Linode Nanode (1 GB) vs. UpCloud Balanced (1 GB)

Updated Daily — Last generated on June 16, 2025

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Overview

	Linode – Nanode (1 GB)	UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked	Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:00:24 GMT	Sun, 15 Jun 2025 09:00:46 GMT
Linux Distro	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version	6.8.0-53-generic	6.8.0-31-generic
MySQL Version	8.0.42-0ubuntu0.24.04.1	8.0.42-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
Redis Version	7.0.15	7.0.15
Location	Newark, NJ	New York, NY
Monthly Price	$5.00	€7.00
RAM (GB)	1	1
CPU Cores	1	1
Storage (TB)	25	25
Storage Type	SSD	SSD
Transfer (TB)	1	1

CPU

	Linode – Nanode (1 GB)	UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Vendor	AuthenticAMD	AuthenticAMD
Model Name	AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor	AMD EPYC 9575F 64-Core Processor
Clock Speed (MHz)	2,000.00	3,295.42
CPU Cache Size (KB)	512.00	512.00
BogoMips	3,999.99	6,590.83
Events per Second	1,686.45	5,545.01
Minimum Latency (ms)	0.28	0.16
Average Latency (ms)	0.58	0.18
Maximum Latency (ms)	12.98	109.39
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	2.03	0.2

Memory

Memory Read

	Linode – Nanode (1 GB)	UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Operations per second	5,077,078.56	8,116,315.82
Mebibytes per second	4,958.08	7,926.09
Minimum Latency (ms)	0	0
Average Latency (ms)	0	0
Maximum Latency (ms)	7.56	0.4
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	0	0

Memory Write

	Linode – Nanode (1 GB)	UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Operations per second	5,393,598.65	8,051,777.24
Mebibytes per second	5,267.19	7,863.06
Minimum Latency (ms)	0	0
Average Latency (ms)	0	0
Maximum Latency (ms)	4.02	0.19
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	0	0

File I/O

	Linode – Nanode (1 GB)	UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Reads per Second	2,577.27	3,490.45
Writes per Second	1,718.18	2,326.97
Fsyncs per Second	5,498.68	7,457.19
Read Mebibytes per Second	40.27	54.54
Written Mebibytes per Second	26.85	36.36
Minimum Latency (ms)	0	0
Average Latency (ms)	0.1	0.08
Maximum Latency (ms)	8.43	51.68
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	0.21	0.21

Mutex

	Linode – Nanode (1 GB)	UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)	1,645.69	1,116.12
Average Latency (ms)	1,656.66	1,120.39
Maximum Latency (ms)	1,663.28	1,126.25
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	1,678.14	1,129.24

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

	Linode – Nanode (1 GB)	UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second	6,062.00	11.00
Queries per second	60,620.00	110.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	1.29	904.19
Average Latency (ms)	1.65	994.07
Maximum Latency (ms)	13.09	1088.66
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	2.66	1089.3

MySQL Write-only

	Linode – Nanode (1 GB)	UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second	4,275.00	6,076.00
Queries per second	42,750.00	60,760.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	1.32	0.59
Average Latency (ms)	2.34	1.64
Maximum Latency (ms)	20.46	89.64
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	3.89	2.81

MySQL Read/Write

	Linode – Nanode (1 GB)	UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second	2,171.00	463.00
Queries per second	21,710.00	4,630.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	3.12	1.37
Average Latency (ms)	4.6	21.75
Maximum Latency (ms)	20.78	189.8
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	7.56	99.33

MySQL INSERT

	Linode – Nanode (1 GB)	UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second	8,187.00	8,199.00
Queries per second	81,870.00	81,990.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	0.7	0.43
Average Latency (ms)	1.22	1.22
Maximum Latency (ms)	13.03	106.22
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	1.76	1.86

MySQL Bulk INSERT

	Linode – Nanode (1 GB)	UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second	1,463,217.00	2,997,682.00
Queries per second	14,632,170.00	29,976,820.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	0	0
Average Latency (ms)	0.01	0
Maximum Latency (ms)	353.56	235.58
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	0	0

MySQL SELECT

	Linode – Nanode (1 GB)	UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second	132,861.00	707,700.00
Queries per second	1,328,610.00	7,077,000.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	0.05	0.01
Average Latency (ms)	0.07	0.01
Maximum Latency (ms)	10.42	18.73
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	0.12	0.02

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

	Linode – Nanode (1 GB)	UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second	1,684.00	336.00
Queries per second	16,840.00	3,360.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	1.93	13.73
Average Latency (ms)	5.94	29.76
Maximum Latency (ms)	81.69	90.9
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	10.65	41.1

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

	Linode – Nanode (1 GB)	UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second	6,832.00	14,920.00
Queries per second	68,320.00	149,200.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	0.58	0.2
Average Latency (ms)	1.46	0.67
Maximum Latency (ms)	4.77	8.77
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	1.89	0.94

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

	Linode – Nanode (1 GB)	UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second	5,868.00	6,759.00
Queries per second	58,680.00	67,590.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	0.77	0.42
Average Latency (ms)	1.7	1.48
Maximum Latency (ms)	14.97	79.67
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	3.13	2.57

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

	Linode – Nanode (1 GB)	UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second	7,923.00	9,005.00
Queries per second	79,230.00	90,050.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	0.72	0.42
Average Latency (ms)	1.26	1.11
Maximum Latency (ms)	9.43	107.8
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	1.76	1.67

MySQL DELETE

	Linode – Nanode (1 GB)	UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second	10,209.00	9,411.00
Queries per second	102,090.00	94,110.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	0.06	0.01
Average Latency (ms)	0.98	1.06
Maximum Latency (ms)	13.88	115.82
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	1.86	2.03

Redis

	Linode – Nanode (1 GB)	UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second	36,416.61	191,570.88
PING_MBULK per Second	37,950.66	188,679.25
SET per Second	37,133.31	178,890.88
GET per Second	37,299.52	185,185.17
INCR per Second	36,982.25	195,694.72
LPUSH per Second	36,049.03	186,915.88
RPUSH per Second	36,724.20	191,570.88
LPOP per Second	36,845.98	193,798.45
RPOP per Second	36,927.62	190,476.20
SADD per Second	36,376.86	198,019.80
HSET per Second	36,778.23	191,570.88
SPOP per Second	37,105.75	189,393.94
ZADD per Second	37,313.43	189,393.94
ZPOPMIN per Second	37,271.71	199,203.20
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second	26,378.27	104,602.52
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second	15,992.32	45,766.59
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second	11,449.51	32,637.08
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second	9,921.62	25,125.63
MSET (10 keys) per Second	33,715.44	168,634.06

Redis Average Latency (ms)

	Linode – Nanode (1 GB)	UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
PING_INLINE	0.92	0.17
PING_MBULK	0.87	0.17
SET	0.90	0.19
GET	0.89	0.18
INCR	0.90	0.17
LPUSH	0.93	0.18
RPUSH	0.91	0.17
LPOP	0.91	0.17
RPOP	0.90	0.18
SADD	0.91	0.17
HSET	0.91	0.17
SPOP	0.89	0.17
ZADD	0.90	0.18
ZPOPMIN	0.89	0.17
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)	1.28	0.35
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)	2.14	0.78
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)	2.91	1.10
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)	3.40	1.43
MSET (10 keys)	1.01	0.21

Conclusion

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