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Instance Typee2-highmem-4n4-highmem-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
highmem – 8x 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.

n – General purpose
4 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
4 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyCost optimizedGeneral-purpose
DescriptionEfficient Instance, 4 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM4 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC MilanIntel Emerald Rapids
Coremark Score5173686305
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Extended Memoryyes
Sole Tenancynoyes
Nested Virtualizationnoyes
Custom Shapesyesyes
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeSCSINVMe
Local SSDnono
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenono
Hyperdisk Throughputnoyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, VirtIO-NetgVNIC
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.29x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
e2-highmem-4
n4-highmem-4
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.18080.2380
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.19900.2621
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.20360.2621
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.20360.2621
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.20930.2621
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.20970.2621
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.20970.2681
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.21330.2714
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.21340.2756
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.21710.2761
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.21710.2761
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.18980.2380
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.21720.2809
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.21720.2809
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.21800.2809
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.21880.2861
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.21970.2861
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.22300.2880
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.23180.2892
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.23180.2937
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.23180.2976
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.23290.3057
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.19710.2476
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.23290.3057
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.23290.3057
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.23320.3095
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.23680.3118
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)0.24310.3201
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)0.25300.3330
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)0.25650.3404
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)0.25850.3780
HiddenHidden (hidden-38)0.28700.3809
HiddenHidden (hidden-39)0.2893n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.19890.2476
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.19890.2499
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.19890.2499
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.19900.2499
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.19900.2595
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.19900.2618
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.18080.2380
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)0.1808n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.18080.2380
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a0.2380
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