GCP c3-highmem-8 Pricing and Specs
Google Cloud Platform c3-highmem-8 is a compute-optimized instance with 8 vCPUs and 64.0 GB memory. This page provides comprehensive pricing comparison across all major regions, including on-demand, reserved, and spot pricing options.
Specifications
| Specification |
Value |
| vCPU |
8 |
| Memory |
64.0 GB |
| Storage |
Standard Persistent Disk |
| Network Performance |
High |
| EBS Bandwidth |
High |
| Processor |
Intel Sapphire Rapids |
Pricing by Region
On-Demand Pricing
| Region |
Hourly |
Monthly |
| US East (N. Virginia) |
$0.3000 |
$219.00 |
| US West (Oregon) |
$0.3150 |
$229.95 |
| US Central (Iowa) |
$0.3060 |
$223.38 |
| Canada Central |
$0.3240 |
$236.52 |
| EU West (Ireland) |
$0.3150 |
$229.95 |
Reserved Instance (1-Year No Upfront)
| Region |
Hourly |
Savings vs On-Demand |
| US East (N. Virginia) |
$0.1800 |
40% |
| US Central (Iowa) |
$0.1836 |
40% |
| EU West (Ireland) |
$0.1890 |
40% |
Spot Pricing
| Region |
Hourly |
Savings vs On-Demand |
| US East (N. Virginia) |
$0.0900 |
70% |
| US Central (Iowa) |
$0.0918 |
70% |
| EU West (Ireland) |
$0.0945 |
70% |
Use Cases
compute-optimized instance are ideal for c3-highmem-8:
- Batch processing workloads
- Dedicated game servers
- High-performance computing
Equivalent Instances
| Provider |
Instance |
vCPU |
Memory |
Price Diff |
| AWS |
m5.large |
2 |
8 |
13% |
| Azure |
D2s_v5 |
2 |
8 |
15% |
| GCP |
c3-highmem-8 |
8 |
64.0 |
baseline |
| Alibaba Cloud |
ecs.g6-large |
2 |
8 |
11% |
Data Source
- API: Google Cloud Platform Official Pricing API
- Fetched: 2026-07-23
- Methodology: Prices retrieved via official API and normalized to USD hourly/monthly rates
