Compute Shapes
A shape is a template that determines the number of OCPUs , amount of memory, and other resources that are allocated to an instance. Compute shapes are available with AMD processors, Intel processors, and Arm-based processors.
This topic provides basic information about the shapes that are available for bare metal instances, virtual machines (VMs), and dedicated virtual machine hosts. For information about service limits, see Compute Limits. For information about protecting data on NVMe devices, see Protecting Data on NVMe Devices.
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When a new region becomes available, it might take a few weeks before host capacity also becomes available.
To obtain a list of shapes available to you, run the ListShapes operation.
- If your instance uses stateful security rules, each instance has a maximum number of concurrent connections that can be tracked, based on the instance's shape.
Compute Shape Pricing
You can use the Cost Estimator to estimate your expected monthly project costs with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. For detailed information about billing, see Billing and Cost Management and the Oracle Compute Cloud Services section of Oracle PaaS and IaaS Universal Credits Service Descriptions.
- OCPUs and vCPUs
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Oracle measures compute resource pricing differently. The Oracle CPU (OCPU) represents physical CPU cores and is the unit of measurement for CPUs on x86 CPUs (AMD and Intel) and Arm CPUs (OCI Ampere Compute). A virtual CPU (vCPU), the industry-standard for measuring compute resources, represents one execution thread of a physical CPU core.
Most CPU architectures, including x86, runs two threads per physical core, so one OCPU is the equal of two vCPUs for x86-based compute. For OCI Compute, the minimum unit of provisioning starts from one OCPU on both X86 (Intel and AMD) and OCI Ampere Compute processors.
The following are the provisioning units for compute instances:- 1 OCPU on Arm A1 (Compute) = 1 core on Arm A1 (Compute) or 1 vCPU
- 1 OCPU on Arm A2 (Compute) = 2 cores on Arm A2 (Compute) or 2 vCPUs
- 1 OCPU on x86 (AMD and Intel) = 2 vCPUs
For more information, see Cloud Price List. In addition, you can read this blog post on vCPU and OCPU pricing information.
Flexible Shapes
A flexible shape is a shape that lets you customize the number of OCPUs and the amount of memory when launching or resizing your VM. When you create a VM instance using a flexible shape, you select the number of OCPUs and the amount of memory that you need for the workloads that run on the instance. The network bandwidth and number of VNICs scale proportionately with the number of OCPUs. This flexibility lets you build VMs that match your workload, enabling you to optimize performance and minimize cost.
The flexible shapes are:
- VM.Standard3.Flex (Intel)
- VM.Standard.E4.Flex (AMD)
- VM.Standard.E5.Flex (AMD)
- VM.Standard.A1.Flex (Altra processor from Ampere)
- VM.Standard.A2.Flex (AmpereOne processor from Ampere)
- VM.DenseIO.E4.Flex (AMD)
- VM.Optimized3.Flex (Intel)
Flexible memory is also available on flexible shapes. The amount of memory allowed is based on the number of OCPUs selected.
For standard and optimized flexible shapes, the ratio of memory to OCPUs depends on the shape.
| Shape | Maximum OCPUs | Minimum Memory | Maximum Memory |
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| VM.Standard3.Flex | 32 | 1 GB or a value matching the number of OCPUs, whichever is greater | 64 GB per OCPU, up to 512 GB total |
| VM.Standard.E4.Flex | 64 | 1 GB or a value matching the number of OCPUs, whichever is greater | 64 GB per OCPU, up to 1024 GB total |
| VM.Standard.E5.Flex |
94 |
1 GB or a value matching the number of OCPUs, whichever is greater | 64 GB per OCPU, up to 1049 GB total |
| VM.Standard.A1.Flex | 76
(OCPU is 1 core of an Altra processor) |
1 GB or a value matching the number of OCPUs, whichever is greater | 64 GB per OCPU, up to 472 GB total |
| VM.Standard.A2.Flex | 78
(OCPU is 2 cores of an AmpereOne processor) |
1 GB or a value matching the number of OCPUs, whichever is greater | 64 GB per OCPU, up to 946 GB total |
| VM.Optimized3.Flex | 18 | 1 GB or a value matching the number of OCPUs, whichever is greater | 64 GB per OCPU, up to 256 GB total |
For dense I/O flexible shapes, the following configurations are available:
- 8 OCPUs, 128 GB memory
- 16 OCPUs, 256 GB memory
- 32 OCPUs, 512 GB memory
These resources are billed at a per-second granularity with a one-minute minimum. Optimize your costs by choosing the shape that matches your workload and by changing the shape when your workload changes. For example, you can configure the VM to maximize compute processing power by choosing a low core-to-memory ratio. Or, for applications like in-memory databases or big data processing engines, configure an instance with a high core-to-memory ratio. Modify the OCPUs and memory as your workload changes, scaling up to increase performance or scaling down to reduce costs.
Supported Images
Most platform images are compatible with flexible shapes. Use a platform image that was published after the flexible shape was released (for release dates, see the Compute release notes).
Custom images are also supported, depending on the image. You must add flexible shape compatibility to the custom image, and then test the image on the flexible shape to ensure that it actually works on the shape.
Supported Regions
For a list of supported regions, see the compute instance service limits. As host capacity becomes available in additional regions, the list is updated.
Capacity might be limited for A1 shapes.
Extended Memory VM Instances
Extended memory virtual machine (VM) instances are VM instances that provide more memory and cores than available with standard shapes.
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VM.Standard3.Flex
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VM.Standard.E3.Flex
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VM.Standard.E4.Flex
Bare Metal Shapes
The following shapes are available for bare metal instances:
Network bandwidth is based on expected bandwidth for traffic within a VCN. To determine which physical NICs are active for a shape, refer to the network bandwidth specifications in the following tables. If the network bandwidth is listed as "2 x <bandwidth> Gbps," it means that both NIC 0 and NIC 1 are active.
For bare metal instances, optionally configure advanced BIOS settings, such as disabling simultaneous multithreading, disabling cores, or optimizing the NUMA settings.
Standard Shapes
Designed for general purpose workloads and suitable for a wide range of applications and use cases. Standard shapes provide a balance of cores, memory, and network resources. Standard shapes are available with Intel, AMD, and Arm-based processors.
These are the bare metal standard series:
- BM.Standard3: X9-based standard compute. Processor: Intel Xeon Platinum 8358. Base frequency 2.6 GHz, max turbo frequency 3.4 GHz.
- BM.Standard.E4: E4-based standard compute. Processor: AMD EPYC 7J13. Base frequency 2.55 GHz, max boost frequency 3.5 GHz.
- BM.Standard.E5: E5-based standard compute. Processor: AMD EPYC 9J14. Base frequency 2.4 GHz, max boost frequency 3.7 GHz.
- BM.Standard.A1: OCI Ampere A1 Compute Arm-based standard compute. Each OCPU corresponds to a single hardware execution thread. Processor: Ampere Altra Q80-30. Max frequency 3.0 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
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| BM.Standard3.64 | 64 | 1024 | Block storage only | 2 x 50 Gbps | 256 | 129 (1 on the first physical NIC, 128 on the second) |
| BM.Standard.E4.128 | 128 | 2048 | Block storage only | 2 x 50 Gbps | 256 | 129 (1 on the first physical NIC, 128 on the second) |
| BM.Standard.E5.192 | 192 | 2304 | Block storage only | 1 x 100 Gbps | 256 | 129 (1 on the first physical NIC, 128 on the second) |
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BM.Standard.A1.160 See Arm-Based Compute. |
160 | 1024 | Block storage only | 2 x 50 Gbps | 256 | Windows images are not supported on this shape. |
C-States and Frequency Scaling
Modern CPUs transition to a power-saving state (called c-states) when the CPU is idle or underutilized. These c-states start at C0, which is the normal CPU operating mode (the CPU is 100% activated). The higher the c-state, the deeper the sleep mode into which the CPU transitions. The sleep modes work by cutting the clock signal and power from idle units inside the CPU, thereby reducing the energy use. As the CPU transitions to higher c-states (deeper sleep states), the longer it takes to wake up the units that are shut down. This is an undesirable side effect of c-states transitions, because it can slow down a demanding application.
Fortunately, the hypervisor on standard VM shapes manages this complexity for the end user by preventing transitions to deeper sleep states even when the CPU is underutilized. In addition, it disables c-states when it sees sustained high utilization. When c-states are disabled, the CPU operates in C0 state, where all cores are active at base frequency. Each processor manufacturer names the maximum frequency per core differently; for Intel the maximum frequency is named max turbo frequency, and for AMD it is called max boost frequency. This maximum frequency is realized by the respective CPU's built-in algorithms when the processor is running in C0 state under normal but sustained load.
Currently, the hypervisor does not allow the client operating system running in the instance to manage the c-states using kernel command line options. The client always shows the base frequency, even when the hypervisor is running the processor at the maximum frequency advertised by the processor.
Dense I/O Shapes
Designed for large databases, big data workloads, and applications that require high-performance local storage. DenseIO shapes include locally-attached NVMe-based SSDs.
This is the bare metal dense I/O series:
- BM.DenseIO.E4: E4-based dense I/O compute. Processor: AMD EPYC 7J13. Base frequency 2.55 GHz, max boost frequency 3.5 GHz.
- BM.DenseIO.E5: E5-based dense I/O compute. Processor: AMD EPYC 9J14. Base frequency 2.4 GHz, max boost frequency 3.7 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
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| BM.DenseIO.E4.128 | 128 | 2048 | 54.4 TB NVMe SSD Storage (8 drives) | 2 x 50 Gbps | 256 | 129 (1 on the first physical NIC, 128 on the second) |
| BM.DenseIO.E5.1281 | 128 | 1536 | 81.6TB NVMe SSD Storage (12 x 6.8TB drives) | 1 x 100Gbps | 256 | 129 (1 on the first physical NIC, 128 on the second) |
Notes
1: Please contact an Oracle sales representative for additional details.
GPU Shapes
Designed for hardware-accelerated workloads. GPU shapes include Intel or AMD CPUs and NVIDIA graphics processors. Some bare metal GPU shapes support cluster networking.
These are the bare metal GPU series:
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BM.GPU2: X7-based GPU compute.
- GPU: NVIDIA Tesla P100 16 GB
- CPU: Intel Xeon Platinum 8167M. Base frequency 2.0 GHz, max turbo frequency 2.4 GHz.
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BM.GPU3: X7-based GPU compute.
- GPU: NVIDIA Tesla V100 16 GB
- CPU: Intel Xeon Platinum 8167M. Base frequency 2.0 GHz, max turbo frequency 2.4 GHz.
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BM.GPU4: E3-based GPU compute.
- GPU: NVIDIA A100 40 GB
- CPU: AMD EPYC 7542. Base frequency 2.9 GHz, max boost frequency 3.4 GHz.
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BM.GPU.A10: X9-based GPU compute.
- GPU: NVIDIA A10 24 GB
- CPU: Intel Xeon Platinum 8358. Base frequency 2.6 GHz, max turbo frequency 3.4 GHz.
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BM.GPU.A100: E4-based GPU compute.
- GPU: NVIDIA A100 80 GB
- CPU: AMD EPYC 7J13. Base frequency 2.55 GHz, max boost frequency 3.7 GHz.
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BM.GPU.H100.8: X10-based GPU compute.
- GPU: 8x H100 80 GB
- CPU: Intel Sapphire Rapids 8480+ 2x 56c. Base frequency 2 GHz, max boost frequency 3.8 GHz.
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BM.GPU.MI300X.8: X10-based GPU compute.
- GPU: 8x MI300X 192 GB
- CPU: Intel Sapphire Rapids 8480+ 2x 56c. Base frequency 2 GHz, max boost frequency 3.8 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | GPU Memory (GB) | CPU Memory (GB) | Local Disk | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
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BM.GPU2.2 (GPU: 2xP100) |
28 | 32 | 192 | Block storage only | 2 x 25 Gbps | 28 | 15 (1 on the first physical NIC, 14 on the second) |
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BM.GPU3.8 (GPU: 8xV100) |
52 | 128 | 768 | Block storage only | 2 x 25 Gbps | 52 | 27 (1 on the first physical NIC, 26 on the second) |
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BM.GPU4.8 (GPU: 8xA100) |
64 | 320 | 2048 | 27.2 TB NVMe SSD (4 drives) |
1 x 50 Gbps 8 x 200 Gbps RDMA |
64 | Windows images are not supported on this shape. |
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BM.GPU.A10.4 (GPU: 4xA10) |
64 | 96 | 1024 | 7.68 TB NVMe SSD (2 drives) | 2 x 50 Gbps | 256 | Windows images are not supported on this shape. |
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BM.GPU.A100-v2.8 (GPU: 8xA100) |
128 | 640 | 2048 | 27.2 TB NVMe SSD (4 drives) |
2 x 50 Gbps 16 x 100 Gbps RDMA |
256 | Windows images are not supported on this shape. |
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BM.GPU.H100.8 (GPU: 8xH100) |
112 | 640 | 2048 | 16 x 3.84 TB NVMe |
1 x 100 Gbps 8 x 2 x 200 Gbps RDMA |
256 | Windows images are not supported on this shape. |
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BM.GPU.MI300X.8 |
112 | 1536 | 2048 | 8 x 3.84 GB NVMe |
1 x 100 Gbps 8 x 1 x 400 Gbps RDMA |
256 | Windows images are not supported on this shape. |
HPC and Optimized Shapes
Designed for high-performance computing workloads that require high frequency processor cores. Bare metal HPC and optimized shapes support cluster networking.
This is the bare metal optimized series:
- BM.Optimized3: Processor: Intel Xeon 6354. Base frequency 3.0 GHz, max turbo frequency 3.6 GHz.
- BM.HPC.E5: Processor: AMD EPYC 9J14. Base frequency 2.4 GHz, max boost frequency 3.7 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
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| BM.Optimized3.36 | 36 | 512 | 3.84 TB NVMe SSD (1 drive) |
2 X 50 Gbps 1 X 100 Gbps RDMA |
256 | 129 |
| BM.HPC.E5.1441 | 144 | 768 | 3.84 TB NVMe SSD (1 drive) | 1 x 100Gbps
1 x 100Gbps RDMA |
256 | 129 (1 on the first physical NIC, 128 on the second) |
Notes
1: Please contact an Oracle sales representative for additional details.
Virtual Machine (VM) Shapes
The following shapes are available for VMs:
Network bandwidth is based on expected bandwidth for traffic within a VCN.
Standard Shapes
Designed for general purpose workloads and suitable for a wide range of applications and use cases. Standard shapes provide a balance of cores, memory, and network resources. Standard shapes are available with Intel, AMD, and Arm-based processors.
These are the VM standard series:
- VM.Standard3: X9-based standard compute. Processor: Intel Xeon Platinum 8358. Base frequency 2.6 GHz, max turbo frequency 3.4 GHz.
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VM.Standard.E2.1.Micro: E2-based, E3-based, or E4-based standard compute. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure assigns one of the following processors:
- AMD EPYC 7551. Base frequency 2.0 GHz, max boost frequency 3.0 GHz.
- AMD EPYC 7742. Base frequency 2.25 GHz, max boost frequency 3.4 GHz.
- AMD EPYC 7J13. Base frequency 2.55 GHz, max boost frequency 3.5 GHz.
- VM.Standard.E4: E4-based standard compute. Processor: AMD EPYC 7J13. Base frequency 2.55 GHz, max boost frequency 3.5 GHz.
- VM.Standard.E5: E5-based standard compute. Processor: AMD EPYC 9J14. Base frequency 2.4 GHz, max boost frequency 3.7 GHz.
- VM.Standard.A1: OCI Ampere A1 Compute Arm-based standard compute. Each OCPU corresponds to a single hardware execution thread. Processor: Ampere Altra Q80-30. Max frequency 3.0 GHz.
- VM.Standard.A2: OCI Ampere A2 Compute Arm-based standard compute. Each OCPU corresponds to two hardware execution threads (2 cores). Processor: Ampere AmpereOne A160-30. Max frequency 3.0 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk (TB) | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
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VM.Standard3.Flex See Flexible Shapes and Burstable Instances. |
1 minimum, 32 OCPU maximum | 1 GB minimum, 512 GB maximum | Block storage only | 1 Gbps per OCPU, maximum 32 Gbps |
VM with 1 OCPU: 2 VNICs. VM with 2 or more OCPUs: 1 VNIC per OCPU. Maximum 24 VNICs. |
VM with 1 OCPU: 2 VNICs. VM with 2 or more OCPUs: 1 VNIC per OCPU. Maximum 24 VNICs. |
| VM.Standard.E2.1.Micro |
1 |
1 | Block storage only | 480 Mbps | 1 | - |
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VM.Standard.E4.Flex See Flexible Shapes and Burstable Instances. |
1 OCPU minimum, 64 OCPU maximum | 1 GB minimum, 1024 GB maximum | Block storage only | 1 Gbps per OCPU, maximum 40 Gbps |
VM with 1 OCPU: 2 VNICs. VM with 2 or more OCPUs: 1 VNIC per OCPU. Maximum 24 VNICs. |
VM with 1 OCPU: 2 VNICs. VM with 2 or more OCPUs: 1 VNIC per OCPU. Maximum 24 VNICs. |
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VM.Standard.E5.Flex See Flexible Shapes. |
1 OCPU minimum, 94 OCPU maximum |
1 GB minimum, 1049 GB maximum |
Block storage only | 1 Gbps per OCPU, maximum 40 Gbps |
VM with 1 OCPU: 2 VNICs. VM with 2 or more OCPUs: 1 VNIC per OCPU. Maximum 24 VNICs. |
VM with 1 OCPU: 2 VNICs. VM with 2 or more OCPUs: 1 VNIC per OCPU. Maximum 24 VNICs. |
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VM.Standard.A1.Flex See Flexible Shapes and Arm-Based Compute. |
1 OCPU minimum, 76 OCPU maximum |
1 GB minimum, 472 GB maximum | Block storage only | 1 Gbps per OCPU, maximum 40 Gbps |
VM with 1 OCPU: 2 VNICs. VM with 2 or more OCPUs: 1 VNIC per OCPU. Maximum 24 VNICs. |
Windows images are not supported on this shape. |
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VM.Standard.A2.Flex See Flexible Shapes and Arm-Based Compute. |
1 OCPU minimum, 78 OCPU maximum |
1 GB minimum, 946 GB maximum | Block storage only | 1 Gbps per OCPU, maximum 78 Gbps |
VM with 1 OCPU: 2 VNICs. VM with 2 or more OCPUs: 1 VNIC per OCPU. Maximum 24 VNICs. |
Windows images are not supported on this shape. |
Dense I/O Shapes
Designed for large databases, big data workloads, and applications that require high-performance local storage. DenseIO shapes include locally-attached NVMe-based SSDs.
This is the VM dense I/O series:
- VM.DenseIO.E4: E4-based dense I/O compute. Processor: AMD EPYC 7J13. Base frequency 2.55 GHz, max boost frequency 3.5 GHz.
- VM.DenseIO.E5: E5-based dense I/O compute. Processor: AMD EPYC 9J14. Base frequency 2.4 GHz, max boost frequency 3.7 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk (TB) | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
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VM.DenseIO.E4.Flex See Flexible Shapes. |
8 | 128 | 6.8 TB NVMe SSD storage (1 drive) | 8 Gbps | 8 | 8 |
| 16 | 256 | 13.6 TB NVMe SSD storage (2 drives) | 16 Gbps | 16 | 16 | |
| 32 | 512 | 27.2 TB NVMe SSD storage (4 drives) | 32 Gbps | 24 | 24 | |
| VM.DenseIO.E5.Flex1 | 8 | 96 | 6.8 TB NVMe SSD storage (1 drive) | 8 Gbps | 8 | 8 |
| 16 | 192 | 13.6 TB NVMe SSD storage (2 drives) | 16 Gbps | 16 | 16 | |
| 24 | 288 | 20.4 TB NVMe SSD storage (3 drives) | 24 Gbps | 24 | 24 | |
| 32 | 384 | 27.2 TB NVMe SSD storage (4 drives) | 32 Gbps | 24 | 24 | |
| 40 | 480 | 34 TB NVMe SSD storage (5 drives) | 40 Gbps | 24 | 24 | |
| 48 | 576 | 40.8 TB NVMe SSD storage (6 drives) | 48 Gbps | 24 | 24 |
Notes
1: Please contact an Oracle sales representative for additional details.
GPU Shapes
Designed for hardware-accelerated workloads. GPU shapes include Intel or AMD CPUs and NVIDIA graphics processors.
These are the VM GPU series:
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VM.GPU2: X7-based GPU compute.
- GPU: NVIDIA Tesla P100 16 GB
- CPU: Intel Xeon Platinum 8167M. Base frequency 2.0 GHz, max turbo frequency 2.4 GHz.
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VM.GPU3: X7-based GPU compute.
- GPU: NVIDIA Tesla V100 16 GB
- CPU: Intel Xeon Platinum 8167M. Base frequency 2.0 GHz, max turbo frequency 2.4 GHz.
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VM.GPU.A10: X9-based GPU compute.
- GPU: NVIDIA A10 24 GB
- CPU: Intel Xeon Platinum 8358. Base frequency 2.6 GHz, max turbo frequency 3.4 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | GPU Memory (GB) | CPU Memory (GB) | Local Disk (TB) | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
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VM.GPU2.1 (GPU: 1xP100) |
12 | 16 | 72 | Block storage only | 8 Gbps | 12 | 12 |
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VM.GPU3.1 (GPU: 1xV100) |
6 | 16 | 90 | Block storage only | 4 Gbps | 6 | 6 |
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VM.GPU3.2 (GPU: 2xV100) |
12 | 32 | 180 | Block storage only | 8 Gbps | 12 | 12 |
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VM.GPU3.4 (GPU: 4xV100) |
24 | 64 | 360 | Block storage only | 24.6 Gbps | 24 | 24 |
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VM.GPU.A10.1 (GPU: 1xA10) |
15 | 24 | 240 | Block storage only | 24 Gbps | 15 | 15 |
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VM.GPU.A10.2 (GPU: 2xA10) |
30 | 48 | 480 | Block storage only | 48 Gbps | 24 | 24 |
HPC and Optimized Shapes
Designed for high-performance computing workloads that require high frequency processor cores.
This is the VM optimized series:
- VM.Optimized3: Processor: Intel Xeon 6354. Base frequency 3.0 GHz, max turbo frequency 3.6 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
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| VM.Optimized3.Flex | 1 OCPU minimum, 18 OCPU maximum | 1 GB minimum, 256 GB maximum | Block storage only | 4 Gbps per OCPU, maximum 40 Gbps |
2 VNICs per OCPU. Maximum 24 VNICs. |
2 VNICs per OCPU. Maximum 24 VNICs. |
Dedicated Virtual Machine Host Shapes
| Shape | Instance Type | Billed OCPU | Usable OCPU1 | Total Memory (GB)3 | Usable Memory (GB)1 | Supported Shapes for Hosted VMs |
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| DVH.Standard2.522 | X7-based VM host | 52 | 48 | 768 | 736 | VM.Standard2 series |
| DVH.Standard3.64 | X9-based VM host | 64 | 60 | 1024 | 960 | VM.Standard3 series |
| DVH.Standard.E2.642 | E2-based VM host | 64 | 59 | 512 | 480 | VM.Standard.E2 series |
| DVH.Standard.E3.1282 | E3-based VM host | 128 | 124 | 2048 | 1912 | VM.Standard.E3 series |
| DVH.Standard.E4.128 | E4-based VM host | 128 | 124 | 2048 | 1912 | VM.Standard.E4 series |
| DVH.Standard.E5.192 | E5-based VM host | 192 | 188 | 2304 | 2098 | VM.Standard.E5 series |
| DVH.DenseIO2.522 | X7-based dense I/O VM host | 52 | 48 | 768 | 736 | VM.DenseIO2 series |
| DVH.Optimized3.36 | X9-based optimized VM host | 36 | 32 | 512 | 472 | VM.Optimized3 series |
Notes
1: The difference between total and usable OCPUs and memory is caused by the need to reserve OCPUs and memory for hypervisor use.
2: Because this dedicated virtual machine host shape supports hosted VMs that use a previous generation shape series, it is available by request only.
3: For Standard2, Standard.E2, and DenseIO2 shapes, billing is based on OCPUs, not memory. For all other shapes that support flexible hosted VMs, billing is based on OCPUs and memory, which are billed independently.
Previous Generation Shapes
Previous generation shapes are still fully supported. However, because the underlying hardware has reached the sustaining phase of its lifecycle, capacity in certain high-demand regions might be limited.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure periodically releases new generations of Compute shapes. The latest shapes let you take advantage of newer hardware and a better price-performance ratio. When a shape is several years old, and newer generation shapes that are suited for the same purposes are available, the old shape transitions to become a previous generation shape.
If you're using a previous generation shape, we encourage you to upgrade to a current generation shape.
Upgrading from a Previous Generation Shape
To upgrade from a previous generation shape to a current generation shape, you can do the following things:
- For supported VM instances, change the shape of the instance.
- For bare metal instances and VM instances that don't support changing the shape, terminate the instance but DO NOT delete the boot volume. Then, use the boot volume to create a new instance.
Previous Generation Bare Metal Shapes
These are the previous generation bare metal shape series.
Newer shape recommendation: BM.Standard3.64, BM.Standard.E4.128, or BM.Standard.A1.160
End of orderability date: December 31, 2020
X5-based standard compute. Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3. Base frequency 2.3 GHz, max turbo frequency 3.6 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BM.Standard1.36 | 36 | 256 | Block storage only | 1 x 10 Gbps | 100 | 1 |
Newer shape recommendation: BM.Standard3.64, BM.Standard.E4.128, or BM.Standard.A1.160
End of orderability date: December 31, 2020
X6-based standard compute. Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4. Base frequency 2.2 GHz, max turbo frequency 3.6 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BM.Standard.B1.44 | 44 | 512 | Block storage only | 1 x 25 Gbps | 44 | None |
Newer shape recommendation: BM.Standard3.64, BM.Standard.E4.128, or BM.Standard.A1.160
End of orderability date: February 28, 2022
X7-based standard compute. Processor: Intel Xeon Platinum 8167M. Base frequency 2.0 GHz, max turbo frequency 2.4 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BM.Standard2.52 | 52 | 768 | Block storage only | 2 x 25 Gbps | 200 | 101 total (1 on the first physical NIC, 100 on the second) |
Newer shape recommendation: BM.Standard3.64, BM.Standard.E4.128, or BM.Standard.A1.160
End of orderability date: February 8, 2021
E2-based standard compute. Processor: AMD EPYC 7551. Base frequency 2.0 GHz, max boost frequency 3.0 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BM.Standard.E2.64 | 64 | 512 | Block storage only | 2 x 25 Gbps | 150 | 76 (1 on the first physical NIC, 75 on the second) |
Newer shape recommendation: BM.Standard.E4.128, BM.Standard3.64, or BM.Standard.A1.160
End of orderability date: March 31, 2022
E3-based standard compute. Processor: AMD EPYC 7742. Base frequency 2.25 GHz, max boost frequency 3.4 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BM.Standard.E3.128 | 128 | 2048 | Block storage only | 2 x 50 Gbps | 256 | 129 (1 on the first physical NIC, 128 on the second) |
Newer shape recommendation: BM.DenseIO.E4
End of orderability date: December 31, 2020
X5-based dense I/O compute. Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3. Base frequency 2.3 GHz, max turbo frequency 3.6 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BM.DenseIO1.36 | 36 | 512 | 28.8 TB NVMe SSD (9 drives) | 1 x 10 Gbps | 36 | 1 |
Newer shape recommendation: BM.DenseIO.E4
End of orderability date: April 14, 2022
X7-based dense I/O compute. Processor: Intel Xeon Platinum 8167M. Base frequency 2.0 GHz, max turbo frequency 2.4 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BM.DenseIO2.52 | 52 | 768 |
51.2 TB NVMe SSD (8 drives) |
2 x 25 Gbps | 52 total (26 per physical NIC) | 27 total (1 on the first physical NIC, 26 on the second) |
Newer shape recommendation: BM.Optimized3.36
End of orderability date: February 28, 2022
X7-based high frequency compute. Processor: Intel Xeon Gold 6154. Base frequency 3.0 GHz, max turbo frequency 3.7 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BM.HPC2.36 | 36 | 384 |
6.4 TB NVMe SSD (1 drive) |
1 x 25 Gbps 1 x 100 Gbps RDMA |
50 | 1 |
Previous Generation VM Shapes
These are the previous generation VM shape series.
Newer shape recommendation: VM.Standard3.Flex, VM.Standard.E4.Flex, or VM.Standard.A1.Flex
End of orderability date: December 31, 2020
X5-based standard compute. Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3. Base frequency 2.3 GHz, max turbo frequency 3.6 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk (TB) | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VM.Standard1.1 | 1 | 7 | Block storage only | 600 Mbps | 2 | 1 |
| VM.Standard1.2 | 2 | 14 | Block storage only | 1.2 Gbps | 2 | 1 |
| VM.Standard1.4 | 4 | 28 | Block storage only | 1.2 Gbps | 4 | 1 |
| VM.Standard1.8 | 8 | 56 | Block storage only | 2.4 Gbps | 8 | 1 |
| VM.Standard1.16 | 16 | 112 | Block storage only | 4.8 Gbps | 16 | 1 |
Newer shape recommendation: VM.Standard3.Flex, VM.Standard.E4.Flex, or VM.Standard.A1.Flex
End of orderability date: December 31, 2020
X6-based standard compute. Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4. Base frequency 2.2 GHz, max turbo frequency 3.6 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk (TB) | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VM.Standard.B1.1 | 1 | 12 | Block storage only | 600 Mbps | 2 | 2 |
| VM.Standard.B1.2 | 2 | 24 | Block storage only | 1.2 Gbps | 2 | 2 |
| VM.Standard.B1.4 | 4 | 48 | Block storage only | 2.4 Gbps | 4 | 4 |
| VM.Standard.B1.8 | 8 | 96 | Block storage only | 4.8 Gbps | 8 | 8 |
| VM.Standard.B1.16 | 16 | 192 | Block storage only | 9.6 Gbps | 16 | 16 |
Newer shape recommendation: VM.Standard3.Flex, VM.Standard.E4.Flex, or VM.Standard.A1.Flex
End of orderability date: February 28, 2022
X7-based standard compute. Processor: Intel Xeon Platinum 8167M. Base frequency 2.0 GHz, max turbo frequency 2.4 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk (TB) | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VM.Standard2.1 | 1 | 15 | Block storage only | 1 Gbps | 2 | 2 |
| VM.Standard2.2 | 2 | 30 | Block storage only | 2 Gbps | 2 | 2 |
| VM.Standard2.4 | 4 | 60 | Block storage only | 4.1 Gbps | 4 | 4 |
| VM.Standard2.8 | 8 | 120 | Block storage only | 8.2 Gbps | 8 | 8 |
| VM.Standard2.16 | 16 | 240 | Block storage only | 16.4 Gbps | 16 | 16 |
| VM.Standard2.24 | 24 | 320 | Block storage only | 24.6 Gbps | 24 | 24 |
Newer shape recommendation: VM.Standard3.Flex, VM.Standard.E4.Flex, or VM.Standard.A1.Flex
End of orderability date: February 8, 2021
E2-based standard compute. Processor: AMD EPYC 7551. Base frequency 2.0 GHz, max boost frequency 3.0 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk (TB) | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VM.Standard.E2.1 | 1 | 8 | Block storage only | 700 Mbps | 2 | 2 |
| VM.Standard.E2.2 | 2 | 16 | Block storage only | 1.4 Gbps | 2 | 2 |
| VM.Standard.E2.4 | 4 | 32 | Block storage only | 2.8 Gbps | 4 | 4 |
| VM.Standard.E2.8 | 8 | 64 | Block storage only | 5.6 Gbps | 4 | 4 |
Newer shape recommendation: VM.Standard.E4.Flex, VM.Standard3.Flex, or VM.Standard.A1.Flex
End of orderability date: March 31, 2022
E3-based standard compute, with a flexible number of OCPUs. Processor: AMD EPYC 7742. Base frequency 2.25 GHz, max boost frequency 3.4 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk (TB) | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
VM.Standard.E3.Flex See Flexible Shapes and Burstable Instances. |
1 OCPU minimum, 64 OCPU maximum | 1 GB minimum, 1024 GB maximum | Block storage only | 1 Gbps per OCPU, maximum 40 Gbps |
VM with 1 OCPU: 2 VNICs. VM with 2 or more OCPUs: 1 VNIC per OCPU. Maximum 24 VNICs. |
VM with 1 OCPU: 2 VNICs. VM with 2 or more OCPUs: 1 VNIC per OCPU. Maximum 24 VNICs. |
Newer shape recommendation: VM.DenseIO.E4 series
End of orderability date: December 31, 2020
X5-based dense I/O compute. Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3. Base frequency 2.3 GHz, max turbo frequency 3.6 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk (TB) | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VM.DenseIO1.4 | 4 | 60 | 3.2 TB NVMe SSD | 1.2 Gbps | 4 | 1 |
| VM.DenseIO1.8 | 8 | 120 | 6.4 TB NVMe SSD | 2.4 Gbps | 8 | 1 |
| VM.DenseIO1.16 | 16 | 240 | 12.8 TB NVMe SSD | 4.8 Gbps | 16 | 1 |
Newer shape recommendation: VM.DenseIO.E4 series
End of orderability date: April 28, 2022
X7-based dense I/O compute. Processor: Intel Xeon Platinum 8167M. Base frequency 2.0 GHz, max turbo frequency 2.4 GHz.
| Shape | OCPU | Memory (GB) | Local Disk (TB) | Max Network Bandwidth | Max VNICs Total: Linux | Max VNICs Total: Windows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VM.DenseIO2.8 | 8 | 120 | 6.4 TB NVMe SSD | 8.2 Gbps | 8 | 8 |
| VM.DenseIO2.16 | 16 | 240 | 12.8 TB NVMe SSD | 16.4 Gbps | 16 | 16 |
| VM.DenseIO2.24 | 24 | 320 | 25.6 TB NVMe SSD | 24.6 Gbps | 24 | 24 |