n4vsn4a

Size for size, n4a is on average 15% cheaper than n4 on demand in Iowa, across 21 shared sizes. Same size and generation on a different processor.

At a glance	n4	n4a
Sizes here	24	24
From	$0.0765/hr	$0.0325/hr
vCPUs	2 to 80	1 to 64
Memory	4 to 640 GiB	2 to 512 GiB
Architecture	x86_64	arm64
Category	General purpose	General purpose, Arm

On-demand prices by size in Iowa

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

Size	n4	n4a	n4a vs n4
highcpu-2	n4-highcpu-2 $0.0765	n4a-highcpu-2 $0.065	▼ 15%
standard-2	n4-standard-2 $0.0907	n4a-standard-2 $0.077	▼ 15%
highmem-2	n4-highmem-2 $0.119	n4a-highmem-2 $0.1011	▼ 15%
highcpu-4	n4-highcpu-4 $0.1531	n4a-highcpu-4 $0.1299	▼ 15%
standard-4	n4-standard-4 $0.1814	n4a-standard-4 $0.154	▼ 15%
highmem-4	n4-highmem-4 $0.238	n4a-highmem-4 $0.2022	▼ 15%
highcpu-8	n4-highcpu-8 $0.3062	n4a-highcpu-8 $0.2598	▼ 15%
standard-8	n4-standard-8 $0.3628	n4a-standard-8 $0.308	▼ 15%
highmem-8	n4-highmem-8 $0.4761	n4a-highmem-8 $0.4043	▼ 15%
highcpu-16	n4-highcpu-16 $0.6123	n4a-highcpu-16 $0.5197	▼ 15%
standard-16	n4-standard-16 $0.7256	n4a-standard-16 $0.616	▼ 15%
highmem-16	n4-highmem-16 $0.9522	n4a-highmem-16 $0.8086	▼ 15%
highcpu-32	n4-highcpu-32 $1.225	n4a-highcpu-32 $1.039	▼ 15%
standard-32	n4-standard-32 $1.451	n4a-standard-32 $1.232	▼ 15%
highmem-32	n4-highmem-32 $1.904	n4a-highmem-32 $1.617	▼ 15%
highcpu-48	n4-highcpu-48 $1.837	n4a-highcpu-48 $1.559	▼ 15%
standard-48	n4-standard-48 $2.177	n4a-standard-48 $1.848	▼ 15%
highmem-48	n4-highmem-48 $2.857	n4a-highmem-48 $2.426	▼ 15%
highcpu-64	n4-highcpu-64 $2.449	n4a-highcpu-64 $2.079	▼ 15%
standard-64	n4-standard-64 $2.902	n4a-standard-64 $2.464	▼ 15%
highmem-64	n4-highmem-64 $3.809	n4a-highmem-64 $3.235	▼ 15%

Key differences

The biggest lead each family has.

Where n4 leads

Largest size80 vCPUs vs 64

Bigger

Where n4a leads

On-demand priceCheaper in 21 of 21 shared sizes

15% cheaper

Spot priceLower in 21 of 21 shared sizes

Cheaper spot

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