Ampere A-Series · Flexible Shapeaarch64 · Ampere Altra

Standard_A4

Standard_A4 (VM.Standard.A4.Flex) is an Oracle Cloud flexible shape. Base configuration of 1 OCPU (2 vCPUs) with 8 GB memory starts at $0.0354 per hour and $25.84 monthly in the us-ashburn-1 region.

Updated September 9, 2026
vCPUs
2
Memory
8 GB
Network
1 Gbps per OCPU, up to 100 Gbps
Storage
Block storage only

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Region
Currency

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us-ashburn-1 · USD · monthly = 730 hrs
Prices exclude local taxes
Term / TierHourlyMonthlySavings
On-Demand
$0.0354$25.84 Baseline
1-Year Committed Use Discount (CUD)
$0.0237$17.31 -33%
3-Year Committed Use Discount (CUD)
$0.0177$12.92 -50%
Preemptible / Spot
$0.0177$12.92 -50%
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Compute

aarch64 · Ampere Altra
vCPUs i2
Memory i8 GB
Physical processorAmpere AmpereOne M A06-36M
Nested VirtualizationNot supported
Sole TenantNot supported
GPUNone

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Networking

Max egress bandwidth1 Gbps per OCPU, up to 100 Gbps Gbps
Tier 1 bandwidthN/A
Enhanced networking iYes (gvnic/virtio)
IPv6 supportYes (Dual-stack VPC)

Storage

Max persistent disks16 Volumes
Max disk size32 TB
Local SSDsNo local SSD
Instance storage: Persistent Disk only by default — attach volumes for persistent storage.
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