Web Serving

Static file serving, API throughput, and request handling performance for web applications.

Nginx Requests/sec

Higher is better -- sorted by performance

Our Recommendations

C3c3-standard-8

Maximum throughput and lowest latency

Highest single-core performance on GCP translates directly to the fastest request handling. The 4th-gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors deliver 82K Nginx req/s -- 21% more than the next best option.

N2n2-standard-8

Production web servers with good price-performance

Strong performance at a lower price point than C3. 68K Nginx req/s covers most production web workloads comfortably. Up to 100 Gbps network bandwidth for traffic-heavy sites.

T2Dt2d-standard-8

Cost-optimized scale-out deployments

Best price-per-request for steady-state workloads. Tau VMs are optimized for scale-out architectures where you run many instances behind a load balancer.

Budget PickE2(e2-standard-4)

E2 VMs offer the lowest cost for development, staging, and low-traffic production sites. Performance is adequate for most sites under 1000 concurrent users.

Price-Performance: Nginx Requests/sec

VM Series	Machine Type	Performance	Cost/hr	Perf/$
C3D	c3d-standard-8	76,000 req	$0.384	197,917
C3	c3-standard-8	82,000 req	$0.418	196,172
T2D	t2d-standard-8	58,000 req	$0.308	188,312
N2	n2-standard-8	68,000 req	$0.388	175,258
E2	e2-standard-8	42,000 req	$0.268	156,716

All Benchmark Data

VM Series	Machine Type	Metric	Result	Notes
E2	e2-standard-8	Nginx Requests/sec	42,000 req/s	Static file serving, 100 concurrent connections, wrk benchmark
N2	n2-standard-8	Nginx Requests/sec	68,000 req/s	Static file serving, 100 concurrent connections, wrk benchmark
N2D	n2d-standard-8	Nginx Requests/sec	64,000 req/s	Static file serving, 100 concurrent connections, wrk benchmark
T2D	t2d-standard-8	Nginx Requests/sec	58,000 req/s	Static file serving, 100 concurrent connections, wrk benchmark
C3	c3-standard-8	Nginx Requests/sec	82,000 req/s	Static file serving, 100 concurrent connections, wrk benchmark
C3D	c3d-standard-8	Nginx Requests/sec	76,000 req/s	Static file serving, 100 concurrent connections, wrk benchmark
E2	e2-standard-8	Node.js API Requests/sec	12,400 req/s	Express.js JSON API, 50 concurrent connections
N2	n2-standard-8	Node.js API Requests/sec	18,600 req/s	Express.js JSON API, 50 concurrent connections
C3	c3-standard-8	Node.js API Requests/sec	24,200 req/s	Express.js JSON API, 50 concurrent connections
C3D	c3d-standard-8	Node.js API Requests/sec	21,800 req/s	Express.js JSON API, 50 concurrent connections