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Instance Typet2a-standard-4e2-highcpu-8
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
Cost 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
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeCost optimized
Description4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAMEfficient Instance, 8 vCPUs, 8 GB RAM
vCPUs48
Memory16 GiB8 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAmpere AltraIntel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan
Coremark Score94096104080
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 Tenancynono
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesnoyes
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeSCSI
Local SSDnono
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenono
Hyperdisk Throughputnono
Network InterfacesgVNICgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.42x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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Geography
Region
t2a-standard-4
e2-highcpu-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.1979
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.2179
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.2229
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.2229
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.2291
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.2295
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.2295
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.2335
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.2335
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.2377
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.2377
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.2078
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.2377
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.2377
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.2387
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.2394
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.2404
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.2441
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.2541
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.2541
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.2541
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.2550
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.2157
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.2550
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.2550
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.2553
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a0.2592
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)n/a0.2661
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)n/a0.2769
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)n/a0.2808
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)n/a0.2830
HiddenHidden (hidden-38)n/a0.3141
HiddenHidden (hidden-39)n/a0.3166
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.2177
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.2177
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.2177
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.2179
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.2179
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.2179
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.15400.1979
EuropeNetherlands (europe-west4)0.1618n/a
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)n/a0.1979
APACSingapore (asia-southeast1)0.1899n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a0.1979
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