Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | c3-standard-4 | n4-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. c – Compute optimized 3 – 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. n – General purpose 4 – 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 | Intel Sapphire Rapids | Intel Emerald Rapids |
| Coremark Score | 80609 | 86305 |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no | no |
| Extended Memory | yes | |
| Sole Tenancy | yes | yes |
| Nested Virtualization | yes | yes |
| Custom Shapes | no | yes |
| Confidential Compute | no | no |
| Maximum Persistent Disks | 128 | 128 |
| Maximum Persistent Disks Size | 263168 GB | 263168 GB |
| Disk Interface Type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Local SSD | yes | no |
| Max Local SSD | 12000 GB | |
| Extreme Persistent Disks | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Extreme | yes | no |
| Hyperdisk Throughput | yes | yes |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC, IDPF | gVNIC |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 1.20x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | c3-standard-4 | n4-highmem-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.2016 | 0.2380 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.2271 | 0.2621 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.2298 | 0.2621 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.2339 | 0.2621 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.2379 | 0.2621 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.2379 | 0.2681 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.2424 | 0.2714 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.2424 | 0.2756 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.2487 | 0.2761 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.2520 | 0.2761 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.2589 | 0.2809 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.2016 | 0.2380 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 0.2621 | 0.2809 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 0.3201 | 0.2809 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | 0.3226 | 0.2861 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | n/a | 0.2861 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | n/a | 0.2880 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | n/a | 0.2892 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | n/a | 0.2937 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-27) | n/a | 0.2976 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-28) | n/a | 0.3057 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-29) | n/a | 0.3057 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.2097 | 0.2476 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-30) | n/a | 0.3057 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-31) | n/a | 0.3095 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-32) | n/a | 0.3118 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-33) | n/a | 0.3201 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-34) | n/a | 0.3330 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-35) | n/a | 0.3404 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-36) | n/a | 0.3780 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-37) | n/a | 0.3809 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.2097 | 0.2476 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.2117 | 0.2499 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.2218 | 0.2499 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.2220 | 0.2499 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.2220 | 0.2595 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.2220 | 0.2618 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.2016 | 0.2380 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.2016 | 0.2380 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | 0.2016 | 0.2380 |