Compare GCP Instances

Instance Type	n4d-highcpu-64	n2-highcpu-64
Details	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 highcpu – 1-2x RAM/CPU ratio 64 – 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 2 – Generation highcpu – 1-2x RAM/CPU ratio 64 – Number of CPUs
Instance Family	General-purpose	General-purpose
Description	64 vCPUs, 128 GB RAM	64 vCPUs 64 GB RAM
vCPUs	64	64
Memory	128 GiB	64 GiB
CPU Architecture	x86_64	x86_64
Processor	AMD EPYC Turin	Intel Cascade Lake and Ice Lake
Coremark Score		1100249
Shared CPU	no	no
GPU	no	no
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)	no	yes
25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount		0.8678
50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount		0.733
75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount		0.6
Extended Memory	yes	yes
Sole Tenancy	no	yes
Nested Virtualization	yes	yes
Custom Shapes	yes	yes
Confidential Compute	no	no
Maximum Persistent Disks	128	128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size	524288 GB	524288 GB
Disk Interface Type	NVMe	SCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)
Local SSD	no	yes
Max Local SSD		9000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disks	no	yes
Hyperdisk Extreme	no	yes
Hyperdisk Throughput	yes	yes
Network Interfaces	gVNIC	gVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price Diff	1.00x	1.15x

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Geography	Region	n4d-highcpu-64	n2-highcpu-64
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-1)	2.2867	2.2943
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-10)	2.8207	2.5841
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-11)	n/a	2.6565
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-12)	n/a	2.6614
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-13)	n/a	2.6614
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-14)	n/a	2.7072
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-15)	n/a	2.7072
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-16)	n/a	2.7557
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-17)	n/a	2.7557
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-18)	n/a	2.7558
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-19)	n/a	2.7558
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-2)	2.2867	2.5237
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-20)	n/a	2.7672
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-21)	n/a	2.7761
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-22)	n/a	2.7875
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-23)	n/a	2.8304
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-24)	n/a	2.9463
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-25)	n/a	2.9463
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-26)	n/a	2.9464
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-27)	n/a	2.9560
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-28)	n/a	2.9560
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-29)	n/a	2.9561
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-3)	2.2867	2.5238
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-30)	n/a	2.9596
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-31)	n/a	3.0054
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-32)	n/a	3.0851
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-33)	n/a	3.2102
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-34)	n/a	3.2555
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-35)	n/a	3.2808
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-36)	n/a	3.6419
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-37)	n/a	3.6708
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-4)	2.4017	2.5238
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-5)	2.5173	2.5258
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-6)	2.5758	2.5258
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-7)	2.6064	2.5258
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-8)	2.6989	2.5261
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-9)	2.7490	2.5839
APAC	India (asia-south1)	1.7385	n/a
North America	Iowa (us-central1)	2.2867	2.2943
North America	Ohio (us-east5)	n/a	2.2943
North America	South Carolina (us-east1)	2.2867	2.2943

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