Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | n1-standard-4 | c2d-highmem-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. n – General purpose 1 – 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. c – Compute optimized 2 – Generation highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio 4 – Number of CPUs |
| Instance Family | General-purpose | Compute optimized |
| Description | 4 vCPUs, 15 GB RAM | 4 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 4 | 4 |
| Memory | 15 GiB | 32 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Skylake, Broadwell, Haswell, Sandy Bridge, and Ivy Bridge | AMD EPYC Milan |
| Coremark Score | 52091 | 86956 |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | yes | no |
| 25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.8 | |
| 50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.6 | |
| 75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.4 | |
| Extended Memory | yes | |
| Sole Tenancy | yes | no |
| Nested Virtualization | yes | 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 (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD) | SCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD) |
| Local SSD | yes | yes |
| Max Local SSD | 9000 GB | 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 | 1.25x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | n1-standard-4 | c2d-highmem-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.2090 | 0.2449 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.2282 | 0.2942 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.2282 | 0.2944 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.2282 | 0.2944 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.2282 | 0.3022 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.2299 | 0.3145 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.2344 | 0.3145 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.2438 | 0.3145 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.2438 | 0.3156 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.2438 | 0.3156 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.2448 | 0.3426 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.2090 | 0.2694 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 0.2448 | 0.3477 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 0.2489 | 0.3889 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | 0.2555 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | 0.2658 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | 0.2696 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | 0.2696 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | 0.3016 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.2092 | 0.2697 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.2092 | 0.2697 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.2092 | 0.2697 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.2092 | 0.2758 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.2140 | 0.2758 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.2140 | 0.2836 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.2200 | 0.2890 |
| APAC | India (asia-south1) | n/a | 0.1617 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.1900 | 0.2449 |
| North America | Oregon (us-west1) | 0.1900 | n/a |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.1900 | 0.2449 |