OCI E6 vs E5 vs E4: Compute Flex Shapes
In brief OCI E6 Standard Compute is the next AMD x86 generation to evaluate when you are choosing between VM.Standard.E6.Flex, VM.Standard.E5.Flex, and VM.Standard.E4.Flex. If you are starting a new OCI workload today, E6 should be on the shortlist before E5 or E4. The reason is simple: Oracle positions E6 as a newer 5th Gen AMD EPYC-based generation with better performance at the same price point as E5 in its launch messaging. That does not make old benchmarks useless, but it changes the next decision: every existing E5/E4 benchmark should now have an E6 follow-up. ...