REST Resource: machineTypes

Resource: MachineType

Represents a Machine Type resource.

You can use specific machine types for your VM instances based on performance and pricing requirements. For more information, read Machine Types.

JSON representation 
{
  "kind": string,
  "id": string,
  "creationTimestamp": string,
  "name": string,
  "description": string,
  "guestCpus": integer,
  "memoryMb": integer,
  "imageSpaceGb": integer,
  "maximumPersistentDisks": integer,
  "maximumPersistentDisksSizeGb": string,
  "deprecated": {
    object (DeprecationStatus)
  },
  "zone": string,
  "selfLink": string,
  "isSharedCpu": boolean,
  "accelerators": [
    {
      "guestAcceleratorType": string,
      "guestAcceleratorCount": integer
    }
  ],
  "architecture": enum (Architecture),
  "bundledLocalSsds": {
    object (BundledLocalSsds)
  }
}
Fields
kind

string

Output only. Output only. The type of the resource. Always

compute#machineType

for machine types.
id

string (uint64 format)

Output only. The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.
creationTimestamp

string

Output only. Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
name

string

Output only. Name of the resource.
description

string

Output only. An optional textual description of the resource.
guestCpus

integer

Output only. The number of virtual CPUs that are available to the instance.
memoryMb

integer

Output only. The amount of physical memory available to the instance, defined in MB.
imageSpaceGb

integer

[Deprecated] This property is deprecated and will never be populated with any relevant values.

Available from 2026-03-01..
maximumPersistentDisks

integer

Output only. Maximum persistent disks allowed.
maximumPersistentDisksSizeGb

string (int64 format)

Output only. Maximum total persistent disks size (GB) allowed.
deprecated

object (DeprecationStatus)

Output only. The deprecation status associated with this machine type. Only applicable if the machine type is unavailable.
zone

string

Output only. The name of the zone where the machine type resides, such as us-central1-a.
isSharedCpu

boolean

Output only. Whether this machine type has a shared CPU. See Shared-core machine types for more information.
accelerators[]

object

Output only. A list of accelerator configurations assigned to this machine type.
accelerators[].guestAcceleratorType

string

The accelerator type resource name, not a full URL, e.g.

nvidia-tesla-t4

.
accelerators[].guestAcceleratorCount

integer

Number of accelerator cards exposed to the guest.
architecture

enum (Architecture)

Output only. The architecture of the machine type.
bundledLocalSsds

object (BundledLocalSsds)

Output only. The configuration of bundled local SSD for the machine type.

Available from 2026-03-01..

BundledLocalSsds

JSON representation 
{
  "partitionCount": integer,
  "defaultInterface": string
}
Fields
partitionCount

integer

The number of partitions.

Available from 2026-03-01..
defaultInterface

string

The default disk interface if the interface is not specified.

Available from 2026-03-01..

Methods

aggregatedList

 Retrieves an aggregated list of machine types.

get

 Returns the specified machine type.

list

 Retrieves a list of machine types available to the specified project.