Linode Nanode (1 GB) vs. Vultr High Performance AMD (1 GB)

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New day, new benchmarks. Today I've spun up some brand new instance from Linode and Vultr and ran my world famous suite of benchmarking scripts. Each instance was running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and all resided in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Let's get into the numbers.

Overview

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked Fri, 29 May 2026 15:00:53 GMT Fri, 29 May 2026 15:00:53 GMT
Linux Distro Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version 6.8.0-111-generic 6.8.0-117-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 $6.00
RAM (GB) 1 1
CPU Cores 1 1
Storage (TB) 25 25
Storage Type SSD NVMe
Transfer (TB) 1 2

CPU

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Vendor AuthenticAMD AuthenticAMD
Model Name AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core Processor AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor
Clock Speed (MHz) 2,300.00 2,900.00
CPU Cache Size (KB) 512.00 1,024.00
BogoMips 4,599.99 5,799.99
Events per Second 1,022.23 4,621.90
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.61 0.21
Average Latency (ms) 0.98 0.22
Maximum Latency (ms) 5.4 1.26
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.39 0.23

Memory

Memory Read

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Operations per second 5,296,233.64 7,482,360.72
Mebibytes per second 5,172.10 7,306.99
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.05 0.95
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Operations per second 5,154,651.90 7,455,375.01
Mebibytes per second 5,033.84 7,280.64
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.06 1.73
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Reads per Second 2,055.76 4,923.57
Writes per Second 1,370.51 3,282.38
Fsyncs per Second 4,389.22 10,513.72
Read Mebibytes per Second 32.12 76.93
Written Mebibytes per Second 21.41 51.29
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.13 0.05
Maximum Latency (ms) 12.79 1.93
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.35 0.12

Mutex

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms) 1,633.32 1,286.13
Average Latency (ms) 1,644.62 1,294.08
Maximum Latency (ms) 1,653.29 1,299.39
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1,648.20 1,304.21

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second 7,575.00 12,614.00
Queries per second 75,750.00 126,140.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.22 0.71
Average Latency (ms) 1.32 0.79
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.67 3.83
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.42 0.87

MySQL Write-only

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second 5,800.00 10,000.00
Queries per second 58,000.00 100,000.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.15 0.66
Average Latency (ms) 1.72 1
Maximum Latency (ms) 12.35 8.26
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.39 1.37

MySQL Read/Write

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second 2,955.00 4,896.00
Queries per second 29,550.00 48,960.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 2.64 1.6
Average Latency (ms) 3.38 2.04
Maximum Latency (ms) 22.69 6.64
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 4.41 2.52

MySQL INSERT

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second 8,921.00 17,387.00
Queries per second 89,210.00 173,870.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.65 0.42
Average Latency (ms) 1.12 0.57
Maximum Latency (ms) 8.92 11.47
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.42 0.7

MySQL Bulk INSERT

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second 1,288,467.00 2,336,967.00
Queries per second 12,884,670.00 23,369,670.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.01 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 398.24 252.97
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second 170,179.00 321,113.00
Queries per second 1,701,790.00 3,211,130.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.05 0.03
Average Latency (ms) 0.06 0.03
Maximum Latency (ms) 7.27 3.03
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.08 0.04

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second 7,819.00 14,602.00
Queries per second 78,190.00 146,020.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.42 0.18
Average Latency (ms) 1.28 0.68
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.03 3.22
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.64 0.86

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second 7,328.00 14,476.00
Queries per second 73,280.00 144,760.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.3 0.25
Average Latency (ms) 1.36 0.69
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.97 2.95
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.76 0.89

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second 8,603.00 15,134.00
Queries per second 86,030.00 151,340.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.69 0.45
Average Latency (ms) 1.16 0.66
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.97 2.66
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.7 0.99

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second 7,719.00 15,619.00
Queries per second 77,190.00 156,190.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.65 0.42
Average Latency (ms) 1.29 0.64
Maximum Latency (ms) 54.76 4.89
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.73 0.9

MySQL DELETE

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second 80,451.00 202,634.00
Queries per second 804,510.00 2,026,340.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.05 0.02
Average Latency (ms) 0.12 0.05
Maximum Latency (ms) 16.14 5.18
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.42 0.08

Redis

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second 44,052.86 41,459.37
PING_MBULK per Second 44,563.28 42,105.26
SET per Second 44,072.28 41,928.72
GET per Second 44,345.89 42,194.09
INCR per Second 42,535.09 42,229.73
LPUSH per Second 41,545.49 41,771.09
RPUSH per Second 37,299.52 41,701.42
LPOP per Second 43,327.55 36,643.46
RPOP per Second 43,103.45 41,373.60
SADD per Second 43,994.72 41,928.72
HSET per Second 43,956.04 41,597.34
SPOP per Second 44,130.62 41,981.53
ZADD per Second 42,390.84 41,684.04
ZPOPMIN per Second 43,159.26 41,893.59
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 28,843.38 32,488.63
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 15,153.81 21,276.60
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 10,595.47 15,946.42
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 9,122.42 14,291.84
MSET (10 keys) per Second 40,112.31 40,225.26

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
PING_INLINE0.780.80
PING_MBULK0.770.79
SET0.780.81
GET0.770.79
INCR0.800.79
LPUSH0.820.80
RPUSH0.900.80
LPOP0.800.93
RPOP0.800.81
SADD0.780.80
HSET0.790.80
SPOP0.770.79
ZADD0.810.80
ZPOPMIN0.790.79
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)1.231.01
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)2.381.54
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)3.442.08
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)3.962.32
MSET (10 keys)0.880.84

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

The Linode Nanode (1 GB) instance shows strong performance in CPU benchmarks and consistent low Redis latency, handling high RPS for Redis commands like PING_INLINE and GET, with impressive throughput rates in file I/O and memory operations. The Vultr High Performance AMD (1 GB) instance, while slightly faster in CPU operations with higher events per second and better thread fairness, slightly lags behind in Redis performance and file I/O throughput. However, it excels in MySQL operations, especially bulk inserts and OLTP tasks. In summary, the Linode instance is ideal for applications that require high I/O performance and consistent Redis latency, while the Vultr instance would be better suited for workloads heavily reliant on CPU operations and MySQL performance.

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