Google Compute Engine Machine Type g2-standard-8

Accelerator-optimized Google Compute Engine machine type g2-standard-8 with 8 vCPU and 32 GB memory. Available in 18 Google Cloud regions.

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Google Cloud VM g2-standard-8

Technical facts about the Google Compute Engine machine type g2-standard-8.

Series G2
Family Accelerator-optimized
vCPU 8
Memory 32 GB
CPU Manufactur Intel
CPU Platform
  • Intel Cascade Lake
CPU Base Frequency 2.2 GHz
CPU Turbo Frequency 2.9 GHz
CPU Max. Turbo Frequency 3.7 GHz
Accelerator (GPUs) 1
Accelerator Type NVIDIA L4
EEMBC CoreMark Benchmark (?) 111997
EEMBC CoreMark Standard Deviation 0.64 %
EEMBC CoreMark Sample Count 48
SAP Standard Benchmark (?) -
Network Bandwidth 16 Gbps
Network Tier 1 -
Max. Disk Size 257 TB
Max. Number of Disks 128
Local SSD ✔️ Optional
SAP Application ❌
SAP HANA ❌
Spot Provisioning Mode (Spot VM) ✔️
Sustained Use Discount (SUD) ❌
GCE API Description Graphics Optimized: 1 NVIDIA L4 GPU, 8 vCPUs, 32GB RAM

Costs (Pricing) for g2-standard-8

Cost and pricing across all regions for Google Cloud VM g2-standard-8.

Price per Hour

Min. Avg. Max.
Standard price per hour 0.8508 0.9847 1.3658
Spot provisioning model (Spot VM) 0.2243 0.3451 0.5047

Price per Month

Min. Avg. Max.
Price per month 621.11 718.83 997.03
Spot provisioning model (Spot VM) 163.73 251.92 368.4
1 year commitment (CUD) 391.3 452.86 628.13
3 year commitment (CUD) 279.5 323.47 448.66

Operating System Licenses Costs

Monthly costs for paid premium operating system licenses for Google Compute Engine machine type g2-standard-8.

Operating System Month 1Y CUD 3Y CUD
Microsoft Windows Server 268.64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 80.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 84.1 84.1 84.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 299.3 119.94 107.75
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP 131.4 131.4 131.4

Price per Region

Costs and pricing for Google Compute Engine machine type g2-standard-8 in Google Cloud regions in which the VM is available. Between the most expensive and the cheapest region is a price difference of 38%.

Region Location #Zones #Platf. Hour Spot Month 1Y CUD 3Y CUD
us-east4 Northern Virginia 2 1 0.8508 0.3403 621.11 391.3 279.5
us-central1 Iowa 🍃 3 1 0.8536 0.3406 623.15 392.58 280.42
us-east1 South Carolina 3 1 0.8536 0.3406 623.15 392.58 280.42
us-west1 Oregon 🍃 3 1 0.8536 0.3406 623.15 392.58 280.42
asia-south1 Mumbai 3 1 0.8886 0.3543 648.67 408.66 291.9
europe-west4 Netherlands 🍃 3 1 0.8972 0.3341 654.96 412.62 294.73
europe-west1 Belgium 🍃 2 1 0.9399 0.3465 686.15 432.27 308.77
northamerica-northeast1 Montréal 🍃 1 1 0.9399 0.3416 686.15 432.27 308.77
northamerica-northeast2 Toronto 🍃 2 1 0.9399 0.3517 686.15 432.27 308.77
us-west4 Las Vegas 2 1 0.9614 0.2243 701.85 442.16 315.83
europe-west2 London 🍃 2 1 0.9719 0.3796 709.5 446.99 319.28
asia-east1 Taiwan 3 1 0.9884 0.2941 721.54 454.57 324.69
europe-west3 Frankfurt 🍃 2 1 1.006 0.4024 734.4 462.67 330.48
asia-southeast1 Singapore 3 1 1.0531 0.3833 768.77 484.33 345.95
asia-northeast1 Tokyo 3 1 1.0962 0.4361 800.24 504.15 360.11
asia-northeast3 Seoul 2 1 1.0962 0.2286 800.24 504.15 360.11
europe-west6 Zurich 🍃 2 1 1.1681 0.2685 852.68 537.18 383.7
me-central2 Dammam 2 1 1.3658 0.5047 997.03 628.13 448.66