Instances GCP Compute Engine e2-highcpu-2 e2-highcpu-2
e2-highcpu-2 is a GCP Compute Engine machine type with 2 vCPUs, 2 GiB memory (Intel Xeon (Skylake) or Intel Xeon E5 v4 (Broadwell E5) or AMD EPYC Milan). In Iowa it costs $0.0495 per hour on demand ($36.14 per month) for Linux; a 1-year committed use discount costs $0.0312 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0297 per hour. It is sold in 42 regions.
USD per hour, Linux. Committed use prices are billed monthly. Cheapest on-demand first.
Region On-demand Spot 1-yr committed use 3-yr committed use Iowa us-central1 $0.0495 $0.0297 $0.0312 $0.0223 South Carolina us-east1 $0.0495 $0.0297 $0.0312 $0.0223 Columbus us-east5 $0.0495 $0.0275 $0.0312 $0.0223 Oregon us-west1 $0.0495 $0.0297 $0.0312 $0.0223 Stockholm europe-north2 $0.0519 $0.0146 $0.0327 $0.0234 Mexico northamerica-south1 $0.0539 $0.0166 $0.034 $0.0243 Johannesburg africa-south1 $0.0544 $0.0182 $0.0343 $0.0245 Belgium europe-west1 $0.0544 $0.0264 $0.0343 $0.0245 Tel Aviv me-west1 $0.0544 $0.0306 $0.0343 $0.0245 Finland europe-north1 $0.0545 $0.0157 $0.0343 $0.0245 Netherlands europe-west4 $0.0545 $0.0326 $0.0343 $0.0245 Montréal northamerica-northeast1 $0.0545 $0.0185 $0.0343 $0.0245 Toronto northamerica-northeast2 $0.0545 $0.0113 $0.0343 $0.0245 Northern Virginia us-east4 $0.0557 $0.0333 $0.0351 $0.0251 Las Vegas us-west4 $0.0557 $0.0077 $0.0351 $0.0251 Taiwan asia-east1 $0.0573 $0.0306 $0.0361 $0.0258 Milan europe-west8 $0.0574 $0.0297 $0.0362 $0.0258 Paris europe-west9 $0.0574 $0.0323 $0.0362 $0.0258 Madrid europe-southwest1 $0.0584 $0.031 $0.0368 $0.0263 Dallas us-south1 $0.0584 $0.0175 $0.0368 $0.0263 Mumbai asia-south1 $0.0594 $0.0357 $0.0374 $0.0267 Delhi asia-south2 $0.0594 $0.0291 $0.0374 $0.0267 Los Angeles us-west2 $0.0594 $0.0179 $0.0374 $0.0267 Salt Lake City us-west3 $0.0594 $0.0196 $0.0374 $0.0267 Melbourne australia-southeast2 $0.0597 $0.034 $0.0376 $0.0269 Warsaw europe-central2 $0.0599 $0.0304 $0.0377 $0.0269 Doha me-central1 $0.0601 $0.0325 $0.0379 $0.027 Singapore asia-southeast1 $0.061 $0.0366 $0.0384 $0.0275 Tokyo asia-northeast1 $0.0635 $0.0381 $0.04 $0.0286 Osaka asia-northeast2 $0.0635 $0.018 $0.04 $0.0286 Seoul asia-northeast3 $0.0635 $0.0348 $0.04 $0.0286 Berlin europe-west10 $0.0637 $0.0122 $0.0402 $0.0287 London europe-west2 $0.0637 $0.0253 $0.0402 $0.0287 Frankfurt europe-west3 $0.0637 $0.0382 $0.0402 $0.0287 Turin europe-west12 $0.0638 $0.0171 $0.0402 $0.0287 Zurich europe-west6 $0.0648 $0.0288 $0.0408 $0.0292 Jakarta asia-southeast2 $0.0665 $0.0151 $0.0419 $0.0299 Hong Kong asia-east2 $0.0692 $0.0208 $0.0436 $0.0311 Sydney australia-southeast1 $0.0702 $0.0392 $0.0442 $0.0316 Santiago southamerica-west1 $0.0707 $0.0393 $0.0446 $0.0318 São Paulo southamerica-east1 $0.0785 $0.0163 $0.0495 $0.0353 Dammam me-central2 $0.0792 $0.0475 $0.0499 $0.0356
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon (Skylake) or Intel Xeon E5 v4 (Broadwell E5) or AMD EPYC Milan
Networking Value Network Up to 4 Gbps
Storage Value Storage Network disks only Max persistent disks 128
Instance details Value Instance type e2-highcpu-2 Family e2 Category General purpose
Other Value Series E2 Specs source Compute Engine API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Google Cloud Billing Catalog API. Compare all GCP Compute Engine sizes .