T2A family · General Purposearm64 · Ampere

t2a-standard-48

The t2a-standard-48 machine type has 48 vCPUs and 192 GB of memory. Pricing for this instance starts at $1.85 per hour and $1349.04 monthly in the us-central1 region.

Updated June 19, 2026
vCPUs
48
Memory
192 GB
Network
Up to 32 Gbps
Storage
Persistent Disk

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us-central1 · USD · monthly = 730 hrs
Prices exclude local taxes
TermHourlyMonthlySavings
On-Demand
$1.8480$1349.04 Baseline
1-Year Committed Use Discount (CUD)
$1.8480$1349.04 Baseline
3-Year Committed Use Discount (CUD)
$1.8480$1349.04 Baseline
Preemptible / Spot
$0.5908$431.27 -68%
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Compute

arm64 · Ampere
vCPUs i48
Memory i192 GB
Physical processorAmpere Altra
Nested VirtualizationNot supported
Sole TenantNot supported
GPUNone
Within T2A family
t2a-standard-1
1 vCPU
t2a-standard-2
2 vCPU
t2a-standard-4
4 vCPU
t2a-standard-8
8 vCPU
t2a-standard-16
16 vCPU
t2a-standard-32
32 vCPU
t2a-standard-48
48 vCPU

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Networking

Max egress bandwidth32 Gbps
Tier 1 bandwidthN/A
Enhanced networking iYes (gvnic/virtio)
IPv6 supportYes (Dual-stack VPC)

Storage

Max persistent disks128
Max disk size512 TB
Local SSDsNo local SSD

Compare with another instance

vs.
Spect2a-standard-48t2a-standard-1Δ
vCPUs481-98%
Memory192 GB4 GB-98%
Hourly Price$1.8480$0.0385-98%
Monthly Price$1349.04$28.11-98%
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