Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | t2a-standard-2 | c4a-standard-2 |
|---|---|---|
| Details | Tau T-instances where each vCPU is equivalent to an entire core that gives cost-effective performance. Scale-out workloads, Web servers, Containerized microservices. t – General purpose with entire core 2 – 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 standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio 2 – Number of CPUs |
| Instance Family | General-purpose | General-purpose |
| Description | 2 vCPUs, 8 GB RAM | 2 vCPUs, 8 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 2 | 2 |
| Memory | 8 GiB | 8 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | arm64 | arm64 |
| Processor | Ampere Altra | Google Axion |
| Coremark Score | 47054 | |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no | no |
| 25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.8 | |
| 50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.6 | |
| 75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.4 | |
| Sole Tenancy | no | yes |
| Nested Virtualization | no | no |
| Custom Shapes | no | 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 | no | yes |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC | gVNIC, IDPF |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 1.21x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | t2a-standard-2 | c4a-standard-2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | n/a | 0.0898 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | n/a | 0.1024 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | n/a | 0.1040 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | n/a | 0.1060 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | n/a | 0.1060 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | n/a | 0.1060 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | n/a | 0.1079 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | n/a | 0.1087 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | n/a | 0.1108 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | n/a | 0.1153 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | n/a | 0.1167 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | n/a | 0.0898 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | n/a | 0.1437 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | n/a | 0.0934 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | n/a | 0.0943 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | n/a | 0.0943 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | n/a | 0.0979 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | n/a | 0.0989 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 0.0989 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 0.1011 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.0770 | 0.0898 |
| Europe | Netherlands (europe-west4) | 0.0809 | n/a |
| APAC | Singapore (asia-southeast1) | 0.0950 | n/a |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | n/a | 0.0898 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | n/a | 0.0898 |