Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | c4-standard-4 | n2-standard-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. n – General purpose 2 – Generation standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio 4 – Number of CPUs |
| Instance Family | General-purpose | General-purpose |
| Description | 4 vCPUs, 15 GB RAM | 4 vCPUs 16 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 4 | 4 |
| Memory | 15 GiB | 16 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Emerald Rapids and Granite Rapids | Intel Cascade Lake and Ice Lake |
| Coremark Score | 66884 | |
| 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 | yes |
| 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 | yes |
| Hyperdisk Extreme | yes | yes |
| Hyperdisk Throughput | yes | yes |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC, IDPF | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 1.01x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | c4-standard-4 | n2-standard-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.1977 | 0.1942 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.2177 | 0.2188 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.2177 | 0.2249 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.2177 | 0.2253 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.2177 | 0.2253 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.2177 | 0.2292 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.2226 | 0.2292 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.2253 | 0.2333 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.2289 | 0.2333 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.2293 | 0.2333 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.2293 | 0.2333 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.1977 | 0.2137 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 0.2333 | 0.2343 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 0.2333 | 0.2350 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | 0.2333 | 0.2360 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | 0.2376 | 0.2396 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | 0.2376 | 0.2492 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | 0.2392 | 0.2494 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | 0.2402 | 0.2494 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-27) | 0.2439 | 0.2502 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-28) | 0.2471 | 0.2502 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-29) | 0.2538 | 0.2503 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.2056 | 0.2137 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-30) | 0.2538 | 0.2506 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-31) | 0.2538 | 0.2545 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-32) | 0.2570 | 0.2612 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-33) | 0.2590 | 0.2718 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-34) | 0.2658 | 0.2756 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-35) | 0.2765 | 0.2778 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-36) | 0.2827 | 0.3083 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-37) | 0.3139 | 0.3108 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-38) | 0.3163 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.2056 | 0.2137 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.2075 | 0.2138 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.2076 | 0.2138 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.2076 | 0.2138 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.2155 | 0.2138 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.2174 | 0.2187 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.1977 | 0.1942 |
| North America | Ohio (us-east5) | n/a | 0.1942 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.1977 | 0.1942 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | 0.1977 | n/a |