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Instance Typee2-standard-4c4a-standard-4
DetailsCost optimized with burstable capabilities. Low-traffic web servers, Small databases, Development and test environments.

e – Economic general purpose with burstable capabilities
2 – Generation
standard – 4x 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
standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio
4 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyCost optimizedGeneral-purpose
DescriptionEfficient Instance, 4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC MilanGoogle Axion
Coremark Score52043
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancynoyes
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesyesno
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks12816
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeSCSINVMe
Local SSDnoyes
Max Local SSD6000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenoyes
Hyperdisk Throughputnoyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, VirtIO-NetgVNIC, IDPF
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.31x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
e2-standard-4
c4a-standard-4
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.13400.1796
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.14760.1978
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.15090.1978
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.15090.2023
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.15520.2047
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.15550.2080
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.15550.2119
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.15810.2119
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.15820.2119
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.16100.2159
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.16100.2173
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.14070.1796
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.16100.2182
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.16100.2216
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.16160.2245
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.16220.2306
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.16280.2334
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.16530.2353
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.17190.2415
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.17190.2568
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.17190.2852
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.17270.2874
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.14610.1868
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.1727n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.1727n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.1729n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.1756n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)0.1802n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)0.1875n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)0.1902n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)0.1917n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-38)0.2127n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-39)0.2144n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.14740.1886
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.14740.1886
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.14740.1958
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.14750.1978
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.14750.1978
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.14750.1978
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.13400.1796
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)0.1340n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.13400.1796
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a0.1796
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