a2 family
The a2 family has 9 sizes on GCP Compute Engine, from 12 to 96 vCPUs and 85 to 1360 GiB of memory. In Iowa, on-demand prices run $3.673 to $55.739 per hour for Linux. It is sold in 12 regions and listed as accelerator optimized and GPU.
Sizes and prices in Iowa
| Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | GPUs | On-demand /hr | Spot /hr | 1-yr committed use /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a2-highgpu-1g | 12 | 85 | 1 | $3.673 | $2.188 | $2.314 |
| a2-ultragpu-1g | 12 | 170 | 1 | $5.069 | $3.036 | $4.215 |
| a2-highgpu-2g | 24 | 170 | 2 | $7.347 | $4.376 | $4.628 |
| a2-ultragpu-2g | 24 | 340 | 2 | $10.138 | $6.072 | $8.43 |
| a2-highgpu-4g | 48 | 340 | 4 | $14.694 | $8.752 | $9.257 |
| a2-ultragpu-4g | 48 | 680 | 4 | $20.275 | $12.145 | $16.86 |
| a2-highgpu-8g | 96 | 680 | 8 | $29.387 | $17.504 | $18.514 |
| a2-megagpu-16g | 96 | 1360 | 16 | $55.739 | $33.201 | $35.115 |
| a2-ultragpu-8g | 96 | 1360 | 8 | $40.55 | $24.29 | $33.719 |
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Prices in USD per hour for Linux; reserved prices are 1 year, no upfront. Updated 2026-11-12 from the Google Cloud Billing Catalog API. Compare all GCP Compute Engine machine types.