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Instance Typet2a-standard-4c4d-standard-4
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
4 – 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
4 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeGeneral-purpose
Description4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM4 vCPUs, 15 GB RAM
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB15 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAmpere AltraAMD EPYC Turin
Coremark Score94096
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 Disks1288
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 Diff1.00x1.22x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
t2a-standard-4
c4d-standard-4
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.1832
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.2162
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.2162
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.2203
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.2261
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.2353
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.2382
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.1832
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.1906
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.1924
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.2018
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.2064
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.2089
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.2122
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.2162
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.15400.1832
EuropeNetherlands (europe-west4)0.1618n/a
APACSingapore (asia-southeast1)0.1899n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a0.1832
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a0.1832
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