Compare GCP Instances
| n1-standard-4 | n1-highmem-4 |
| 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 1 – Generation standard – 4x 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 1 – Generation highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio 4 – Number of CPUs |
| General-purpose | General-purpose |
| 4 vCPUs, 15 GB RAM | 4 vCPUs, 26 GB RAM |
| 4 | 4 |
| 15 GiB | 26 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Intel Skylake, Broadwell, Haswell, Sandy Bridge, and Ivy Bridge | Intel Skylake, Broadwell, Haswell, Sandy Bridge, and Ivy Bridge |
| 52091 | 52095 |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| yes | yes |
| 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 0.6 | 0.6 |
| 0.4 | 0.4 |
| yes | yes |
| yes | yes |
| yes | yes |
| yes | yes |
| no | no |
| 128 | 128 |
| 263168 GB | 263168 GB |
| SCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD) | SCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD) |
| yes | yes |
| 9000 GB | 9000 GB |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| gVNIC, VirtIO-Net | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net |
| 1.00x | 1.25x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | n1-standard-4 | n1-highmem-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.2090 | 0.2603 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.2282 | 0.2842 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.2282 | 0.2842 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.2282 | 0.2842 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.2282 | 0.2842 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.2299 | 0.2863 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.2344 | 0.2919 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.2438 | 0.3034 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.2438 | 0.3034 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.2438 | 0.3034 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.2448 | 0.3048 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.2090 | 0.2603 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 0.2448 | 0.3048 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 0.2489 | 0.3099 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | 0.2555 | 0.3181 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | 0.2658 | 0.3311 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | 0.2696 | 0.3357 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | 0.2696 | 0.3357 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | 0.3016 | 0.3756 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.2092 | 0.2605 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.2092 | 0.2605 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.2092 | 0.2605 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.2092 | 0.2605 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.2140 | 0.2665 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.2140 | 0.2665 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.2200 | 0.2740 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.1900 | 0.2366 |
| North America | Oregon (us-west1) | 0.1900 | 0.2366 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.1900 | 0.2366 |
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