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Instance Typen4a-highmem-1e2-highcpu-2
DetailsHigh-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
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
1 – 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
highcpu – 1-2x RAM/CPU ratio
2 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeCost optimized
Description1 vCPUs, 8 GB RAMEfficient Instance, 2 vCPUs, 2 GB RAM
vCPUs12
Memory8 GiB2 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorGoogle AxionIntel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan
Coremark Score26092
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Extended Memoryyes
Sole Tenancyyesno
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesyesyes
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks16128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeSCSI
Local SSDnono
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenono
Hyperdisk Throughputyesno
Network InterfacesgVNICgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.10x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
n4a-highmem-1
e2-highcpu-2
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.05050.0495
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.0545
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.0557
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.0557
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.0573
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.0574
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.0574
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.0584
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.0584
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.0594
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.0594
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.05310.0519
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.0594
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.0594
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.0597
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.0599
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.0601
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.0610
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.0635
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.0635
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.0635
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.0637
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.05560.0539
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.0637
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.0637
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.0638
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a0.0648
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)n/a0.0665
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)n/a0.0692
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)n/a0.0702
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)n/a0.0707
HiddenHidden (hidden-38)n/a0.0785
HiddenHidden (hidden-39)n/a0.0792
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.05760.0544
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.05960.0544
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.06230.0544
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.0545
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.0545
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.0545
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.05050.0495
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)n/a0.0495
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.05050.0495
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)0.0505n/a
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