Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | e2-highmem-4 | c2d-highmem-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Details | 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 | 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 4 – Number of CPUs |
| Instance Family | Cost optimized | Compute optimized |
| Description | Efficient Instance, 4 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM | 4 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 4 | 4 |
| Memory | 32 GiB | 32 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan | AMD EPYC Milan |
| Coremark Score | 51736 | 86956 |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no | no |
| 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 | SCSI | 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 | no | no |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 1.32x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | e2-highmem-4 | c2d-highmem-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.1808 | 0.2449 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.1990 | 0.2942 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.2036 | 0.2944 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.2036 | 0.2944 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.2093 | 0.3022 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.2097 | 0.3145 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.2097 | 0.3145 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.2133 | 0.3145 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.2134 | 0.3156 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.2171 | 0.3156 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.2171 | 0.3426 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.1898 | 0.2694 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 0.2172 | 0.3477 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 0.2172 | 0.3889 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | 0.2180 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | 0.2188 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | 0.2197 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | 0.2230 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | 0.2318 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-27) | 0.2318 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-28) | 0.2318 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-29) | 0.2329 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.1971 | 0.2697 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-30) | 0.2329 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-31) | 0.2329 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-32) | 0.2332 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-33) | 0.2368 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-34) | 0.2431 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-35) | 0.2530 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-36) | 0.2565 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-37) | 0.2585 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-38) | 0.2870 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-39) | 0.2893 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.1989 | 0.2697 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.1989 | 0.2697 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.1989 | 0.2758 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.1990 | 0.2758 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.1990 | 0.2836 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.1990 | 0.2890 |
| APAC | India (asia-south1) | n/a | 0.1617 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.1808 | 0.2449 |
| North America | Ohio (us-east5) | 0.1808 | n/a |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.1808 | 0.2449 |