Linode Nanode (1 GB) vs. Linode Linode (2 GB)
Welcome to another round of the VPS Showdown. 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 were created in the New York area (or close to it). Enough talk. Here's the data.
Overview
| Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | Linode – Linode (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Last Benchmarked | Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:00:52 GMT | Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:00:52 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 | 8.0.45-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 | 8.0.45-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 |
| 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 7642 48-Core Processor |
| Clock Speed (MHz) | 2,000.00 | 2,300.00 |
| CPU Cache Size (KB) | 512.00 | 512.00 |
| BogoMips | 3,999.99 | 4,600.00 |
| Events per Second | 1,620.95 | 777.96 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.28 | 0.6 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.61 | 1.28 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 16.58 | 6.85 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.97 | 2.35 |
Memory
Memory Read
| Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | Linode – Linode (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 2,785,205.91 | 2,684,199.23 |
| Mebibytes per second | 2,719.93 | 2,621.29 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 3.98 | 7.83 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
Memory Write
| Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | Linode – Linode (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 5,247,741.79 | 5,332,155.18 |
| Mebibytes per second | 5,124.75 | 5,207.18 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 4.41 | 3 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
File I/O
| Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | Linode – Linode (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Reads per Second | 2,319.13 | 2,373.68 |
| Writes per Second | 1,546.08 | 1,582.45 |
| Fsyncs per Second | 4,957.36 | 5,065.25 |
| Read Mebibytes per Second | 36.24 | 37.09 |
| Written Mebibytes per Second | 24.16 | 24.73 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.11 | 0.11 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 8.17 | 10.14 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.25 | 0.39 |
Mutex
| Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | Linode – Linode (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 2,349.38 | 1,556.75 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2,390.79 | 1,561.83 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 2,412.13 | 1,568.12 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2,405.65 | 1,561.52 |
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
| Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | Linode – Linode (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 6,608.00 | 7,647.00 |
| Queries per second | 66,080.00 | 76,470.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.28 | 1.23 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.51 | 1.31 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 8.96 | 5.52 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.79 | 1.37 |
MySQL Write-only
| Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | Linode – Linode (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 4,539.00 | 6,709.00 |
| Queries per second | 45,390.00 | 67,090.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.33 | 0.95 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.2 | 1.49 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 18.39 | 7.15 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 3.25 | 2.14 |
MySQL Read/Write
| Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | Linode – Linode (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 2,306.00 | 3,175.00 |
| Queries per second | 23,060.00 | 31,750.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 3.11 | 2.63 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 4.33 | 3.15 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 10.82 | 9.73 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 5.67 | 3.96 |
MySQL INSERT
| Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | Linode – Linode (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 7,556.00 | 10,935.00 |
| Queries per second | 75,560.00 | 109,350.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.83 | 0.6 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.32 | 0.91 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 8.91 | 4.63 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.82 | 1.1 |
MySQL Bulk INSERT
| Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | Linode – Linode (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 1,171,967.00 | 1,335,069.00 |
| Queries per second | 11,719,670.00 | 13,350,690.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 511.73 | 365.45 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
MySQL SELECT
| Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | Linode – Linode (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 127,249.00 | 181,358.00 |
| Queries per second | 1,272,490.00 | 1,813,580.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.08 | 0.05 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 7.66 | 3.06 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.11 | 0.07 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
| Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | Linode – Linode (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 8,151.00 | 8,025.00 |
| Queries per second | 81,510.00 | 80,250.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.39 | 0.31 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.22 | 1.25 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 5.53 | 4.8 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.7 | 1.58 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
| Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | Linode – Linode (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 9,239.00 | 7,603.00 |
| Queries per second | 92,390.00 | 76,030.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.33 | 0.39 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.08 | 1.31 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 8.4 | 3.88 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.42 | 1.7 |
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
| Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | Linode – Linode (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 7,280.00 | 10,048.00 |
| Queries per second | 72,800.00 | 100,480.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.71 | 0.62 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.37 | 0.99 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 23.45 | 4.65 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.03 | 1.52 |
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
| Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | Linode – Linode (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 7,428.00 | 10,354.00 |
| Queries per second | 74,280.00 | 103,540.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.72 | 0.61 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.34 | 0.97 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 6.56 | 6.27 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.86 | 1.32 |
MySQL DELETE
| Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | Linode – Linode (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 54,792.00 | 94,477.00 |
| Queries per second | 547,920.00 | 944,770.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.18 | 0.11 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 11.29 | 3.16 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.14 | 0.2 |
Redis
| Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | Linode – Linode (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE per Second | 28,910.09 | 45,703.84 |
| PING_MBULK per Second | 34,328.87 | 46,104.20 |
| SET per Second | 33,178.50 | 45,475.22 |
| GET per Second | 33,670.04 | 46,125.46 |
| INCR per Second | 34,650.04 | 46,019.32 |
| LPUSH per Second | 32,992.41 | 43,898.15 |
| RPUSH per Second | 32,992.41 | 45,871.56 |
| LPOP per Second | 33,068.79 | 45,024.77 |
| RPOP per Second | 33,388.98 | 45,167.12 |
| SADD per Second | 33,014.20 | 46,040.52 |
| HSET per Second | 33,967.39 | 45,330.91 |
| SPOP per Second | 35,549.23 | 46,382.19 |
| ZADD per Second | 34,071.55 | 45,413.26 |
| ZPOPMIN per Second | 34,364.26 | 46,274.87 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second | 20,876.83 | 29,850.75 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second | 13,976.24 | 16,244.31 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second | 10,399.33 | 11,227.12 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second | 8,848.77 | 9,844.46 |
| MSET (10 keys) per Second | 31,240.24 | 42,105.26 |
Redis Average Latency (ms)
| Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | Linode – Linode (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE | 1.11 | 0.75 |
| PING_MBULK | 0.97 | 0.74 |
| SET | 0.99 | 0.76 |
| GET | 0.97 | 0.75 |
| INCR | 0.95 | 0.75 |
| LPUSH | 0.99 | 0.78 |
| RPUSH | 0.99 | 0.76 |
| LPOP | 1.00 | 0.77 |
| RPOP | 0.98 | 0.77 |
| SADD | 0.98 | 0.75 |
| HSET | 0.96 | 0.76 |
| SPOP | 0.93 | 0.75 |
| ZADD | 0.96 | 0.76 |
| ZPOPMIN | 0.94 | 0.75 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) | 1.61 | 1.19 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) | 2.39 | 2.24 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) | 3.26 | 3.20 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) | 3.83 | 3.64 |
| MSET (10 keys) | 1.08 | 0.84 |
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
Based on the benchmarks, the Linode Nanode (1 GB) shows strong performance for lightweight tasks with high request rates, particularly for Redis operations where it can handle up to around 36,000 requests per second for commands like GET and SET, and slightly lower for more complex operations such as LRANGE. However, its performance in CPU and memory-intensive tasks is limited by its single CPU core and 1 GB of RAM. In contrast, the Linode Standard (2 GB) demonstrates superior performance across a broader range of tasks, handling up to 42,000 Redis requests per second with lower latencies, and shows better performance in CPU-intensive and memory-heavy operations due to its additional CPU core and double the RAM, making it ideal for more demanding applications requiring higher throughput and lower latency. Ideal use cases for the Nanode would include small web applications or services with low resource requirements, while the Standard is better suited for more complex applications like enterprise-level databases, web servers with higher traffic, or applications needing more memory and computational power.
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