Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | c3d-highcpu-4 | n4a-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 highcpu – 1-2x 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, 8 GB RAM | 4 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 4 | 4 |
| Memory | 8 GiB | 32 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 | arm64 |
| Processor | AMD EPYC Genoa | Google Axion |
| Coremark Score | 94611 | |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no | no |
| Extended Memory | yes | |
| Sole Tenancy | yes | yes |
| Nested Virtualization | no | no |
| Custom Shapes | no | yes |
| Confidential Compute | no | no |
| Maximum Persistent Disks | 128 | 16 |
| 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 | gVNIC |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 1.27x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | c3d-highcpu-4 | n4a-highmem-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.1499 | 0.2022 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.1874 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.1949 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.2399 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.1559 | 0.2122 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.1574 | 0.2225 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.1634 | 0.2304 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.1651 | 0.2385 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.1736 | 0.2493 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.1769 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.1802 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.1850 | n/a |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.1499 | 0.2022 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.1499 | 0.2022 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | 0.1499 | 0.2022 |