Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | c4a-standard-4 | c2d-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 4 – 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 standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio 4 – Number of CPUs |
| Instance Family | General-purpose | Compute optimized |
| Description | 4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM | 4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 4 | 4 |
| Memory | 16 GiB | 16 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | arm64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | Google Axion | AMD EPYC Milan |
| Coremark Score | 86943 | |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no | no |
| Sole Tenancy | yes | no |
| Nested Virtualization | no | no |
| Custom Shapes | no | no |
| Confidential Compute | no | no |
| Maximum Persistent Disks | 16 | 128 |
| Maximum Persistent Disks Size | 263168 GB | 263168 GB |
| Disk Interface Type | NVMe | SCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD) |
| Local SSD | yes | yes |
| Max Local SSD | 6000 GB | 3000 GB |
| Extreme Persistent Disks | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Extreme | yes | no |
| Hyperdisk Throughput | yes | no |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC, IDPF | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 1.04x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | c4a-standard-4 | c2d-standard-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.1796 | 0.1816 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.2080 | 0.2181 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.2119 | 0.2183 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.2119 | 0.2183 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.2119 | 0.2240 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.2159 | 0.2332 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.2173 | 0.2332 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.2216 | 0.2332 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.2306 | 0.2340 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.2334 | 0.2340 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.2874 | 0.2540 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.1796 | 0.1998 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | n/a | 0.2578 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | n/a | 0.2883 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.1868 | 0.1999 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.1886 | 0.1999 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.1886 | 0.1999 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.1978 | 0.2045 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.1978 | 0.2045 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.2023 | 0.2103 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.2047 | 0.2143 |
| APAC | India (asia-south1) | n/a | 0.1199 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.1796 | 0.1816 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.1796 | 0.1816 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | 0.1796 | n/a |