c4a family
The c4a family has 42 sizes on GCP Compute Engine, from 1 to 96 vCPUs and 2 to 768 GiB of memory. In Iowa, on-demand prices run $0.0379 to $5.658 per hour for Linux. It is sold in 32 regions and listed as general purpose and Arm.
Sizes and prices in Iowa
| Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | Spot /hr | 1-yr committed use /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c4a-highcpu-1 | 1 | 2 | $0.0379 | $0.0187 | $0.025 |
| c4a-standard-1 | 1 | 4 | $0.0449 | $0.0221 | $0.0296 |
| c4a-highmem-1 | 1 | 8 | $0.0589 | $0.0291 | $0.0389 |
| c4a-highcpu-2 | 2 | 4 | $0.0758 | $0.0373 | $0.05 |
| c4a-standard-2 | 2 | 8 | $0.0898 | $0.0443 | $0.0592 |
| c4a-highmem-2 | 2 | 16 | $0.1179 | $0.0581 | $0.0777 |
| c4a-highcpu-4 | 4 | 8 | $0.1515 | $0.0747 | $0.1 |
| c4a-standard-4 | 4 | 16 | $0.1796 | $0.0886 | $0.1184 |
| c4a-standard-4-lssd | 4 | 16 | $0.2412 | $0.119 | $0.1591 |
| c4a-highmem-4 | 4 | 32 | $0.2358 | $0.1163 | $0.1554 |
| c4a-highmem-4-lssd | 4 | 32 | $0.2974 | $0.1467 | $0.1961 |
| c4a-highcpu-8 | 8 | 16 | $0.303 | $0.1494 | $0.1999 |
| c4a-standard-8 | 8 | 32 | $0.3592 | $0.1771 | $0.2369 |
| c4a-standard-8-lssd | 8 | 32 | $0.4825 | $0.238 | $0.3183 |
| c4a-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 | $0.4715 | $0.2325 | $0.3108 |
| c4a-highmem-8-lssd | 8 | 64 | $0.5948 | $0.2935 | $0.3922 |
| c4a-highcpu-16 | 16 | 32 | $0.6061 | $0.2988 | $0.3998 |
| c4a-standard-16 | 16 | 64 | $0.7184 | $0.3542 | $0.4738 |
| c4a-standard-16-lssd | 16 | 64 | $0.965 | $0.4761 | $0.6365 |
| c4a-highmem-16 | 16 | 128 | $0.943 | $0.4651 | $0.6216 |
| c4a-highmem-16-lssd | 16 | 128 | $1.19 | $0.5869 | $0.7843 |
| c4a-highcpu-32 | 32 | 64 | $1.212 | $0.5976 | $0.7997 |
| c4a-standard-32 | 32 | 128 | $1.437 | $0.7084 | $0.9475 |
| c4a-standard-32-lssd | 32 | 128 | $1.807 | $0.8912 | $1.192 |
| c4a-highmem-32 | 32 | 256 | $1.886 | $0.9301 | $1.243 |
| c4a-highmem-32-lssd | 32 | 256 | $2.256 | $1.113 | $1.487 |
| c4a-highcpu-48 | 48 | 96 | $1.818 | $0.8964 | $1.20 |
| c4a-standard-48 | 48 | 192 | $2.155 | $1.063 | $1.421 |
| c4a-standard-48-lssd | 48 | 192 | $2.772 | $1.367 | $1.828 |
| c4a-highmem-48 | 48 | 384 | $2.829 | $1.395 | $1.865 |
| c4a-highmem-48-lssd | 48 | 384 | $3.446 | $1.70 | $2.272 |
| c4a-highcpu-64 | 64 | 128 | $2.424 | $1.195 | $1.599 |
| c4a-standard-64 | 64 | 256 | $2.874 | $1.417 | $1.895 |
| c4a-standard-64-lssd | 64 | 256 | $3.737 | $1.843 | $2.465 |
| c4a-highmem-64 | 64 | 512 | $3.772 | $1.86 | $2.486 |
| c4a-highmem-64-lssd | 64 | 512 | $4.635 | $2.287 | $3.056 |
| c4a-highcpu-72 | 72 | 144 | $2.727 | $1.345 | $1.799 |
| c4a-standard-72 | 72 | 288 | $3.233 | $1.594 | $2.132 |
| c4a-standard-72-lssd | 72 | 288 | $4.219 | $2.081 | $2.783 |
| c4a-highmem-72 | 72 | 576 | $4.244 | $2.093 | $2.797 |
| c4a-highmem-72-lssd | 72 | 576 | $5.23 | $2.58 | $3.448 |
| c4a-highmem-96-metal | 96 | 768 | $5.658 | $2.79 | $3.73 |
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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.