g2-standard-12vsg4-standard-12

g2-standard-12 is 49% cheaper than g4-standard-12 on demand in Iowa, saving $690.80 a month.

At a glanceg2-standard-12g4-standard-12
On-demand$1.00/hr49% less$1.947/hr
Lowest rate$0.4502/hr47% less3-yr committed use, no upfront$0.8564/hr3-yr committed use, no upfront
Size12 vCPUs, 48 GiB12 vCPUs, 45 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon (Cascade Lake)AMD EPYC Turin
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in Iowa

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

Optiong2-standard-12g4-standard-12g4-standard-12 vs g2-standard-12
On-demandPay by the hour$1.00$1.947▲ 95%
SpotCan be interrupted40% off$0.598661% off$0.7648▲ 28%
1-yr committed useNo upfront37% off$0.630331% off$1.343▲ 113%
3-yr committed useNo upfront55% off$0.450256% off$0.8564▲ 90%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where g2-standard-12 leads
On-demand price$1.00 vs $1.947 per hour
49% cheaper
Max persistent disks128 vs 16
8× higher
Memory (GiB)48 vs 45
7% higher
Where g4-standard-12 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

7 of 13 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 3 differg2-standard-12g4-standard-12
vCPUs1212
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon (Cascade Lake)AMD EPYC Turin
Memory1 of 1 differg2-standard-12g4-standard-12
Memory (GiB)4845
Accelerators1 of 2 differg2-standard-12g4-standard-12
GPUs11
GPUNVIDIA L4NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000
Networking1 of 1 differg2-standard-12g4-standard-12
NetworkUp to 16 GbpsUp to 20 Gbps
Storage1 of 2 differg2-standard-12g4-standard-12
StorageNetwork disks onlyNetwork disks only
Max persistent disks12816
Instance details1 of 2 differg2-standard-12g4-standard-12
Familyg2g4
CategoryAccelerator optimizedAccelerator optimized
Other1 of 2 differg2-standard-12g4-standard-12
SeriesG2G4
Specs sourceCompute Engine APICompute Engine API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for g2-standard-12 first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regiong2-standard-12g4-standard-12Difference
Northern Virginiaus-east4$0.9971$1.947▲ 95%
IowaUsed in summaryus-central1$1.00$1.947▲ 95%
Oregonus-west1$1.00$1.947▲ 95%
South Carolinaus-east1$1.00$1.947▲ 95%
Mumbaiasia-south1$1.041$2.531▲ 143%
Netherlandseurope-west4$1.052$2.141▲ 104%
Belgiumeurope-west1$1.102$2.141▲ 94%
Las Vegasus-west4$1.127$2.141▲ 90%
Londoneurope-west2$1.139$2.336▲ 105%
Taiwanasia-east1$1.158$2.531▲ 118%
Singaporeasia-southeast1$1.234$2.336▲ 89%
Tokyoasia-northeast1$1.285$2.531▲ 97%
Dammamme-central2$1.601$2.336▲ 46%

Keep exploring

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

g2-standard-12Accelerator optimized, g2 family
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g4-standard-12Accelerator optimized, g4 family
g4-standard-12 prices and specsEvery size in the g4 family

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