Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | e2-highcpu-4 | c4a-highmem-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Details | Cost optimized with burstable capabilities. Low-traffic web servers, Small databases, Development and test environments. e – Economic general purpose with burstable capabilities 2 – Generation highcpu – 1-2x 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 | Cost optimized | General-purpose |
| Description | Efficient Instance, 4 vCPUs, 4 GB RAM | 4 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 4 | 4 |
| Memory | 4 GiB | 32 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 | arm64 |
| Processor | Intel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan | Google Axion |
| Coremark Score | 51937 | |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no | no |
| Sole Tenancy | no | yes |
| Nested Virtualization | no | 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 | NVMe |
| Local SSD | no | yes |
| Max Local SSD | 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 | 2.23x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | e2-highcpu-4 | c4a-highmem-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.0989 | 0.2358 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.1089 | 0.2782 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.1114 | 0.2782 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.1114 | 0.2834 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.1146 | 0.2909 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.1148 | 0.2947 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.1148 | 0.3028 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.1167 | 0.3064 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.1168 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.1188 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.1188 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.1039 | 0.2452 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 0.1188 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 0.1188 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | 0.1193 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | 0.1197 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | 0.1202 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | 0.1221 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | 0.1271 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-27) | 0.1271 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-28) | 0.1271 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-29) | 0.1275 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.1078 | 0.2476 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-30) | 0.1275 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-31) | 0.1275 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-32) | 0.1276 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-33) | 0.1296 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-34) | 0.1330 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-35) | 0.1384 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-36) | 0.1404 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-37) | 0.1415 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-38) | 0.1571 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-39) | 0.1583 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.1088 | 0.2570 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.1088 | 0.2596 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.1088 | 0.2596 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.1089 | 0.2655 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.1089 | 0.2688 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.1089 | 0.2730 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.0989 | 0.2358 |
| North America | Ohio (us-east5) | 0.0989 | n/a |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.0989 | 0.2358 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | n/a | 0.2358 |