vCPU performance levels
When creating a virtual machine, you need to select a vCPU performance level. This level defines the physical core computing time a vCPU can guarantee.
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Virtual machines with performance under 100% have access to the computing power of physical cores for at least the specified percentage of a unit of time.
At 20% performance, a VM will have access to the physical cores at least 20% of the time, i.e., 200 milliseconds out of every second. During that time, the processor clock speed is not limited and depends on the selected platform, e.g., 2 GHz for Intel Ice Lake (
standard-v3
).VMs with a performance level under 100% are designed to run applications that do not require high performance and are not sensitive to delays. These VMs cost less.
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Virtual machines with 100% performance have continuous access (100% of the time) to the physical core computing power. Such VMs are designed to run applications that require high performance all the time.
Actual performance may exceed the guaranteed level. Available configurations of computing resources may change for different levels, depending on the selected platform.
The available disk space does not depend on the VM performance level. For limitations, see Quotas and limits in Compute Cloud.
Minimum and maximum configurations
This subsection presents the minimum and maximum computing resource configurations depending on the platform. You can achieve these values in different combinations.
Note
The option with simultaneous maximum configuration of all computing resources is not available for all platforms. For more information, see Available configurations.
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Intel Broadwell (
standard-v1
):Limit Performance
levelvCPU RAM, GB
totalRAM, GB
per coreMin 5% 2 1 0.5 Max 100% 32 256 8 -
Intel Cascade Lake (
standard-v2
):Limit Performance
levelvCPU RAM, GB
totalRAM, GB
per coreMin 5% 2 0.5 0.25 Max 100% 80 1280 16 -
Intel Ice Lake (
standard-v3
):Limit Performance
levelvCPU RAM, GB
totalRAM, GB
per coreMin 20% 2 1 0.5 Max 100% 96 640 16 -
Intel Ice Lake Compute-Optimized (
highfreq-v3
):Limit Performance
levelvCPU RAM, GB
totalRAM, GB
per coreMin 100% 2 2 1 Max 100% 56 448 16
Available configurations
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Intel Broadwell (
standard-v1
):Performance
levelvCPU RAM, GB
per core5% 2, 4 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 20% 2, 4 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 100% 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14,
16, 20, 24, 28, 321, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 -
Intel Cascade Lake (
standard-v2
):Performance
levelvCPU RAM, GB
per core5% 2, 4 0.25, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 20% 2, 4 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 50% 2, 4 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 100% 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14,
16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36,
40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60,
64, 68, 72, 76, 801, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 -
Intel Ice Lake (
standard-v3
):Performance
levelvCPU RAM per core, GB 20% 2, 4 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 50% 2, 4 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 100% 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16100% 24 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 100% 28 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 100% 32 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 100% 36, 40 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16100% 44 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14100% 48 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13100% 52 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12100% 56 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11100% 60, 64 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 100% 68 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 100% 72, 76, 80 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 100% 84, 88 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 100% 92, 96 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 -
Intel Ice Lake Compute-Optimized (
highfreq-v3
):vCPU RAM, GB per core 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14,
16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36,
40, 44, 48, 52, 561, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16