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

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New day, new benchmarks. Today I've spun up brand new instance from Linode and UpCloud to run some benchmarks on. Each instance was spun up with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and were created in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Time to see who showed up today.

Overview

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:00:52 GMT Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:00:58 GMT
Linux Distro Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version 6.8.0-111-generic 6.8.0-111-generic
MySQL Version 8.0.46-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 8.0.46-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
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 3,295.46
CPU Cache Size (KB) 512.00 512.00
BogoMips 4,000.00 6,590.91
Events per Second 1,605.64 5,705.40
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.28 0.16
Average Latency (ms) 0.61 0.18
Maximum Latency (ms) 15.02 1.27
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.86 0.19

Memory

Memory Read

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Operations per second 2,578,716.87 8,056,617.47
Mebibytes per second 2,518.28 7,867.79
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 8.61 0.28
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Operations per second 5,134,212.89 7,635,465.92
Mebibytes per second 5,013.88 7,456.51
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 7.28 0.72
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Reads per Second 2,103.79 4,880.21
Writes per Second 1,402.53 3,253.44
Fsyncs per Second 4,497.88 10,411.32
Read Mebibytes per Second 32.87 76.25
Written Mebibytes per Second 21.91 50.83
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.12 0.05
Maximum Latency (ms) 9.57 25.28
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.3 0.19

Mutex

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms) 2,611.09 1,094.52
Average Latency (ms) 2,623.26 1,098.99
Maximum Latency (ms) 2,632.60 1,105.13
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2,632.28 1,109.09

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second 7,182.00 27,863.00
Queries per second 71,820.00 278,630.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.22 0.28
Average Latency (ms) 1.39 0.36
Maximum Latency (ms) 8.56 4.23
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.64 0.5

MySQL Write-only

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second 5,215.00 8,234.00
Queries per second 52,150.00 82,340.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.25 0.51
Average Latency (ms) 1.91 1.21
Maximum Latency (ms) 9.94 109.78
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.71 1.7

MySQL Read/Write

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second 2,358.00 5,658.00
Queries per second 23,580.00 56,580.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 2.86 1.02
Average Latency (ms) 4.24 1.77
Maximum Latency (ms) 16.4 29.92
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 6.91 2.43

MySQL INSERT

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second 7,570.00 10,677.00
Queries per second 75,700.00 106,770.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.75 0.4
Average Latency (ms) 1.32 0.93
Maximum Latency (ms) 11.85 51.91
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.89 1.32

MySQL Bulk INSERT

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second 1,201,092.00 3,065,346.00
Queries per second 12,010,920.00 30,653,460.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.01 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 577.85 175.55
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second 152,163.00 904,699.00
Queries per second 1,521,630.00 9,046,990.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.05 0.01
Average Latency (ms) 0.07 0.01
Maximum Latency (ms) 7.75 1.15
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.09 0.02

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second 9,119.00 18,275.00
Queries per second 91,190.00 182,750.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.37 0.16
Average Latency (ms) 1.09 0.55
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.43 4.14
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.44 0.81

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second 8,501.00 18,836.00
Queries per second 85,010.00 188,360.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.35 0.15
Average Latency (ms) 1.17 0.53
Maximum Latency (ms) 8.45 1.6
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.22 0.77

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second 7,551.00 9,429.00
Queries per second 75,510.00 94,290.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.7 0.41
Average Latency (ms) 1.32 1.06
Maximum Latency (ms) 10.76 70.38
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2 1.52

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second 7,901.00 10,777.00
Queries per second 79,010.00 107,770.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.7 0.4
Average Latency (ms) 1.26 0.93
Maximum Latency (ms) 10.46 41.92
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.79 1.37

MySQL DELETE

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Transactions per second 60,656.00 318,714.00
Queries per second 606,560.00 3,187,140.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.05 0.01
Average Latency (ms) 0.16 0.03
Maximum Latency (ms) 11.78 74.81
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.12 0.03

Redis

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second 37,467.22 174,216.03
PING_MBULK per Second 37,664.79 171,232.88
SET per Second 37,160.91 170,357.75
GET per Second 37,608.12 179,856.11
INCR per Second 37,271.71 180,180.17
LPUSH per Second 37,037.04 168,634.06
RPUSH per Second 35,997.12 174,216.03
LPOP per Second 35,511.36 171,526.58
RPOP per Second 34,542.32 170,940.17
SADD per Second 36,913.99 166,666.66
HSET per Second 37,230.08 166,666.66
SPOP per Second 37,821.48 168,634.06
ZADD per Second 37,936.27 171,232.88
ZPOPMIN per Second 37,551.63 175,746.92
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 26,910.66 89,206.06
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 15,573.90 42,444.82
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 11,301.99 25,866.53
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 9,987.02 21,070.38
MSET (10 keys) per Second 34,867.50 145,137.88

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
PING_INLINE0.880.19
PING_MBULK0.880.19
SET0.890.20
GET0.870.18
INCR0.870.19
LPUSH0.880.20
RPUSH0.900.19
LPOP0.920.20
RPOP0.940.20
SADD0.880.20
HSET0.880.20
SPOP0.870.20
ZADD0.870.20
ZPOPMIN0.880.19
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)1.250.40
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)2.180.83
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)2.951.38
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)3.391.71
MSET (10 keys)0.960.25

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

The UpCloud Balanced instance with its higher clock speed AMD EPYC 9575F processor shows superior performance in Redis benchmarks with higher RPS rates and lower latencies, indicating faster processing speeds, especially in set and get operations, whereas the Linode Nanode instance provides more stable latency and fairness across all metrics but falls behind in throughput rates. In CPU benchmarks, UpCloud also outperforms with more events per second and lower latencies, and has better file IO performance with higher throughput and lower average latencies. Memory benchmarks suggest UpCloud excels in both read and write operations with higher operation rates and throughput, while Linode's mutex and thread benchmarks demonstrate more consistent thread fairness and lower max latencies. For users prioritizing higher throughput and lower latency for database operations and file IO, the UpCloud Balanced instance is more suitable, while Linode’s Nanode might be preferable for workloads requiring more predictable thread performance and less maximum latency spikes.

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