g2-standard-96vsg4-standard-96

g2-standard-96 is 11% cheaper than g4-standard-96 on demand in Iowa, saving $727.52 a month.

At a glanceg2-standard-96g4-standard-96
On-demand$8.003/hr11% less$9.00/hr
Lowest rate$4.789/hrSpot, can be interrupted$3.436/hr28% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 384 GiB96 vCPUs, 360 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-96g4-standard-96g4-standard-96 vs g2-standard-96
On-demandPay by the hour$8.003$9.00▲ 12%
SpotCan be interrupted40% off$4.78962% off$3.436▼ 28%
1-yr committed useNo upfront37% off$5.04231% off$6.21▲ 23%
3-yr committed useNo upfront55% off$3.60256% off$3.959▲ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where g2-standard-96 leads
On-demand price$8.003 vs $9.00 per hour
11% cheaper
Max persistent disks128 vs 32
4× higher
Memory (GiB)384 vs 360
7% higher
Where g4-standard-96 leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

7 of 13 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 3 differg2-standard-96g4-standard-96
vCPUs9696
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon (Cascade Lake)AMD EPYC Turin
Memory1 of 1 differg2-standard-96g4-standard-96
Memory (GiB)384360
Accelerators2 of 2 differg2-standard-96g4-standard-96
GPUs82
GPUNVIDIA L4NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000
NetworkingAll 1 matchg2-standard-96g4-standard-96
NetworkUp to 100 GbpsUp to 100 Gbps
Storage1 of 2 differg2-standard-96g4-standard-96
StorageNetwork disks onlyNetwork disks only
Max persistent disks12832
Instance details1 of 2 differg2-standard-96g4-standard-96
Familyg2g4
CategoryAccelerator optimizedAccelerator optimized
Other1 of 2 differg2-standard-96g4-standard-96
SeriesG2G4
Specs sourceCompute Engine APICompute Engine API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for g2-standard-96 first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regiong2-standard-96g4-standard-96Difference
Northern Virginiaus-east4$7.977$9.00▲ 13%
IowaUsed in summaryus-central1$8.003$9.00▲ 12%
Oregonus-west1$8.003$9.00▲ 12%
South Carolinaus-east1$8.003$9.00▲ 12%
Mumbaiasia-south1$8.331$11.699▲ 40%
Netherlandseurope-west4$8.412$9.90▲ 18%
Belgiumeurope-west1$8.813$9.90▲ 12%
Las Vegasus-west4$9.014$9.90▲ 10%
Londoneurope-west2$9.113$10.80▲ 19%
Taiwanasia-east1$9.267$11.70▲ 26%
Singaporeasia-southeast1$9.874$10.80▲ 9%
Tokyoasia-northeast1$10.278$11.70▲ 14%
Dammamme-central2$12.805$10.798▼ 16%

Keep exploring

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

g2-standard-96Accelerator optimized, g2 family
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g4-standard-96Accelerator optimized, g4 family
g4-standard-96 prices and specsEvery size in the g4 family

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The best committed rate on these two is 55–56% below on-demand. Connect your cloud accounts to unlock greater savings with commitment protection.

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