GCP c2-standard-16 Pricing and Specs
Google Cloud Platform c2-standard-16 is a compute-optimized instance with 16 vCPUs and 64.0 GB memory. This page provides comprehensive pricing comparison across all major regions, including on-demand, reserved, and spot pricing options.
Specifications
| Specification |
Value |
| vCPU |
16 |
| Memory |
64.0 GB |
| Storage |
Standard Persistent Disk |
| Network Performance |
High |
| EBS Bandwidth |
High |
| Processor |
Intel Xeon Platinum 8273CL |
Pricing by Region
On-Demand Pricing
| Region |
Hourly |
Monthly |
| US East (N. Virginia) |
$0.3760 |
$274.48 |
| US West (Oregon) |
$0.3948 |
$288.20 |
| US Central (Iowa) |
$0.3835 |
$279.97 |
| Canada Central |
$0.4061 |
$296.44 |
| EU West (Ireland) |
$0.3948 |
$288.20 |
Reserved Instance (1-Year No Upfront)
| Region |
Hourly |
Savings vs On-Demand |
| US East (N. Virginia) |
$0.2256 |
40% |
| US Central (Iowa) |
$0.2301 |
40% |
| EU West (Ireland) |
$0.2369 |
40% |
Spot Pricing
| Region |
Hourly |
Savings vs On-Demand |
| US East (N. Virginia) |
$0.1128 |
70% |
| US Central (Iowa) |
$0.1151 |
70% |
| EU West (Ireland) |
$0.1184 |
70% |
Use Cases
compute-optimized instance are ideal for c2-standard-16:
- Batch processing workloads
- Dedicated game servers
- High-performance computing
Equivalent Instances
| Provider |
Instance |
vCPU |
Memory |
Price Diff |
| AWS |
m5.large |
2 |
8 |
-7% |
| Azure |
D2s_v5 |
2 |
8 |
9% |
| GCP |
c2-standard-16 |
16 |
64.0 |
baseline |
| Alibaba Cloud |
ecs.g6-large |
2 |
8 |
-8% |
Data Source
- API: Google Cloud Platform Official Pricing API
- Fetched: 2026-07-23
- Methodology: Prices retrieved via official API and normalized to USD hourly/monthly rates
