Compare GCP Instance Generations
How a machine family changed from one generation to the next — n1 to n2 to n4 — so you can see what an upgrade actually buys.
a2
Accelerator Optimized · 9 instances
a3
9 instances
a4
1 instances
a4x
2 instances
c2
Compute Optimized · 5 instances
c2d
Compute Optimized AMD · 21 instances
c3
Compute Optimized (3rd Gen) · 27 instances
c3d
38 instances
c4
57 instances
c4a
42 instances
c4d
49 instances
c4n
24 instances
e2
Cost-Optimized · 17 instances
f1
1 instances
g1
1 instances
g2
GPU Optimized · 8 instances
g4
7 instances
h3
1 instances
h4d
3 instances
m1
Memory Optimized · 4 instances
m2
Memory Optimized (Large) · 6 instances
m3
Memory Optimized (3rd Gen) · 5 instances
m4
10 instances
m4n
8 instances
n1
General Purpose (1st Gen) · 26 instances
n2
General Purpose (2nd Gen) · 29 instances
n2d
General Purpose AMD · 31 instances
n4
24 instances
n4a
24 instances
n4d
27 instances
t2a
Tau Arm · 7 instances
t2d
Tau AMD · 8 instances
x4
3 instances
z3
14 instances