AMD's 5th Gen EPYC Processors Power Google Cloud's New High-Performance Virtual Machines

AMD announced that its 5th Gen EPYC™ processors are now powering Google Cloud’s newly introduced C4D and H4D virtual machines, marking a significant advancement in cloud computing performance and scalability.

The C4D VMs are designed for general-purpose workloads and AI inference, delivering up to 80% higher throughput per vCPU compared to previous generations thanks to AMD’s latest “Zen 5” architecture. The H4D VMs, optimized for high-performance computing (HPC), support massive scaling across tens of thousands of cores through AMD CPUs and Cloud RDMA technology.

Dan McNamara, SVP and GM of AMD’s Server Business, emphasized the impact of AMD’s continued innovation and close collaboration with Google Cloud, while Google Cloud’s VP Mark Lohmeyer noted that these instances provide enterprise customers with performance and cost efficiency tailored to both cloud-native and HPC applications.

The C4D and H4D instances are currently in preview and are expected to become generally available later in 2025 across multiple global regions.