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Linode Nanode (1 GB) vs. Vultr High Frequency Intel (2 GB)

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Fresh benchmarks coming at ya. Today I've got brand new instances from Linode and Vultr and ran my world famous suite of benchmarking scripts. Each instance was spun up with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 and were created in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Let's get into the numbers.

Overview

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:01:32 GMT Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:09:02 GMT
Linux Distro Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version 7.0.0-22-generic 7.0.0-28-generic
MySQL Version 8.4.10-0ubuntu0.26.04.1 8.4.10-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
Redis Version 8.0.5 8.0.5
Location Newark, NJ Newark, NJ
Monthly Price $5.00 $12.00
RAM (GB) 1 2
CPU Cores 1 1
Storage (TB) 25 64
Storage Type SSD NVMe
Transfer (TB) 1 2

Head-to-head

Category winners from the latest benchmarks.

CategoryWinner
CPU (events/sec)Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Memory (read MiB/s)Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Disk I/O (MiB/s)Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
MySQL (read/write tps)Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Redis (GET/sec)Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Value (CPU events per $/mo)Linode – Nanode (1 GB)

Evenly matched across 6 categories.

CPU

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Vendor AuthenticAMD GenuineIntel
Model Name AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core Processor Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX)
Clock Speed (MHz) 2,300.00 3,696.00
CPU Cache Size (KB) 512.00 16,384.00
BogoMips 4,600.00 7,391.99
Events per Second 1,479.09 1,429.28
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.65 0.67
Average Latency (ms) 0.68 0.7
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.07 3.93
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.69 0.8

Memory

Memory Read

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second 5,162,780.30 7,573,259.47
Mebibytes per second 5,041.78 7,395.76
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 1.07 0.29
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second 5,347,459.67 7,520,809.77
Mebibytes per second 5,222.13 7,344.54
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.26 0.33
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Reads per Second 2,518.00 4,743.82
Writes per Second 1,678.67 3,162.54
Fsyncs per Second 5,375.23 10,128.84
Read Mebibytes per Second 39.34 74.12
Written Mebibytes per Second 26.23 49.41
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.1 0.05
Maximum Latency (ms) 14.25 2.43
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.35 0.16

Mutex

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms) 1,639.75 1,135.02
Average Latency (ms) 1,650.21 1,145.46
Maximum Latency (ms) 1,660.37 1,150.95
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1,648.20 1,149.76

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 9,017.00 10,014.00
Queries per second 90,170.00 100,140.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.02 0.91
Average Latency (ms) 1.11 1
Maximum Latency (ms) 5.75 2.96
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.27 1.14

MySQL Write-only

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 8,101.00 11,181.00
Queries per second 81,010.00 111,810.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.87 0.58
Average Latency (ms) 1.23 0.89
Maximum Latency (ms) 11.04 7.24
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.64 1.16

MySQL Read/Write

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 3,971.00 4,056.00
Queries per second 39,710.00 40,560.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.98 1.7
Average Latency (ms) 2.52 2.46
Maximum Latency (ms) 17.34 19.4
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.07 3.82

MySQL INSERT

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 12,157.00 20,663.00
Queries per second 121,570.00 206,630.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.58 0.32
Average Latency (ms) 0.82 0.48
Maximum Latency (ms) 13.14 5.62
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.12 0.64

MySQL Bulk INSERT

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 1,346,717.00 1,870,967.00
Queries per second 13,467,170.00 18,709,670.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.01 0.01
Maximum Latency (ms) 454.87 227.33
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 211,595.00 229,513.00
Queries per second 2,115,950.00 2,295,130.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.04 0.04
Average Latency (ms) 0.05 0.04
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.28 1.03
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.06 0.05

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 6,687.00 7,697.00
Queries per second 66,870.00 76,970.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.46 0.42
Average Latency (ms) 1.49 1.3
Maximum Latency (ms) 5 4.34
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.93 1.67

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 7,633.00 10,600.00
Queries per second 76,330.00 106,000.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.46 0.37
Average Latency (ms) 1.31 0.94
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.52 2.67
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.73 1.25

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 12,921.00 19,067.00
Queries per second 129,210.00 190,670.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.6 0.32
Average Latency (ms) 0.77 0.52
Maximum Latency (ms) 10.21 3.86
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.99 0.73

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 11,621.00 20,161.00
Queries per second 116,210.00 201,610.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.59 0.32
Average Latency (ms) 0.86 0.5
Maximum Latency (ms) 70.33 11.21
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.3 0.67

MySQL DELETE

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 137,539.00 155,087.00
Queries per second 1,375,390.00 1,550,870.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.04 0.04
Average Latency (ms) 0.07 0.06
Maximum Latency (ms) 5.83 3.89
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.1 0.09

Redis

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second 85,324.23 57,937.43
PING_MBULK per Second 72,150.07 57,670.13
SET per Second 83,682.01 60,096.15
GET per Second 86,430.43 60,938.45
INCR per Second 85,984.52 58,105.75
LPUSH per Second 85,324.23 59,453.03
RPUSH per Second 85,543.20 60,827.25
LPOP per Second 85,034.02 60,864.27
RPOP per Second 84,961.77 61,312.08
SADD per Second 85,763.29 59,066.75
HSET per Second 84,961.77 59,066.75
SPOP per Second 85,984.52 59,276.82
ZADD per Second 85,106.38 58,105.75
ZPOPMIN per Second 86,580.09 59,594.76
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 44,782.80 38,986.36
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 21,213.41 22,753.13
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 14,192.45 15,583.61
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 11,773.02 14,130.28
MSET (10 keys) per Second 72,046.11 54,674.69

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE0.370.52
PING_MBULK0.430.51
SET0.390.51
GET0.370.49
INCR0.370.51
LPUSH0.380.51
RPUSH0.380.50
LPOP0.380.51
RPOP0.380.50
SADD0.370.51
HSET0.380.51
SPOP0.370.50
ZADD0.380.52
ZPOPMIN0.370.50
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)0.800.81
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)1.611.44
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)2.492.06
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)2.962.35
MSET (10 keys)0.570.59

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

The Vultr High Frequency Intel (2 GB) instance decisively outperforms the Linode Nanode (1 GB) in most benchmarks, especially in Redis operations where it achieves higher request per second rates and lower latencies. For instance, in LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements), Vultr handles 15583 requests per second compared to Linode's 14192, with significantly lower latency. While Linode excels in CPU fairness and file I/O operations, Vultr's stronger memory and database performance make it the better choice for workloads that prioritize high throughput and low latency, such as OLTP operations and bulk data processing.

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