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Compute Cloud

vCPU performance levels

When creating a virtual machine without GPUs, you need to select a vCPU performance level. This level defines the physical core computing time a vCPU can guarantee.

  • 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 is equal to that of the selected platform, such as 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.

  • 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.

VMs with GPUs always have the 100% performance level.

Minimum and maximum configurations:

Note

Minimum configurations are specified for the 20% performance level, while maximum configurations, for 100%.

  • Intel Ice Lake (standard-v3):

    Configuration vCPU RAM, GB
    Min 2 1
    Max 96 640

The computing resources may have the following configurations:

  • Intel Ice Lake (standard-v3):

    Performance
    level    		 vCPU 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, 24, 28, 32, 36,
    40    		 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
    11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
    100% 44 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
    11, 12, 13, 14
    100% 48 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
    11, 12, 13
    100% 52 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
    11, 12
    100% 56 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
    11
    100% 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