n2-highmem-8
The n2-highmem-8 is a gcp compute instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for compute workloads.
Last updated at Wed May 20 2026
Instance Info
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 8 |
Family Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| n2-highcpu-2 | 2 | 2 |
| n2-highmem-2 | 2 | 16 |
| n2-standard-2 | 2 | 8 |
| n2-highcpu-4 | 4 | 4 |
| n2-highmem-4 | 4 | 32 |
| n2-standard-4 | 4 | 16 |
| n2-highcpu-8 | 8 | 8 |
| n2-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 |
| n2-standard-8 | 8 | 32 |
| n2-highcpu-16 | 16 | 16 |
| n2-highmem-16 | 16 | 128 |
| n2-standard-16 | 16 | 64 |
| n2-highcpu-32 | 32 | 32 |
| n2-highmem-32 | 32 | 256 |
| n2-standard-32 | 32 | 128 |
| n2-highcpu-48 | 48 | 48 |
| n2-highmem-48 | 48 | 384 |
| n2-standard-48 | 48 | 192 |
| n2-highcpu-64 | 64 | 64 |
| n2-highmem-64 | 64 | 512 |
| n2-standard-64 | 64 | 256 |
| n2-highcpu-80 | 80 | 80 |
| n2-highmem-80 | 80 | 640 |
| n2-standard-80 | 80 | 320 |
| n2-highcpu-96 | 96 | 96 |
| n2-highmem-96 | 96 | 768 |
| n2-standard-96 | 96 | 384 |
| n2-highmem-128 | 128 | 864 |
| n2-standard-128 | 128 | 512 |
Related Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| c3-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 |
| z3-highmem-8-highlssd | 8 | 64 |
| c4-highmem-8 | 8 | 62 |
| n4-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 |
| c4-highmem-8-lssd | 8 | 62 |
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