Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | c2-standard-4 | t2a-standard-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 | Tau T-instances where each vCPU is equivalent to an entire core that gives cost-effective performance. Scale-out workloads, Web servers, Containerized microservices. t – General purpose with entire core 2 – Generation standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio 4 – Number of CPUs |
| Instance Family | Compute optimized | General-purpose |
| Description | Compute Optimized: 4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM | 4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 4 | 4 |
| Memory | 16 GiB | 16 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 | arm64 |
| Processor | Intel Cascade Lake | Ampere Altra |
| Coremark Score | 73269 | 94096 |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | yes | no |
| 25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.8678 | 0.8 |
| 50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.733 | 0.6 |
| 75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Sole Tenancy | yes | no |
| 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 | 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 |
| Avg Price Diff | Infinityx |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | c2-standard-4 | t2a-standard-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | n/a | 0.1540 |
| Europe | Netherlands (europe-west4) | n/a | 0.1618 |
| APAC | Singapore (asia-southeast1) | n/a | 0.1899 |