n1-highmem-8

n1-highmem-8 is a GCP Compute Engine machine type with 8 vCPUs, 52 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 $0.4732 per hour on demand ($345.44 per month) for Linux; a 1-year committed use discount costs $0.2981 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2548 per hour. It is sold in 29 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Committed use prices are billed monthly. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr committed use3-yr committed use
Iowa us-central1$0.4732$0.2548$0.2981$0.213
South Carolina us-east1$0.4732$0.2548$0.2981$0.213
Oregon us-west1$0.4732$0.2548$0.2981$0.213
Tel Aviv me-west1$0.5205$0.3123$0.3279$0.2343
Belgium europe-west1$0.5206$0.2659$0.3279$0.2342
Netherlands europe-west4$0.5209$0.3118$0.3282$0.2344
Montréal northamerica-northeast1$0.5209$0.3104$0.3282$0.2344
Toronto northamerica-northeast2$0.5209$0.2508$0.3282$0.2344
Finland europe-north1$0.521$0.0964$0.3282$0.2344
Northern Virginia us-east4$0.5329$0.2491$0.319$0.2278
Las Vegas us-west4$0.5329$0.1866$0.319$0.2278
Taiwan asia-east1$0.5479$0.1222$0.3452$0.2466
Mumbai asia-south1$0.5683$0.1998$0.358$0.2558
Delhi asia-south2$0.5683$0.1483$0.358$0.2558
Los Angeles us-west2$0.5684$0.273$0.3581$0.2558
Salt Lake City us-west3$0.5684$0.2157$0.3581$0.2558
Warsaw europe-central2$0.5726$0.1771$0.3607$0.2577
Singapore asia-southeast1$0.5837$0.1462$0.3677$0.2627
Tokyo asia-northeast1$0.6067$0.241$0.3822$0.273
Osaka asia-northeast2$0.6067$0.2937$0.3822$0.273
Seoul asia-northeast3$0.6067$0.3105$0.3822$0.273
London europe-west2$0.6097$0.2168$0.3837$0.2741
Frankfurt europe-west3$0.6097$0.2946$0.3837$0.2741
Zurich europe-west6$0.6199$0.2217$0.3905$0.279
Jakarta asia-southeast2$0.6363$0.0722$0.4008$0.2863
Hong Kong asia-east2$0.6621$0.1024$0.4171$0.2979
Sydney australia-southeast1$0.6714$0.3123$0.4231$0.3022
Melbourne australia-southeast2$0.6714$0.1081$0.4231$0.3022
São Paulo southamerica-east1$0.7511$0.2372$0.4734$0.3381

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel 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)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)52
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 16 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageNetwork disks only
Max persistent disks128
Instance detailsValue
Instance typen1-highmem-8
Familyn1
CategoryGeneral purpose
OtherValue
SeriesN1
Specs sourceCompute Engine API

Compare n1-highmem-8

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Other n1 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
n1-standard-113.75$0.0475
n1-highcpu-221.8$0.0708
n1-standard-227.5$0.095
n1-highmem-2213$0.1183
n1-highcpu-443.6$0.1417
n1-standard-4415$0.19
n1-highmem-4426$0.2366
n1-highcpu-887.2$0.2834
n1-standard-8830$0.38
n1-highmem-8852$0.4732
n1-highcpu-161614.4$0.5668
n1-standard-161660$0.76
n1-highmem-1616104$0.9464
n1-highcpu-323228.8$1.134
n1-standard-3232120$1.52
n1-highmem-3232208$1.893
n1-ultramem-4040961$5.336
n1-highcpu-646457.6$2.267
n1-standard-6464240$3.04
n1-highmem-6464416$3.786
n1-ultramem-80801922$10.672
n1-highcpu-969686.4$3.401
n1-standard-9696360$4.56
n1-highmem-9696624$5.678
n1-megamem-96961433.6$9.109
n1-ultramem-1601603844$21.345

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Google Cloud Billing Catalog API. Compare all GCP Compute Engine sizes.