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Instance Typet2a-standard-16e2-standard-32
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
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
standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio
32 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeCost optimized
Description16 vCPUs, 64 GB RAMEfficient Instance, 32 vCPUs, 128 GB RAM
vCPUs1632
Memory64 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAmpere AltraIntel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan
Coremark Score375477417535
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 GB524288 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-16
e2-standard-32
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a1.0722
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.1804
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.2075
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.2075
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.2415
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.2437
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.2437
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.2652
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.2652
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a1.2877
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a1.2877
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a1.1258
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a1.2878
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a1.2878
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a1.2931
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a1.2973
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a1.3027
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a1.3227
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a1.3755
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a1.3755
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a1.3755
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a1.3814
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a1.1687
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a1.3814
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a1.3814
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a1.3831
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a1.4045
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)n/a1.4417
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)n/a1.5002
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)n/a1.5213
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)n/a1.5332
HiddenHidden (hidden-38)n/a1.7019
HiddenHidden (hidden-39)n/a1.7155
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a1.1794
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a1.1794
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.1794
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.1804
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.1804
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.1804
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.61601.0722
EuropeNetherlands (europe-west4)0.6471n/a
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)n/a1.0722
APACSingapore (asia-southeast1)0.7597n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a1.0722
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