Linode Nanode (1 GB) vs. Linode Linode (2 GB)

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New day, new benchmarks. Today I've spun up brand new instance from Linode to run some benchmarks on. All instances were spun up with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and all resided in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Enough talk. Here's the data.

Overview

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Linode – Linode (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:00:52 GMT Mon, 25 Aug 2025 22:00:52 GMT
Linux Distro Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version 6.8.0-71-generic 6.8.0-71-generic
MySQL Version 8.0.43-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 8.0.43-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
Redis Version 7.0.15 7.0.15
Location Newark, NJ Newark, NJ
Monthly Price $5.00 $12.00
RAM (GB) 1 2
CPU Cores 1 1
Storage (TB) 25 50
Storage Type SSD SSD
Transfer (TB) 1 2

CPU

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Linode – Linode (2 GB)
Vendor AuthenticAMD AuthenticAMD
Model Name AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
Clock Speed (MHz) 2,000.00 2,000.00
CPU Cache Size (KB) 512.00 512.00
BogoMips 4,000.00 4,000.00
Events per Second 1,709.10 1,666.84
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.28 0.28
Average Latency (ms) 0.58 0.6
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.53 9.85
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.03 2.03

Memory

Memory Read

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Linode – Linode (2 GB)
Operations per second 5,389,227.66 2,632,191.94
Mebibytes per second 5,262.92 2,570.50
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.68 6.39
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Linode – Linode (2 GB)
Operations per second 5,415,718.29 4,852,051.43
Mebibytes per second 5,288.79 4,738.33
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.63 2.32
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Linode – Linode (2 GB)
Reads per Second 2,297.45 2,599.90
Writes per Second 1,531.64 1,733.27
Fsyncs per Second 4,911.47 5,549.02
Read Mebibytes per Second 35.90 40.62
Written Mebibytes per Second 23.93 27.08
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.11 0.1
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.66 3.82
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.29 0.25

Mutex

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Linode – Linode (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms) 1,636.97 1,640.96
Average Latency (ms) 1,644.52 1,650.13
Maximum Latency (ms) 1,650.06 1,659.73
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1,648.20 1,648.20

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Linode – Linode (2 GB)
Transactions per second 7,736.00 7,667.00
Queries per second 77,360.00 76,670.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.18 1.18
Average Latency (ms) 1.29 1.3
Maximum Latency (ms) 5.12 5.17
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.47 1.5

MySQL Write-only

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Linode – Linode (2 GB)
Transactions per second 5,729.00 5,875.00
Queries per second 57,290.00 58,750.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.16 1.18
Average Latency (ms) 1.74 1.7
Maximum Latency (ms) 19.56 5.64
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.3 2.35

MySQL Read/Write

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Linode – Linode (2 GB)
Transactions per second 2,905.00 2,923.00
Queries per second 29,050.00 29,230.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 2.54 2.53
Average Latency (ms) 3.44 3.42
Maximum Latency (ms) 9.03 8.89
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 4.25 4.33

MySQL INSERT

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Linode – Linode (2 GB)
Transactions per second 8,887.00 8,563.00
Queries per second 88,870.00 85,630.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.67 0.67
Average Latency (ms) 1.12 1.16
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.15 24.59
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.42 1.52

MySQL Bulk INSERT

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Linode – Linode (2 GB)
Transactions per second 1,608,842.00 1,492,342.00
Queries per second 16,088,420.00 14,923,420.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.01 0.01
Maximum Latency (ms) 340.01 353.28
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Linode – Linode (2 GB)
Transactions per second 165,329.00 167,040.00
Queries per second 1,653,290.00 1,670,400.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.05 0.05
Average Latency (ms) 0.06 0.06
Maximum Latency (ms) 10.74 3.88
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.08 0.08

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Linode – Linode (2 GB)
Transactions per second 9,736.00 9,579.00
Queries per second 97,360.00 95,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.37 0.37
Average Latency (ms) 1.03 1.04
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.34 5.74
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.32 1.34

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Linode – Linode (2 GB)
Transactions per second 9,526.00 9,718.00
Queries per second 95,260.00 97,180.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.39 0.32
Average Latency (ms) 1.05 1.03
Maximum Latency (ms) 5.19 3.9
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.34 1.32

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Linode – Linode (2 GB)
Transactions per second 8,339.00 8,384.00
Queries per second 83,390.00 83,840.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.7 0.72
Average Latency (ms) 1.2 1.19
Maximum Latency (ms) 5.67 6.08
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.58 1.67

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Linode – Linode (2 GB)
Transactions per second 8,527.00 9,018.00
Queries per second 85,270.00 90,180.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.7 0.67
Average Latency (ms) 1.17 1.11
Maximum Latency (ms) 5.57 4.82
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.5 1.42

MySQL DELETE

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Linode – Linode (2 GB)
Transactions per second 80,676.00 81,105.00
Queries per second 806,760.00 811,050.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.05 0.05
Average Latency (ms) 0.12 0.12
Maximum Latency (ms) 10.37 6.01
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.34 0.33

Redis

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Linode – Linode (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second 47,528.52 47,687.18
PING_MBULK per Second 48,332.53 47,801.15
SET per Second 46,882.33 47,036.69
GET per Second 47,483.38 47,846.89
INCR per Second 44,228.22 46,554.93
LPUSH per Second 47,058.82 46,663.56
RPUSH per Second 46,948.36 47,415.84
LPOP per Second 45,829.52 44,722.72
RPOP per Second 46,598.32 46,274.87
SADD per Second 46,926.32 46,382.19
HSET per Second 47,192.07 46,598.32
SPOP per Second 47,778.31 47,687.18
ZADD per Second 43,535.05 46,403.71
ZPOPMIN per Second 47,393.37 47,483.38
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 31,836.99 30,339.81
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 17,771.46 16,812.38
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 12,277.47 11,745.36
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 10,720.41 10,308.22
MSET (10 keys) per Second 43,290.04 41,339.40

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Linode – Linode (2 GB)
PING_INLINE0.730.73
PING_MBULK0.720.72
SET0.740.74
GET0.730.73
INCR0.770.74
LPUSH0.740.74
RPUSH0.730.73
LPOP0.750.77
RPOP0.750.76
SADD0.740.75
HSET0.740.74
SPOP0.730.73
ZADD0.800.75
ZPOPMIN0.730.73
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)1.101.16
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)1.992.07
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)2.802.92
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)3.213.37
MSET (10 keys)0.810.83

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

After analyzing the benchmark results for the two Linode instances, it's clear that the Linode (2 GB) instance offers slightly better performance across most metrics compared to the Linode Nanode (1 GB) instance, particularly in Redis operations and MySQL OLTP tasks. The Linode (2 GB) instance shows higher RPS rates and lower latencies in Redis benchmarks, as well as better throughput and lower latencies in MySQL operations. While both instances perform well, the Linode (2 GB) instance is more suited for workloads that require higher RAM and CPU performance, such as memory-intensive applications, database operations, and I/O-heavy tasks. Conversely, the Linode Nanode (1 GB) instance is ideal for lighter workloads, such as small web servers or applications that do not require extensive CPU or memory resources.

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