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Instance Typec2-standard-4n2-standard-4
DetailsHigh-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.

n – General purpose
2 – Generation
standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio
4 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedGeneral-purpose
DescriptionCompute Optimized: 4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM4 vCPUs 16 GB RAM
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Cascade LakeIntel Cascade Lake and Ice Lake
Coremark Score7326966884
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)yesyes
25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount0.86780.8678
50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount0.7330.733
75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount0.60.6
Extended Memoryyes
Sole Tenancyyesyes
Nested Virtualizationyesyes
Custom Shapesnoyes
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeSCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)SCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD3000 GB9000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnoyes
Hyperdisk Extremenoyes
Hyperdisk Throughputnoyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, VirtIO-NetgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price DiffInfinityx

Regional Prices

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c2-standard-4
n2-standard-4
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.1942
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.2188
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.2249
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.2253
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.2253
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.2292
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.2292
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.2333
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.2333
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.2333
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.2333
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.2137
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.2343
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.2350
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.2360
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.2396
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.2492
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.2494
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.2494
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.2502
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.2502
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.2503
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.2137
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.2506
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.2545
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.2612
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a0.2718
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)n/a0.2756
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)n/a0.2778
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)n/a0.3083
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)n/a0.3108
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.2137
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.2138
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.2138
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.2138
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.2138
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.2187
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)n/a0.1942
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)n/a0.1942
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a0.1942
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