c4a-highmem-72

c4a-highmem-72 is a GCP Compute Engine machine type with 72 vCPUs, 576 GiB memory (Google Axion). In Iowa it costs $4.244 per hour on demand ($3,097.90 per month) for Linux; a 1-year committed use discount costs $2.797 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $2.093 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$4.244$2.093$2.797$1.91
South Carolina us-east1$4.244$2.093$2.797$1.91
Northern Virginia us-east4$4.244$2.528$2.797$1.91
Columbus us-east5$4.244$1.096$2.797$1.779
Oregon us-west1$4.244$2.093$2.797$1.91
Mumbai asia-south1$4.413$1.774$2.909$1.987
Stockholm europe-north2$4.456$2.642$2.937$2.006
Netherlands europe-west4$4.456$0.6209$2.937$2.006
Mexico northamerica-south1$4.626$1.196$3.049$2.082
Johannesburg africa-south1$4.673$2.106$3.08$2.103
Finland europe-north1$4.673$1.199$3.08$2.103
Belgium europe-west1$4.673$2.085$3.08$2.103
Montréal northamerica-northeast1$4.673$2.147$3.08$2.103
Toronto northamerica-northeast2$4.673$2.145$3.08$2.103
Las Vegas us-west4$4.78$2.083$3.151$2.151
London europe-west2$4.838$2.364$3.189$2.177
Taiwan asia-east1$4.914$1.621$3.239$2.212
Madrid europe-southwest1$5.008$2.454$3.301$2.254
Frankfurt europe-west3$5.008$2.038$3.301$2.254
Dallas us-south1$5.008$1.67$3.301$2.254
Los Angeles us-west2$5.101$2.032$3.362$2.296
Warsaw europe-central2$5.135$1.335$3.385$2.311
Doha me-central1$5.156$1.956$3.399$2.321
Singapore asia-southeast1$5.235$3.141$3.451$2.357
Sydney australia-southeast1$5.305$1.114$3.497$2.391
Tokyo asia-northeast1$5.45$2.555$3.592$2.453
Melbourne australia-southeast2$5.515$1.159$3.635$2.481
Zurich europe-west6$5.559$1.558$3.664$2.502
Jakarta asia-southeast2$5.707$1.486$3.761$2.569
Santiago southamerica-west1$6.068$2.406$4.00$2.731
São Paulo southamerica-east1$6.739$2.557$4.442$3.033

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs72
Architecturearm64
ProcessorGoogle Axion
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)576
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 50 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageNetwork disks only
Max persistent disks128
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec4a-highmem-72
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.