n1-highcpu-4

n1-highcpu-4 is a GCP Compute Engine machine type with 4 vCPUs, 3.6 GiB memory (Intel Xeon (Skylake) or Intel Xeon E5 v4 (Broadwell E5) or Intel Xeon E5 v3 (Haswell) or Intel Xeon E5 v2 (Ivy Bridge) or Intel Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge)). In Iowa it costs $0.1417 per hour on demand ($103.44 per month) for Linux; a 1-year committed use discount costs $0.0893 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0763 per hour. It is sold in 29 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Committed use prices are billed monthly. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr committed use3-yr committed use
Iowa us-central1$0.1417$0.0763$0.0893$0.0638
South Carolina us-east1$0.1417$0.0763$0.0893$0.0638
Oregon us-west1$0.1417$0.0763$0.0893$0.0638
Belgium europe-west1$0.1559$0.0796$0.0982$0.0701
Tel Aviv me-west1$0.1559$0.0935$0.0982$0.0701
Finland europe-north1$0.156$0.0288$0.0983$0.0702
Netherlands europe-west4$0.156$0.0934$0.0983$0.0702
Montréal northamerica-northeast1$0.156$0.093$0.0983$0.0702
Toronto northamerica-northeast2$0.156$0.0751$0.0983$0.0702
Northern Virginia us-east4$0.1596$0.0746$0.0955$0.0682
Las Vegas us-west4$0.1596$0.0559$0.0955$0.0682
Taiwan asia-east1$0.1641$0.0366$0.1034$0.0738
Mumbai asia-south1$0.1702$0.0598$0.1072$0.0766
Delhi asia-south2$0.1702$0.0443$0.1072$0.0766
Los Angeles us-west2$0.1702$0.0818$0.1072$0.0766
Salt Lake City us-west3$0.1702$0.0646$0.1072$0.0766
Warsaw europe-central2$0.1715$0.0531$0.108$0.0772
Singapore asia-southeast1$0.1748$0.0438$0.1101$0.0787
Tokyo asia-northeast1$0.182$0.0723$0.1146$0.0819
Osaka asia-northeast2$0.182$0.0881$0.1146$0.0819
Seoul asia-northeast3$0.182$0.0931$0.1146$0.0819
London europe-west2$0.1826$0.0649$0.1149$0.0821
Frankfurt europe-west3$0.1826$0.0882$0.1149$0.0821
Zurich europe-west6$0.1856$0.0664$0.1169$0.0835
Jakarta asia-southeast2$0.1905$0.0216$0.12$0.0857
Hong Kong asia-east2$0.1983$0.0307$0.1249$0.0892
Sydney australia-southeast1$0.2011$0.0935$0.1267$0.0905
Melbourne australia-southeast2$0.2011$0.0324$0.1267$0.0905
São Paulo southamerica-east1$0.2249$0.071$0.1417$0.1012

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon (Skylake) or Intel Xeon E5 v4 (Broadwell E5) or Intel Xeon E5 v3 (Haswell) or Intel Xeon E5 v2 (Ivy Bridge) or Intel Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)3.6
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageNetwork disks only
Max persistent disks128
Instance detailsValue
Instance typen1-highcpu-4
Familyn1
CategoryGeneral purpose
OtherValue
SeriesN1
Specs sourceCompute Engine API

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Other n1 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
n1-standard-113.75$0.0475
n1-highcpu-221.8$0.0708
n1-standard-227.5$0.095
n1-highmem-2213$0.1183
n1-highcpu-443.6$0.1417
n1-standard-4415$0.19
n1-highmem-4426$0.2366
n1-highcpu-887.2$0.2834
n1-standard-8830$0.38
n1-highmem-8852$0.4732
n1-highcpu-161614.4$0.5668
n1-standard-161660$0.76
n1-highmem-1616104$0.9464
n1-highcpu-323228.8$1.134
n1-standard-3232120$1.52
n1-highmem-3232208$1.893
n1-ultramem-4040961$5.336
n1-highcpu-646457.6$2.267
n1-standard-6464240$3.04
n1-highmem-6464416$3.786
n1-ultramem-80801922$10.672
n1-highcpu-969686.4$3.401
n1-standard-9696360$4.56
n1-highmem-9696624$5.678
n1-megamem-96961433.6$9.109
n1-ultramem-1601603844$21.345

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Google Cloud Billing Catalog API. Compare all GCP Compute Engine sizes.