Google Compute Engine Machine Type e2-medium

General-purpose Google Compute Engine machine type e2-medium with 2 vCPU and 4 GB memory. Available in 42 Google Cloud regions. Not all CPU platforms are available in all regions.

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Google Cloud VM e2-medium

Technical facts about the Google Compute Engine machine type e2-medium.

Series E2
Family General-purpose
vCPU 2 Shared
Memory 4 GB
CPU Manufactur Intel AMD
CPU Platform
  • Intel Broadwell
  • Intel Haswell
  • Intel Skylake
  • AMD Rome
CPU Base Frequency 2.25 GHz
CPU Turbo Frequency 2.7 GHz
CPU Max. Turbo Frequency 3.3 GHz
EEMBC CoreMark Benchmark (?) 14529
EEMBC CoreMark Standard Deviation 6.35 %
EEMBC CoreMark Sample Count 18423
SAP Standard Benchmark (?) -
Network Bandwidth 2 Gbps
Network Tier 1 -
Max. Disk Size 257 TB
Max. Number of Disks 128
Local SSD ❌ Optional
SAP Application ❌
SAP HANA ❌
Spot Provisioning Mode (Spot VM) βœ”οΈ
Sustained Use Discount (SUD) ❌
GCE API Description Efficient Instance, 2 vCPU (1/2 shared physical core) and 4 GB RAM

Costs (Pricing) for e2-medium

Cost and pricing across all regions for Google Cloud VM e2-medium.

Price per Hour

Min. Avg. Max.
Standard price per hour 0.0335 0.0409 0.0536
Spot provisioning model (Spot VM) 0.0034 0.0137 0.0214

Price per Month

Min. Avg. Max.
Price per month 24.46 29.89 39.13
Spot provisioning model (Spot VM) 2.51 9.99 15.65
1 year commitment (CUD) 15.41 18.83 24.65
3 year commitment (CUD) 11.01 13.45 17.61

Operating System Licenses Costs

Monthly costs for paid premium operating system licenses for Google Compute Engine machine type e2-medium.

Operating System Month 1Y CUD 3Y CUD
Microsoft Windows Server 33.58
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 80.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.51 10.51 10.51
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 124.1 50.01 44.72
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP 16.43 16.43 16.43

Price per Region

Costs and pricing for Google Compute Engine machine type e2-medium in Google Cloud regions in which the VM is available. Between the most expensive and the cheapest region is a price difference of 38%.

Region Location #Zones #Platf. Hour Spot Month 1Y CUD 3Y CUD
us-central1 Iowa πŸƒ 5 4 0.0335 0.0134 24.46 15.41 11.01
us-east1 South Carolina 4 4 0.0335 0.0134 24.46 15.41 11.01
us-east5 Columbus 3 4 0.0335 0.0072 24.46 15.41 11.01
us-west1 Oregon πŸƒ 3 4 0.0335 0.0134 24.46 15.41 11.01
europe-north2 Stockholm 3 3 0.0352 0.0106 25.68 16.18 11.56
northamerica-south1 Mexico 3 3 0.0365 0.0132 26.66 16.8 12
europe-north1 Finland πŸƒ 3 4 0.0369 0.0148 26.93 16.97 12.12
europe-west1 Belgium πŸƒ 3 4 0.0369 0.014 26.91 16.95 12.11
europe-west4 Netherlands πŸƒ 3 4 0.0369 0.0147 26.93 16.96 12.12
me-west1 Tel Aviv 3 4 0.0369 0.0147 26.91 16.95 12.11
northamerica-northeast1 MontrΓ©al πŸƒ 3 4 0.0369 0.0102 26.93 16.96 12.12
northamerica-northeast2 Toronto πŸƒ 3 4 0.0369 0.0107 26.93 16.96 12.12
us-east4 Northern Virginia 3 4 0.0377 0.015 27.55 17.35 12.4
us-west4 Las Vegas 3 4 0.0377 0.0034 27.55 17.35 12.4
asia-east1 Taiwan 3 4 0.0388 0.0155 28.32 17.84 12.74
europe-west8 Milan 3 4 0.0389 0.0135 28.37 17.87 12.77
europe-west9 Paris πŸƒ 3 4 0.0389 0.0155 28.37 17.87 12.77
europe-southwest1 Madrid πŸƒ 3 4 0.0395 0.0158 28.86 18.18 12.99
us-south1 Dallas πŸƒ 3 4 0.0395 0.0124 28.86 18.18 12.99
asia-south1 Mumbai 3 4 0.0402 0.0161 29.38 18.51 13.22
asia-south2 Delhi 3 4 0.0402 0.0116 29.38 18.51 13.22
us-west2 Los Angeles 3 4 0.0402 0.0137 29.38 18.51 13.22
us-west3 Salt Lake City 3 4 0.0402 0.015 29.38 18.51 13.22
australia-southeast2 Melbourne 3 4 0.0404 0.0141 29.5 18.58 13.27
me-central1 Doha 3 4 0.0407 0.0152 29.72 18.72 13.37
asia-southeast1 Singapore 3 4 0.0413 0.0162 30.17 19.01 13.58
asia-northeast1 Tokyo 3 4 0.043 0.0172 31.38 19.77 14.12
asia-northeast2 Osaka 3 4 0.043 0.0168 31.38 19.77 14.12
asia-northeast3 Seoul 3 4 0.043 0.0124 31.38 19.77 14.12
europe-central2 Warsaw 3 4 0.0432 0.0088 31.51 19.85 14.18
europe-west12 Turin 3 4 0.0432 0.0133 31.55 19.88 14.2
europe-west2 London πŸƒ 3 4 0.0432 0.0119 31.51 19.85 14.18
europe-west3 Frankfurt πŸƒ 3 4 0.0432 0.0167 31.51 19.85 14.18
africa-south1 Johannesburg 3 3 0.0438 0.014 31.99 20.16 14.4
asia-southeast2 Jakarta 3 4 0.0451 0.0176 32.89 20.72 14.8
asia-east2 Hong Kong 3 4 0.0469 0.0084 34.22 21.56 15.4
europe-west6 Zurich πŸƒ 3 4 0.0469 0.0183 34.22 21.56 15.4
australia-southeast1 Sydney 3 4 0.0475 0.0147 34.7 21.86 15.62
southamerica-west1 Santiago πŸƒ 3 4 0.0479 0.0125 34.98 22.04 15.74
europe-west10 Berlin πŸƒ 3 4 0.0516 0.0171 37.67 23.73 16.95
southamerica-east1 SΓ£o Paulo πŸƒ 3 4 0.0532 0.0104 38.83 24.46 17.47
me-central2 Dammam 3 3 0.0536 0.0214 39.13 24.65 17.61