C2 Virtual Machines

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Like the E2 family of virtual machines, N1 virtual machines are also low-cost, general-purpose virtual machines for everyday computing needs. However, they use older Intel processors and have a lower price-to-performance ratio than E2 VMs. Therefore, unless you have a specific reason to choose N1 VMs, E2 VMs can achieve the same level of performance at a lower price.

N2 Virtual Machines
N2 VMs are a higher-performance alternative to N1 and E2 VMs. Unlike N1 and E2 machines, N2 VMs are equipped with the new Intel Cascade Lake CPUs that Google claims offer 20% more performance at the same price as lower-tier VMs . For memory-intensive use cases, N2 VMs can be configured with up to 25% more memory per CPU.

N2D Virtual Machines
N2D VMs are similar to N2 VMs, but they ditch Intel CPUs in favor of AMD chips. Compared to N2 VMs, N2D VMs can be configured with 144 more CPUs and 256 more gigabytes of RAM. So if you’re looking for a high-performance, general-purpose machine that supports very high CPU core counts and memory limits, N2D VMs are a solid choice.

C2 VMs are high-performance, “compute-optimized” machines. C2 VMs are powered by high-end Intel Xeon CPUs, which enable sustained clock speeds of 3.8 GHz. In comparison, E2, N2, and N2D use lower-end Intel CPUs that cannot sustain 3.8 GHz. C2 VMs are designed for CPU-intensive applications such as electronic design automation, gaming, certain types of scientific modeling, and single-threaded applications.

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M1/M2 virtual machines
M1 and M2 VMs are ideal for memory-intensive workloads such as large in-memory (non-persistent) databases, enterprise storage, data analytics applications, etc. M1 VMs offer up to 4TB of memory, while M2 VMs can be configured with up to 12TB of memory.

A2 Virtual Machines
A2 VMs are the newest addition to GCP’s Compute Engine line. Like M1 and M2 VMs, A2 VMs are designed for specific workloads. A2 VMs can be equipped with up to 16 high-performance NVIDIA Ampere A100 Tensor Core GPUs and are designed for developing and training machine learning and deep learning models.

Compute Engine VM Configuration
During the Compute Engine VM setup process, you can select your VM's region and specifications (machine family, CPU, and RAM). You can also specify an operating system (Debian, Ubuntu, Windows Server, etc.) for the boot disk and attach local and persistent secondary disk storage devices.