e2-standard-2
The e2-standard-2 is a gcp compute instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for compute workloads.
Last updated at Tue Apr 28 2026
Instance Info
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 2 |
Family Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| e2-highcpu-2 | 2 | 2 |
| e2-highmem-2 | 2 | 16 |
| e2-medium | 2 | 4 |
| e2-micro | 2 | 1 |
| e2-small | 2 | 2 |
| e2-standard-2 | 2 | 8 |
| e2-highcpu-4 | 4 | 4 |
| e2-highmem-4 | 4 | 32 |
| e2-standard-4 | 4 | 16 |
| e2-highcpu-8 | 8 | 8 |
| e2-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 |
| e2-standard-8 | 8 | 32 |
| e2-highcpu-16 | 16 | 16 |
| e2-highmem-16 | 16 | 128 |
| e2-standard-16 | 16 | 64 |
| e2-highcpu-32 | 32 | 32 |
| e2-standard-32 | 32 | 128 |
Related Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| c2d-standard-2 | 2 | 8 |
| c4-standard-2 | 2 | 7 |
| n4-standard-2 | 2 | 8 |
| n2d-standard-2 | 2 | 8 |
| c4a-standard-2 | 2 | 8 |
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