g2-standard-8
The g2-standard-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 |
|---|---|---|
| g2-standard-4 | 4 | 16 |
| g2-standard-8 | 8 | 32 |
| g2-standard-12 | 12 | 48 |
| g2-standard-16 | 16 | 64 |
| g2-standard-24 | 24 | 96 |
| g2-standard-32 | 32 | 128 |
| g2-standard-48 | 48 | 192 |
| g2-standard-96 | 96 | 384 |
Related Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| c3-standard-8-lssd | 8 | 32 |
| c3-standard-8 | 8 | 32 |
| n4-standard-8 | 8 | 32 |
| c4-standard-8 | 8 | 30 |
| c4-standard-8-lssd | 8 | 30 |
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