c3-standard-4vsc3d-standard-4

c3d-standard-4 is 10% cheaper than c3-standard-4 on demand in Iowa, saving $14.60 a month.

At a glancec3-standard-4c3d-standard-4
On-demand$0.2016/hr$0.1816/hr10% less
Lowest rate$0.0716/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0437/hr39% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 16 GiB4 vCPUs, 16 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon (Sapphire Rapids)AMD EPYC Genoa
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in Iowa

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionc3-standard-4c3d-standard-4c3d-standard-4 vs c3-standard-4
On-demandPay by the hour$0.2016$0.1816▼ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted64% off$0.071676% off$0.0437▼ 39%
1-yr committed useNo upfront37% off$0.12737% off$0.1144▼ 10%
3-yr committed useNo upfront55% off$0.090755% off$0.0817▼ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c3-standard-4 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where c3d-standard-4 leads
On-demand price$0.1816 vs $0.2016 per hour
10% cheaper

Specs

4 of 11 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 3 differc3-standard-4c3d-standard-4
vCPUs44
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon (Sapphire Rapids)AMD EPYC Genoa
MemoryAll 1 matchc3-standard-4c3d-standard-4
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking1 of 1 differc3-standard-4c3d-standard-4
NetworkUp to 23 GbpsUp to 20 Gbps
StorageAll 2 matchc3-standard-4c3d-standard-4
StorageNetwork disks onlyNetwork disks only
Max persistent disks128128
Instance details1 of 2 differc3-standard-4c3d-standard-4
Familyc3c3d
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Other1 of 2 differc3-standard-4c3d-standard-4
SeriesC3C3D
Specs sourceCompute Engine APICompute Engine API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c3-standard-4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc3-standard-4c3d-standard-4Difference
Columbusus-east5$0.2016$0.2045▲ 1%
IowaUsed in summaryus-central1$0.2016$0.1816▼ 10%
Northern Virginiaus-east4$0.2016$0.1816▼ 10%
Oregonus-west1$0.2016$0.1816▼ 10%
South Carolinaus-east1$0.2016$0.1816▼ 10%
Mumbaiasia-south1$0.2097$0.1889▼ 10%
Netherlandseurope-west4$0.2117$0.1907▼ 10%
Tel Avivme-west1$0.2218$0.1998▼ 10%
Belgiumeurope-west1$0.222$0.2▼ 10%
Finlandeurope-north1$0.222$0.2▼ 10%
Las Vegasus-west4$0.2271$0.2045▼ 10%
Frankfurteurope-west3$0.2379$0.2143▼ 10%
Singaporeasia-southeast1$0.2487$0.224▼ 10%
Sydneyaustralia-southeast1$0.252$0.227▼ 10%
Dammamme-central2$0.3226$0.2906▼ 10%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

c3-standard-4General purpose, c3 family
c3-standard-4 prices and specsEvery size in the c3 family

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Compare c3d-standard-4 with

c2d-standard-4c4d-standard-4

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GCP Compute Engine Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.