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Instance Typet2a-standard-2e2-standard-4
DetailsTau 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
standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio
4 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeCost optimized
Description2 vCPUs, 8 GB RAMEfficient Instance, 4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM
vCPUs24
Memory8 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAmpere AltraIntel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan
Coremark Score4705452043
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount0.8
50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount0.6
75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount0.4
Sole Tenancynono
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesnoyes
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeSCSI
Local SSDnono
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenono
Hyperdisk Throughputnono
Network InterfacesgVNICgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.92x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
t2a-standard-2
e2-standard-4
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.1340
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.1476
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.1509
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.1509
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.1552
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.1555
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.1555
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.1581
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.1582
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.1610
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.1610
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.1407
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.1610
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.1610
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.1616
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.1622
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.1628
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.1653
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.1719
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.1719
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.1719
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.1727
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.1461
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.1727
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.1727
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.1729
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a0.1756
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)n/a0.1802
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)n/a0.1875
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)n/a0.1902
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)n/a0.1917
HiddenHidden (hidden-38)n/a0.2127
HiddenHidden (hidden-39)n/a0.2144
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.1474
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.1474
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.1474
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.1475
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.1475
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.1475
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.07700.1340
EuropeNetherlands (europe-west4)0.0809n/a
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)n/a0.1340
APACSingapore (asia-southeast1)0.0950n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a0.1340
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