n1-highcpu-2 by Google Cloud Platform

n1-highcpu-2 is a 2 vCPUs, 1.8 GB RAM server offered by Google Cloud Platform with 2 vCPUs, 2 GiB of memory and 0 GB of storage. The pricing starts at 0.0126 USD per hour.
2 vCPU
2 GiB Memory
Spare SCore
1,409
(All-cores)
1,086
(Single-core)

Specifications

Server Metadata

Vendor ID
gcp
Server ID
4002
Name
n1-highcpu-2
Description
2 vCPUs, 1.8 GB RAM
Family
n1
Hw Virt
Average Time To Start
21.67
Status
active
Observed At
2026-09-22T17:30:02.305165

Availability

REGION / IDSPOTONDEMAND
Council Bluffs (US) / us-central1
0.0404 USD/h 0.0708 USD/h
The Dalles (US) / us-west1
0.0404 USD/h 0.0708 USD/h
Moncks Corner (US) / us-east1
0.0404 USD/h 0.0708 USD/h
Tel Aviv (IL) / me-west1
0.043 USD/h 0.0779 USD/h
St. Ghislain (BE) / europe-west1
0.0444 USD/h 0.0779 USD/h
Hamina (FI) / europe-north1
0.0187 USD/h 0.078 USD/h
Toronto (CA) / northamerica-northeast2
0.0359 USD/h 0.078 USD/h
Eemshaven (NL) / europe-west4
0.0445 USD/h 0.078 USD/h
Montréal (CA) / northamerica-northeast1
0.0465 USD/h 0.078 USD/h
Ashburn (US) / us-east4
0.0341 USD/h 0.0798 USD/h
Las Vegas (US) / us-west4
0.0361 USD/h 0.0798 USD/h
Changhua County (TW) / asia-east1
0.0175 USD/h 0.082 USD/h
Delhi (IN) / asia-south2
0.0213 USD/h 0.0851 USD/h
Mumbai (IN) / asia-south1
0.0273 USD/h 0.0851 USD/h
Salt Lake City (US) / us-west3
0.0341 USD/h 0.0851 USD/h
Los Angeles (US) / us-west2
0.0391 USD/h 0.0851 USD/h
Warsaw (PL) / europe-central2
0.031 USD/h 0.0857 USD/h
Jurong West (SG) / asia-southeast1
0.021 USD/h 0.0874 USD/h
Tokyo (JP) / asia-northeast1
0.0346 USD/h 0.091 USD/h
Osaka (JP) / asia-northeast2
0.0421 USD/h 0.091 USD/h
Seoul (KR) / asia-northeast3
0.0493 USD/h 0.091 USD/h
London (GB) / europe-west2
0.0379 USD/h 0.0913 USD/h
Frankfurt (DE) / europe-west3
0.0516 USD/h 0.0913 USD/h
Zurich (CH) / europe-west6
0.0429 USD/h 0.0928 USD/h
Jakarta (ID) / asia-southeast2
0.0126 USD/h 0.0953 USD/h
Hong Kong / asia-east2
0.0171 USD/h 0.0991 USD/h
Melbourne (AU) / australia-southeast2
0.0209 USD/h 0.1005 USD/h
Sydney (AU) / australia-southeast1
0.0547 USD/h 0.1005 USD/h
Osasco (BR) / southamerica-east1
0.0376 USD/h 0.1125 USD/h

Processor

vCPUs
2
CPU Allocation
Dedicated
CPU Cores
1
CPU Speed
2.3 GHz
CPU Architecture
x86_64
CPU Manufacturer
Intel
CPU Family
Xeon
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
256 KiB
CPU L2 Cache Total
256 KiB
CPU L3 Cache
45 MiB
CPU L3 Cache Total
45 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, pti, ssbd, ibrs, ibpb, stibp, fsgsbase, tsc_adjust, bmi1, avx2, smep, bmi2, erms, invpcid, xsaveopt, arat, md_clear, arch_capabilities
Ecpus
1.3
Scalability
65

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
      Inbound Traffic
      0 GB/month
      Outbound Traffic
      0 GB/month
      IPv4
      0

      CPU and System Topology

      Server Description

      A low-cost, entry-level compute instance featuring dedicated Intel Xeon vCPUs and minimal memory for lightweight utility workloads.

      Compute OptimizedGeneral Purpose

      Google Cloud Platform n1-highcpu-2 is an x86_64 virtual machine within the n1 family, configured with 2 dedicated vCPUs and 2.0 GB of RAM. Powered by an Intel Xeon processor running at 2.3 GHz, this instance lacks local storage and GPU accelerators. Benchmark data indicates entry-level performance, with a stress-ng single-core score of 1086.39 and a multi-core score of 1408.88. Memory bandwidth is constrained, reaching 13.22 GB/sec for large-block reads. Given the low memory-to-vCPU ratio of 1 GB per vCPU, this server represents a cost-effective option for basic, compute-focused tasks but presents clear limitations for memory-heavy applications. It is best suited for lightweight utility scripts, basic web serving, and small-scale Redis deployments.

      Economics

      Average Price per Region

      Prices per Zone

      Lowest Prices

      Performance

      Workload Profiles

      0.33Score
      Precomputed compound score for Cache Intensive workloads. A weighted average (geometric mean) of benchmark scores compared to their medians: score = ∏ (x_i / m_i)^(w_i / Σw). The score of 1.0 represents a synthetic baseline server with the median performance of each component benchmark; 0.5 means roughly half the performance; and 2.0 means twice the performance of that reference profile. Component weights: 50% Redis RPS (pipeline=1, SET), 20% Redis RPS (pipeline=16, SET), 10% PassMark Memory Mark (composite), 10% Memory bandwidth (read, 16 MB ~ L3), 10% PassMark single-thread CPU. Rationale for component selection: In-memory key-value store workload, mixing direct Redis performance metrics with memory speed and latency benchmarks, and single-core CPU performance profiles.Partial coverage: missing component benchmark(s): Redis RPS (pipeline=1, SET), Redis RPS (pipeline=16, SET).
      Component Score Weight Impact
      Raw Reference Normalized Target Actual
      Redis RPS (pipeline=1, SET) — 2,029,678 ops/sec — 50.00% 0.00% —
      Redis RPS (pipeline=16, SET) — 12,408,146 ops/sec — 20.00% 0.00% —
      PassMark Memory Mark (composite) 730 2,417 0.3 10.00% 33.00% -33.00%
      Memory bandwidth (read, 16 MB ~ L3) 21,683 MB/sec 108,374 MB/sec 0.2 10.00% 33.00% -41.00%
      PassMark single-thread CPU 1,535 Mops/s 2,365 Mops/s 0.62 10.00% 33.00% -15.00%

      Memory Bandwidth

      Compression

      OpenSSL

      Passmark CPU Scores

      BENCHMARKSCORE
      Mark
      		 1639
      Compression
      		 21615
      Encryption
      		 653
      Extended Instructions
      		 1159
      Floating Point Maths
      		 2957
      Integer Maths
      		 4790
      Physics
      		 146
      Prime Numbers
      		 6
      Single Threaded
      		 1535
      String Sorting
      		 2328

      Passmark Memory Scores

      BENCHMARKSCORE
      Memory Mark
      		 730
      Database Operations
      		 451
      Memory Latency
      		 94
      Memory Read Cached
      		 18549
      Memory Read Uncached
      		 5857
      Memory Write
      		 6270

      Stress-ng Raw Scores

      Stress-ng Relative Multicore Performance

      LLM Inference Speed for Prompt Processing

      LLM Inference Speed for Text Generation

      Static Web Server

      Alternatives

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      INSTANCEvCPUsMEMORYGPUs
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      n1-highmem-2 213 GiB0
      n1-highcpu-4 44 GiB0
      n1-standard-4 415 GiB0
      n1-highmem-4 426 GiB0
      n1-highcpu-8 87 GiB0

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