Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | n1-standard-1 | c4a-highmem-1 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 1 – Generation standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio 1 – 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 1 – Number of CPUs |
| Instance Family | General-purpose | General-purpose |
| Description | 1 vCPU, 3.75 GB RAM | 1 vCPUs, 8 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 1 | 1 |
| Memory | 3.75 GiB | 8 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 | arm64 |
| Processor | Intel Skylake, Broadwell, Haswell, Sandy Bridge, and Ivy Bridge | Google Axion |
| Coremark Score | 20060 | |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | yes | no |
| 25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.8 | |
| 50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.6 | |
| 75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.4 | |
| Extended Memory | yes | |
| Sole Tenancy | yes | yes |
| Nested Virtualization | yes | no |
| Custom Shapes | yes | no |
| Confidential Compute | no | no |
| Maximum Persistent Disks | 128 | 16 |
| Maximum Persistent Disks Size | 263168 GB | 263168 GB |
| Disk Interface Type | SCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD) | NVMe |
| Local SSD | yes | yes |
| Max Local SSD | 9000 GB | 6000 GB |
| Extreme Persistent Disks | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Extreme | no | yes |
| Hyperdisk Throughput | no | yes |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net | gVNIC, IDPF |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 1.15x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | n1-standard-1 | c4a-highmem-1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.0522 | 0.0589 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.0571 | 0.0696 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.0571 | 0.0696 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.0571 | 0.0709 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.0571 | 0.0727 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.0575 | 0.0737 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.0586 | 0.0757 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.0609 | 0.0766 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.0609 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.0609 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.0612 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.0523 | 0.0613 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 0.0612 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 0.0622 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | 0.0639 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | 0.0665 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | 0.0674 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | 0.0674 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | 0.0754 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.0523 | 0.0619 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.0523 | 0.0642 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.0523 | 0.0649 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.0523 | 0.0649 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.0535 | 0.0664 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.0535 | 0.0672 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.0550 | 0.0682 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.0475 | 0.0589 |
| North America | Oregon (us-west1) | 0.0475 | n/a |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.0475 | 0.0589 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | n/a | 0.0589 |