Instances GCP Compute Engine n1-highcpu-8 n1-highcpu-8
n1-highcpu-8 is a GCP Compute Engine machine type with 8 vCPUs, 7.2 GiB memory (Intel Xeon (Skylake) or Intel Xeon E5 v4 (Broadwell E5) or Intel Xeon E5 v3 (Haswell) or Intel Xeon E5 v2 (Ivy Bridge) or Intel Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge)). In Iowa it costs $0.2834 per hour on demand ($206.88 per month) for Linux; a 1-year committed use discount costs $0.1785 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1526 per hour. It is sold in 29 regions.
USD per hour, Linux. Committed use prices are billed monthly. Cheapest on-demand first.
Region On-demand Spot 1-yr committed use 3-yr committed use Iowa us-central1 $0.2834 $0.1526 $0.1785 $0.1275 South Carolina us-east1 $0.2834 $0.1526 $0.1785 $0.1275 Oregon us-west1 $0.2834 $0.1526 $0.1785 $0.1275 Belgium europe-west1 $0.3117 $0.1592 $0.1964 $0.1403 Tel Aviv me-west1 $0.3117 $0.187 $0.1964 $0.1403 Finland europe-north1 $0.312 $0.0577 $0.1966 $0.1404 Netherlands europe-west4 $0.312 $0.1867 $0.1966 $0.1404 Montréal northamerica-northeast1 $0.312 $0.1859 $0.1966 $0.1404 Toronto northamerica-northeast2 $0.312 $0.1502 $0.1966 $0.1404 Northern Virginia us-east4 $0.3192 $0.1491 $0.191 $0.1365 Las Vegas us-west4 $0.3192 $0.1117 $0.191 $0.1365 Taiwan asia-east1 $0.3281 $0.0732 $0.2067 $0.1477 Mumbai asia-south1 $0.3404 $0.1197 $0.2144 $0.1532 Delhi asia-south2 $0.3404 $0.0887 $0.2144 $0.1532 Los Angeles us-west2 $0.3404 $0.1636 $0.2145 $0.1532 Salt Lake City us-west3 $0.3404 $0.1291 $0.2145 $0.1532 Warsaw europe-central2 $0.3429 $0.1062 $0.216 $0.1543 Singapore asia-southeast1 $0.3496 $0.0875 $0.2202 $0.1573 Tokyo asia-northeast1 $0.364 $0.1445 $0.2293 $0.1638 Osaka asia-northeast2 $0.364 $0.1762 $0.2293 $0.1638 Seoul asia-northeast3 $0.364 $0.1863 $0.2293 $0.1638 London europe-west2 $0.3651 $0.1298 $0.2298 $0.1642 Frankfurt europe-west3 $0.3651 $0.1764 $0.2298 $0.1642 Zurich europe-west6 $0.3712 $0.1328 $0.2339 $0.1671 Jakarta asia-southeast2 $0.3811 $0.0433 $0.2401 $0.1715 Hong Kong asia-east2 $0.3965 $0.0613 $0.2498 $0.1784 Sydney australia-southeast1 $0.4021 $0.187 $0.2535 $0.181 Melbourne australia-southeast2 $0.4021 $0.0647 $0.2535 $0.181 São Paulo southamerica-east1 $0.4499 $0.1421 $0.2835 $0.2025
Compute Value vCPUs 8 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon (Skylake) or Intel Xeon E5 v4 (Broadwell E5) or Intel Xeon E5 v3 (Haswell) or Intel Xeon E5 v2 (Ivy Bridge) or Intel Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 7.2
Networking Value Network Up to 16 Gbps
Storage Value Storage Network disks only Max persistent disks 128
Instance details Value Instance type n1-highcpu-8 Family n1 Category General purpose
Other Value Series N1 Specs source Compute Engine API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Google Cloud Billing Catalog API. Compare all GCP Compute Engine sizes .