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Instance Typee2-highcpu-8n4a-highcpu-8
DetailsCost optimized with burstable capabilities. Low-traffic web servers, Small databases, Development and test environments.

e – Economic general purpose with burstable capabilities
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.

n – General purpose
4 – Generation
highcpu – 1-2x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyCost optimizedGeneral-purpose
DescriptionEfficient Instance, 8 vCPUs, 8 GB RAM8 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM
vCPUs88
Memory8 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC MilanGoogle Axion
Coremark Score104080
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Extended Memoryyes
Sole Tenancynoyes
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesyesyes
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks12816
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeSCSINVMe
Local SSDnono
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenono
Hyperdisk Throughputnoyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, VirtIO-NetgVNIC
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.17x

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e2-highcpu-8
n4a-highcpu-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.19790.2598
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.2179n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.2229n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.2229n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.2291n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2295n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.2295n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.2335n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.2335n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.2377n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.2377n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.20780.2728
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.2377n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.2377n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.2387n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.2394n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.2404n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.2441n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.2541n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.2541n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.2541n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.2550n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.21570.2861
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.2550n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.2550n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.2553n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.2592n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)0.2661n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)0.2769n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)0.2808n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)0.2830n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-38)0.3141n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-39)0.3166n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.21770.2962
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.21770.3066
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.21770.3205
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.2179n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.2179n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.2179n/a
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.19790.2598
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)0.1979n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.19790.2598
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a0.2598
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