c4a-highmem-2

c4a-highmem-2 is a GCP Compute Engine machine type with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Google Axion). In Iowa it costs $0.1179 per hour on demand ($86.07 per month) for Linux; a 1-year committed use discount costs $0.0777 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0581 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$0.1179$0.0581$0.0777$0.0531
South Carolina us-east1$0.1179$0.0581$0.0777$0.0531
Northern Virginia us-east4$0.1179$0.0702$0.0777$0.0531
Columbus us-east5$0.1179$0.0304$0.0777$0.0494
Oregon us-west1$0.1179$0.0581$0.0777$0.0531
Mumbai asia-south1$0.1226$0.0493$0.0808$0.0552
Stockholm europe-north2$0.1238$0.0734$0.0816$0.0557
Netherlands europe-west4$0.1238$0.0172$0.0816$0.0557
Mexico northamerica-south1$0.1285$0.0332$0.0847$0.0578
Johannesburg africa-south1$0.1298$0.0585$0.0856$0.0584
Finland europe-north1$0.1298$0.0333$0.0856$0.0584
Belgium europe-west1$0.1298$0.0579$0.0856$0.0584
Montréal northamerica-northeast1$0.1298$0.0596$0.0856$0.0584
Toronto northamerica-northeast2$0.1298$0.0596$0.0856$0.0584
Las Vegas us-west4$0.1328$0.0578$0.0875$0.0598
London europe-west2$0.1344$0.0657$0.0886$0.0605
Taiwan asia-east1$0.1365$0.045$0.09$0.0614
Madrid europe-southwest1$0.1391$0.0682$0.0917$0.0626
Frankfurt europe-west3$0.1391$0.0566$0.0917$0.0626
Dallas us-south1$0.1391$0.0464$0.0917$0.0626
Los Angeles us-west2$0.1417$0.0564$0.0934$0.0638
Warsaw europe-central2$0.1426$0.0371$0.094$0.0642
Doha me-central1$0.1432$0.0543$0.0944$0.0645
Singapore asia-southeast1$0.1454$0.0872$0.0959$0.0655
Sydney australia-southeast1$0.1474$0.031$0.0971$0.0664
Tokyo asia-northeast1$0.1514$0.071$0.0998$0.0681
Melbourne australia-southeast2$0.1532$0.0322$0.101$0.0689
Zurich europe-west6$0.1544$0.0433$0.1018$0.0695
Jakarta asia-southeast2$0.1585$0.0413$0.1045$0.0714
Santiago southamerica-west1$0.1686$0.0668$0.1111$0.0759
São Paulo southamerica-east1$0.1872$0.071$0.1234$0.0843

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Architecturearm64
ProcessorGoogle Axion
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageNetwork disks only
Max persistent disks16
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec4a-highmem-2
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.