Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | c2-standard-4 | c3d-highcpu-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Details | High-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding. c – Compute optimized 2 – Generation standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio 4 – Number of CPUs | High-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding. c – Compute optimized 3 – Generation highcpu – 1-2x RAM/CPU ratio 4 – Number of CPUs |
| Instance Family | Compute optimized | General-purpose |
| Description | Compute Optimized: 4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM | 4 vCPUs, 8 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 4 | 4 |
| Memory | 16 GiB | 8 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Cascade Lake | AMD EPYC Genoa |
| Coremark Score | 73269 | 94611 |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | yes | no |
| 25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.8678 | |
| 50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.733 | |
| 75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.6 | |
| Sole Tenancy | yes | yes |
| Nested Virtualization | yes | no |
| Custom Shapes | no | no |
| Confidential Compute | no | no |
| Maximum Persistent Disks | 128 | 128 |
| Maximum Persistent Disks Size | 263168 GB | 263168 GB |
| Disk Interface Type | SCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD) | NVMe |
| Local SSD | yes | yes |
| Max Local SSD | 3000 GB | 12000 GB |
| Extreme Persistent Disks | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Extreme | no | yes |
| Hyperdisk Throughput | no | yes |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net | gVNIC |
| Avg Price Diff | Infinityx |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | c2-standard-4 | c3d-highcpu-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | n/a | 0.1499 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | n/a | 0.1874 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | n/a | 0.1949 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | n/a | 0.2399 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | n/a | 0.1559 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | n/a | 0.1574 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | n/a | 0.1634 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | n/a | 0.1651 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | n/a | 0.1736 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | n/a | 0.1769 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 0.1802 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 0.1850 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | n/a | 0.1499 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | n/a | 0.1499 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | n/a | 0.1499 |