n2vsn4

Size for size, n4 is on average 3% cheaper than n2 on demand in Iowa, across 24 shared sizes. Same size, one generation apart.

At a glance	n2	n4
Sizes here	29	24
From	$0.0717/hr	$0.0765/hr
vCPUs	2 to 128	2 to 80
Memory	2 to 864 GiB	4 to 640 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	n2	n4	n4 vs n2
highcpu-2	n2-highcpu-2 $0.0717	n4-highcpu-2 $0.0765	▲ 7%
standard-2	n2-standard-2 $0.0971	n4-standard-2 $0.0907	▼ 7%
highmem-2	n2-highmem-2 $0.131	n4-highmem-2 $0.119	▼ 9%
highcpu-4	n2-highcpu-4 $0.1434	n4-highcpu-4 $0.1531	▲ 7%
standard-4	n2-standard-4 $0.1942	n4-standard-4 $0.1814	▼ 7%
highmem-4	n2-highmem-4 $0.262	n4-highmem-4 $0.238	▼ 9%
highcpu-8	n2-highcpu-8 $0.2868	n4-highcpu-8 $0.3062	▲ 7%
standard-8	n2-standard-8 $0.3885	n4-standard-8 $0.3628	▼ 7%
highmem-8	n2-highmem-8 $0.5241	n4-highmem-8 $0.4761	▼ 9%
highcpu-16	n2-highcpu-16 $0.5736	n4-highcpu-16 $0.6123	▲ 7%
standard-16	n2-standard-16 $0.7769	n4-standard-16 $0.7256	▼ 7%
highmem-16	n2-highmem-16 $1.048	n4-highmem-16 $0.9522	▼ 9%
highcpu-32	n2-highcpu-32 $1.147	n4-highcpu-32 $1.225	▲ 7%
standard-32	n2-standard-32 $1.554	n4-standard-32 $1.451	▼ 7%
highmem-32	n2-highmem-32 $2.096	n4-highmem-32 $1.904	▼ 9%
highcpu-48	n2-highcpu-48 $1.721	n4-highcpu-48 $1.837	▲ 7%
standard-48	n2-standard-48 $2.331	n4-standard-48 $2.177	▼ 7%
highmem-48	n2-highmem-48 $3.144	n4-highmem-48 $2.857	▼ 9%
highcpu-64	n2-highcpu-64 $2.294	n4-highcpu-64 $2.449	▲ 7%
standard-64	n2-standard-64 $3.108	n4-standard-64 $2.902	▼ 7%
highmem-64	n2-highmem-64 $4.192	n4-highmem-64 $3.809	▼ 9%
highcpu-80	n2-highcpu-80 $2.868	n4-highcpu-80 $3.062	▲ 7%
standard-80	n2-standard-80 $3.885	n4-standard-80 $3.628	▼ 7%
highmem-80	n2-highmem-80 $5.241	n4-highmem-80 $4.761	▼ 9%

Key differences

The biggest lead each family has.

Where n2 leads

Sizes29 sizes here vs 24

5 more

Largest size128 vCPUs vs 80

Bigger

Where n4 leads

On-demand priceCheaper in 16 of 24 shared sizes

3% cheaper

Spot priceLower in 16 of 24 shared sizes

Cheaper spot

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