c4-highmem-8

Compute Engine · C4 family

The c4-highmem-8 is a general purpose Compute Engine machine type with 8 vCPUs and 62 GiB of memory, running on Intel Emerald Rapids, Intel Granite Rapids with up to 23 gbps networking, starting at $0.5214 per hour on demand.

general purposex86-64intel
vCPUs
8

dedicated

memory
62 GiB

7.75 GiB per vCPU

processor
Intel

2.3 GHz

on-demand
$0.5214

$381/mo · us-central1

spot vm
$0.3121

−40% vs on-demand

1-yr committed use
$0.3285

−37% vs on-demand

c4-highmem-8 price by region

43 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot VM · 1-yr Committed use · 3-yr Committed use

Columbusus-east5cheapestNorth America$0.5214$0.3106$0.3285$0.2346
Iowaus-central1cheapestreferenceNorth America$0.5214$0.3121$0.3285$0.2346
Northern Virginiaus-east4cheapestNorth America$0.5214$0.3113$0.3285$0.2346
Oregonus-west1cheapestNorth America$0.5214$0.3121$0.3285$0.2346
South Carolinaus-east1cheapestNorth America$0.5214$0.3121$0.3285$0.2346
Mumbaiasia-south1Asia$0.5422$0.1789$0.3416$0.244
Delhiasia-south2Asia$0.5422$0.2035$0.3416$0.244
Bangkokasia-southeast3Asia$0.5474$0.1478$0.3449$0.2464
Netherlandseurope-west4Europe$0.5474$0.2383$0.3449$0.2463
Stockholmeurope-north2Europe$0.5474$0.1861$0.3449$0.2463
Mexiconorthamerica-south1North America$0.5683$0.167$0.358$0.2557
Tel Avivme-west1Middle East$0.5735$0.0854$0.3613$0.2581
Belgiumeurope-west1Europe$0.5741$0.2067$0.3617$0.2583
Finlandeurope-north1Europe$0.5741$0.1438$0.3617$0.2583
Johannesburgafrica-south1Africa$0.5741$0.1837$0.3617$0.2583
Montréalnorthamerica-northeast1North America$0.5741$0.0964$0.3617$0.2583
Torontonorthamerica-northeast2North America$0.5741$0.2123$0.3617$0.2583
Las Vegasus-west4North America$0.5872$0.1997$0.3699$0.2642
Londoneurope-west2Europe$0.5943$0.2729$0.3744$0.2675
Taiwanasia-east1Asia$0.6037$0.3622$0.3803$0.2717
Milaneurope-west8Europe$0.6048$0.1754$0.381$0.2721
Pariseurope-west9Europe$0.6048$0.0885$0.381$0.2721
Berlineurope-west10Europe$0.6152$0.2754$0.3876$0.2768
Dallasus-south1North America$0.6152$0.148$0.3876$0.2768
Frankfurteurope-west3Europe$0.6152$0.2769$0.3876$0.2768
Madrideurope-southwest1Europe$0.6152$0.1687$0.3876$0.2768
Los Angelesus-west2North America$0.6267$0.218$0.3948$0.282
Salt Lake Cityus-west3North America$0.6267$0.2037$0.3948$0.282
Warsaweurope-central2Europe$0.6308$0.1514$0.3974$0.2839
Dohame-central1Middle East$0.6334$0.1711$0.3991$0.285
Singaporeasia-southeast1Asia$0.6432$0.3096$0.4052$0.2894
Sydneyaustralia-southeast1Oceania$0.6517$0.2085$0.4106$0.2933
Osakaasia-northeast2Asia$0.6695$0.2742$0.4218$0.3013
Seoulasia-northeast3Asia$0.6695$0.283$0.4218$0.3013
Tokyoasia-northeast1Asia$0.6695$0.4007$0.4218$0.3013
Turineurope-west12Europe$0.6725$0.1187$0.4237$0.3026
Melbourneaustralia-southeast2Oceania$0.6778$0.23$0.427$0.305
Zuricheurope-west6Europe$0.683$0.4097$0.4303$0.3073
Jakartaasia-southeast2Asia$0.7011$0.1182$0.4417$0.3155
Hong Kongasia-east2Asia$0.7293$0.2744$0.4595$0.3282
Santiagosouthamerica-west1South America$0.7455$0.246$0.4697$0.3355
São Paulosouthamerica-east1South America$0.8279$0.3181$0.5216$0.3725
Dammamme-central2Middle East$0.8342$0.1238$0.5255$0.3754

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
8
Memory
62 GiB
Memory per vCPU
7.75 GiB
Processor
Intel Emerald Rapids, Intel Granite Rapids
CPU vendor
Intel
Architecture
x86-64
Clock speed
2.3 GHz (turbo 3.9 GHz)
Burstable CPU
No

storage & network

Local storage
Persistent disk only
Network
Up to 23 Gbps
Peak bandwidth
23 Gbps

google cloud details

API name
c4-highmem-8
Family
C4
Category
General purpose
Generation
Current
Regions
43 (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
Cheapest region
Iowa · $0.5214/hr
Max persistent disks
128
SAP certified
Yes

c4-highmem-8 equivalents on other clouds

closest match by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and class · Linux on-demand in each provider's reference region

compare side by side→
ProviderInstancevCPUMemoryProcessorOn-demandvs c4-highmem-8
Google Cloudc4-highmem-8862 GiBIntel Emerald Rapids, Intel Granite Rapids$0.5214–
AWSr4.2xlarge861 GiBIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)$0.532+2%
i3.2xlarge861 GiBIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)$0.624+20%
AzureEC8as v5864 GiBAMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)$0.452-13%
EC8ads v5864 GiBAMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)$0.524+1%
AkamaiG8 Dedicated 32x832 GiB (1.9× less)832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.42-19%
G8 Dedicated 64x1616 vCPU (2×)1664 GiBAMD EPYC$0.84+61%
Vultrvx1-m-8c-64gb864 GiBAMD EPYC$0.32-39%
vx1-m-8c-64g-480s864 GiBAMD EPYC$0.386-26%

C4 family sizes

all about C4→
SizevCPUMemoryLocal storageOn-demandMonthlySpot1-yr
c4-highcpu-224 GiB–$0.0851$62.09$0.0509$0.0536
c4-standard-227 GiB–$0.0969$70.71$0.058$0.061
c4-highmem-2215 GiB–$0.1284$93.71$0.0768$0.0809
c4-highcpu-448 GiB–$0.1701$124$0.1018$0.1072
c4-standard-4415 GiB–$0.1977$144$0.1183$0.1245
c4-standard-4-lssd415 GiB375 GB NVME$0.2799$204$0.1675$0.1763
c4-highmem-4431 GiB–$0.2607$190$0.156$0.1642
c4-highmem-4-lssd431 GiB375 GB NVME$0.3429$250$0.2052$0.216
c4-highcpu-8816 GiB–$0.3402$248$0.2036$0.2143
c4-standard-8830 GiB–$0.3953$289$0.2366$0.2491
c4-standard-8-lssd830 GiB375 GB NVME$0.4775$349$0.2858$0.3009
c4-highmem-8862 GiB–$0.5214$381$0.3121$0.3285
c4-highmem-8-lssd862 GiB375 GB NVME$0.6035$441$0.3613$0.3802
c4-highcpu-161632 GiB–$0.6804$497$0.4073$0.4287
c4-standard-161660 GiB–$0.7907$577$0.4733$0.4981
c4-standard-16-lssd1660 GiB750 GB NVME (2 disks)$0.9551$697$0.5717$0.6017
c4-highmem-1616124 GiB–$1.043$761$0.6241$0.6569
c4-highmem-16-lssd16124 GiB750 GB NVME (2 disks)$1.207$881$0.7225$0.7605
c4-highcpu-242448 GiB–$1.021$745$0.6109$0.643
c4-standard-242490 GiB–$1.186$866$0.7099$0.7472
c4-standard-24-lssd2490 GiB1.5 TB NVME (4 disks)$1.515$1,106$0.9067$0.9543
c4-highmem-2424186 GiB–$1.564$1,142$0.9362$0.9854
c4-highmem-24-lssd24186 GiB1.5 TB NVME (4 disks)$1.893$1,382$1.133$1.193
c4-highcpu-323264 GiB–$1.361$993$0.8145$0.8573
c4-standard-3232120 GiB–$1.581$1,154$0.9465$0.9963
c4-standard-32-lssd32120 GiB1.9 TB NVME (5 disks)$1.992$1,454$1.193$1.255
c4-highmem-3232248 GiB–$2.085$1,522$1.248$1.314
c4-highmem-32-lssd32248 GiB1.9 TB NVME (5 disks)$2.496$1,822$1.494$1.573
c4-highcpu-484896 GiB–$2.041$1,490$1.222$1.286
c4-standard-4848180 GiB–$2.372$1,732$1.42$1.494
c4-standard-48-lssd48180 GiB3 TB NVME (8 disks)$3.03$2,212$1.813$1.909
c4-highmem-4848372 GiB–$3.128$2,284$1.872$1.971
c4-highmem-48-lssd48372 GiB3 TB NVME (8 disks)$3.786$2,764$2.266$2.385
c4-highcpu-9696192 GiB–$4.082$2,980$2.444$2.572
c4-standard-9696360 GiB–$4.744$3,463$2.84$2.989
c4-standard-96-lssd96360 GiB6 TB NVME (16 disks)$6.059$4,423$3.627$3.817
c4-highmem-9696744 GiB–$6.256$4,567$3.745$3.942
c4-highmem-96-lssd96744 GiB6 TB NVME (16 disks)$7.571$5,527$4.532$4.77
c4-highcpu-144144288 GiB–$6.124$4,470$3.665$3.858
c4-standard-144144540 GiB–$7.116$5,195$4.259$4.483
c4-standard-144-lssd144540 GiB9 TB NVME (24 disks)$9.089$6,635$5.44$5.726
c4-highmem-1441441,116 GiB–$9.384$6,851$5.617$5.912
c4-highmem-144-lssd1441,116 GiB9 TB NVME (24 disks)$11.36$8,291$6.798$7.155
c4-highcpu-192192384 GiB–$8.165$5,960$4.887$5.144
c4-standard-192192720 GiB–$9.488$6,926$5.679$5.978
c4-standard-192-lssd192720 GiB12 TB NVME (32 disks)$12.12$8,846$7.254$7.635
c4-highmem-1921921,488 GiB–$12.51$9,134$7.489$7.883
c4-highmem-192-lssd1921,488 GiB12 TB NVME (32 disks)$15.14$11,054$9.064$9.54
c4-highcpu-288288576 GiB–$12.25$8,941$7.331$7.716
c4-standard-2882881,080 GiB–$14.23$10,390$8.519$8.967
c4-standard-288-lssd2881,080 GiB18 TB NVME (48 disks)$18.18$13,270$10.88$11.45
c4-standard-288-lssd-metal2881,080 GiB2.3 TB NVME (6 disks)$18.18$13,270$10.88$11.45
c4-standard-288-metal2881,080 GiB–$14.23$10,390$8.519$8.967
c4-highmem-2882882,232 GiB–$18.77$13,701$11.23$11.82
c4-highmem-288-lssd2882,232 GiB18 TB NVME (48 disks)$22.71$16,581$13.60$14.31
c4-highmem-288-lssd-metal2882,232 GiB2.3 TB NVME (6 disks)$22.71$16,581$13.60$14.31
c4-highmem-288-metal2882,232 GiB–$18.77$13,701$11.23$11.82

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c4-highmem-8 FAQ

How much does c4-highmem-8 cost?

c4-highmem-8 costs $0.5214 per hour on demand with Linux in Iowa (us-central1), about $381 per month. Across 43 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.5214 in Iowa to $0.8342 in Dammam. Spot VM capacity costs $0.3121 per hour (40% less), but can be reclaimed. A 1-yr Committed use commitment brings it to $0.3285 per hour. With Windows it costs $0.8894 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does c4-highmem-8 have?

c4-highmem-8 has 8 vCPUs and 62 GiB of memory (7.75 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Emerald Rapids, Intel Granite Rapids. It is a general purpose machine type in the C4 family.

What are the equivalents of c4-highmem-8 on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on AWS, r4.2xlarge (8 vCPU, 61 GiB, $0.532/hour in US East (N. Virginia)); on Azure, EC8as v5 (8 vCPU, 64 GiB, $0.452/hour in East US); on Akamai, G8 Dedicated 32x8 (8 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.42/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vx1-m-8c-64gb (8 vCPU, 64 GiB, $0.32/hour in New Jersey).