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Instance Type	n2-highcpu-48	n2-highmem-48
Details	High-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 2 – Generation highcpu – 1-2x RAM/CPU ratio 48 – Number of CPUs	High-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 2 – Generation highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio 48 – Number of CPUs
Instance Family	General-purpose	General-purpose
Description	48 vCPUs 48 GB RAM	48 vCPUs 384 GB RAM
vCPUs	48	48
Memory	48 GiB	384 GiB
CPU Architecture	x86_64	x86_64
Processor	Intel Cascade Lake and Ice Lake	Intel Cascade Lake and Ice Lake
Coremark Score	822890	814034
Shared CPU	no	no
GPU	no	no
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)	yes	yes
25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount	0.8678	0.8678
50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount	0.733	0.733
75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount	0.6	0.6
Extended Memory	yes	yes
Sole Tenancy	yes	yes
Nested Virtualization	yes	yes
Custom Shapes	yes	yes
Confidential Compute	no	no
Maximum Persistent Disks	128	128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size	524288 GB	524288 GB
Disk Interface Type	SCSI, NVMe	SCSI, NVMe
Local SSD	yes	yes
Max Local SSD	9000 GB	9000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disks	yes	yes
Hyperdisk Extreme	yes	yes
Hyperdisk Throughput	yes	yes
Network Interfaces	gVNIC, VirtIO-Net	gVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price Diff	1.00x	1.83x

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Geography	Region	n2-highcpu-48	n2-highmem-48
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-1)	1.7207	3.1443
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-10)	1.9380	3.5411
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-11)	1.9924	3.6408
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-12)	1.9960	3.6474
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-13)	1.9960	3.6474
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-14)	2.0304	3.7103
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-15)	2.0304	3.7103
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-16)	2.0668	3.7764
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-17)	2.0668	3.7764
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-18)	2.0668	3.7767
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-19)	2.0668	3.7767
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-2)	1.8928	3.4588
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-20)	2.0754	3.7920
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-21)	2.0821	3.8048
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-22)	2.0907	3.8204
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-23)	2.1228	3.8787
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-24)	2.2097	4.0306
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-25)	2.2097	4.0379
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-26)	2.2098	4.0379
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-27)	2.2170	4.0509
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-28)	2.2170	4.0509
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-29)	2.2171	4.0510
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-3)	1.8928	3.4589
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-30)	2.2197	4.0562
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-31)	2.2541	4.1192
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-32)	2.3139	4.2278
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-33)	2.4076	4.3994
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-34)	2.4416	4.4613
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-35)	2.4606	4.4964
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-36)	2.7314	4.9910
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-37)	2.7531	5.0309
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-4)	1.8928	3.4589
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-5)	1.8944	3.4615
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-6)	1.8944	3.4615
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-7)	1.8944	3.4615
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-8)	1.8946	3.4617
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-9)	1.9380	3.5410
North America	Iowa (us-central1)	1.7207	3.1443
North America	Ohio (us-east5)	1.7207	3.1443
North America	South Carolina (us-east1)	1.7207	3.1443

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