C4A family · General Purposex86_64 · Intel/AMD

c4a-highmem-96-metal

The c4a-highmem-96-metal machine type has 96 vCPUs and 768 GB of memory. Pricing for this instance starts at $5.66 per hour and $4130.52 monthly in the us-central1 region.

Updated June 16, 2026
vCPUs
96
Memory
768 GB
Network
Up to 10 Gbps
Storage
Persistent Disk

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us-central1 · USD · monthly = 730 hrs
Prices exclude local taxes
TermHourlyMonthlySavings
On-Demand
$5.6582$4130.52 Baseline
1-Year Committed Use Discount (CUD)
$3.7296$2722.61 -34%
3-Year Committed Use Discount (CUD)
$2.5469$1859.22 -55%
Preemptible / Spot
$2.1120$1541.76 -63%
You could save $2588.76/mo on this instance with the right pricing model.
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Compute

x86_64 · Intel/AMD
vCPUs i96
Memory i768 GB
Physical processorGoogle Axion
Nested VirtualizationNot supported
Sole TenantNot supported
GPUNone
Within C4A family
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c4a-highmem-1
1 vCPU
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2 vCPU
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2 vCPU
c4a-highmem-2
2 vCPU
c4a-highcpu-4
4 vCPU
c4a-standard-4
4 vCPU
c4a-highmem-4
4 vCPU
c4a-standard-4-lssd
4 vCPU
c4a-highmem-4-lssd
4 vCPU
c4a-highcpu-8
8 vCPU
c4a-standard-8
8 vCPU
c4a-highmem-8
8 vCPU
c4a-standard-8-lssd
8 vCPU
c4a-highmem-8-lssd
8 vCPU
c4a-highcpu-16
16 vCPU
c4a-standard-16
16 vCPU
c4a-highmem-16
16 vCPU
c4a-standard-16-lssd
16 vCPU
c4a-highmem-16-lssd
16 vCPU
c4a-highcpu-32
32 vCPU
c4a-standard-32
32 vCPU
c4a-standard-32-lssd
32 vCPU
c4a-highcpu-48
48 vCPU
c4a-highmem-32
32 vCPU
c4a-standard-48
48 vCPU
c4a-highmem-32-lssd
32 vCPU
c4a-highcpu-64
64 vCPU
c4a-highcpu-72
72 vCPU
c4a-standard-48-lssd
48 vCPU
c4a-highmem-48
48 vCPU
c4a-standard-64
64 vCPU
c4a-standard-72
72 vCPU
c4a-highmem-48-lssd
48 vCPU
c4a-standard-64-lssd
64 vCPU
c4a-highmem-64
64 vCPU
c4a-standard-72-lssd
72 vCPU
c4a-highmem-72
72 vCPU
c4a-highmem-64-lssd
64 vCPU
c4a-highmem-72-lssd
72 vCPU
c4a-highmem-96-metal
96 vCPU

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Networking

Max egress bandwidth10 Gbps
Tier 1 bandwidthN/A
Enhanced networking iYes (gvnic/virtio)
IPv6 supportYes (Dual-stack VPC)

Storage

Max persistent disks32
Max disk size512 TB
Local SSDsNo local SSD

Compare with another instance

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Specc4a-highmem-96-metalc4a-highcpu-1Δ
vCPUs961-99%
Memory768 GB2 GB-100%
Hourly Price$5.6582$0.0379-99%
Monthly Price$4130.52$27.65-99%
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