Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | t2d-standard-4 | c3-highmem-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Details | Tau T-instances where each vCPU is equivalent to an entire core that gives cost-effective performance. Scale-out workloads, Web servers, Containerized microservices. t – General purpose with entire core 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 3 – Generation highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio 4 – Number of CPUs |
| Instance Family | General-purpose | General-purpose |
| Description | 4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM | 4 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 4 | 4 |
| Memory | 16 GiB | 32 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | AMD EPYC Milan | Intel Sapphire Rapids |
| Coremark Score | 119587 | 80742 |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no | no |
| Sole Tenancy | no | yes |
| Nested Virtualization | no | yes |
| Custom Shapes | no | 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) | 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, VirtIO-Net | gVNIC, IDPF |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 1.49x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | t2d-standard-4 | c3-highmem-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.1690 | 0.2646 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.1903 | 0.3122 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.1903 | 0.3122 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.1957 | 0.3181 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.1960 | 0.3181 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.1960 | 0.3215 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.1994 | 0.3265 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.1994 | 0.3398 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.2030 | 0.3558 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.2030 | 0.4234 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.2030 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.1690 | 0.2646 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 0.2045 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 0.2053 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | 0.2085 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | 0.2168 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | 0.2170 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | 0.2177 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | 0.2177 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-27) | 0.2177 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-28) | 0.2180 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-29) | 0.2214 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.1859 | 0.2752 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-30) | 0.2272 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-31) | 0.2364 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-32) | 0.2398 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-33) | 0.2398 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-34) | 0.2416 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-35) | 0.2682 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-36) | 0.2704 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.1859 | 0.2752 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.1859 | 0.2778 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.1860 | 0.2914 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.1860 | 0.2980 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.1860 | 0.3017 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.1861 | 0.3122 |
| APAC | India (asia-south1) | 0.1115 | n/a |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.1690 | 0.2646 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.1690 | 0.2646 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | n/a | 0.2646 |