Compare GCP Instances
| Instance Type | t2a-standard-2 | n2-highmem-2 |
|---|---|---|
| Details | Tau 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 | 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 highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio 2 – Number of CPUs |
| Instance Family | General-purpose | General-purpose |
| Description | 2 vCPUs, 8 GB RAM | 2 vCPUs 16 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 2 | 2 |
| Memory | 8 GiB | 16 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | arm64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | Ampere Altra | Intel Cascade Lake and Ice Lake |
| Coremark Score | 47054 | 34695 |
| Shared CPU | no | no |
| GPU | no | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no | yes |
| 25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.8 | 0.8678 |
| 50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.6 | 0.733 |
| 75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Extended Memory | yes | |
| Sole Tenancy | no | yes |
| Nested Virtualization | no | yes |
| Custom Shapes | no | yes |
| Confidential Compute | no | no |
| Maximum Persistent Disks | 128 | 128 |
| Maximum Persistent Disks Size | 263168 GB | 263168 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 | no | yes |
| Network Interfaces | gVNIC | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net |
| Avg Price Diff | 1.00x | 1.89x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | t2a-standard-2 | n2-highmem-2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | n/a | 0.1310 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | n/a | 0.1475 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | n/a | 0.1517 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | n/a | 0.1520 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | n/a | 0.1520 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | n/a | 0.1546 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | n/a | 0.1546 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | n/a | 0.1573 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | n/a | 0.1573 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | n/a | 0.1574 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | n/a | 0.1574 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | n/a | 0.1441 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | n/a | 0.1580 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | n/a | 0.1585 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | n/a | 0.1592 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | n/a | 0.1616 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | n/a | 0.1679 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | n/a | 0.1682 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | n/a | 0.1682 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-27) | n/a | 0.1688 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-28) | n/a | 0.1688 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-29) | n/a | 0.1688 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | n/a | 0.1441 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-30) | n/a | 0.1690 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-31) | n/a | 0.1716 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-32) | n/a | 0.1762 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-33) | n/a | 0.1833 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-34) | n/a | 0.1859 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-35) | n/a | 0.1874 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-36) | n/a | 0.2080 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-37) | n/a | 0.2096 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | n/a | 0.1441 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | n/a | 0.1442 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | n/a | 0.1442 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | n/a | 0.1442 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 0.1442 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 0.1475 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.0770 | 0.1310 |
| Europe | Netherlands (europe-west4) | 0.0809 | n/a |
| North America | Ohio (us-east5) | n/a | 0.1310 |
| APAC | Singapore (asia-southeast1) | 0.0950 | n/a |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | n/a | 0.1310 |