c4a-standard-2 by Google Cloud Platform
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Specifications
Server Metadata
Vendor ID | gcp |
Server ID | 1765194 |
Name | c4a-standard-2 |
Description | 2 vCPUs, 8 GB RAM |
Family | c4a |
Hw Virt | - |
Status | active |
Observed At | 2026-08-08T07:49:18.119862 |
Availability
| REGION / ID | SPOT | ONDEMAND |
|---|---|---|
Columbus (US) / us-east5 | 0.0276 USD/h | 0.0898 USD/h |
Council Bluffs (US) / us-central1 | 0.0408 USD/h | 0.0898 USD/h |
The Dalles (US) / us-west1 | 0.0408 USD/h | 0.0898 USD/h |
Moncks Corner (US) / us-east1 | 0.0408 USD/h | 0.0898 USD/h |
Ashburn (US) / us-east4 | 0.0539 USD/h | 0.0898 USD/h |
Mumbai (IN) / asia-south1 | 0.0313 USD/h | 0.0934 USD/h |
Eemshaven (NL) / europe-west4 | 0.0141 USD/h | 0.0943 USD/h |
Stockholm (SE) / europe-north2 | 0.0425 USD/h | 0.0943 USD/h |
Queretaro (MX) / northamerica-south1 | 0.0204 USD/h | 0.0979 USD/h |
Hamina (FI) / europe-north1 | 0.0246 USD/h | 0.0989 USD/h |
St. Ghislain (BE) / europe-west1 | 0.0337 USD/h | 0.0989 USD/h |
Montréal (CA) / northamerica-northeast1 | 0.0395 USD/h | 0.0989 USD/h |
Toronto (CA) / northamerica-northeast2 | 0.0395 USD/h | 0.0989 USD/h |
Johannesburg (ZA) / africa-south1 | 0.0469 USD/h | 0.0989 USD/h |
Las Vegas (US) / us-west4 | 0.0489 USD/h | 0.1011 USD/h |
London (GB) / europe-west2 | 0.0439 USD/h | 0.1024 USD/h |
Changhua County (TW) / asia-east1 | 0.0478 USD/h | 0.104 USD/h |
Dallas (US) / us-south1 | 0.0343 USD/h | 0.106 USD/h |
Frankfurt (DE) / europe-west3 | 0.0379 USD/h | 0.106 USD/h |
Madrid (ES) / europe-southwest1 | 0.0432 USD/h | 0.106 USD/h |
Los Angeles (US) / us-west2 | 0.0361 USD/h | 0.1079 USD/h |
Warsaw (PL) / europe-central2 | 0.0434 USD/h | 0.1087 USD/h |
Doha (QA) / me-central1 | 0.0436 USD/h | 0.1091 USD/h |
Jurong West (SG) / asia-southeast1 | 0.0607 USD/h | 0.1108 USD/h |
Sydney (AU) / australia-southeast1 | 0.0364 USD/h | 0.1123 USD/h |
Tokyo (JP) / asia-northeast1 | 0.0574 USD/h | 0.1153 USD/h |
Melbourne (AU) / australia-southeast2 | 0.0389 USD/h | 0.1167 USD/h |
Zurich (CH) / europe-west6 | 0.0502 USD/h | 0.1176 USD/h |
Jakarta (ID) / asia-southeast2 | 0.0482 USD/h | 0.1208 USD/h |
Santiago (CL) / southamerica-west1 | 0.0513 USD/h | 0.1284 USD/h |
Osasco (BR) / southamerica-east1 | 0.057 USD/h | 0.1426 USD/h |
Dammam (SA) / me-central2 | 0.0596 USD/h | 0.1437 USD/h |
Processor
vCPUs | 2 |
CPU Allocation | Dedicated |
CPU Architecture | arm64 |
System Resources and Accelerators
| MEMORY | |
|---|---|
Memory Amount | 8 GiB |
| GPU | |
|---|---|
GPU Count | 0 |
GPU Memory Min | 0 MiB |
GPU Memory Total | 0 MiB |
GPUs |
| STORAGE | |
|---|---|
Storage Size | 0 GB |
Storages |
| NETWORK | |
|---|---|
Inbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
Outbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
IPv4 | 0 |
Server Description
An arm64-based virtual machine featuring dedicated compute resources and a balanced memory-to-core ratio for efficient scale-out workloads.
The Google Cloud Platform c4a-standard-2 is an arm64-based virtual machine instance within the c4a family, featuring 2 dedicated vCPUs and 8.0 GB of system memory. This configuration provides a balanced 1:4 vCPU-to-RAM ratio, offering 4.0 GB of memory per core. The instance does not include local storage or integrated GPU accelerators, relying entirely on network-attached storage options. Built on ARM architecture, it delivers consistent compute performance with dedicated CPU allocation, making it a cost-efficient choice for scale-out workloads. The c4a-standard-2 is suited for general-purpose applications, microservices, lightweight web servers, containerized environments, and software development pipelines that benefit from ARM-native execution without requiring high-performance local disk I/O or specialized hardware coprocessors.
Economics
Alternatives
Servers of the Same Family
| INSTANCE | vCPUs | MEMORY | GPUs |
|---|---|---|---|
| c4a-highcpu-1 | 1 | 2 GiB | 0 |
| c4a-standard-1 | 1 | 4 GiB | 0 |
| c4a-highmem-1 | 1 | 8 GiB | 0 |
| c4a-highcpu-2 | 2 | 4 GiB | 0 |
| c4a-highmem-2 | 2 | 16 GiB | 0 |
| c4a-highcpu-4 | 4 | 8 GiB | 0 |
| c4a-standard-4 | 4 | 16 GiB | 0 |
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