C4N network and storage-optimized VMs
As organizations scale modern workloads — from high-throughput databases and network/security appliances to real-time analytics and AI/ML inference — network and block storage performance can quickly become a bottleneck. Standard virtual machines often struggle to balance compute efficiency with the high-volume data-transfer demands of these applications.
At Google Cloud Next ‘26, we announced C4N in preview, our first network- and block-storage-optimized Google Compute Engine instance that’s purpose-built to eliminate I/O bottlenecks for demanding enterprise applications, and today, it is generally available. Built on Google's custom-designed Titanium offload architecture, C4N instances offload network and storage tasks to dedicated hardware to unlock incredible performance and compute efficiency. C4N offers up to 400 Gbps of network bandwidth and a market-leading 95 million packets per second (MPPS) — nearly 33% higher network bandwidth per vCPU and 224% faster packet processing performance than comparable Intel-based offerings at other hyperscalers. This performance makes...
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