OCI E5.Flex Instances with AMD EPYC Genoa Expand to More Regions Including Singapore

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has expanded E5.Flex instances — based on AMD EPYC 9004 series (Genoa/Zen 4) — to additional regions including Singapore (ap-singapore-1) and London (uk-london-1). E5.Flex maintains OCI's signature flexible OCPU/memory model: you specify the exact OCPU count and GB of RAM needed, paying only for what you configure.

Pricing remains OCI's biggest advantage: $0.0080/OCPU/hour (1 OCPU = 2 vCPU) and $0.0015/GB RAM/hour. Practical example: 8 vCPU (4 OCPU), 32 GB RAM = $0.0320/hr compute + $0.0480/hr RAM = $0.08/hr total. Monthly: $58. AWS equivalent m7i.2xlarge: $295/month. Azure D8s v5: $280/month. That is an 80% cost difference.

The EPYC Genoa upgrade means OCI E5.Flex is now competitive on raw performance with AWS m7i (Intel Sapphire Rapids) and Azure Dsv5 — there is no longer a meaningful performance trade-off for the dramatic price difference. For Oracle Database workloads, OCI also provides BYOL advantages and Exadata infrastructure unavailable on other clouds.

TCOIQ Action: For cost-sensitive Linux workloads without hard dependencies on AWS/Azure ecosystems, E5.Flex in Singapore is the most economical option in Asia-Pacific. Calculate your monthly egress volume separately — OCI charges $0.0085/GB vs AWS $0.09/GB, adding further savings for data-intensive applications. Run a 30-day pilot with non-critical workloads before migrating production.