Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | n4a-standard-4 | c3d-highcpu-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 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 highcpu – 1-2x RAM/CPU ratio 4 – Number of CPUs |
| Instance Family | General-purpose | General-purpose |
| Description | 4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM | 4 vCPUs, 8 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 4 | 4 |
| Memory | 16 GiB | 8 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | arm64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | Google Axion | AMD EPYC Genoa |
| 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 | 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 |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 1.04x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | n4a-standard-4 | c3d-highcpu-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.1540 | 0.1499 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | n/a | 0.1874 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | n/a | 0.1949 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | n/a | 0.2399 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.1617 | 0.1559 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.1695 | 0.1574 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.1755 | 0.1634 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.1817 | 0.1651 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.1899 | 0.1736 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | n/a | 0.1769 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 0.1802 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 0.1850 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.1540 | 0.1499 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.1540 | 0.1499 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | 0.1540 | 0.1499 |