ecs.n4.small by Alibaba Cloud
(All-cores)
(Single-core)
Specifications
Server Metadata
Vendor ID | alicloud |
Name | ecs.n4.small |
Description | ecs.n4 family (1 vCPUs, 2 GiB RAM, 0 GB storage) |
Family | ecs.n4 |
Hw Virt | |
Average Time To Start | 16 |
Status | active |
Observed At | 2026-07-12T09:26:02.260924 |
Availability
| REGION / ID | SPOT | ONDEMAND |
|---|---|---|
Virginia (US) / us-east-1 | 0.0044 USD/h | 0.023 USD/h |
Frankfurt (DE) / eu-central-1 | - | 0.027 USD/h |
Kuala Lumpur (MY) / ap-southeast-3 | 0.0049 USD/h | 0.029 USD/h |
Singapore (SG) / ap-southeast-1 | - | 0.03 USD/h |
Hong Kong (HK) / cn-hongkong | - | 0.03 USD/h |
Processor
vCPUs | 1 |
Hypervisor | KVM |
CPU Allocation | Shared |
CPU Cores | 1 |
CPU Speed | 2.5 GHz |
CPU Architecture | x86_64 |
CPU Manufacturer | Intel |
CPU Family | Xeon |
CPU Model | 8269CY |
CPU L1D Cache | 32 KiB |
CPU L1D Cache Total | 32 KiB |
CPU L1I Cache | 32 KiB |
CPU L1I Cache Total | 32 KiB |
CPU L2 Cache | 1 MiB |
CPU L2 Cache Total | 1 MiB |
CPU L3 Cache | 36 MiB |
CPU L3 Cache Total | 36 MiB |
CPU Flags | fpu, vme, de, pse, tsc, msr, pae, mce, cx8, apic, sep, mtrr, pge, mca, cmov, pat, pse36, clflush, mmx, fxsr, sse, sse2, ss, ht, syscall, nx, pdpe1gb, rdtscp, lm, constant_tsc, rep_good, nopl, xtopology, nonstop_tsc, cpuid, tsc_known_freq, pni, pclmulqdq, ssse3, fma, cx16, pcid, sse4_1, sse4_2, x2apic, movbe, popcnt, aes, xsave, avx, f16c, rdrand, hypervisor, lahf_lm, abm, 3dnowprefetch, pti, fsgsbase, tsc_adjust, bmi1, avx2, smep, bmi2, erms, invpcid, avx512f, avx512dq, rdseed, adx, smap, clflushopt, clwb, avx512cd, avx512bw, avx512vl, xsaveopt, xsavec, xgetbv1, xsaves, arat, avx512_vnni |
Ecpus | 1 |
Scalability | 100 |
System Resources and Accelerators
| MEMORY | |
|---|---|
Memory Amount | 2 GiB |
Memory Amount Actual | 2 GiB |
| GPU | |
|---|---|
GPU Count | 0 |
GPU Memory Min | 0 MiB |
GPU Memory Total | 0 MiB |
GPUs |
| STORAGE | |
|---|---|
Storage Size | 0 GB |
Storages |
| NETWORK | |
|---|---|
Network Speed Baseline | 0.5 Gbps |
Inbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
Outbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
IPv4 | 0 |
CPU and System Topology
Server Description
A budget-friendly shared-core virtual server designed for lightweight background processes, basic web hosting, and non-critical software development environments.
Alibaba Cloud ecs.n4.small is an entry-level, KVM-based virtual machine featuring a single shared vCPU from an Intel Xeon 8269CY processor clocked at 2.5 GHz, paired with 2.0 GB of RAM. It lacks local storage and dedicated GPU accelerators, and has a baseline network bandwidth of 0 Gbps. Performance benchmarks consistently place this instance in the lower percentiles, with a stress-ng CPU score of 1061.69 and a Passmark CPU score of 1277.65. The x86_64 architecture supports AVX and AVX512 instructions, though memory bandwidth remains constrained, measuring 8.61 GB/sec for large uncached blocks. Due to its shared CPU allocation and low memory capacity, it offers a highly economical profile for non-critical, low-resource tasks. It is best suited for basic web serving, lightweight background processes, and software development or testing environments that do not require sustained compute power.
Economics
Performance
Workload Profiles
Memory Bandwidth
Compression
OpenSSL
Passmark CPU Scores
| BENCHMARK | SCORE |
|---|---|
Mark | 1278 |
Compression | 15379 |
Encryption | 400 |
Extended Instructions | 1187 |
Floating Point Maths | 2340 |
Integer Maths | 3128 |
Physics | 158 |
Prime Numbers | 10 |
Single Threaded | 1511 |
String Sorting | 2039 |
Passmark Memory Scores
| BENCHMARK | SCORE |
|---|---|
Memory Mark | 713 |
Database Operations | 520 |
Memory Latency | 81 |
Memory Read Cached | 18182 |
Memory Read Uncached | 6684 |
Memory Write | 6820 |
LLM Inference Speed for Prompt Processing
LLM Inference Speed for Text Generation
Static Web Server
Redis
Alternatives
Servers of the Same Family
| INSTANCE | vCPUs | MEMORY | GPUs |
|---|---|---|---|
| ecs.n4.large | 2 | 4 GiB | 0 |
| ecs.n4.xlarge | 4 | 8 GiB | 0 |
| ecs.n4.2xlarge | 8 | 16 GiB | 0 |
| ecs.n4.4xlarge | 16 | 32 GiB | 0 |
| ecs.n4.8xlarge | 32 | 64 GiB | 0 |
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