Google Cloud Compute Engine
c2-standard-4
A Google Cloud Compute Engine machine type in the C2 machine series.
On AWS
The nearest AWS machines to c2-standard-4 by vCPU and memory, at On-demand Linux rates in Northern Virginia (us-east4 ↔ us-east-1).
| Machine | Size | On-demand Linux | vs c2-standard-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| c2-standard-4This page · Google Cloud, us-east4 | 4 vCPU · 16 GiB | $0.235144/hr | — |
| m5.xlargesame 4 vCPU and 16 GiB; Intel on both | 4 vCPU · 16 GiB | $0.1920/hr | 18% less |
| m6i.xlargesame 4 vCPU and 16 GiB; Intel on both | 4 vCPU · 16 GiB | $0.1920/hr | 18% less |
| m4.xlargesame 4 vCPU and 16 GiB; Intel on both | 4 vCPU · 16 GiB | $0.2000/hr | 15% less |
Matched on vCPU and memory, then CPU vendor, then rate; a larger size is offered only when nothing is the same size. On-demand Linux only: Spot and commitments work differently on the two clouds, so they aren't compared here.
How this price is built
Google bills a VM by its parts, each with its own SKU. These are the parts of the On-demand Linux rate in Iowa (us-central1). The total is the published price; the parts add up to it.
| Part | SKU | Google's rate | Quantity | Per hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vCPU | Compute optimized Core running in Americas 0F79-08F1-0D8A | $0.033982 per hour | 4 vCPU | $0.135928 |
| Memory | Compute optimized Ram running in Americas E7E5-0449-5933 | $0.004555 per GiB-hour | 16 GiB | $0.07288 |
| On-demand, Linux | $0.208808 | |||
Windows adds the Windows Server licence: 4 vCPU × $0.046 per hour (SKU 92D2-8A8F-DF54) = $0.1840/hr, the same in every region and on every basis.
Rates by region
On-demand: Pay-as-you-go rate, composed from Google's per-vCPU and per-GiB SKUs
| Region | Linux (On-demand) | vs On-demand | Windows (On-demand) | vs On-demand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
asia-east1 Taiwan | $0.241772 | $0.425772 | ||
asia-east2 Hong Kong | $0.29216 | $0.47616 | ||
asia-northeast1 Tokyo | $0.267856 | $0.451856 | ||
asia-northeast2 Osaka | $0.267856 | $0.451856 | ||
asia-northeast3 Seoul | $0.267856 | $0.451856 | ||
asia-south1 Mumbai | $0.250792 | $0.434792 | ||
asia-south2 Delhi | $0.250792 | $0.434792 | ||
asia-southeast1 Singapore | $0.257584 | $0.441584 | ||
australia-southeast1 Sydney | $0.296272 | $0.480272 | ||
europe-north1 Finland | $0.229888 | $0.413888 | ||
europe-west1 Belgium | $0.2297 | $0.4137 | ||
europe-west2 London | $0.269012 | $0.453012 | ||
europe-west3 Frankfurt | $0.269012 | $0.453012 | ||
europe-west4 Netherlands | $0.229872 | $0.413872 | ||
europe-west6 Zurich | $0.273544 | $0.457544 | ||
me-central2 HighestDammam | $0.334093 | $0.518093 | ||
me-west1 Tel Aviv | $0.229689 | $0.413689 | ||
northamerica-northeast1 Montreal | $0.229872 | $0.413872 | ||
southamerica-east1 Sao Paulo | $0.33144 | $0.51544 | ||
southamerica-west1 Santiago | $0.298595 | $0.482595 | ||
us-central1 LowestIowa | $0.208808 | $0.392808 | ||
us-east1 LowestSouth Carolina | $0.208808 | $0.392808 | ||
us-east4 Northern Virginia | $0.235144 | $0.419144 | ||
us-east5 LowestColumbus | $0.208808 | $0.392808 | ||
us-west1 LowestOregon | $0.208808 | $0.392808 | ||
us-west2 Los Angeles | $0.250808 | $0.434808 | ||
us-west3 Salt Lake City | $0.250808 | $0.434808 | ||
us-west4 Las Vegas | $0.235144 | $0.419144 |
No regions match the filter.
Monthly is 730 hours and annual is 8,760. Windows prices include the Windows Server licence.
What the prices include
- Regions. c2-standard-4 is priced in the 28 regions where Compute Engine runs it in at least one zone. It may run in only some of a region's zones.
- Windows. The Windows Server licence costs $0.046 per visible vCPU per hour. Spot and commitments don't discount it, so it's added at the full rate on every basis.
- Spot. Google can stop a Spot VM at any time and changes Spot prices up to once every 30 days.
- Commitments. The 1-yr and 3-yr rates are resource-based committed use discounts: you commit to an amount of C2 vCPU and memory in one region and pay for it whether you use it or not. Flexible (spend-based) commitments discount less and aren't shown.
- Sustained use. C2 earns a sustained-use discount of up to 20% off the On-demand rate when a VM runs the whole month. It starts once the VM runs more than a quarter of the month, arrives as a monthly credit, doesn't apply to usage a commitment covers, and only self-serve billing accounts get it. The prices here don't include it.
Other C2 machine types
| Machine type | vCPU | Memory (GiB) | Lowest On-demand, Linux |
|---|---|---|---|
| c2-standard-4 | 4 | 16 | $0.208808/hr |
| c2-standard-8 | 8 | 32 | $0.417616/hr |
| c2-standard-16 | 16 | 64 | $0.835232/hr |
| c2-standard-30 | 30 | 120 | $1.56606/hr |
| c2-standard-60 | 60 | 240 | $3.13212/hr |