n4d-highmem-2 by Google Cloud Platform

A dedicated dual-core x86_64 server featuring sixteen gigabytes of memory for memory-intensive workloads requiring predictable compute performance.

Google Cloud Platform n4d-highmem-2 is an x86_64 architecture server instance configured with 2 dedicated vCPUs and 16.0 GB of system memory. Part of the n4d server family, it provides a high memory-to-core ratio of 8.0 GB per vCPU, making it a memory-optimized option for workloads requiring significant RAM relative to compute resources. The instance features dedicated CPU allocation for predictable performance, though it lacks local storage and GPU accelerators. This resource configuration is qualitatively cost-efficient for memory-bound tasks, as it avoids the need to provision excess vCPUs to obtain sufficient memory. The n4d-highmem-2 is suitable for small-scale databases, in-memory caching, and lightweight enterprise applications.