c4a-highmem-8
The c4a-highmem-8 is a gcp compute instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for compute workloads.
Last updated at Tue Apr 28 2026
Instance Info
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 8 |
Family Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| c4a-highcpu-1 | 1 | 2 |
| c4a-highmem-1 | 1 | 8 |
| c4a-standard-1 | 1 | 4 |
| c4a-highcpu-2 | 2 | 4 |
| c4a-highmem-2 | 2 | 16 |
| c4a-standard-2 | 2 | 8 |
| c4a-highcpu-4 | 4 | 8 |
| c4a-highmem-4 | 4 | 32 |
| c4a-highmem-4-lssd | 4 | 32 |
| c4a-standard-4 | 4 | 16 |
| c4a-standard-4-lssd | 4 | 16 |
| c4a-highcpu-8 | 8 | 16 |
| c4a-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 |
| c4a-highmem-8-lssd | 8 | 64 |
| c4a-standard-8 | 8 | 32 |
| c4a-standard-8-lssd | 8 | 32 |
| c4a-highcpu-16 | 16 | 32 |
| c4a-highmem-16 | 16 | 128 |
| c4a-highmem-16-lssd | 16 | 128 |
| c4a-standard-16 | 16 | 64 |
| c4a-standard-16-lssd | 16 | 64 |
| c4a-highcpu-32 | 32 | 64 |
| c4a-highmem-32 | 32 | 256 |
| c4a-highmem-32-lssd | 32 | 256 |
| c4a-standard-32 | 32 | 128 |
| c4a-standard-32-lssd | 32 | 128 |
| c4a-highcpu-48 | 48 | 96 |
| c4a-highmem-48 | 48 | 384 |
| c4a-highmem-48-lssd | 48 | 384 |
| c4a-standard-48 | 48 | 192 |
| c4a-standard-48-lssd | 48 | 192 |
| c4a-highcpu-64 | 64 | 128 |
| c4a-highmem-64 | 64 | 512 |
| c4a-highmem-64-lssd | 64 | 512 |
| c4a-standard-64 | 64 | 256 |
| c4a-standard-64-lssd | 64 | 256 |
| c4a-highcpu-72 | 72 | 144 |
| c4a-highmem-72 | 72 | 576 |
| c4a-highmem-72-lssd | 72 | 576 |
| c4a-standard-72 | 72 | 288 |
| c4a-standard-72-lssd | 72 | 288 |
| c4a-highmem-96-metal | 96 | 768 |
Related Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| c3d-highmem-8-lssd | 8 | 64 |
| c3-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 |
| c3d-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 |
| c2d-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 |
| e2-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 |
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