs
lssd – Local SSD
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeGeneral-purpose
Description16 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM16 vCPUs, 62 GB RAM, 1 local SSD
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB62 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAmpere AltraAMD EPYC Turin
Coremark Score375477
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount0.8
50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount0.6
75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount0.4
Sole Tenancynoyes
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesnono
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks12832
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeNVMe
Local SSDnoyes
Max Local SSD12000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenoyes
Hyperdisk Throughputnono
Network InterfacesgVNICgVNIC, IDPF
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.25x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
t2a-standard-16
c4d-standard-16-lssd
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.7770
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.9503
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.9620
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.8148
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.8334
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.8436
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.8568
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.8731
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.8732
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.8895
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.9129
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.6160n/a
EuropeNetherlands (europe-west4)0.6471n/a
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)n/a0.7400
APACSingapore (asia-southeast1)0.7597n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a0.7400
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a0.7400
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