c4a-highcpu-48

c4a-highcpu-48 is a GCP Compute Engine machine type with 48 vCPUs, 96 GiB memory (Google Axion). In Iowa it costs $1.818 per hour on demand ($1,327.29 per month) for Linux; a 1-year committed use discount costs $1.20 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.8964 per hour. It is sold in 32 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Committed use prices are billed monthly. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr committed use3-yr committed use
Iowa us-central1$1.818$0.8964$1.20$0.8184
South Carolina us-east1$1.818$0.8964$1.20$0.8184
Northern Virginia us-east4$1.818$1.083$1.20$0.8184
Columbus us-east5$1.818$0.4695$1.20$0.7965
Oregon us-west1$1.818$0.8964$1.20$0.8184
Mumbai asia-south1$1.891$0.7601$1.248$0.8513
Stockholm europe-north2$1.909$1.132$1.26$0.8594
Netherlands europe-west4$1.909$0.2662$1.26$0.8594
Mexico northamerica-south1$1.982$0.5125$1.308$0.892
Johannesburg africa-south1$2.002$0.9029$1.321$0.9011
Finland europe-north1$2.002$0.5137$1.321$0.9011
Belgium europe-west1$2.002$0.8933$1.321$0.9011
Montréal northamerica-northeast1$2.002$0.9204$1.321$0.9011
Toronto northamerica-northeast2$2.002$0.9198$1.321$0.9011
Las Vegas us-west4$2.048$0.8921$1.351$0.9218
London europe-west2$2.073$1.013$1.367$0.9327
Taiwan asia-east1$2.105$0.6947$1.389$0.9476
Madrid europe-southwest1$2.146$1.051$1.415$0.9657
Frankfurt europe-west3$2.146$0.8732$1.415$0.9657
Dallas us-south1$2.146$0.7158$1.415$0.9657
Los Angeles us-west2$2.186$0.8707$1.442$0.9838
Warsaw europe-central2$2.20$0.5721$1.451$0.9902
Doha me-central1$2.209$0.8387$1.457$0.9944
Singapore asia-southeast1$2.243$1.346$1.48$1.01
Sydney australia-southeast1$2.273$0.4777$1.50$1.024
Tokyo asia-northeast1$2.335$1.095$1.54$1.051
Melbourne australia-southeast2$2.364$0.4966$1.559$1.064
Zurich europe-west6$2.382$0.6684$1.571$1.072
Jakarta asia-southeast2$2.445$0.6372$1.613$1.101
Santiago southamerica-west1$2.60$1.032$1.715$1.17
São Paulo southamerica-east1$2.887$1.097$1.905$1.30
Dammam me-central2$2.91$1.746$1.919$1.309

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs48
Architecturearm64
ProcessorGoogle Axion
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)96
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 34 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageNetwork disks only
Max persistent disks32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec4a-highcpu-48
Familyc4a
CategoryGeneral purpose
OtherValue
SeriesC4A
Specs sourceCompute Engine API

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SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
c4a-highcpu-112$0.0379
c4a-standard-114$0.0449
c4a-highmem-118$0.0589
c4a-highcpu-224$0.0758
c4a-standard-228$0.0898
c4a-highmem-2216$0.1179
c4a-highcpu-448$0.1515
c4a-standard-4416$0.1796
c4a-standard-4-lssd416$0.2412
c4a-highmem-4432$0.2358
c4a-highmem-4-lssd432$0.2974
c4a-highcpu-8816$0.303
c4a-standard-8832$0.3592
c4a-standard-8-lssd832$0.4825
c4a-highmem-8864$0.4715
c4a-highmem-8-lssd864$0.5948
c4a-highcpu-161632$0.6061
c4a-standard-161664$0.7184
c4a-standard-16-lssd1664$0.965
c4a-highmem-1616128$0.943
c4a-highmem-16-lssd16128$1.19
c4a-highcpu-323264$1.212
c4a-standard-3232128$1.437
c4a-standard-32-lssd32128$1.807
c4a-highmem-3232256$1.886
c4a-highmem-32-lssd32256$2.256
c4a-highcpu-484896$1.818
c4a-standard-4848192$2.155
c4a-standard-48-lssd48192$2.772
c4a-highmem-4848384$2.829
c4a-highmem-48-lssd48384$3.446
c4a-highcpu-6464128$2.424
c4a-standard-6464256$2.874
c4a-standard-64-lssd64256$3.737
c4a-highmem-6464512$3.772
c4a-highmem-64-lssd64512$4.635
c4a-highcpu-7272144$2.727
c4a-standard-7272288$3.233
c4a-standard-72-lssd72288$4.219
c4a-highmem-7272576$4.244
c4a-highmem-72-lssd72576$5.23
c4a-highmem-96-metal96768$5.658

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Google Cloud Billing Catalog API. Compare all GCP Compute Engine sizes.