Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | t2a-standard-2 | e2-highmem-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 | Cost optimized with burstable capabilities. Low-traffic web servers, Small databases, Development and test environments. e – Economic general purpose with burstable capabilities 2 – Generation highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio 2 – Number of CPUs |
| Instance Family | General-purpose | Cost optimized |
| Description | 2 vCPUs, 8 GB RAM | Efficient Instance, 2 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 2 | 2 |
| Memory | 8 GiB | 16 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | arm64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | Ampere Altra | Intel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan |
| Coremark Score | 47054 | 26243 |
| 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 | no |
| Nested Virtualization | no | no |
| Custom Shapes | no | yes |
| Confidential Compute | no | no |
| Maximum Persistent Disks | 128 | 128 |
| Maximum Persistent Disks Size | 263168 GB | 263168 GB |
| Disk Interface Type | NVMe | SCSI |
| Local SSD | no | no |
| Extreme Persistent Disks | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Extreme | no | no |
| Hyperdisk Throughput | no | no |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 1.29x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | t2a-standard-2 | e2-highmem-2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | n/a | 0.0904 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | n/a | 0.0995 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | n/a | 0.1018 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | n/a | 0.1018 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | n/a | 0.1047 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | n/a | 0.1049 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | n/a | 0.1049 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | n/a | 0.1067 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | n/a | 0.1067 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | n/a | 0.1086 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | n/a | 0.1086 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | n/a | 0.0949 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | n/a | 0.1086 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | n/a | 0.1086 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | n/a | 0.1090 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | n/a | 0.1094 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | n/a | 0.1098 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | n/a | 0.1115 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | n/a | 0.1159 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-27) | n/a | 0.1159 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-28) | n/a | 0.1159 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-29) | n/a | 0.1165 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | n/a | 0.0985 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-30) | n/a | 0.1165 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-31) | n/a | 0.1165 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-32) | n/a | 0.1166 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-33) | n/a | 0.1184 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-34) | n/a | 0.1215 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-35) | n/a | 0.1265 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-36) | n/a | 0.1283 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-37) | n/a | 0.1293 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-38) | n/a | 0.1435 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-39) | n/a | 0.1446 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | n/a | 0.0994 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | n/a | 0.0994 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | n/a | 0.0994 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | n/a | 0.0995 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 0.0995 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 0.0995 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.0770 | 0.0904 |
| Europe | Netherlands (europe-west4) | 0.0809 | n/a |
| North America | Ohio (us-east5) | n/a | 0.0904 |
| APAC | Singapore (asia-southeast1) | 0.0950 | n/a |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | n/a | 0.0904 |