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Instance Typee2-highcpu-8n4d-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_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC MilanAMD EPYC Turin
Coremark Score104080
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Extended Memoryyes
Sole Tenancynono
Nested Virtualizationnoyes
Custom Shapesyesyes
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeSCSINVMe
Local SSDnono
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenono
Hyperdisk Throughputnoyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, VirtIO-NetgVNIC
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.27x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
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Geography
Region
e2-highcpu-8
n4d-highcpu-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.19790.2858
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.21790.3526
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)0.20780.2858
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)0.21570.2858
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)0.21770.3002
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.21770.3147
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.21770.3220
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.21790.3258
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.21790.3374
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.21790.3436
APACIndia (asia-south1)n/a0.2173
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.19790.2858
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)0.1979n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.19790.2858
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