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Instance Typen4a-highmem-8n2d-highmem-8
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
4 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – 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
8 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeGeneral-purpose
Description8 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM8 vCPUs 64 GB RAM
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorGoogle AxionAMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan
Coremark Score163486
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)noyes
25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount0.8678
50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount0.733
75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount0.6
Extended Memoryyesyes
Sole Tenancyyesyes
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesyesyes
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks16128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeSCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)
Local SSDnoyes
Max Local SSD9000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenono
Hyperdisk Throughputyesyes
Network InterfacesgVNICgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.26x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
n4a-highmem-8
n2d-highmem-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.40430.4559
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.5135
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.5135
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.5279
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.5289
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.5289
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.5380
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.5380
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.5476
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.5476
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.5476
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.42450.4559
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.5499
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.5517
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.5539
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.5624
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.5845
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.5855
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.5855
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.5874
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.5874
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.5874
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.44500.5015
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.5881
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.5973
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.6131
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a0.6379
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)n/a0.6469
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)n/a0.6520
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)n/a0.7237
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)n/a0.7295
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.46080.5015
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.47700.5015
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.49860.5019
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.5019
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.5019
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.5020
APACIndia (asia-south1)n/a0.3009
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.40430.4559
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.40430.4559
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)0.4043n/a
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