Compute optimized GCP Compute Engine machine types
GCP Compute Engine has 30 compute optimized machine types in Iowa, across 4 families. The cheapest is c2d-highcpu-2 at $0.075 per hour on demand (2 vCPUs, 4 GiB).
Prices in Iowa, cheapest first
| Type | Family | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | Spot /hr | 1-yr committed use /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c2d-highcpu-2 | c2d | 2 | 4 | $0.075 | $0.0343 | $0.0472 |
| c2d-standard-2 | c2d | 2 | 8 | $0.0908 | $0.0416 | $0.0572 |
| c2d-highmem-2 | c2d | 2 | 16 | $0.1225 | $0.0561 | $0.0772 |
| c2d-highcpu-4 | c2d | 4 | 8 | $0.1499 | $0.0687 | $0.0944 |
| c2d-standard-4 | c2d | 4 | 16 | $0.1816 | $0.0832 | $0.1144 |
| c2-standard-4 | c2 | 4 | 16 | $0.2088 | $0.092 | $0.1315 |
| c2d-highmem-4 | c2d | 4 | 32 | $0.2449 | $0.1122 | $0.1543 |
| c2d-highcpu-8 | c2d | 8 | 16 | $0.2998 | $0.1373 | $0.1889 |
| c2d-standard-8 | c2d | 8 | 32 | $0.3632 | $0.1664 | $0.2288 |
| c2-standard-8 | c2 | 8 | 32 | $0.4176 | $0.184 | $0.2631 |
| c2d-highmem-8 | c2d | 8 | 64 | $0.4899 | $0.2244 | $0.3086 |
| c2d-highcpu-16 | c2d | 16 | 32 | $0.5997 | $0.2747 | $0.3778 |
| c2d-standard-16 | c2d | 16 | 64 | $0.7264 | $0.3327 | $0.4576 |
| c2-standard-16 | c2 | 16 | 64 | $0.8352 | $0.3681 | $0.5262 |
| c2d-highmem-16 | c2d | 16 | 128 | $0.9798 | $0.4488 | $0.6172 |
| c2d-highcpu-32 | c2d | 32 | 64 | $1.199 | $0.5494 | $0.7556 |
| c2d-standard-32 | c2d | 32 | 128 | $1.453 | $0.6655 | $0.9152 |
| c2-standard-30 | c2 | 30 | 120 | $1.566 | $0.6902 | $0.9866 |
| c2d-highmem-32 | c2d | 32 | 256 | $1.96 | $0.8977 | $1.234 |
| c2d-highcpu-56 | c2d | 56 | 112 | $2.099 | $0.9614 | $1.322 |
| c2d-standard-56 | c2d | 56 | 224 | $2.542 | $1.165 | $1.602 |
| c2-standard-60 | c2 | 60 | 240 | $3.132 | $1.38 | $1.973 |
| c2d-highmem-56 | c2d | 56 | 448 | $3.429 | $1.571 | $2.16 |
| c2d-highcpu-112 | c2d | 112 | 224 | $4.198 | $1.923 | $2.644 |
| h3-standard-88 | h3 | 88 | 352 | $4.924 | $2.491 | $4.038 |
| c2d-standard-112 | c2d | 112 | 448 | $5.085 | $2.329 | $3.203 |
| c2d-highmem-112 | c2d | 112 | 896 | $6.858 | $3.142 | $4.321 |
| h4d-standard-192 | h4d | 192 | 720 | $7.854 | $3.82 | $5.891 |
| h4d-highmem-192 | h4d | 192 | 1488 | $8.843 | $4.301 | $6.633 |
| h4d-highmem-192-lssd | h4d | 192 | 1488 | $9.424 | $4.584 | $7.069 |
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Prices in USD per hour for Linux; reserved prices are 1 year, no upfront. Updated 2026-11-12 from the Google Cloud Billing Catalog API. Compare all GCP Compute Engine machine types.