Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | c2-standard-4 | n4a-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. n – General purpose 4 – 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 | arm64 |
| Processor | Intel Cascade Lake | Google Axion |
| Coremark Score | 73269 | |
| 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 | |
| Extended Memory | yes | |
| Sole Tenancy | yes | yes |
| Nested Virtualization | yes | no |
| Custom Shapes | no | yes |
| Confidential Compute | no | no |
| Maximum Persistent Disks | 128 | 16 |
| Maximum Persistent Disks Size | 263168 GB | 263168 GB |
| Disk Interface Type | SCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD) | NVMe |
| Local SSD | yes | no |
| Max Local SSD | 3000 GB | |
| Extreme Persistent Disks | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Extreme | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Throughput | no | yes |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net | gVNIC |
| Avg Price Diff | Infinityx |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | c2-standard-4 | n4a-highcpu-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | n/a | 0.1299 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | n/a | 0.1364 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | n/a | 0.1430 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | n/a | 0.1481 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | n/a | 0.1533 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | n/a | 0.1602 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | n/a | 0.1299 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | n/a | 0.1299 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | n/a | 0.1299 |