Google Cloud has announced the general availability of the C4 machine series, its highest performance general-purpose VM for Compute Engine and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) customers. C4 VMs are engineered from the ground up and fine-tuned to deliver industry-leading performance, with up to 20% better price-performance for general-purpose workloads, and 45% better price-performance for CPU-based inference versus comparable generally available VMs from other leading hyperscalers. C4 also provides enterprise-grade reliability and granular control to support customers' most business-critical workloads.
Along with the N4 machine series, C4 VMs provide the performance and flexibility you need to handle a majority of workloads, all powered by Google’s Titanium. With Titanium offload technology, C4 provides high performance connectivity with up to 200 Gbps of networking bandwidth and scalable storage with up to 500k IOPS and 10 GB/s throughput on Hyperdisk Extreme. C4 instances scale up to 192 vCPUs and 1.5TB of DDR5 memory and feature the latest generation performance with Intel’s 5th generation Xeon processors (code-named Emerald Rapids) offering predefined shapes in high-cpu, standard, and high-mem configurations.
Whether you're running powerful databases, supporting high-traffic game servers or media streaming, running CPU-based inference, or handling massive data processing and analytics, C4 VMs provide the performance, features, and stability to meet your business needs.
What particularly caught my eye was the significant performance boost that C4 VMs offer, especially for CPU-based inference. With machine learning workloads continuously on the rise, these VMs are a promising solution for businesses looking to optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of their deployments. Furthermore, the improvements in responsiveness, predictability, and control make C4 an excellent choice for time-sensitive applications, ensuring a smooth and reliable user experience.
