Compare GCP Instances
| n4-highcpu-8 | z3-highmem-8-highlssd |
| 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 4 – Generation highcpu – 1-2x RAM/CPU ratio 8 – 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 8 – Number of CPUs highlssd – High Local SSD |
| General-purpose | Storage optimized |
| 8 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM | 8 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM, 1 Local SSDs |
| 8 | 8 |
| 16 GiB | 64 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Intel Emerald Rapids | Intel Sapphire Rapids |
| 177628 | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| yes | |
| yes | no |
| yes | yes |
| yes | no |
| no | no |
| 128 | 128 |
| 263168 GB | 263168 GB |
| NVMe | NVMe |
| no | yes |
| 36000 GB | |
| no | no |
| no | yes |
| yes | yes |
| gVNIC | gVNIC, IDPF |
| 1.00x | 2.60x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | n4-highcpu-8 | z3-highmem-8-highlssd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.3062 | 0.8232 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.3371 | 1.0571 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.3371 | 1.0783 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.3371 | 1.0784 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.3371 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.3371 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.3448 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.3490 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.3545 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.3551 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.3551 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.3062 | 0.8561 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 0.3613 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 0.3613 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | 0.3613 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | 0.3680 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | 0.3680 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | 0.3705 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | 0.3720 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-27) | 0.3777 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-28) | 0.3827 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-29) | 0.3932 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.3184 | 0.8643 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-30) | 0.3932 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-31) | 0.3932 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-32) | 0.3980 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-33) | 0.4011 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-34) | 0.4117 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-35) | 0.4283 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-36) | 0.4378 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-37) | 0.4862 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-38) | 0.4899 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.3184 | 0.9271 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.3215 | 0.9384 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.3215 | 0.9713 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.3215 | 0.9713 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.3337 | 1.0155 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.3368 | 1.0290 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.3062 | 0.8232 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.3062 | 0.8232 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | 0.3062 | 0.8232 |