n1vsn2

Size for size, n1 is on average 5% cheaper than n2 on demand in Iowa, across 21 shared sizes. Same size, one generation apart.

At a glance	n1	n2
Sizes here	26	29
From	$0.0475/hr	$0.0717/hr
vCPUs	1 to 160	2 to 128
Memory	1.8 to 3844 GiB	2 to 864 GiB
Architecture	x86_64	x86_64
Category	General purpose	General purpose

On-demand prices by size in Iowa

USD per hour for Linux. Pick a size to compare the two types.

Region

Size	n1	n2	n2 vs n1
highcpu-2	n1-highcpu-2 $0.0708	n2-highcpu-2 $0.0717	▲ 1%
standard-2	n1-standard-2 $0.095	n2-standard-2 $0.0971	▲ 2%
highmem-2	n1-highmem-2 $0.1183	n2-highmem-2 $0.131	▲ 11%
highcpu-4	n1-highcpu-4 $0.1417	n2-highcpu-4 $0.1434	▲ 1%
standard-4	n1-standard-4 $0.19	n2-standard-4 $0.1942	▲ 2%
highmem-4	n1-highmem-4 $0.2366	n2-highmem-4 $0.262	▲ 11%
highcpu-8	n1-highcpu-8 $0.2834	n2-highcpu-8 $0.2868	▲ 1%
standard-8	n1-standard-8 $0.38	n2-standard-8 $0.3885	▲ 2%
highmem-8	n1-highmem-8 $0.4732	n2-highmem-8 $0.5241	▲ 11%
highcpu-16	n1-highcpu-16 $0.5668	n2-highcpu-16 $0.5736	▲ 1%
standard-16	n1-standard-16 $0.76	n2-standard-16 $0.7769	▲ 2%
highmem-16	n1-highmem-16 $0.9464	n2-highmem-16 $1.048	▲ 11%
highcpu-32	n1-highcpu-32 $1.134	n2-highcpu-32 $1.147	▲ 1%
standard-32	n1-standard-32 $1.52	n2-standard-32 $1.554	▲ 2%
highmem-32	n1-highmem-32 $1.893	n2-highmem-32 $2.096	▲ 11%
highcpu-64	n1-highcpu-64 $2.267	n2-highcpu-64 $2.294	▲ 1%
standard-64	n1-standard-64 $3.04	n2-standard-64 $3.108	▲ 2%
highmem-64	n1-highmem-64 $3.786	n2-highmem-64 $4.192	▲ 11%
highcpu-96	n1-highcpu-96 $3.401	n2-highcpu-96 $3.441	▲ 1%
standard-96	n1-standard-96 $4.56	n2-standard-96 $4.662	▲ 2%
highmem-96	n1-highmem-96 $5.678	n2-highmem-96 $6.289	▲ 11%

Key differences

The biggest lead each family has.

Where n1 leads

On-demand priceCheaper in 21 of 21 shared sizes

5% cheaper

Spot priceLower in 21 of 21 shared sizes

Cheaper spot

Largest size160 vCPUs vs 128

Bigger

Where n2 leads

Sizes29 sizes here vs 26

3 more

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n126 sizes

Every size in the n1 family

n229 sizes

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