Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | n1-standard-2 | c4d-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 1 – 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, 7.5 GB RAM | 2 vCPUs, 15 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 2 | 2 |
| Memory | 7.5 GiB | 15 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Skylake, Broadwell, Haswell, Sandy Bridge, and Ivy Bridge | AMD EPYC Turin |
| Coremark Score | 26293 | |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | yes | no |
| 25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.8 | |
| 50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.6 | |
| 75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.4 | |
| Extended Memory | yes | |
| Sole Tenancy | yes | yes |
| Nested Virtualization | yes | no |
| Custom Shapes | yes | no |
| Confidential Compute | no | no |
| Maximum Persistent Disks | 128 | 4 |
| Maximum Persistent Disks Size | 263168 GB | 263168 GB |
| Disk Interface Type | SCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD) | NVMe |
| Local SSD | yes | yes |
| Max Local SSD | 9000 GB | 12000 GB |
| Extreme Persistent Disks | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Extreme | no | yes |
| Hyperdisk Throughput | no | no |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net | gVNIC, IDPF |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 1.12x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | n1-standard-2 | c4d-highmem-2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.1045 | 0.1178 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.1141 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.1141 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.1141 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.1141 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.1150 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.1172 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.1219 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.1219 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.1219 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.1224 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.1045 | 0.1226 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 0.1224 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 0.1244 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | 0.1277 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | 0.1329 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | 0.1348 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | 0.1348 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | 0.1508 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.1046 | 0.1237 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.1046 | 0.1298 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.1046 | 0.1327 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.1046 | 0.1343 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.1070 | 0.1391 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.1070 | 0.1454 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.1100 | 0.1513 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.0950 | 0.1178 |
| North America | Oregon (us-west1) | 0.0950 | n/a |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.0950 | 0.1178 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | n/a | 0.1178 |