G4 family · General Purposex86_64 · Intel/AMD

g4-standard-48

The g4-standard-48 machine type has 48 vCPUs and 180 GB of memory. Pricing for this instance starts at $4.50 per hour and $3284.95 monthly in the us-central1 region.

Updated June 18, 2026
vCPUs
48
Memory
180 GB
Network
Up to 50 Gbps
Storage
Local SSD

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All pricing options

us-central1 · USD · monthly = 730 hrs
Prices exclude local taxes
TermHourlyMonthlySavings
On-Demand
$4.4999$3284.95 Baseline
1-Year Committed Use Discount (CUD)
$3.1050$2266.65 -31%
3-Year Committed Use Discount (CUD)
$1.9794$1445.00 -56%
Preemptible / Spot
$0.9234$674.05 -79%
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Compute

x86_64 · Intel/AMD
vCPUs i48
Memory i180 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 bandwidth50 Gbps
Tier 1 bandwidthN/A
Enhanced networking iYes (gvnic/virtio)
IPv6 supportYes (Dual-stack VPC)

Storage

Max persistent disks32
Max disk size512 TB
Local SSDsSupported (Scratch Disk)

Compare with another instance

vs.
Specg4-standard-48g4-standard-6Δ
vCPUs486-87%
Memory180 GB22 GB-88%
Hourly Price$4.4999$0.5596-88%
Monthly Price$3284.95$408.48-88%
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