G4 family · General Purposex86_64 · Intel/AMD

g4-standard-6

The g4-standard-6 machine type has 6 vCPUs and 22 GB of memory. Pricing for this instance starts at $0.56 per hour and $408.48 monthly in the us-central1 region.

Updated June 18, 2026
vCPUs
6
Memory
22 GB
Network
Up to 20 Gbps
Storage
Local SSD

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us-central1 · USD · monthly = 730 hrs
Prices exclude local taxes
TermHourlyMonthlySavings
On-Demand
$0.5596$408.48 Baseline
1-Year Committed Use Discount (CUD)
$0.3861$281.85 -31%
3-Year Committed Use Discount (CUD)
$0.2461$179.68 -56%
Preemptible / Spot
$0.1148$83.81 -79%
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Compute

x86_64 · Intel/AMD
vCPUs i6
Memory i22 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 disks8
Max disk size257 TB
Local SSDsSupported (Scratch Disk)

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vs.
Specg4-standard-6g4-standard-12Δ
vCPUs612+100%
Memory22 GB45 GB+105%
Hourly Price$0.5596$1.1250+101%
Monthly Price$408.48$821.24+101%
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