Compare GCP Instances

Instance Type	n4-standard-8	c4n-standard-8
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 4 – Generation standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio 8 – 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 8 – Number of CPUs
Instance Family	General-purpose	Network optimized
Description	8 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM	8 vCPUs, 30 GB RAM
vCPUs	8	8
Memory	32 GiB	30 GiB
CPU Architecture	x86_64	x86_64
Processor	Intel Emerald Rapids	Intel Emerald Rapids
Coremark Score	177655
Shared CPU	no	no
GPU	no	no
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)	no	no
Extended Memory	yes
Sole Tenancy	yes	yes
Nested Virtualization	yes	yes
Custom Shapes	yes	no
Confidential Compute	no	no
Maximum Persistent Disks	128	128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size	263168 GB	263168 GB
Disk Interface Type	NVMe	NVMe
Local SSD	no	yes
Max Local SSD		12000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disks	no	no
Hyperdisk Extreme	no	yes
Hyperdisk Throughput	yes	yes
Network Interfaces	gVNIC	gVNIC
Avg Price Diff	1.00x	1.53x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)

Per Hour

On Demand

Geography	Region	n4-standard-8	c4n-standard-8
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-1)	0.3628	0.7211
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-10)	0.3995	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-11)	0.3995	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-12)	0.3995	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-13)	0.3995	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-14)	0.3995	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-15)	0.4086	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-16)	0.4136	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-17)	0.4201	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-18)	0.4208	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-19)	0.4208	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-2)	0.3628	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-20)	0.4281	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-21)	0.4281	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-22)	0.4281	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-23)	0.4361	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-24)	0.4361	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-25)	0.4390	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-26)	0.4408	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-27)	0.4476	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-28)	0.4535	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-29)	0.4659	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-3)	0.3773	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-30)	0.4659	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-31)	0.4659	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-32)	0.4716	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-33)	0.4753	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-34)	0.4879	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-35)	0.5075	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-36)	0.5188	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-37)	0.5761	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-38)	0.5805	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-4)	0.3773	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-5)	0.3809	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-6)	0.3809	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-7)	0.3809	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-8)	0.3955	n/a
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-9)	0.3991	n/a
North America	Iowa (us-central1)	0.3628	n/a
North America	Ohio (us-east5)	n/a	0.6326
North America	Oregon (us-west1)	n/a	0.6326
North America	South Carolina (us-east1)	0.3628	0.6326
North America	Virginia (us-east4)	0.3628	n/a

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