Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | c4a-standard-2 | e2-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. c – Compute optimized 4 – Generation standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio 2 – Number of CPUs | Cost optimized with burstable capabilities. Low-traffic web servers, Small databases, Development and test environments. e – Economic general purpose with burstable capabilities 2 – Generation highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio 2 – Number of CPUs |
| Instance Family | General-purpose | Cost optimized |
| Description | 2 vCPUs, 8 GB RAM | Efficient Instance, 2 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 2 | 2 |
| Memory | 8 GiB | 16 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | arm64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | Google Axion | Intel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan |
| Coremark Score | 26243 | |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no | no |
| Sole Tenancy | yes | no |
| Nested Virtualization | no | no |
| Custom Shapes | no | yes |
| Confidential Compute | no | no |
| Maximum Persistent Disks | 16 | 128 |
| Maximum Persistent Disks Size | 263168 GB | 263168 GB |
| Disk Interface Type | NVMe | SCSI |
| Local SSD | yes | no |
| Max Local SSD | 6000 GB | |
| Extreme Persistent Disks | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Extreme | yes | no |
| Hyperdisk Throughput | yes | no |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC, IDPF | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 1.07x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | c4a-standard-2 | e2-highmem-2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.0898 | 0.0904 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.1024 | 0.0995 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.1040 | 0.1018 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.1060 | 0.1018 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.1060 | 0.1047 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.1060 | 0.1049 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.1079 | 0.1049 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.1087 | 0.1067 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.1108 | 0.1067 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.1153 | 0.1086 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.1167 | 0.1086 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.0898 | 0.0949 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 0.1437 | 0.1086 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | n/a | 0.1086 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | n/a | 0.1090 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | n/a | 0.1094 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | n/a | 0.1098 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | n/a | 0.1115 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | n/a | 0.1159 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-27) | n/a | 0.1159 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-28) | n/a | 0.1159 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-29) | n/a | 0.1165 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.0934 | 0.0985 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-30) | n/a | 0.1165 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-31) | n/a | 0.1165 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-32) | n/a | 0.1166 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-33) | n/a | 0.1184 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-34) | n/a | 0.1215 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-35) | n/a | 0.1265 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-36) | n/a | 0.1283 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-37) | n/a | 0.1293 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-38) | n/a | 0.1435 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-39) | n/a | 0.1446 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.0943 | 0.0994 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.0943 | 0.0994 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.0979 | 0.0994 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.0989 | 0.0995 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.0989 | 0.0995 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.1011 | 0.0995 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.0898 | 0.0904 |
| North America | Ohio (us-east5) | n/a | 0.0904 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.0898 | 0.0904 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | 0.0898 | n/a |