Linode Nanode (1 GB) vs. Vultr High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores)

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My friend, I'm so glad you're here! Today I've spun up some brand new instance from Linode and Vultr and did some benchmarking. All instances were running 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) Vultr – High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Last Benchmarked Fri, 29 May 2026 15:00:53 GMT Fri, 29 May 2026 08:00:52 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 $24.00
RAM (GB) 1 4
CPU Cores 1 2
Storage (TB) 25 100
Storage Type SSD NVMe
Transfer (TB) 1 5

CPU

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Vendor AuthenticAMD GenuineIntel
Model Name AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core Processor Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
Clock Speed (MHz) 2,300.00 2,992.93
CPU Cache Size (KB) 512.00 16,384.00
BogoMips 4,599.99 5,985.85
Events per Second 1,022.23 1,189.71
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.61 0.81
Average Latency (ms) 0.98 0.84
Maximum Latency (ms) 5.4 1.55
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.39 0.92

Memory

Memory Read

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Operations per second 5,296,233.64 5,388,530.93
Mebibytes per second 5,172.10 5,262.24
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.05 0.68
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Operations per second 5,154,651.90 5,409,821.52
Mebibytes per second 5,033.84 5,283.03
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.06 1.24
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Reads per Second 2,055.76 8,517.92
Writes per Second 1,370.51 5,678.61
Fsyncs per Second 4,389.22 18,177.32
Read Mebibytes per Second 32.12 133.09
Written Mebibytes per Second 21.41 88.73
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.13 0.03
Maximum Latency (ms) 12.79 3.66
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.35 0.1

Mutex

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Minimum Latency (ms) 1,633.32 731.16
Average Latency (ms) 1,644.62 765.98
Maximum Latency (ms) 1,653.29 804.13
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1,648.20 802.05

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 7,575.00 7,840.00
Queries per second 75,750.00 78,400.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.22 1.07
Average Latency (ms) 1.32 1.27
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.67 3.93
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.42 1.73

MySQL Write-only

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 5,800.00 9,079.00
Queries per second 58,000.00 90,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.15 0.73
Average Latency (ms) 1.72 1.1
Maximum Latency (ms) 12.35 3.41
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.39 1.44

MySQL Read/Write

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 2,955.00 4,084.00
Queries per second 29,550.00 40,840.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 2.64 1.98
Average Latency (ms) 3.38 2.45
Maximum Latency (ms) 22.69 6.6
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 4.41 3.13

MySQL INSERT

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 8,921.00 16,065.00
Queries per second 89,210.00 160,650.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.65 0.4
Average Latency (ms) 1.12 0.62
Maximum Latency (ms) 8.92 2.84
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.42 0.84

MySQL Bulk INSERT

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 1,288,467.00 1,608,842.00
Queries per second 12,884,670.00 16,088,420.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.01 0.01
Maximum Latency (ms) 398.24 296.58
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 170,179.00 199,828.00
Queries per second 1,701,790.00 1,998,280.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.05 0.03
Average Latency (ms) 0.06 0.05
Maximum Latency (ms) 7.27 3.21
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.08 0.07

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 7,819.00 7,759.00
Queries per second 78,190.00 77,590.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.42 0.34
Average Latency (ms) 1.28 1.29
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.03 3.41
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.64 1.7

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 7,328.00 8,104.00
Queries per second 73,280.00 81,040.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.3 0.43
Average Latency (ms) 1.36 1.23
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.97 2.94
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.76 1.64

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 8,603.00 16,223.00
Queries per second 86,030.00 162,230.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.69 0.4
Average Latency (ms) 1.16 0.62
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.97 8.91
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.7 0.86

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 7,719.00 17,156.00
Queries per second 77,190.00 171,560.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.65 0.39
Average Latency (ms) 1.29 0.58
Maximum Latency (ms) 54.76 2.17
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.73 0.77

MySQL DELETE

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 80,451.00 146,778.00
Queries per second 804,510.00 1,467,780.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.05 0.03
Average Latency (ms) 0.12 0.07
Maximum Latency (ms) 16.14 3.33
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.42 0.09

Redis

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores)
PING_INLINE per Second 44,052.86 67,069.08
PING_MBULK per Second 44,563.28 68,212.83
SET per Second 44,072.28 68,634.18
GET per Second 44,345.89 67,476.38
INCR per Second 42,535.09 67,704.80
LPUSH per Second 41,545.49 66,844.91
RPUSH per Second 37,299.52 69,541.03
LPOP per Second 43,327.55 68,870.52
RPOP per Second 43,103.45 67,888.66
SADD per Second 43,994.72 69,108.50
HSET per Second 43,956.04 68,917.99
SPOP per Second 44,130.62 68,027.21
ZADD per Second 42,390.84 68,681.32
ZPOPMIN per Second 43,159.26 67,796.61
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 28,843.38 51,361.07
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 15,153.81 27,382.26
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 10,595.47 19,157.09
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 9,122.42 17,301.04
MSET (10 keys) per Second 40,112.31 69,541.03

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores)
PING_INLINE0.780.39
PING_MBULK0.770.38
SET0.780.38
GET0.770.38
INCR0.800.38
LPUSH0.820.39
RPUSH0.900.37
LPOP0.800.38
RPOP0.800.38
SADD0.780.37
HSET0.790.38
SPOP0.770.38
ZADD0.810.38
ZPOPMIN0.790.38
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)1.230.51
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)2.381.01
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)3.441.45
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)3.961.53
MSET (10 keys)0.880.38

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

Comparing the two VPS instances, the Vultr High Performance Intel (4 GB, 2 Cores) excels in CPU, memory, and overall throughput benchmarks, showing notably higher performance metrics in Redis operations, file I/O, and MySQL operations. Its dual-core Intel Xeon processor outperforms the Linode Nanode (1 GB)'s single-core AMD EPYC in both raw operations per second and latency across various benchmarks. While the Linode instance provides acceptable performance for lighter workloads, the Vultr instance is more suited for CPU-intensive, memory-heavy, and high-throughput applications. For developers and sysadmins seeking higher performance, especially for tasks like large-scale Redis operations, complex database transactions, and high file I/O, the Vultr High Performance Intel is the better choice.

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