Compare GCP Instances
| n1-highcpu-16 | c4a-highcpu-16 |
| 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 1 – Generation highcpu – 1-2x RAM/CPU ratio 16 – 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 highcpu – 1-2x RAM/CPU ratio 16 – Number of CPUs |
| General-purpose | General-purpose |
| 16 vCPUs, 14.4 GB RAM | 16 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM |
| 16 | 16 |
| 14.4 GiB | 32 GiB |
| x86_64 | arm64 |
| Intel Skylake, Broadwell, Haswell, Sandy Bridge, and Ivy Bridge | Google Axion |
| 207968 | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| yes | no |
| 0.8 | |
| 0.6 | |
| 0.4 | |
| yes | |
| yes | yes |
| yes | no |
| yes | no |
| no | no |
| 128 | 32 |
| 263168 GB | 263168 GB |
| SCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD) | NVMe |
| yes | yes |
| 9000 GB | 6000 GB |
| no | no |
| no | yes |
| no | yes |
| gVNIC, VirtIO-Net | gVNIC, IDPF |
| 1.00x | 1.02x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | n1-highcpu-16 | c4a-highcpu-16 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.6235 | 0.6061 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.6808 | 0.6909 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.6808 | 0.7018 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.6808 | 0.7152 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.6808 | 0.7152 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.6858 | 0.7152 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.6992 | 0.7286 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.7279 | 0.7333 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.7279 | 0.7477 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.7279 | 0.7783 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.7303 | 0.7878 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.6235 | 0.6061 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 0.7303 | 0.8667 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 0.7425 | 0.9699 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | 0.7622 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | 0.7931 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | 0.8043 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | 0.8043 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | 0.8997 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.6240 | 0.6303 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.6240 | 0.6364 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.6240 | 0.6364 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.6241 | 0.6606 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.6384 | 0.6674 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.6384 | 0.6674 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.6563 | 0.6826 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.5668 | 0.6061 |
| North America | Oregon (us-west1) | 0.5668 | n/a |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.5668 | 0.6061 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | n/a | 0.6061 |