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Instance Typet2a-standard-8t2d-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
Tau 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
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeGeneral-purpose
Description8 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM8 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAmpere AltraAMD EPYC Milan
Coremark Score188206238534
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount0.8
50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount0.6
75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount0.4
Sole Tenancynono
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesnono
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeSCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)
Local SSDnono
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenono
Hyperdisk Throughputnoyes
Network InterfacesgVNICgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.21x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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Geography
Region
t2a-standard-8
t2d-standard-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.3380
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.3806
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.3806
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.3913
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.3920
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.3920
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.3988
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.3988
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.4059
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.4059
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.4059
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.3380
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.4089
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.4106
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.4169
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.4336
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.4340
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.4354
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.4354
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.4354
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.4360
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.4427
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.3718
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.4545
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.4729
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.4796
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a0.4796
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)n/a0.4833
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)n/a0.5365
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)n/a0.5407
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.3718
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.3718
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.3721
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.3721
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.3721
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.3721
APACIndia (asia-south1)n/a0.2231
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.30800.3380
EuropeNetherlands (europe-west4)0.3236n/a
APACSingapore (asia-southeast1)0.3798n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a0.3380
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