a2-ultragpu-8gvsa3-ultragpu-8g

a2-ultragpu-8g is 52% cheaper than a3-ultragpu-8g on demand in Iowa, saving $32,307.24 a month. Per vCPU, a3-ultragpu-8g costs 10% less.

At a glancea2-ultragpu-8ga3-ultragpu-8g
On-demand$40.55/hr52% less$84.807/hr
Lowest rate$24.29/hr52% lessSpot, can be interrupted$50.871/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 1360 GiB224 vCPUs, 2952 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon (Emerald Rapids) or Intel Xeon (Sapphire Rapids)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in Iowa

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optiona2-ultragpu-8ga3-ultragpu-8ga3-ultragpu-8g vs a2-ultragpu-8g
On-demandPay by the hour$40.55$84.807▲ 109%
SpotCan be interrupted40% off$24.2940% off$50.871▲ 109%
1-yr committed useNo upfront17% off$33.71930% off$58.959▲ 75%
3-yr committed useNo upfront31% off$28.18155% off$37.932▲ 35%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where a2-ultragpu-8g leads
On-demand price$40.55 vs $84.807 per hour
52% cheaper
Where a3-ultragpu-8g leads
vCPUs224 vs 96
2.3× higher
Memory (GiB)2,952 vs 1,360
2.2× higher

Specs

8 of 13 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 3 differa2-ultragpu-8ga3-ultragpu-8g
vCPUs96224
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon (Emerald Rapids) or Intel Xeon (Sapphire Rapids)
Memory1 of 1 differa2-ultragpu-8ga3-ultragpu-8g
Memory (GiB)1,3602,952
Accelerators1 of 2 differa2-ultragpu-8ga3-ultragpu-8g
GPUs88
GPUNVIDIA A100 80GBNVIDIA H200 141GB
Networking1 of 1 differa2-ultragpu-8ga3-ultragpu-8g
NetworkUp to 100 GbpsUp to 3,600 Gbps
Storage1 of 2 differa2-ultragpu-8ga3-ultragpu-8g
Storage8 x 375 GiB NVMe local SSD32 x 375 GiB NVMe local SSD
Max persistent disks128128
Instance details1 of 2 differa2-ultragpu-8ga3-ultragpu-8g
Familya2a3
CategoryAccelerator optimizedAccelerator optimized
Other1 of 2 differa2-ultragpu-8ga3-ultragpu-8g
SeriesA2A3
Specs sourceCompute Engine APICompute Engine API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for a2-ultragpu-8g first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regiona2-ultragpu-8ga3-ultragpu-8gDifference
IowaUsed in summaryus-central1$40.55$84.807▲ 109%
Northern Virginiaus-east4$45.629$84.807▲ 86%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

a2-ultragpu-8gAccelerator optimized, a2 family
a2-ultragpu-8g prices and specsEvery size in the a2 family
a3-ultragpu-8gAccelerator optimized, a3 family
a3-ultragpu-8g prices and specsEvery size in the a3 family

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GCP Compute Engine Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.