My friend, I'm so glad you're here! Today I've spun up brand new instance from Linode and UpCloud and did some benchmarking. All instances were spun up with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and were created in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Without further ado, here's the results.
Overview
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:00:52 GMT
Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:00:52 GMT
Linux Distro
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version
6.8.0-71-generic
6.8.0-106-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
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
3,295.48
CPU Cache Size (KB)
512.00
512.00
BogoMips
3,999.99
6,590.95
Events per Second
1,620.95
5,498.48
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.28
0.16
Average Latency (ms)
0.61
0.18
Maximum Latency (ms)
16.58
1.19
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.97
0.2
Memory
Memory Read
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Operations per second
2,785,205.91
7,536,293.91
Mebibytes per second
2,719.93
7,359.66
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.98
0.25
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Operations per second
5,247,741.79
7,610,312.91
Mebibytes per second
5,124.75
7,431.95
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
4.41
0.18
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Reads per Second
2,319.13
4,958.78
Writes per Second
1,546.08
3,305.85
Fsyncs per Second
4,957.36
10,581.62
Read Mebibytes per Second
36.24
77.48
Written Mebibytes per Second
24.16
51.65
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.11
0.05
Maximum Latency (ms)
8.17
23.72
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.25
0.2
Mutex
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
2,349.38
1,200.46
Average Latency (ms)
2,390.79
1,205.89
Maximum Latency (ms)
2,412.13
1,209.97
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2,405.65
1,213.57
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second
6,608.00
23,913.00
Queries per second
66,080.00
239,130.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.28
0.29
Average Latency (ms)
1.51
0.42
Maximum Latency (ms)
8.96
3.69
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.79
0.55
MySQL Write-only
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second
4,539.00
7,390.00
Queries per second
45,390.00
73,900.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.33
0.59
Average Latency (ms)
2.2
1.35
Maximum Latency (ms)
18.39
151.26
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.25
2.18
MySQL Read/Write
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second
2,306.00
5,643.00
Queries per second
23,060.00
56,430.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
3.11
1.07
Average Latency (ms)
4.33
1.77
Maximum Latency (ms)
10.82
18.59
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
5.67
2.39
MySQL INSERT
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,556.00
10,691.00
Queries per second
75,560.00
106,910.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.83
0.4
Average Latency (ms)
1.32
0.93
Maximum Latency (ms)
8.91
28.16
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.82
1.52
MySQL Bulk INSERT
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second
1,171,967.00
2,861,217.00
Queries per second
11,719,670.00
28,612,170.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.01
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
511.73
190.34
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second
127,249.00
797,057.00
Queries per second
1,272,490.00
7,970,570.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.05
0.01
Average Latency (ms)
0.08
0.01
Maximum Latency (ms)
7.66
1.08
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.11
0.02
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second
8,151.00
14,716.00
Queries per second
81,510.00
147,160.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.39
0.19
Average Latency (ms)
1.22
0.68
Maximum Latency (ms)
5.53
5.31
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.7
1.01
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second
9,239.00
18,683.00
Queries per second
92,390.00
186,830.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.33
0.15
Average Latency (ms)
1.08
0.53
Maximum Latency (ms)
8.4
2.69
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.42
0.77
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,280.00
11,777.00
Queries per second
72,800.00
117,770.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.71
0.39
Average Latency (ms)
1.37
0.85
Maximum Latency (ms)
23.45
16.28
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.03
1.23
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,428.00
11,468.00
Queries per second
74,280.00
114,680.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.72
0.35
Average Latency (ms)
1.34
0.87
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.56
15.13
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.86
1.23
MySQL DELETE
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second
54,792.00
397,047.00
Queries per second
547,920.00
3,970,470.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.05
0.01
Average Latency (ms)
0.18
0.02
Maximum Latency (ms)
11.29
12.77
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.14
0.03
Redis
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
28,910.09
163,132.14
PING_MBULK per Second
34,328.87
146,412.88
SET per Second
33,178.50
168,067.22
GET per Second
33,670.04
163,666.12
INCR per Second
34,650.04
168,067.22
LPUSH per Second
32,992.41
158,730.16
RPUSH per Second
32,992.41
166,666.66
LPOP per Second
33,068.79
157,232.70
RPOP per Second
33,388.98
157,232.70
SADD per Second
33,014.20
161,030.59
HSET per Second
33,967.39
157,977.88
SPOP per Second
35,549.23
165,562.92
ZADD per Second
34,071.55
158,730.16
ZPOPMIN per Second
34,364.26
167,785.23
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
20,876.83
89,285.71
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
13,976.24
42,354.93
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
10,399.33
28,042.62
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
8,848.77
23,635.07
MSET (10 keys) per Second
31,240.24
140,845.08
Redis Average Latency (ms)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
PING_INLINE
1.11
0.21
PING_MBULK
0.97
0.22
SET
0.99
0.20
GET
0.97
0.20
INCR
0.95
0.20
LPUSH
0.99
0.21
RPUSH
0.99
0.20
LPOP
1.00
0.22
RPOP
0.98
0.22
SADD
0.98
0.21
HSET
0.96
0.21
SPOP
0.93
0.20
ZADD
0.96
0.21
ZPOPMIN
0.94
0.20
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
1.61
0.40
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
2.39
0.84
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
3.26
1.26
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
3.83
1.52
MSET (10 keys)
1.08
0.26
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
The UpCloud Balanced instance significantly outperforms the Linode Nanode in most benchmarks. While the Linode instance shows reasonable Redis performance with high request rates and low latencies, it struggles with larger data range operations in Redis. The UpCloud instance excels in overall Redis request rates and latency, making it ideal for high-throughput caching and data operations. Both instances have similar CPU performance metrics, but UpCloud slightly edges out with higher CPU events per second. The UpCloud instance also demonstrates superior file I/O throughput and latency, making it preferable for workloads involving intensive file read/write operations. Given these results, the UpCloud Balanced instance is highly recommended for applications requiring high Redis performance, high CPU utilization, and intensive file I/O, while the Linode Nanode may be more suitable for less demanding tasks or where cost is a primary consideration.
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