a2-ultragpu-1g


GCP a2-ultragpu-1g - Accelerator Optimized: 1 NVIDIA A100 80GB GPU, 12 vCPUs, 170GB RAM, 1 local SSD. Available in 5 regions starting from $3670.22 per month. A -83% cheaper alternative is available.
Instance Typea2-ultragpu-1g
DetailsOptimized for accelerated high performance computing workloads.

aAccelerator optimized
2 – Generation
ultragpu – Extra large amound of GPU memory
1g – Number of GPUs
Instance FamilyAccelerator optimized
DescriptionAccelerator Optimized: 1 NVIDIA A100 80GB GPU, 12 vCPUs, 170GB RAM, 1 local SSD
vCPUs12
Memory170 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Cascade Lake
Shared CPUno
GPUyes
GPUs1
GPU Namenvidia-a100-80gb
GPU Total RAM (GiB)80
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)no
Sole Tenancyyes
Nested Virtualizationyes
Custom Shapesno
Confidential Computeno
Maximum Persistent Disks128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeSCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)
Local SSDyes
Max Local SSD3000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksno
Hyperdisk Extremeno
Hyperdisk Throughputno
Network InterfacesgVNIC, VirtIO-Net

Regional Availability

North America
California / us-west2
Iowa / us-central1
Mexico / northamerica-south1
Nevada / us-west4
Ohio / us-east5
Ontario / northamerica-northeast2
Oregon / us-west1
Québec / northamerica-northeast1
South Carolina / us-east1
Texas / us-south1
Utah / us-west3
Virginia / us-east4
Europe
Belgium / europe-west1
England / europe-west2
Finland / europe-north1
France / europe-west9
Germany / europe-west10
Germany / europe-west3
Italy / europe-west12
Italy / europe-west8
Netherlands / europe-west4
Poland / europe-central2
Spain / europe-southwest1
Sweden / europe-north2
Switzerland / europe-west6
APAC
Australia / australia-southeast1
Australia / australia-southeast2
Hong Kong / asia-east2
India / asia-south1
India / asia-south2
Indonesia / asia-southeast2
Japan / asia-northeast1
Japan / asia-northeast2
Singapore / asia-southeast1
South Korea / asia-northeast3
Taiwan / asia-east1
Middle East
Israel / me-west1
Qatar / me-central1
Saudi Arabia / me-central2
Africa
South Africa / africa-south1
South America
Brazil / southamerica-east1
Chile / southamerica-west1

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region Name
Region
Savings Options
Instance Price
North AmericaIowaus-central1compare5.0277
North AmericaOhious-east5compare5.5238
EuropeNetherlandseurope-west4compare5.5357
HiddenHiddenhidden-1compare5.6625
HiddenHiddenhidden-2compare6.2025
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Best AI models you can run on this instance

Top open-weight chat models ranked by Intelligence Index that fit in a2-ultragpu-1g's 80 GB of GPU memory. VRAM is estimated from the parameter count at the selected quantization, so treat it as guidance rather than a guarantee.

Chat Models
FP16 (full precision)
Model
Creator
Intelligence
Total params
Active params
~VRAM
Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba logoAlibaba37.1#4927B65 GB
Qwen3.5 27BAlibaba logoAlibaba33.8#6927B65 GB
Gemma 4 31BGoogle logoGoogle29.4#10731B74 GB
7 more models fit on a2-ultragpu-1g
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