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 40 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 ❌
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 0.0414 0.0536
Spot provisioning model (Spot VM) 0.0046 0.0132 0.018

Price per Month

Min. Avg. Max.
Price per month 24.46 30.21 39.13
Spot provisioning model (Spot VM) 3.32 9.63 13.15
1 year commitment (CUD) 15.41 19.03 24.65
3 year commitment (CUD) 11.01 13.59 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 43.8 35.04 33.58
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 124.1 50.01 44.72
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP 73 58.4 55.55

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 0.0101 24.46 15.41 11.01
us-east1 South Carolina 4 4 0.0335 0.0101 24.46 15.41 11.01
us-east5 Columbus 3 4 0.0335 0.0073 24.46 15.41 11.01
us-west1 Oregon πŸƒ 3 4 0.0335 0.0101 24.46 15.41 11.01
europe-north1 Finland πŸƒ 3 4 0.0369 0.0126 26.93 16.97 12.12
europe-west1 Belgium πŸƒ 3 4 0.0369 0.0111 26.91 16.95 12.11
europe-west4 Netherlands 3 4 0.0369 0.0147 26.93 16.96 12.12
me-west1 Tel Aviv 3 3 0.0369 0.0101 26.91 16.95 12.11
northamerica-northeast1 MontrΓ©al πŸƒ 3 4 0.0369 0.0122 26.93 16.96 12.12
northamerica-northeast2 Toronto πŸƒ 3 4 0.0369 0.0122 26.93 16.96 12.12
us-east4 Northern Virginia 3 4 0.0377 0.0113 27.55 17.35 12.4
us-west4 Las Vegas 3 3 0.0377 0.0046 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 0.0147 28.37 17.87 12.77
europe-west9 Paris πŸƒ 3 4 0.0389 0.0148 28.37 17.87 12.77
europe-southwest1 Madrid 3 4 0.0395 0.0144 28.86 18.18 12.99
us-south1 Dallas 3 4 0.0395 0.0108 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 0.0161 29.38 18.51 13.22
us-west2 Los Angeles 3 4 0.0402 0.0161 29.38 18.51 13.22
us-west3 Salt Lake City 3 4 0.0402 0.0137 29.38 18.51 13.22
me-central1 Doha 3 3 0.0407 0.0122 29.72 18.72 13.37
asia-southeast1 Singapore 3 4 0.0413 0.0165 30.17 19.01 13.58
asia-northeast1 Tokyo 3 4 0.043 0.0167 31.38 19.77 14.12
asia-northeast2 Osaka 3 3 0.043 0.0172 31.38 19.77 14.12
asia-northeast3 Seoul 3 4 0.043 0.0172 31.38 19.77 14.12
europe-central2 Warsaw 3 4 0.0432 0.006 31.51 19.85 14.18
europe-west12 Turin 3 3 0.0432 0.0169 31.55 19.88 14.2
europe-west2 London πŸƒ 3 4 0.0432 0.013 31.51 19.85 14.18
europe-west3 Frankfurt πŸƒ 3 4 0.0432 0.0171 31.51 19.85 14.18
africa-south1 Johannesburg 3 1 0.0438 0.0131 31.99 20.16 14.4
asia-southeast2 Jakarta 3 4 0.0451 0.018 32.89 20.72 14.8
asia-east2 Hong Kong 3 4 0.0469 0.0064 34.22 21.56 15.4
europe-west6 Zurich πŸƒ 3 4 0.0469 0.0174 34.22 21.56 15.4
australia-southeast1 Sydney 3 4 0.0475 0.0143 34.7 21.86 15.62
australia-southeast2 Melbourne 3 4 0.0475 0.0151 34.7 21.86 15.62
southamerica-west1 Santiago πŸƒ 3 4 0.0479 0.0106 34.98 22.04 15.74
europe-west10 Berlin 3 4 0.0516 0.0159 37.67 23.73 16.95
southamerica-east1 SΓ£o Paulo πŸƒ 3 4 0.0532 0.0101 38.83 24.46 17.47
me-central2 Dammam 3 3 0.0536 0.0157 39.13 24.65 17.61