c3 family
The c3 family has 27 sizes on GCP Compute Engine, from 4 to 192 vCPUs and 8 to 1536 GiB of memory. In Iowa, on-demand prices run $0.1701 to $12.702 per hour for Linux. It is sold in 33 regions and listed as general purpose.
Sizes and prices in Iowa
| Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | Spot /hr | 1-yr committed use /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c3-highcpu-4 | 4 | 8 | $0.1701 | $0.0604 | $0.1072 |
| c3-standard-4 | 4 | 16 | $0.2016 | $0.0716 | $0.127 |
| c3-standard-4-lssd | 4 | 16 | $0.2427 | $0.0961 | $0.1681 |
| c3-highmem-4 | 4 | 32 | $0.2646 | $0.0939 | $0.1667 |
| c3-highcpu-8 | 8 | 16 | $0.3402 | $0.1208 | $0.2143 |
| c3-standard-8 | 8 | 32 | $0.4032 | $0.1432 | $0.254 |
| c3-standard-8-lssd | 8 | 32 | $0.4854 | $0.1923 | $0.3362 |
| c3-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 | $0.5292 | $0.1879 | $0.3334 |
| c3-highcpu-22 | 22 | 44 | $0.9356 | $0.3323 | $0.5894 |
| c3-standard-22 | 22 | 88 | $1.109 | $0.3938 | $0.6986 |
| c3-standard-22-lssd | 22 | 88 | $1.273 | $0.492 | $0.863 |
| c3-highmem-22 | 22 | 176 | $1.455 | $0.5167 | $0.9169 |
| c3-highcpu-44 | 44 | 88 | $1.871 | $0.6646 | $1.179 |
| c3-standard-44 | 44 | 176 | $2.218 | $0.7875 | $1.397 |
| c3-standard-44-lssd | 44 | 176 | $2.546 | $0.984 | $1.726 |
| c3-highmem-44 | 44 | 352 | $2.911 | $1.033 | $1.834 |
| c3-highcpu-88 | 88 | 176 | $3.742 | $1.329 | $2.358 |
| c3-standard-88 | 88 | 352 | $4.435 | $1.575 | $2.794 |
| c3-standard-88-lssd | 88 | 352 | $5.093 | $1.968 | $3.452 |
| c3-highmem-88 | 88 | 704 | $5.822 | $2.067 | $3.668 |
| c3-highcpu-176 | 176 | 352 | $7.485 | $2.658 | $4.715 |
| c3-standard-176 | 176 | 704 | $8.871 | $3.15 | $5.589 |
| c3-standard-176-lssd | 176 | 704 | $10.186 | $3.936 | $6.904 |
| c3-highmem-176 | 176 | 1408 | $11.643 | $4.133 | $7.335 |
| c3-highcpu-192-metal | 192 | 512 | $8.669 | $3.079 | $5.462 |
| c3-standard-192-metal | 192 | 768 | $9.677 | $3.436 | $6.097 |
| c3-highmem-192-metal | 192 | 1536 | $12.702 | $4.509 | $8.002 |
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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.