G4 family · General Purposex86_64 · Intel/AMD

g4-standard-12

The g4-standard-12 machine type has 12 vCPUs and 45 GB of memory. Pricing for this instance starts at $1.12 per hour and $821.24 monthly in the us-central1 region.

Updated June 18, 2026
vCPUs
12
Memory
45 GB
Network
Up to 20 Gbps
Storage
Local SSD

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All pricing options

us-central1 · USD · monthly = 730 hrs
Prices exclude local taxes
TermHourlyMonthlySavings
On-Demand
$1.1250$821.24 Baseline
1-Year Committed Use Discount (CUD)
$0.7762$566.66 -31%
3-Year Committed Use Discount (CUD)
$0.4949$361.25 -56%
Preemptible / Spot
$0.2308$168.51 -79%
You could save $652.72/mo on this instance with the right pricing model.
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Compute

x86_64 · Intel/AMD
vCPUs i12
Memory i45 GB
Physical processorAMD Turin
Nested VirtualizationNot supported
Sole TenantNot supported
GPU1 GPU
Within G4 family
g4-standard-6
6 vCPU
g4-standard-12
12 vCPU
g4-standard-24
24 vCPU
g4-standard-48
48 vCPU
g4-standard-96
96 vCPU
g4-standard-192
192 vCPU
g4-standard-384
384 vCPU

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Networking

Max egress bandwidth20 Gbps
Tier 1 bandwidthN/A
Enhanced networking iYes (gvnic/virtio)
IPv6 supportYes (Dual-stack VPC)

Storage

Max persistent disks16
Max disk size257 TB
Local SSDsSupported (Scratch Disk)

Compare with another instance

vs.
Specg4-standard-12g4-standard-6Δ
vCPUs126-50%
Memory45 GB22 GB-51%
Hourly Price$1.1250$0.5596-50%
Monthly Price$821.24$408.48-50%
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