n2-highcpu-48

n2-highcpu-48 is a GCP Compute Engine machine type with 48 vCPUs, 48 GiB memory (Intel Xeon (Ice Lake) or Intel Xeon (Cascade Lake)). In Iowa it costs $1.721 per hour on demand ($1,256.11 per month) for Linux; a 1-year committed use discount costs $1.084 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $1.032 per hour. It is sold in 40 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$1.721$1.032$1.084$0.7743
South Carolina us-east1$1.721$1.032$1.084$0.7743
Columbus us-east5$1.721$1.033$1.084$0.7743
Oregon us-west1$1.721$1.032$1.084$0.7743
Johannesburg africa-south1$1.893$0.6518$1.192$0.8518
Belgium europe-west1$1.893$0.4065$1.192$0.8518
Tel Aviv me-west1$1.893$1.135$1.192$0.8518
Netherlands europe-west4$1.894$0.669$1.193$0.8525
Montréal northamerica-northeast1$1.894$0.8622$1.193$0.8524
Toronto northamerica-northeast2$1.894$0.1704$1.193$0.8524
Finland europe-north1$1.895$0.963$1.193$0.8525
Northern Virginia us-east4$1.938$0.5306$1.16$0.8285
Las Vegas us-west4$1.938$1.126$1.16$0.8285
Taiwan asia-east1$1.992$0.7568$1.255$0.8966
Milan europe-west8$1.996$0.2612$1.258$0.8982
Paris europe-west9$1.996$0.5287$1.258$0.8982
Madrid europe-southwest1$2.03$0.5482$1.279$0.9137
Dallas us-south1$2.03$0.3619$1.279$0.9137
Mumbai asia-south1$2.067$0.6799$1.302$0.93
Delhi asia-south2$2.067$0.2047$1.302$0.93
Los Angeles us-west2$2.067$0.73$1.302$0.9301
Salt Lake City us-west3$2.067$0.8286$1.302$0.9301
Melbourne australia-southeast2$2.075$0.8263$1.308$0.9343
Warsaw europe-central2$2.082$0.748$1.312$0.937
Doha me-central1$2.091$0.4527$1.317$0.9408
Singapore asia-southeast1$2.123$0.847$1.337$0.9552
Osaka asia-northeast2$2.21$0.5839$1.392$0.9944
Seoul asia-northeast3$2.21$0.5491$1.392$0.9944
Tokyo asia-northeast1$2.21$0.6697$1.392$0.9944
London europe-west2$2.217$0.4628$1.395$0.9967
Frankfurt europe-west3$2.217$1.157$1.395$0.9967
Berlin europe-west10$2.217$0.3264$1.395$0.9967
Turin europe-west12$2.22$0.431$1.398$0.9989
Zurich europe-west6$2.254$0.8616$1.42$1.014
Jakarta asia-southeast2$2.314$1.122$1.458$1.041
Hong Kong asia-east2$2.408$0.5824$1.517$1.083
Sydney australia-southeast1$2.442$1.171$1.539$1.099
Santiago southamerica-west1$2.461$0.6607$1.55$1.107
São Paulo southamerica-east1$2.731$0.6281$1.721$1.229
Dammam me-central2$2.753$0.4779$1.734$1.239

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs48
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon (Ice Lake) or Intel Xeon (Cascade Lake)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)48
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 32 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageNetwork disks only
Max persistent disks128
Instance detailsValue
Instance typen2-highcpu-48
Familyn2
CategoryGeneral purpose
OtherValue
SeriesN2
Specs sourceCompute Engine API

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n2-highcpu-222$0.0717
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n2-highmem-2216$0.131
n2-highcpu-444$0.1434
n2-standard-4416$0.1942
n2-highmem-4432$0.262
n2-highcpu-888$0.2868
n2-standard-8832$0.3885
n2-highmem-8864$0.5241
n2-highcpu-161616$0.5736
n2-standard-161664$0.7769
n2-highmem-1616128$1.048
n2-highcpu-323232$1.147
n2-standard-3232128$1.554
n2-highmem-3232256$2.096
n2-highcpu-484848$1.721
n2-standard-4848192$2.331
n2-highmem-4848384$3.144
n2-highcpu-646464$2.294
n2-standard-6464256$3.108
n2-highmem-6464512$4.192
n2-highcpu-808080$2.868
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n2-highmem-8080640$5.241
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n2-standard-9696384$4.662
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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Google Cloud Billing Catalog API. Compare all GCP Compute Engine sizes.