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Instance Typet2a-standard-4e2-standard-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
standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeCost optimized
Description4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAMEfficient Instance, 8 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM
vCPUs48
Memory16 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAmpere AltraIntel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan
Coremark Score94096103957
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-4
e2-standard-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.2680
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.2951
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.3019
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.3019
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.3104
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.3109
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.3109
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.3163
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.3163
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.3219
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.3219
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.2814
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.3220
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.3220
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.3233
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.3243
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.3257
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.3307
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.3439
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.3439
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.3439
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.3453
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.2922
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.3453
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.3454
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.3458
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a0.3511
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)n/a0.3604
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)n/a0.3750
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)n/a0.3803
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)n/a0.3833
HiddenHidden (hidden-38)n/a0.4255
HiddenHidden (hidden-39)n/a0.4289
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.2949
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.2949
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.2949
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.2951
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.2951
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.2951
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.15400.2680
EuropeNetherlands (europe-west4)0.1618n/a
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)n/a0.2680
APACSingapore (asia-southeast1)0.1899n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a0.2680
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