Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | n4a-highmem-4 | c3-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 4 – 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 3 – Generation highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio 4 – Number of CPUs |
| Instance Family | General-purpose | General-purpose |
| Description | 4 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM | 4 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 4 | 4 |
| Memory | 32 GiB | 32 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | arm64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | Google Axion | Intel Sapphire Rapids |
| Coremark Score | 80742 | |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no | no |
| Extended Memory | yes | |
| Sole Tenancy | yes | yes |
| Nested Virtualization | no | yes |
| Custom Shapes | yes | no |
| Confidential Compute | no | no |
| Maximum Persistent Disks | 16 | 128 |
| Maximum Persistent Disks Size | 263168 GB | 263168 GB |
| Disk Interface Type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Local SSD | no | yes |
| Max Local SSD | 12000 GB | |
| Extreme Persistent Disks | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Extreme | no | yes |
| Hyperdisk Throughput | yes | yes |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC | gVNIC, IDPF |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 1.39x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | n4a-highmem-4 | c3-highmem-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.2022 | 0.2646 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | n/a | 0.3122 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | n/a | 0.3122 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | n/a | 0.3181 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | n/a | 0.3181 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | n/a | 0.3215 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | n/a | 0.3265 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | n/a | 0.3398 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | n/a | 0.3558 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | n/a | 0.4234 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.2122 | 0.2646 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.2225 | 0.2752 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.2304 | 0.2752 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.2385 | 0.2778 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.2493 | 0.2914 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | n/a | 0.2980 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 0.3017 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 0.3122 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.2022 | 0.2646 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.2022 | 0.2646 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | 0.2022 | 0.2646 |