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Instance Typen2-highmem-96z3-highmem-88-standardlssd
DetailsHigh-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
96 – Number of CPUs
Highest block storage to compute ratios for storage-intensive workloads. File servers, Flash-optimized databases, Scale-out analytics.

z – Storage optimized
3 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
88 – Number of CPUs
standardlssd – Standard Local SSD
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeStorage optimized
Description96 vCPUs 768 GB RAM88 vCPUs, 704 GB RAM, 6 Local SSDs
vCPUs9688
Memory768 GiB704 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Cascade Lake and Ice LakeIntel Sapphire Rapids
Coremark Score1643949
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)yesno
25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount0.8678
50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount0.733
75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount0.6
Extended Memoryyes
Sole Tenancyyesno
Nested Virtualizationyesyes
Custom Shapesyesno
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size524288 GB524288 GB
Disk Interface TypeSCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)NVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD9000 GB36000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksyesno
Hyperdisk Extremeyesyes
Hyperdisk Throughputyesyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, VirtIO-NetgVNIC, IDPF
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.35x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
n2-highmem-96
z3-highmem-88-standardlssd
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)6.28879.0548
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)7.082211.1709
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)7.281611.3185
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)7.294911.6282
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)7.294911.8618
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)7.420611.8618
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)7.420611.8624
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)7.5527n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)7.5527n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)7.5535n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)7.5535n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)6.91759.4170
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)7.5840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)7.6095n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)7.6407n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)7.7575n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)8.0611n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)8.0758n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)8.0758n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)8.1018n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)8.1018n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)8.1021n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)6.91799.5075
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)8.1124n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)8.2384n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)8.4556n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)8.7989n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)8.9226n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)8.9928n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)9.9821n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)10.0619n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)6.91799.5075
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)6.92299.8697
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)6.922910.1984
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)6.922910.3225
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)6.923310.6847
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)7.082010.6847
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)6.28879.0548
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)6.2887n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)6.28879.0548
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a9.0548
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