e2-small by Google Compute Engine

Specifications and performance for Google Compute Engine - e2-small

GCE

Instance Type: E2 Shared cores

This plan belongs to the Google Compute Engine E2 Shared cores server line (General purpose).

Instance Type Description

Unlike predefined machine types and custom machine types, shared-core machine types are not billed on their individual resources. Each machine type has a defined price for both vCPUs and memory. E2 shared-core machines with committed use discount contracts consume cores in the following manner:
e2-micro: 0.25 cores
e2-small: 0.50 cores
e2-medium: 1.0 cores

Provider page for instance type: https://cloud.google.com/compute/vm-instance-pricing#general-purpose_machine_type_family

Instance Type Specifications

Approximate Cost per vCPU $6.11
Approximate RAM per vCPU 1GB
Hourly billing yes
CPU type MIX
Shared CPU yes
Storage included no

See also all Google Compute Engine instance types.


"e2-small" Plan Specifications

Provider Google Compute Engine
Plan URL https://cloud.google.com/compute/vm-instance-pricing#e2_sharedcore_machine_types
Price per month $16.23
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
Discount or Surcharge for
long or short term use
No
Hourly Billing Yes
Disk GB 40
Num Cores 2
Memory GB 2
Virtualization KVM
Data Transfer GB 0
Burstable CPU Per core CPU allocation: 25%
Dedicated CPU No

Plan Grades

Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst. The grades below are those of the most recent trial run for this plan.

Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.

More details about grades calculation

Overall Score: 26

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
F E F E D
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Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2024 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.


Performance Test Results

We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for Google Compute Engine - e2-small. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.

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Performance trials run on the e2-small plan

This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the e2-small plan with its grade and CPU type.

Start of Trial CPU Datacenter Overall Grade
Aug 16 2021 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.30GHz Iowa, USA E

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