Linode Nanode (1 GB) vs. Vultr Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Welcome to another round of the VPS Showdown. Today I've got brand new instances from Linode and Vultr and ran some benchmarks. All instances were running Ubuntu 26.04 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)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:01:32 GMT
Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:03:03 GMT
Linux Distro
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version
7.0.0-34-generic
7.0.0-29-generic
MySQL Version
8.4.11-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
8.4.11-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
Redis Version
8.0.5
8.0.5
Location
Newark, NJ
Newark, NJ
Monthly Price
$5.00
$5.00
RAM (GB)
1
1
CPU Cores
1
1
Storage (TB)
25
25
Storage Type
SSD
SSD
Transfer (TB)
1
1
Head-to-head
Category winners from the latest benchmarks.
Category
Winner
CPU (events/sec)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Memory (read MiB/s)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Disk I/O (MiB/s)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
MySQL (read/write tps)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Redis (GET/sec)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Value (CPU events per $/mo)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB) takes 6 of 6 categories.
CPU
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vendor
AuthenticAMD
GenuineIntel
Model Name
AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, no TSX, IBRS)
Clock Speed (MHz)
2,000.00
2,400.00
CPU Cache Size (KB)
512.00
16,384.00
BogoMips
4,000.00
4,799.99
Events per Second
1,548.52
747.20
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.3
1.23
Average Latency (ms)
0.64
1.34
Maximum Latency (ms)
21.85
4.19
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.13
1.61
Memory
Memory Read
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Operations per second
4,152,415.63
3,468,220.65
Mebibytes per second
4,055.09
3,386.93
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.82
2.53
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Operations per second
5,085,089.33
3,710,866.55
Mebibytes per second
4,965.91
3,623.89
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.02
0.76
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Reads per Second
2,243.85
1,891.00
Writes per Second
1,495.90
1,260.60
Fsyncs per Second
4,795.18
4,039.68
Read Mebibytes per Second
35.06
29.55
Written Mebibytes per Second
23.37
19.70
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.12
0.14
Maximum Latency (ms)
10.58
6.15
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.29
0.33
Mutex
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
2,091.27
2,212.92
Average Latency (ms)
2,118.60
2,218.18
Maximum Latency (ms)
2,135.24
2,222.25
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2,120.76
2,238.47
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
5,863.00
4,645.00
Queries per second
58,630.00
46,450.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.27
1.76
Average Latency (ms)
1.7
2.15
Maximum Latency (ms)
8.4
6.84
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.14
2.97
MySQL Write-only
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
5,483.00
3,815.00
Queries per second
54,830.00
38,150.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.12
1.64
Average Latency (ms)
1.82
2.62
Maximum Latency (ms)
17.77
21.48
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.3
3.55
MySQL Read/Write
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
2,888.00
1,258.00
Queries per second
28,880.00
12,580.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
2.56
3.82
Average Latency (ms)
3.46
7.94
Maximum Latency (ms)
14.47
2585.43
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
4.25
8.58
MySQL INSERT
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
9,681.00
4,318.00
Queries per second
96,810.00
43,180.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.67
1.13
Average Latency (ms)
1.03
2.31
Maximum Latency (ms)
10.33
41.5
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.39
4.18
MySQL Bulk INSERT
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
1,142,842.00
800,273.00
Queries per second
11,428,420.00
8,002,730.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.01
0.01
Maximum Latency (ms)
503.09
573.78
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
129,495.00
99,416.00
Queries per second
1,294,950.00
994,160.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.06
0.07
Average Latency (ms)
0.08
0.1
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.67
3.29
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.11
0.15
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
6,337.00
3,664.00
Queries per second
63,370.00
36,640.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.41
0.6
Average Latency (ms)
1.58
2.73
Maximum Latency (ms)
8.87
10.72
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.26
4.25
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,456.00
5,031.00
Queries per second
74,560.00
50,310.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.49
0.67
Average Latency (ms)
1.34
1.98
Maximum Latency (ms)
8.59
12.72
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.11
3.25
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
6,797.00
5,894.00
Queries per second
67,970.00
58,940.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.65
1.05
Average Latency (ms)
1.47
1.69
Maximum Latency (ms)
65.69
17.67
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.3
2.39
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
9,777.00
5,867.00
Queries per second
97,770.00
58,670.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.67
1.04
Average Latency (ms)
1.02
1.7
Maximum Latency (ms)
8.79
10.56
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.34
2.48
MySQL DELETE
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
48,437.00
27,369.00
Queries per second
484,370.00
273,690.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.05
0.07
Average Latency (ms)
0.21
0.36
Maximum Latency (ms)
39.37
22.97
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.92
1.86
Redis
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
32,669.06
29,316.92
PING_MBULK per Second
33,738.19
27,233.12
SET per Second
15,948.96
23,980.81
GET per Second
31,675.64
27,925.16
INCR per Second
34,387.89
29,316.92
LPUSH per Second
34,650.04
26,260.50
RPUSH per Second
31,705.77
27,292.58
LPOP per Second
32,478.08
28,810.14
RPOP per Second
30,883.26
27,517.89
SADD per Second
33,046.93
28,776.98
HSET per Second
31,357.79
28,490.03
SPOP per Second
30,395.14
25,746.65
ZADD per Second
32,894.74
27,987.69
ZPOPMIN per Second
33,456.00
28,176.95
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
25,271.67
20,345.88
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
12,495.31
10,920.61
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
10,815.49
7,457.12
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
9,273.00
7,261.64
MSET (10 keys) per Second
30,066.15
29,188.56
Redis Average Latency (ms)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
PING_INLINE
0.94
1.04
PING_MBULK
0.90
1.10
SET
2.12
1.29
GET
1.00
1.08
INCR
0.90
1.03
LPUSH
0.90
1.17
RPUSH
0.97
1.12
LPOP
0.96
1.07
RPOP
1.01
1.11
SADD
0.93
1.05
HSET
0.99
1.07
SPOP
1.01
1.18
ZADD
0.95
1.09
ZPOPMIN
0.92
1.07
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
1.29
1.57
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
2.48
2.84
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
2.83
3.99
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
3.28
4.07
MSET (10 keys)
1.09
1.15
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
Linode's Nanode outpaces Vultr's Cloud Compute in both CPU and memory benchmarks, delivering significantly higher rates for Redis operations and MySQL bulk insert transactions. Notably, the Linode instance achieves 85,324 requests per second for Redis LPUSH compared to Vultr's 26,260, and excels in MySQL bulk inserts with 132,295 transactions per second versus Vultr's 79,241. This suggests Linode's offering is better suited for CPU-intensive and memory-demanding tasks, making it ideal for applications requiring high performance and low latency.
From the friendly human:
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