Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | c4-standard-4 | c4d-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 | 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 highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio 4 – Number of CPUs |
| Instance Family | General-purpose | General-purpose |
| Description | 4 vCPUs, 15 GB RAM | 4 vCPUs, 31 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 4 | 4 |
| Memory | 15 GiB | 31 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Emerald Rapids and Granite Rapids | AMD EPYC Turin |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no | no |
| Sole Tenancy | yes | yes |
| Nested Virtualization | yes | no |
| Custom Shapes | no | no |
| Confidential Compute | no | no |
| Maximum Persistent Disks | 128 | 8 |
| Maximum Persistent Disks Size | 524288 GB | 263168 GB |
| Disk Interface Type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Local SSD | yes | yes |
| Max Local SSD | 18000 GB | 12000 GB |
| Extreme Persistent Disks | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Extreme | yes | yes |
| Hyperdisk Throughput | yes | no |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC, IDPF | gVNIC, IDPF |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 1.12x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | c4-standard-4 | c4d-highmem-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.1977 | 0.2392 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.2177 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.2177 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.2177 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.2177 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.2177 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.2226 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.2253 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.2289 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.2293 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.2293 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.1977 | 0.2487 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 0.2333 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 0.2333 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | 0.2333 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | 0.2376 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | 0.2376 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | 0.2392 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | 0.2402 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-27) | 0.2439 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-28) | 0.2471 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-29) | 0.2538 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.2056 | 0.2511 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-30) | 0.2538 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-31) | 0.2538 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-32) | 0.2570 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-33) | 0.2590 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-34) | 0.2658 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-35) | 0.2765 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-36) | 0.2827 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-37) | 0.3139 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-38) | 0.3163 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.2056 | 0.2634 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.2075 | 0.2694 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.2076 | 0.2727 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.2076 | 0.2822 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.2155 | 0.2951 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.2174 | 0.3072 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.1977 | 0.2392 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.1977 | 0.2392 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | 0.1977 | 0.2392 |