Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | c2-standard-4 | e2-highmem-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 | Cost optimized with burstable capabilities. Low-traffic web servers, Small databases, Development and test environments. e – Economic general purpose with burstable capabilities 2 – Generation highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio 4 – Number of CPUs |
| Instance Family | Compute optimized | Cost optimized |
| Description | Compute Optimized: 4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM | Efficient Instance, 4 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 4 | 4 |
| Memory | 16 GiB | 32 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Cascade Lake | Intel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan |
| Coremark Score | 73269 | 51736 |
| 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 | no |
| Nested Virtualization | yes | no |
| Custom Shapes | no | yes |
| 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) | SCSI |
| Local SSD | yes | no |
| Max Local SSD | 3000 GB | |
| Extreme Persistent Disks | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Extreme | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Throughput | no | no |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net |
| Avg Price Diff | Infinityx |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | c2-standard-4 | e2-highmem-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | n/a | 0.1808 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | n/a | 0.1990 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | n/a | 0.2036 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | n/a | 0.2036 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | n/a | 0.2093 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | n/a | 0.2097 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | n/a | 0.2097 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | n/a | 0.2133 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | n/a | 0.2134 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | n/a | 0.2171 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | n/a | 0.2171 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | n/a | 0.1898 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | n/a | 0.2172 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | n/a | 0.2172 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | n/a | 0.2180 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | n/a | 0.2188 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | n/a | 0.2197 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | n/a | 0.2230 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | n/a | 0.2318 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-27) | n/a | 0.2318 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-28) | n/a | 0.2318 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-29) | n/a | 0.2329 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | n/a | 0.1971 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-30) | n/a | 0.2329 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-31) | n/a | 0.2329 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-32) | n/a | 0.2332 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-33) | n/a | 0.2368 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-34) | n/a | 0.2431 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-35) | n/a | 0.2530 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-36) | n/a | 0.2565 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-37) | n/a | 0.2585 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-38) | n/a | 0.2870 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-39) | n/a | 0.2893 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | n/a | 0.1989 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | n/a | 0.1989 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | n/a | 0.1989 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | n/a | 0.1990 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 0.1990 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 0.1990 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | n/a | 0.1808 |
| North America | Ohio (us-east5) | n/a | 0.1808 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | n/a | 0.1808 |