n2dvsn4d

Size for size, n2d is on average 4% cheaper than n4d on demand in Iowa, across 27 shared sizes. Same size, one generation apart.

At a glance	n2d	n4d
Sizes here	31	27
From	$0.0624/hr	$0.0715/hr
vCPUs	2 to 224	2 to 96
Memory	2 to 896 GiB	4 to 768 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.

Size	n2d	n4d	n4d vs n2d
highcpu-2	n2d-highcpu-2 $0.0624	n4d-highcpu-2 $0.0715	▲ 15%
standard-2	n2d-standard-2 $0.0845	n4d-standard-2 $0.0847	Same
highmem-2	n2d-highmem-2 $0.114	n4d-highmem-2 $0.1112	▼ 2%
highcpu-4	n2d-highcpu-4 $0.1248	n4d-highcpu-4 $0.1429	▲ 15%
standard-4	n2d-standard-4 $0.169	n4d-standard-4 $0.1694	Same
highmem-4	n2d-highmem-4 $0.228	n4d-highmem-4 $0.2224	▼ 2%
highcpu-8	n2d-highcpu-8 $0.2495	n4d-highcpu-8 $0.2858	▲ 15%
standard-8	n2d-standard-8 $0.338	n4d-standard-8 $0.3388	Same
highmem-8	n2d-highmem-8 $0.4559	n4d-highmem-8 $0.4447	▼ 2%
highcpu-16	n2d-highcpu-16 $0.499	n4d-highcpu-16 $0.5717	▲ 15%
standard-16	n2d-standard-16 $0.6759	n4d-standard-16 $0.6776	Same
highmem-16	n2d-highmem-16 $0.9118	n4d-highmem-16 $0.8894	▼ 2%
highcpu-32	n2d-highcpu-32 $0.998	n4d-highcpu-32 $1.143	▲ 15%
standard-32	n2d-standard-32 $1.352	n4d-standard-32 $1.355	Same
highmem-32	n2d-highmem-32 $1.824	n4d-highmem-32 $1.779	▼ 2%
highcpu-48	n2d-highcpu-48 $1.497	n4d-highcpu-48 $1.715	▲ 15%
standard-48	n2d-standard-48 $2.028	n4d-standard-48 $2.033	Same
highmem-48	n2d-highmem-48 $2.736	n4d-highmem-48 $2.668	▼ 2%
highcpu-64	n2d-highcpu-64 $1.996	n4d-highcpu-64 $2.287	▲ 15%
standard-64	n2d-standard-64 $2.704	n4d-standard-64 $2.71	Same
highmem-64	n2d-highmem-64 $3.647	n4d-highmem-64 $3.558	▼ 2%
highcpu-80	n2d-highcpu-80 $2.495	n4d-highcpu-80 $2.858	▲ 15%
standard-80	n2d-standard-80 $3.38	n4d-standard-80 $3.388	Same
highmem-80	n2d-highmem-80 $4.559	n4d-highmem-80 $4.447	▼ 2%
highcpu-96	n2d-highcpu-96 $2.994	n4d-highcpu-96 $3.43	▲ 15%
standard-96	n2d-standard-96 $4.056	n4d-standard-96 $4.066	Same
highmem-96	n2d-highmem-96 $5.471	n4d-highmem-96 $5.337	▼ 2%

Key differences

The biggest lead each family has.

Where n2d leads

On-demand priceCheaper in 18 of 27 shared sizes

4% cheaper

Spot priceLower in 27 of 27 shared sizes

Cheaper spot

Sizes31 sizes here vs 27

4 more

Largest size224 vCPUs vs 96

Bigger

Where n4d leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

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n2d31 sizes

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