Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | e2-standard-4 | c3-standard-4-lssd |
|---|---|---|
| Details | Cost optimized with burstable capabilities. Low-traffic web servers, Small databases, Development and test environments. e – Economic general purpose with burstable capabilities 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 standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio 4 – Number of CPUs lssd – Local SSD |
| Instance Family | Cost optimized | General-purpose |
| Description | Efficient Instance, 4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM | 4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM, 1 local SSD |
| vCPUs | 4 | 4 |
| Memory | 16 GiB | 16 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan | Intel Sapphire Rapids |
| Coremark Score | 52043 | |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no | no |
| Sole Tenancy | no | yes |
| Nested Virtualization | no | yes |
| 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 | NVMe |
| Local SSD | no | yes |
| Max Local SSD | 12000 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 | 1.46x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | e2-standard-4 | c3-standard-4-lssd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.1340 | 0.2016 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.1476 | 0.2487 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.1509 | 0.2520 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.1509 | 0.2589 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.1552 | 0.2589 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.1555 | 0.3201 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.1555 | 0.3226 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.1581 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.1582 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.1610 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.1610 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.1407 | 0.2016 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 0.1610 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 0.1610 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | 0.1616 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | 0.1622 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | 0.1628 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | 0.1653 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | 0.1719 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-27) | 0.1719 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-28) | 0.1719 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-29) | 0.1727 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.1461 | 0.2097 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-30) | 0.1727 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-31) | 0.1727 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-32) | 0.1729 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-33) | 0.1756 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-34) | 0.1802 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-35) | 0.1875 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-36) | 0.1902 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-37) | 0.1917 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-38) | 0.2127 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-39) | 0.2144 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.1474 | 0.2117 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.1474 | 0.2218 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.1474 | 0.2220 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.1475 | 0.2271 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.1475 | 0.2379 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.1475 | 0.2379 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.1340 | 0.2016 |
| North America | Ohio (us-east5) | 0.1340 | n/a |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.1340 | 0.2016 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | n/a | 0.2016 |