Compare GCP Instances
| n4-standard-16 | n4a-highmem-16 |
| 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 standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio 16 – 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 4 – Generation highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio 16 – Number of CPUs |
| General-purpose | General-purpose |
| 16 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM | 16 vCPUs, 128 GB RAM |
| 16 | 16 |
| 64 GiB | 128 GiB |
| x86_64 | arm64 |
| Intel Emerald Rapids | Google Axion |
| 354249 | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| yes | yes |
| yes | yes |
| yes | no |
| yes | yes |
| no | no |
| 128 | 32 |
| 263168 GB | 263168 GB |
| NVMe | NVMe |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| yes | yes |
| gVNIC | gVNIC |
| 1.00x | 1.02x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | n4-standard-16 | n4a-highmem-16 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.7256 | 0.8086 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.7990 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.7990 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.7990 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.7990 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.7990 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.8172 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.8272 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.8402 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.8417 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.8417 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.7256 | 0.8490 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 0.8562 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 0.8562 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | 0.8562 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | 0.8722 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | 0.8722 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | 0.8780 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | 0.8816 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-27) | 0.8952 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-28) | 0.9070 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-29) | 0.9318 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.7546 | 0.8899 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-30) | 0.9318 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-31) | 0.9318 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-32) | 0.9433 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-33) | 0.9505 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-34) | 0.9757 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-35) | 1.0150 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-36) | 1.0376 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-37) | 1.1522 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-38) | 1.1610 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.7546 | 0.9216 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.7619 | 0.9539 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.7619 | 0.9971 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.7619 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.7909 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.7982 | n/a |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.7256 | 0.8086 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.7256 | 0.8086 |
| North America | Virginia (us-east4) | 0.7256 | 0.8086 |
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