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Instance Typen4a-highmem-16e2-highmem-16
DetailsHigh-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
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
16 – 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
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
16 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeCost optimized
Description16 vCPUs, 128 GB RAMEfficient Instance, 16 vCPUs, 128 GB RAM
vCPUs1616
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorGoogle AxionIntel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan
Coremark Score208433
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Extended Memoryyes
Sole Tenancyyesno
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesyesyes
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks32128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeSCSI
Local SSDnono
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenono
Hyperdisk Throughputyesno
Network InterfacesgVNICgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.00x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
n4a-highmem-16
e2-highmem-16
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.80860.7232
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.7962
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.8145
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.8145
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.8374
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.8389
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.8389
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.8534
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.8534
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.8686
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.8686
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.84900.7594
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.8686
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.8686
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.8721
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.8751
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.8787
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.8921
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.9270
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.9270
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.9270
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.9317
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.88990.7883
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.9317
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.9317
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.9329
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a0.9474
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)n/a0.9724
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)n/a1.0119
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)n/a1.0261
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)n/a1.0342
HiddenHidden (hidden-38)n/a1.1479
HiddenHidden (hidden-39)n/a1.1571
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.92160.7955
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.95390.7956
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.99710.7956
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.7961
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.7961
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.7961
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.80860.7232
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)n/a0.7232
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.80860.7232
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)0.8086n/a
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