Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | c2d-standard-4 | c4a-highmem-4-lssd |
|---|---|---|
| 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. c – Compute optimized 4 – Generation highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio 4 – Number of CPUs lssd – Local SSD |
| Instance Family | Compute optimized | General-purpose |
| Description | 4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM | 4 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM, 1 local SSD |
| vCPUs | 4 | 4 |
| Memory | 16 GiB | 32 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 | arm64 |
| Processor | AMD EPYC Milan | Google Axion |
| Coremark Score | 86943 | |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no | no |
| Sole Tenancy | no | yes |
| Nested Virtualization | no | no |
| Custom Shapes | no | no |
| 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 | yes |
| Max Local SSD | 3000 GB | 6000 GB |
| Extreme Persistent Disks | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Extreme | no | yes |
| Hyperdisk Throughput | no | yes |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net | gVNIC, IDPF |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 1.23x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | c2d-standard-4 | c4a-highmem-4-lssd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.1816 | 0.2358 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.2181 | 0.2782 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.2183 | 0.2834 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.2183 | 0.2909 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.2240 | 0.3028 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.2332 | 0.3064 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.2332 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.2332 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.2340 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.2340 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.2540 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.1998 | 0.2452 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 0.2578 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 0.2883 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.1999 | 0.2476 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.1999 | 0.2570 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.1999 | 0.2596 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.2045 | 0.2655 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.2045 | 0.2688 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.2103 | 0.2730 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.2143 | 0.2782 |
| APAC | India (asia-south1) | 0.1199 | n/a |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.1816 | 0.2358 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.1816 | 0.2358 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | n/a | 0.2358 |