Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | c4-standard-4-lssd | n2d-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 4 – Generation standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio 4 – Number of CPUs lssd – Local SSD | 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 2 – Generation highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio 4 – Number of CPUs |
| Instance Family | General-purpose | General-purpose |
| Description | 4 vCPUs, 15 GB RAM, 1 local SSD | 4 vCPUs 32 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 4 | 4 |
| Memory | 15 GiB | 32 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Emerald Rapids and Granite Rapids | AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan |
| Coremark Score | 80065 | |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no | yes |
| 25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.8678 | |
| 50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.733 | |
| 75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.6 | |
| Extended Memory | yes | |
| Sole Tenancy | yes | yes |
| Nested Virtualization | yes | no |
| Custom Shapes | no | yes |
| Confidential Compute | no | no |
| Maximum Persistent Disks | 128 | 128 |
| Maximum Persistent Disks Size | 524288 GB | 263168 GB |
| Disk Interface Type | NVMe | SCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD) |
| Local SSD | yes | yes |
| Max Local SSD | 18000 GB | 9000 GB |
| Extreme Persistent Disks | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Extreme | yes | no |
| Hyperdisk Throughput | yes | yes |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC, IDPF | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 1.20x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | c4-standard-4-lssd | n2d-highmem-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.1977 | 0.2280 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.2177 | 0.2567 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.2177 | 0.2567 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.2177 | 0.2640 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.2226 | 0.2644 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.2253 | 0.2644 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.2289 | 0.2690 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.2293 | 0.2690 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.2293 | 0.2738 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.2333 | 0.2738 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.2333 | 0.2738 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.1977 | 0.2280 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 0.2333 | 0.2750 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 0.2376 | 0.2758 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | 0.2376 | 0.2770 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | 0.2439 | 0.2812 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | 0.2538 | 0.2922 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | 0.2538 | 0.2928 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | 0.2570 | 0.2928 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-27) | 0.2590 | 0.2937 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-28) | 0.2765 | 0.2937 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-29) | 0.3139 | 0.2937 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.2056 | 0.2508 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-30) | n/a | 0.2941 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-31) | n/a | 0.2986 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-32) | n/a | 0.3065 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-33) | n/a | 0.3189 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-34) | n/a | 0.3235 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-35) | n/a | 0.3260 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-36) | n/a | 0.3619 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-37) | n/a | 0.3647 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.2056 | 0.2508 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.2075 | 0.2508 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.2076 | 0.2510 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.2076 | 0.2510 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.2155 | 0.2510 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.2177 | 0.2510 |
| APAC | India (asia-south1) | n/a | 0.1505 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.1977 | 0.2280 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.1977 | 0.2280 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | 0.1977 | n/a |