Google Cloud Compute Engine
t2a-standard-8
A Google Cloud Compute Engine machine type in the T2A machine series.
On AWS
The nearest AWS machines to t2a-standard-8 by vCPU and memory, at On-demand Linux rates in Singapore (asia-southeast1 ↔ ap-southeast-1). t2a-standard-8 isn't sold in us-east4, so this compares the paired region where its rate is lowest.
| Machine | Size | On-demand Linux | vs t2a-standard-8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| t2a-standard-8This page · Google Cloud, asia-southeast1 | 8 vCPU · 32 GiB | $0.37984/hr | — |
| m6g.2xlargesame 8 vCPU and 32 GiB; Arm on both | 8 vCPU · 32 GiB | $0.3840/hr | 1.1% more |
| m7g.2xlargesame 8 vCPU and 32 GiB; Arm on both | 8 vCPU · 32 GiB | $0.4080/hr | 7.4% more |
| m8g.2xlargesame 8 vCPU and 32 GiB; Arm on both | 8 vCPU · 32 GiB | $0.4488/hr | 18% more |
Matched on vCPU and memory, then CPU vendor, then rate; a larger size is offered only when nothing is the same size. On-demand Linux only: Spot and commitments work differently on the two clouds, so they aren't compared here.
How this price is built
Google bills a VM by its parts, each with its own SKU. These are the parts of the On-demand Linux rate in Iowa (us-central1). The total is the published price; the parts add up to it.
| Part | SKU | Google's rate | Quantity | Per hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vCPU | T2A Arm Instance Core running in Americas 7F42-2C35-6872 | $0.0249 per hour | 8 vCPU | $0.1992 |
| Memory | T2A Arm Instance Ram running in Americas C5C1-548B-71FE | $0.0034 per GiB-hour | 32 GiB | $0.1088 |
| On-demand, Linux | $0.3080 | |||
Rates by region
On-demand: Pay-as-you-go rate, composed from Google's per-vCPU and per-GiB SKUs
| Region | Linux (On-demand) | vs On-demand |
|---|---|---|
asia-southeast1 HighestSingapore | $0.37984 | |
europe-west4 Netherlands | $0.323553 | |
us-central1 LowestIowa | $0.3080 |
No regions match the filter.
Monthly is 730 hours and annual is 8,760. Google doesn't offer Windows on Arm, so t2a-standard-8 has Linux prices only.
What the prices include
- Regions. t2a-standard-8 is priced in the 3 regions where Compute Engine runs it in at least one zone. It may run in only some of a region's zones.
- Spot. Google can stop a Spot VM at any time and changes Spot prices up to once every 30 days.
- Sustained use. T2A gets no sustained-use discount.
Other T2A machine types
| Machine type | vCPU | Memory (GiB) | Lowest On-demand, Linux |
|---|---|---|---|
| t2a-standard-1 | 1 | 4 | $0.0385/hr |
| t2a-standard-2 | 2 | 8 | $0.0770/hr |
| t2a-standard-4 | 4 | 16 | $0.1540/hr |
| t2a-standard-8 | 8 | 32 | $0.3080/hr |
| t2a-standard-16 | 16 | 64 | $0.6160/hr |
| t2a-standard-32 | 32 | 128 | $1.2320/hr |
| t2a-standard-48 | 48 | 192 | $1.8480/hr |