--- source_url: "https://www.oracle.com/cloud/compute/?utm_source=openai" title: "Cloud Compute | Oracle" mirrored_at: 2026-08-13T03:41:39.079Z host: www.oracle.com cited_in_42a: true mirror_canonical: "https://index.42a.ai/www.oracle.com/cloud/compute/index__q__utm_source_openai" --- > **Original source:** https://www.oracle.com/cloud/compute/?utm_source=openai - [Skip to content](#maincontent) - [Accessibility Policy](https://www.oracle.com/corporate/accessibility/) - Compute Services - [Arm-Based Compute](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/compute/arm/) - [Bare Metal Instance](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/compute/bare-metal/) - [Batch](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/compute/batch/) - [Compute Cloud@Customer](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/compute/cloud-at-customer/) - [Compute Cloud@Customer Isolated](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/compute/cloud-at-customer-isolated/) - [Container Engine for Kubernetes](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/cloud-native/kubernetes-engine/) - [Functions](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/cloud-native/functions/) - [GPU Instances](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/compute/gpu/) - [HPC Compute](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/hpc/) - [Operating Systems](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/compute/os/) - [OS Management Hub](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/compute/os-management/) - [Virtual Desktop](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/compute/virtual-desktop/) - [Virtual Machines](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/compute/virtual-machines/) - [Virtual Machines for Data Science](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/compute/virtual-machines-data-science/) - [VMware](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/compute/vmware/) - [Cloud](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/) Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) provides flexible, high performance, and secure computing powered by [Oracle Acceleron](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/networking/acceleron/), delivering ultralow latency, higher throughput, and more efficient CPU utilization for a wide range of workloads. ![](https://www.oracle.com/a/ocom/img/yt-video-thumbnail-akliqis8mlc.jpg) Suno AI Generates Beautiful Songs with Oracle Cloud (2:06) ## How Oracle Acceleron Powers a New Generation of OCI Compute Shapes Discover how you can take your workloads to the next level with Oracle Acceleron. ![](https://www.oracle.com/a/ocom/img/rc10-quick-disaster-recovery.png) ## The “Easy DR” button for OCI Compute QuickDR sets up fully automated, end-to-end disaster recovery for OCI Compute instances in just a few minutes. Answer a couple of questions in the instance details page and we’ll do everything else to set up DR across any two OCI regions of your choice. ## Why use OCI Compute? #### Up to 60% savings OCI, unlike other cloud providers, lets you select the number of cores and memory to match your workload needs for average annual [cost savings of up to 60% (PDF)](https://www.oracle.com/a/ocom/docs/wikibon-oci-flexible-instances-cost-advantages.pdf) with fully customizable instances. #### 48% more efficiency According to industry analyst [IDC’s business value report](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/idc-business-value-of-oci/), organizations using OCI have realized benefits worth an average of US$11.6 million per year and a five-year ROI of 393%. OCI has enabled them to be 48% more efficient in deploying compute and 30% more efficient in deploying storage. #### Highly secure Shielded instances, confidential computing, hardware root of trust, and off-box virtualization help reduce attacks by low-level malware, denial of service, and other malicious software, helping applications run securely. #### Resiliency Get fully automated, unified cross-region recovery for compute, storage, and databases using OCI Full Stack Disaster Recovery. With a single click, you can quickly generate disaster recovery plans for drills, failovers, and switchovers that are prepopulated with everything needed for recovery. ## OCI Compute services #### Virtual machines (VMs) Run a wide range of workloads, from small development projects to large-scale global applications, on OCI Compute VMs securely and achieve improved price-performance. ##### Flexible VMs Oracle Acceleron VMs are customizable from 1–94 cores for AMD EPYC processors, 1–78 cores for Intel processors, and 1–80 cores for Ampere processors, with up to 712 GB of RAM and network bandwidth that scales with the number of cores. [Learn more about Flexible VMs](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/compute/virtual-machines/) ##### Optimized VMs Optimized VM shapes provide 1–18 high-frequency processor cores and support cluster networking with 4–40 Gb/sec of network bandwidth. [Learn more about Dense I/O VMs](https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/Compute/References/computeshapes.htm) ##### Dense I/O VMs Dense I/O VMs, with 8–48 cores and 96–576 GB of RAM, offer 6.8–40.8 TB high performance, locally attached NVMe storage for big data and analytics workloads. [Learn more about Dense I/O VMs](https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/Compute/References/computeshapes.htm) ##### Dedicated VM hosts Dedicated VM host shapes offer bare metal instances with 36–128 cores and 512–2,048 GB memory per host with software to host VMs. [Learn more about Dedicated VM hosts](https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/Compute/References/computeshapes.htm) #### GPU instances Run your demanding AI workloads on bare metal and virtual machine instances powered by NVIDIA GPUs. GPUs can be clustered using a microsecond-latency network with the most local storage per node for checkpointing during AI training. ##### GPU-accelerated VMs GPU-accelerated VMs include NVIDIA graphics processors (NVIDIA A10, A100,\* H100,\* V100, and P100 GPUs), which can be clustered to achieve up to 30 cores, 16 to 64 GB of GPU memory, and 8 to 48 Gb/sec of network bandwidth. [Learn moreabout GPU-accelerated VMs](https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/Compute/References/computeshapes.htm) \* Coming soon for VMs; available for bare metal instances ##### GPU-accelerated bare metal instances Bare metal instances equipped with NVIDIA graphics processors (NVIDIA H100, A100, L40S, H200,\*\* and B200 GPUs\*\*), NVIDIA Superchips (GH200 Grace Hopper and GB200 Grace Blackwell\*\*) and AMD graphics processors (AMD MI300X) can be clustered, leveraging an ultrahigh-bandwidth RDMA network. [Learn more about GPU-accelerated bare metal instances](https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/Compute/References/computeshapes.htm) \*\* Coming soon #### Cloud native and containers OCI offers a comprehensive set of managed services across containers, serverless, APIs, and DevOps with support for open source to help customers build cloud native applications. ##### Functions OCI Functions is a serverless platform that lets developers create, run, and scale applications without managing infrastructure. [Learn more about Functions](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/cloud-native/functions/) ##### Kubernetes OCI Kubernetes Engine is a managed Kubernetes service for operating containerized applications at scale while reducing the time, cost, and operational burden of managing a Kubernetes infrastructure. [Learn more about Kubernetes](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/cloud-native/kubernetes-engine/) ##### Containers OCI Container Instances is a serverless compute service that lets you instantly run containers without managing any servers. [Learn more about Containers](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/cloud-native/container-instances/) ##### Container images OCI Container Registry is an open standards–based, Oracle-managed Docker registry service for securely storing and sharing container images. [Learn more about Container image](https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/Registry/Concepts/registryoverview.htm) #### VMware and other services Oracle Cloud VMware Solution enables customers to move VMware estates to the cloud without changing operations or processes. See why ISVs trust Oracle Cloud and AMD for unparalleled performance, flexibility, and innovation. ## Save as much as 60% with OCI Compute While other cloud service providers have higher prices in almost every region outside the US, OCI customers enjoy the same services, performance, and prices everywhere. For a similar configuration, OCI Compute costs less.\* 57% less than AWS m6a.xlarge 57% less than Azure D4as v5 51% less than Google Cloud n2d-standard-4 \* Compared with the monthly cost of a two OCPU (four vCPU) AMD (E4) with 16 GB in US eastern regions. On-demand prices are as of June 5, 2024. ## OCI Compute customer successes - - - - - - - ## What customers are saying about OCI Compute - “With OCI and Oracle Fusion Cloud Recruiting alignment, our partnership allows us to bring Eightfold AI Interviewer capabilities closer to enterprise hiring teams through a trusted cloud path.” **Laura Connelly** Eightfold AI, VP Partnerships - “At Ocean Health, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is the backbone of our diagnostics platform. We rely heavily on OCI for our most demanding medical imaging workloads, and the same secure, high-performance environment also powers our clinical laboratory operations and our healthcare AI agents. With OCI's scalability, performance, and reliability, we help clinics, labs, and hospitals deliver faster, more dependable diagnostic care.” **Fabio Filocomo** Ocean Health, CTO ## Get started with OCI Compute services - [Free trial](#free-trial) - [Hands-on labs](#hands-on-lab) - [Estimate your costs](#estimate-your-costs) - [Contact sales](#contact-sales) ### Try 20+ Always Free cloud services, with a 30-day trial for even more Oracle offers a Free Tier with no time limits on more than 20 services such as Compute, Storage, and Autonomous AI Database, as well as US$300 in free credits to try additional cloud services. Get the details and sign up for your free account today. - #### What’s included with Oracle Cloud Free Tier? - AMD and Arm Compute VMs - 200 GB total block storage - 10 GB object storage - Two Autonomous AI Database instances, 20 GB each - 10 TB outbound data transfer per month - 10+ more Always Free services - US$300 in free credits for 30 days for even more ### Learn with a hands-on lab The best way to learn is to try it yourself. Use our tutorials and hands-on labs with the Oracle Cloud Free Tier, your own Oracle Cloud tenancy, or for selected solutions in an Oracle-provided free lab environment. - #### Deploy HA Applications Using Load Balancers In this lab you will deploy web servers on two compute instances in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), configured in High Availability mode by using a Load Balancer. [Start this lab now](https://livelabs.oracle.com/pls/apex/dbpm/r/livelabs/view-workshop?wid=651&clear=180&session=17324424632445) - #### Get started with OCI Core Services Explore basic OCI services, including Compute, Networking, and Storage. [Start this lab now](https://livelabs.oracle.com/pls/apex/dbpm/r/livelabs/view-workshop?wid=648&clear=180&session=100099949930957) - #### Deploy Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes In this lab you will deploy a Container Engine for Kubernetes cluster, connect to it, and run a sample application using OCI CLI. [Start this lab now](https://livelabs.oracle.com/pls/apex/dbpm/r/livelabs/view-workshop?wid=649&clear=180&session=17324424632445) - #### Migrate Tomcat Java Applications to OCI Explore how to migrate Tomcat to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and connect to an Autonomous AI Database. [Start this lab now](https://livelabs.oracle.com/pls/apex/dbpm/r/livelabs/view-workshop?wid=693&clear=180&session=114451925589647) ### See how much you can save with OCI Oracle Cloud pricing is simple, with consistent low pricing worldwide, supporting a wide range of use cases. To estimate your low rate, check out the cost estimator and configure the services to suit your needs. #### Experience the difference - 1/4 the outbound bandwidth costs - 3X the compute price-performance - Same low price in every region - Low pricing without long term commitments ### Contact sales Interested in learning more about Oracle Cloud Infrastructure? Let one of our experts help. - #### They can answer questions such as - How do I get started with Oracle Cloud? - What kinds of workloads can I run on OCI? - What types of services does OCI offer?