AMD's 5th Gen EPYC Boosts Google Cloud VM Performance

AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) has announced that Google Cloud’s newly introduced C4D and H4D virtual machines are now powered by its 5th Gen EPYC™ processors. These latest VM offerings are engineered to deliver exceptional performance, scalability, and efficiency for a wide range of cloud workloads—from web services and data analytics to high-performance computing (HPC) and AI applications.

The C4D VMs, built for general-purpose tasks and AI inference, benefit from AMD’s “Zen 5” architecture. According to Google Cloud’s internal testing, these instances offer up to 80% higher throughput per vCPU compared to previous generations. Meanwhile, the H4D VMs are optimized for HPC, featuring AMD EPYC CPUs with Cloud RDMA to scale workloads across tens of thousands of cores with low latency.

Dan McNamara, SVP and GM of AMD’s Server Business, expressed excitement over expanding AMD’s cloud presence: “We’re proud to extend the reach of our 5th Gen EPYC processors through our strong collaboration with Google Cloud.”

Mark Lohmeyer, VP and GM of Compute and Machine Learning Infrastructure at Google Cloud, added, “The C4D and H4D instances powered by AMD EPYC provide customers with the performance and efficiency they need for modern workloads.”

Both VM types are available in preview, with general availability expected later this year in multiple global regions.

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