a3 family
The a3 family has 9 sizes on GCP Compute Engine, from 26 to 224 vCPUs and 234 to 2952 GiB of memory. In Iowa, on-demand prices run $11.061 to $93.401 per hour for Linux. It is sold in 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a3-highgpu-1g | 26 | 234 | 1 | $11.061 | $6.588 | $7.703 |
| a3-highgpu-2g | 52 | 468 | 2 | $22.122 | $13.175 | $15.407 |
| a3-highgpu-4g | 104 | 936 | 4 | $44.245 | $26.35 | $30.814 |
| a3-edgegpu-8g | 208 | 1872 | 8 | $88.49 | $52.70 | $61.627 |
| a3-edgegpu-8g-nolssd | 208 | 1872 | 8 | $87.832 | $52.308 | $60.969 |
| a3-highgpu-8g | 208 | 1872 | 8 | $88.49 | $52.70 | $61.627 |
| a3-megagpu-8g | 208 | 1872 | 8 | $93.401 | $50.233 | $64.45 |
| a3-ultragpu-8g | 224 | 2952 | 8 | $84.807 | $50.871 | $58.959 |
| a3-ultragpu-8g-nolssd | 224 | 2952 | 8 | $83.492 | $50.085 | $57.643 |
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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.