Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | n4d-standard-2 | c2d-highmem-2 |
|---|---|---|
| Details | 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 standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio 2 – 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 2 – Generation highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio 2 – Number of CPUs |
| Instance Family | General-purpose | Compute optimized |
| Description | 2 vCPUs, 8 GB RAM | 2 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 2 | 2 |
| Memory | 8 GiB | 16 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | AMD EPYC Turin | AMD EPYC Milan |
| Coremark Score | 44649 | |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no | no |
| Extended Memory | yes | |
| Sole Tenancy | no | no |
| Nested Virtualization | no | no |
| Custom Shapes | yes | no |
| Confidential Compute | no | no |
| Maximum Persistent Disks | 128 | 128 |
| Maximum Persistent Disks Size | 263168 GB | 263168 GB |
| Disk Interface Type | NVMe | SCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD) |
| Local SSD | no | yes |
| Max Local SSD | 3000 GB | |
| Extreme Persistent Disks | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Extreme | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Throughput | yes | no |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 1.66x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | n4d-standard-2 | c2d-highmem-2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.0847 | 0.1225 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | n/a | 0.1471 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | n/a | 0.1472 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | n/a | 0.1472 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | n/a | 0.1511 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | n/a | 0.1573 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | n/a | 0.1573 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | n/a | 0.1573 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | n/a | 0.1578 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | n/a | 0.1578 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | n/a | 0.1713 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.0847 | 0.1347 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | n/a | 0.1738 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | n/a | 0.1945 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.0890 | 0.1348 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.0932 | 0.1348 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.0954 | 0.1348 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.1045 | 0.1379 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | n/a | 0.1379 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 0.1418 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 0.1445 |
| APAC | India (asia-south1) | 0.0644 | 0.0808 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.0847 | 0.1225 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.0847 | 0.1225 |