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Instance Typet2a-standard-8e2-standard-16
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
8 – 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
standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio
16 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeCost optimized
Description8 vCPUs, 32 GB RAMEfficient Instance, 16 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM
vCPUs816
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAmpere AltraIntel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan
Coremark Score188206208075
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 Diff1.00x1.92x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
t2a-standard-8
e2-standard-16
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.5361
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.5902
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.6038
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.6038
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.6207
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.6219
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.6219
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.6326
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.6326
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.6439
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.6439
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.5629
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.6439
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.6439
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.6465
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.6487
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.6514
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.6613
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.6877
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.6877
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.6877
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.6907
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.5843
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.6907
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.6907
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.6916
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a0.7023
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)n/a0.7208
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)n/a0.7501
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)n/a0.7607
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)n/a0.7666
HiddenHidden (hidden-38)n/a0.8510
HiddenHidden (hidden-39)n/a0.8577
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.5897
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.5897
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.5897
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.5902
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.5902
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.5902
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.30800.5361
EuropeNetherlands (europe-west4)0.3236n/a
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)n/a0.5361
APACSingapore (asia-southeast1)0.3798n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a0.5361
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