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Instance Typet2a-standard-8g2-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
8 – Number of CPUs
Accelerator Optimized for Graphics-intensive workloads, Video streaming and transcoding, remote virtual workstations, digital twins Inference.

g – Graphics-intensive workloads
2 – Generation
standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeAccelerator optimized
Description8 vCPUs, 32 GB RAMGraphics Optimized: 1 NVIDIA L4 GPU, 8 vCPUs, 32GB RAM
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAmpere AltraIntel Cascade Lake
Coremark Score188206111997
Shared CPUnono
GPUnoyes
GPUs1
GPU Namenvidia-l4
GPU Total RAM (GiB)24
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount0.8
50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount0.6
75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount0.4
Sole Tenancynoyes
Nested Virtualizationnoyes
Custom Shapesnoyes
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeNVMe
Local SSDnoyes
Max Local SSD3000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenono
Hyperdisk Throughputnoyes
Network InterfacesgVNICgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.94x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
t2a-standard-8
g2-standard-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.8886
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.0531
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.0962
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.0962
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.1681
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.3658
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.8972
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.9399
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.9399
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.9399
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.9614
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.9719
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.9884
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.0060
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.3080n/a
EuropeNetherlands (europe-west4)0.3236n/a
North AmericaOregon (us-west1)n/a0.8536
APACSingapore (asia-southeast1)0.3798n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a0.8536
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a0.8508
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