c4a-highmem-1

c4a-highmem-1 is a GCP Compute Engine machine type with 1 vCPU, 8 GiB memory (Google Axion). In Iowa it costs $0.0589 per hour on demand ($43.00 per month) for Linux; a 1-year committed use discount costs $0.0389 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0291 per hour. It is sold in 31 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$0.0589$0.0291$0.0389$0.0265
South Carolina us-east1$0.0589$0.0291$0.0389$0.0265
Northern Virginia us-east4$0.0589$0.0351$0.0389$0.0265
Columbus us-east5$0.0589$0.0152$0.0389$0.0247
Oregon us-west1$0.0589$0.0291$0.0389$0.0265
Mumbai asia-south1$0.0613$0.0246$0.0404$0.0276
Stockholm europe-north2$0.0619$0.0367$0.0408$0.0279
Netherlands europe-west4$0.0619$0.0086$0.0408$0.0279
Mexico northamerica-south1$0.0642$0.0166$0.0423$0.0289
Johannesburg africa-south1$0.0649$0.0293$0.0428$0.0292
Finland europe-north1$0.0649$0.0166$0.0428$0.0292
Belgium europe-west1$0.0649$0.029$0.0428$0.0292
Montréal northamerica-northeast1$0.0649$0.0298$0.0428$0.0292
Toronto northamerica-northeast2$0.0649$0.0298$0.0428$0.0292
Las Vegas us-west4$0.0664$0.0289$0.0438$0.0299
London europe-west2$0.0672$0.0328$0.0443$0.0302
Taiwan asia-east1$0.0682$0.0225$0.045$0.0307
Madrid europe-southwest1$0.0696$0.0341$0.0458$0.0313
Frankfurt europe-west3$0.0696$0.0283$0.0458$0.0313
Dallas us-south1$0.0696$0.0232$0.0458$0.0313
Los Angeles us-west2$0.0709$0.0282$0.0467$0.0319
Warsaw europe-central2$0.0713$0.0185$0.047$0.0321
Doha me-central1$0.0716$0.0272$0.0472$0.0322
Singapore asia-southeast1$0.0727$0.0436$0.0479$0.0327
Sydney australia-southeast1$0.0737$0.0155$0.0486$0.0332
Tokyo asia-northeast1$0.0757$0.0355$0.0499$0.0341
Melbourne australia-southeast2$0.0766$0.0161$0.0505$0.0345
Zurich europe-west6$0.0772$0.0216$0.0509$0.0348
Jakarta asia-southeast2$0.0793$0.0206$0.0522$0.0357
Santiago southamerica-west1$0.0843$0.0334$0.0556$0.0379
São Paulo southamerica-east1$0.0936$0.0355$0.0617$0.0421

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs1
Architecturearm64
ProcessorGoogle Axion
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)8
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageNetwork disks only
Max persistent disks16
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec4a-highmem-1
Familyc4a
CategoryGeneral purpose
OtherValue
SeriesC4A
Specs sourceCompute Engine API

Other c4a sizes

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.