Flexible node type compatibility reference

This reference lists the instance type compatibility groups for flexible node types. When you configure a compute resource with flexible node types, Databricks can automatically fall back to compatible instance types if your preferred type is unavailable.

Compatible instance types within a group share the same vCPU count, memory (within 100-110%), local disk configuration, CPU architecture, and OS image support. For more information about flexible node types, see Improve compute launch reliability using flexible node types.

GCP instance type compatibility groups

a2 family

Primary instance type	Compatible instance types
a2-highgpu-1g	None
a2-highgpu-2g	None
a2-highgpu-4g	None
a2-highgpu-8g	None
a2-megagpu-16g	None
a2-ultragpu-1g	None
a2-ultragpu-2g	None
a2-ultragpu-4g	None
a2-ultragpu-8g	None

a3 family

Primary instance type	Compatible instance types
a3-highgpu-8g	None

c2 family

Primary instance type	Compatible instance types
c2-standard-4	None
c2-standard-8	n2-standard-8, n2d-standard-8
c2-standard-16	n2-standard-16, n2d-standard-16
c2-standard-30	None
c2-standard-60	None

c3 family

Primary instance type	Compatible instance types
c3-highmem-4	c3d-highmem-4
c3-highmem-8	c3d-highmem-8
c3-highmem-22	None
c3-standard-4	c3d-standard-4, n4-standard-4
c3-standard-4-lssd	None
c3-standard-8	c3d-standard-8, n4-standard-8
c3-standard-8-lssd	None
c3-standard-22	None
c3-standard-22-lssd	None
c3-standard-44-lssd	None
c3-standard-88-lssd	None

c3d family

Primary instance type	Compatible instance types
c3d-highmem-4	c3-highmem-4
c3d-highmem-8	c3-highmem-8
c3d-highmem-8-lssd	None
c3d-highmem-16	None
c3d-highmem-16-lssd	None
c3d-highmem-30	None
c3d-highmem-30-lssd	None
c3d-highmem-60-lssd	None
c3d-highmem-90-lssd	None
c3d-highmem-180-lssd	None
c3d-highmem-360-lssd	None
c3d-standard-4	c3-standard-4, n4-standard-4
c3d-standard-8	c3-standard-8, n4-standard-8
c3d-standard-8-lssd	None
c3d-standard-16	n4-standard-16
c3d-standard-16-lssd	None
c3d-standard-30	None
c3d-standard-30-lssd	None
c3d-standard-60-lssd	None
c3d-standard-90-lssd	None
c3d-standard-180-lssd	None
c3d-standard-360-lssd	None

c4 family

Primary instance type	Compatible instance types
c4-standard-4	c3-standard-4, c3d-standard-4, n4-standard-4, c4d-standard-4
c4-standard-8	c3-standard-8, c3d-standard-8, n4-standard-8, c4d-standard-8
c4-standard-16	c3d-standard-16, n4-standard-16, c4d-standard-16
c4-standard-32	n4-standard-32, c4d-standard-32

c4a family

Primary instance type	Compatible instance types
c4a-highmem-4	None
c4a-highmem-4-lssd	None
c4a-highmem-8	None
c4a-highmem-8-lssd	None
c4a-highmem-16	None
c4a-highmem-16-lssd	None
c4a-highmem-32	None
c4a-highmem-32-lssd	None
c4a-highmem-48-lssd	None
c4a-highmem-64-lssd	None
c4a-highmem-72-lssd	None
c4a-standard-4	None
c4a-standard-4-lssd	None
c4a-standard-8	None
c4a-standard-8-lssd	None
c4a-standard-16	None
c4a-standard-16-lssd	None
c4a-standard-32	None
c4a-standard-32-lssd	None
c4a-standard-72-lssd	None

c4d family

Primary instance type	Compatible instance types
c4d-standard-4	c4-standard-4, c3-standard-4, c3d-standard-4, n4-standard-4
c4d-standard-8	c3-standard-8, c3d-standard-8, n4-standard-8
c4d-standard-16	c3d-standard-16, n4-standard-16
c4d-standard-32	n4-standard-32

e2 family

Primary instance type	Compatible instance types
e2-highcpu-16	n2-highcpu-16, n2d-highcpu-16
e2-highcpu-32	n2-highcpu-32, n2d-highcpu-32
e2-highmem-2	None
e2-highmem-4	None
e2-highmem-8	None
e2-highmem-16	None
e2-standard-4	None
e2-standard-8	None
e2-standard-16	None
e2-standard-32	None

g2 family

Primary instance type	Compatible instance types
g2-standard-4	None
g2-standard-8	None
g2-standard-12	None
g2-standard-16	None
g2-standard-24	None
g2-standard-32	None
g2-standard-48	None
g2-standard-96	None

g4 family

Primary instance type	Compatible instance types
g4-standard-48	None
g4-standard-96	None

n1 family

Primary instance type	Compatible instance types
n1-highcpu-16	None
n1-highcpu-32	None
n1-highcpu-64	None
n1-highcpu-96	None
n1-highmem-4	None
n1-highmem-8	None
n1-highmem-16	None
n1-highmem-32	None
n1-highmem-64	None
n1-highmem-96	None
n1-standard-4	n2-standard-4, n2d-standard-4
n1-standard-8	c2-standard-8, n2-standard-8, n2d-standard-8
n1-standard-16	None
n1-standard-32	None
n1-standard-64	n2-standard-64, n2d-standard-64
n1-standard-96	n2d-standard-96

n2 family

Primary instance type	Compatible instance types
n2-highcpu-16	e2-highcpu-16, n2d-highcpu-16
n2-highcpu-32	e2-highcpu-32, n2d-highcpu-32
n2-highcpu-48	n2d-highcpu-48
n2-highcpu-64	n2d-highcpu-64
n2-highcpu-80	n2d-highcpu-80
n2-highmem-2	n2d-highmem-2
n2-highmem-4	n2d-highmem-4
n2-highmem-8	n2d-highmem-8
n2-highmem-16	n2d-highmem-16
n2-highmem-32	n2d-highmem-32
n2-highmem-48	n2d-highmem-48
n2-highmem-64	n2d-highmem-64
n2-highmem-80	n2d-highmem-80
n2-standard-4	n2d-standard-4
n2-standard-8	c2-standard-8, n2d-standard-8
n2-standard-16	c2-standard-16, n2d-standard-16
n2-standard-32	n2d-standard-32
n2-standard-48	n2d-standard-48
n2-standard-64	n2d-standard-64
n2-standard-80	n2d-standard-80

n2d family

Primary instance type	Compatible instance types
n2d-highcpu-16	e2-highcpu-16, n2-highcpu-16
n2d-highcpu-32	e2-highcpu-32, n2-highcpu-32
n2d-highcpu-48	n2-highcpu-48
n2d-highcpu-64	n2-highcpu-64
n2d-highcpu-80	n2-highcpu-80
n2d-highcpu-96	None
n2d-highcpu-128	None
n2d-highcpu-224	None
n2d-highmem-2	n2-highmem-2
n2d-highmem-4	n2-highmem-4
n2d-highmem-8	n2-highmem-8
n2d-highmem-16	n2-highmem-16
n2d-highmem-32	n2-highmem-32
n2d-highmem-48	n2-highmem-48
n2d-highmem-64	n2-highmem-64
n2d-highmem-80	n2-highmem-80
n2d-highmem-96	None
n2d-standard-4	n2-standard-4
n2d-standard-8	c2-standard-8, n2-standard-8
n2d-standard-16	c2-standard-16, n2-standard-16
n2d-standard-32	n2-standard-32
n2d-standard-48	n2-standard-48
n2d-standard-64	n2-standard-64
n2d-standard-80	n2-standard-80
n2d-standard-96	None
n2d-standard-128	None
n2d-standard-224	None

n4 family

Primary instance type	Compatible instance types
n4-standard-4	c3-standard-4, c3d-standard-4
n4-standard-8	c3-standard-8, c3d-standard-8
n4-standard-16	c3d-standard-16
n4-standard-32	None