Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | n4-standard-2 | c4a-highmem-2 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 4 – Generation standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio 2 – 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 2 – Number of CPUs |
| Instance Family | General-purpose | General-purpose |
| Description | 2 vCPUs, 8 GB RAM | 2 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 2 | 2 |
| Memory | 8 GiB | 16 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 | arm64 |
| Processor | Intel Emerald Rapids | Google Axion |
| Coremark Score | 44377 | |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no | no |
| 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 | NVMe | NVMe |
| Local SSD | no | yes |
| Max Local SSD | 6000 GB | |
| Extreme Persistent Disks | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Extreme | no | yes |
| Hyperdisk Throughput | yes | yes |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC | gVNIC, IDPF |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 1.25x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | n4-standard-2 | c4a-highmem-2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.0907 | 0.1179 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.0999 | 0.1365 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.0999 | 0.1391 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.0999 | 0.1391 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.0999 | 0.1417 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.1022 | 0.1454 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.1034 | 0.1474 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.1050 | 0.1514 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.1052 | 0.1532 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.1052 | 0.1686 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.1070 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.0907 | 0.1179 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 0.1070 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 0.1070 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | 0.1090 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | 0.1090 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | 0.1097 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | 0.1102 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | 0.1119 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-27) | 0.1134 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-28) | 0.1165 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-29) | 0.1165 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.0943 | 0.1226 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-30) | 0.1165 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-31) | 0.1179 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-32) | 0.1188 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-33) | 0.1220 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-34) | 0.1269 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-35) | 0.1297 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-36) | 0.1440 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-37) | 0.1451 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.0943 | 0.1238 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.0952 | 0.1285 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.0952 | 0.1298 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.0952 | 0.1298 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.0989 | 0.1328 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.0998 | 0.1344 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.0907 | 0.1179 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.0907 | 0.1179 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | 0.0907 | 0.1179 |