n1-standard-2

n1-standard-2 is a GCP Compute Engine machine type with 2 vCPUs, 7.5 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 $0.095 per hour on demand ($69.35 per month) for Linux; a 1-year committed use discount costs $0.0598 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0511 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$0.095$0.0511$0.0598$0.0428
South Carolina us-east1$0.095$0.0511$0.0598$0.0428
Oregon us-west1$0.095$0.0511$0.0598$0.0428
Belgium europe-west1$0.1045$0.0534$0.0658$0.047
Tel Aviv me-west1$0.1045$0.0627$0.0658$0.047
Finland europe-north1$0.1046$0.0193$0.0659$0.0471
Netherlands europe-west4$0.1046$0.0626$0.0659$0.0471
Montréal northamerica-northeast1$0.1046$0.0623$0.0659$0.0471
Toronto northamerica-northeast2$0.1046$0.0503$0.0659$0.0471
Northern Virginia us-east4$0.107$0.05$0.064$0.0457
Las Vegas us-west4$0.107$0.0375$0.064$0.0457
Taiwan asia-east1$0.11$0.0245$0.0693$0.0495
Mumbai asia-south1$0.1141$0.0401$0.0719$0.0513
Delhi asia-south2$0.1141$0.0298$0.0719$0.0513
Los Angeles us-west2$0.1141$0.0548$0.0719$0.0513
Salt Lake City us-west3$0.1141$0.0433$0.0719$0.0513
Warsaw europe-central2$0.115$0.0356$0.0724$0.0517
Singapore asia-southeast1$0.1172$0.0293$0.0738$0.0527
Tokyo asia-northeast1$0.1219$0.0484$0.0768$0.0548
Osaka asia-northeast2$0.1219$0.059$0.0768$0.0548
Seoul asia-northeast3$0.1219$0.0624$0.0768$0.0548
London europe-west2$0.1224$0.0435$0.077$0.055
Frankfurt europe-west3$0.1224$0.0591$0.077$0.055
Zurich europe-west6$0.1244$0.0445$0.0784$0.056
Jakarta asia-southeast2$0.1277$0.0145$0.0805$0.0575
Hong Kong asia-east2$0.1329$0.0206$0.0837$0.0598
Sydney australia-southeast1$0.1348$0.0627$0.0849$0.0607
Melbourne australia-southeast2$0.1348$0.0217$0.0849$0.0607
São Paulo southamerica-east1$0.1508$0.0476$0.095$0.0679

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
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)7.5
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageNetwork disks only
Max persistent disks128
Instance detailsValue
Instance typen1-standard-2
Familyn1
CategoryGeneral purpose
OtherValue
SeriesN1
Specs sourceCompute Engine API

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Other generations

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.