Linode Linode (2 GB) vs. Vultr Cloud Compute (1 GB)
My friend, I'm so glad you're here! 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 all resided in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Without further ado, here's the results.
Overview
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:04:32 GMT
Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:03:02 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
$12.00
$5.00
RAM (GB)
2
1
CPU Cores
1
1
Storage (TB)
50
25
Storage Type
SSD
SSD
Transfer (TB)
2
1
Head-to-head
Category winners from the latest benchmarks.
Category
Winner
CPU (events/sec)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Memory (read MiB/s)
Linode – (2 GB)
Disk I/O (MiB/s)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
MySQL (read/write tps)
Linode – (2 GB)
Redis (GET/sec)
Linode – (2 GB)
Value (CPU events per $/mo)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Evenly matched across 6 categories.
CPU
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vendor
AuthenticAMD
GenuineIntel
Model Name
AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core Processor
Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, no TSX, IBRS)
Clock Speed (MHz)
2,300.00
2,400.00
CPU Cache Size (KB)
512.00
16,384.00
BogoMips
4,600.00
4,799.99
Events per Second
737.68
763.23
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.66
1.11
Average Latency (ms)
1.35
1.31
Maximum Latency (ms)
10.12
2.63
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.52
1.44
Memory
Memory Read
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Operations per second
5,317,370.64
3,905,870.09
Mebibytes per second
5,192.74
3,814.33
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
7.57
0.72
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Operations per second
5,086,007.31
3,886,921.83
Mebibytes per second
4,966.80
3,795.82
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
5.07
0.73
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Reads per Second
1,006.42
1,890.03
Writes per Second
670.92
1,259.95
Fsyncs per Second
2,147.89
4,040.16
Read Mebibytes per Second
15.73
29.53
Written Mebibytes per Second
10.48
19.69
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.26
0.14
Maximum Latency (ms)
138.62
4.59
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.56
0.35
Mutex
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
1,559.26
2,141.87
Average Latency (ms)
1,564.38
2,158.92
Maximum Latency (ms)
1,570.82
2,165.16
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1,561.52
2,159.29
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
8,336.00
5,168.00
Queries per second
83,360.00
51,680.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.15
1.65
Average Latency (ms)
1.2
1.93
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.16
12.8
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.32
2.22
MySQL Write-only
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,039.00
3,072.00
Queries per second
70,390.00
30,720.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.01
1.58
Average Latency (ms)
1.42
3.71
Maximum Latency (ms)
150.2
3416.63
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.76
3.07
MySQL Read/Write
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
3,717.00
2,195.00
Queries per second
37,170.00
21,950.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
2.29
3.59
Average Latency (ms)
2.69
4.55
Maximum Latency (ms)
26.26
11.62
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.19
5.28
MySQL INSERT
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
11,835.00
6,793.00
Queries per second
118,350.00
67,930.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.61
1.03
Average Latency (ms)
0.84
1.47
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.31
42.94
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.12
1.89
MySQL Bulk INSERT
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
1,288,467.00
931,337.00
Queries per second
12,884,670.00
9,313,370.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.01
0.01
Maximum Latency (ms)
393.46
595.92
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
179,147.00
112,159.00
Queries per second
1,791,470.00
1,121,590.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.05
0.07
Average Latency (ms)
0.06
0.09
Maximum Latency (ms)
5.33
3.1
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.07
0.13
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
6,122.00
4,115.00
Queries per second
61,220.00
41,150.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.55
0.76
Average Latency (ms)
1.63
2.43
Maximum Latency (ms)
8.04
6.44
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.52
3.25
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,561.00
5,698.00
Queries per second
75,610.00
56,980.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.5
0.65
Average Latency (ms)
1.32
1.75
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.3
5.36
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.73
2.35
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
11,379.00
6,594.00
Queries per second
113,790.00
65,940.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.62
1
Average Latency (ms)
0.88
1.51
Maximum Latency (ms)
5.5
26.54
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.14
2.07
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
12,535.00
6,477.00
Queries per second
125,350.00
64,770.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.59
1.02
Average Latency (ms)
0.8
1.54
Maximum Latency (ms)
5.91
33.4
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.99
2.18
MySQL DELETE
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
93,260.00
48,339.00
Queries per second
932,600.00
483,390.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.04
0.06
Average Latency (ms)
0.11
0.21
Maximum Latency (ms)
106.79
22.17
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.17
1.34
Redis
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
76,103.50
33,288.95
PING_MBULK per Second
75,930.14
33,704.08
SET per Second
76,923.08
33,456.00
GET per Second
77,579.52
32,010.24
INCR per Second
77,639.75
30,147.72
LPUSH per Second
77,459.34
28,232.64
RPUSH per Second
76,569.68
32,552.08
LPOP per Second
76,103.50
32,414.91
RPOP per Second
77,220.08
32,195.75
SADD per Second
78,554.59
32,278.89
HSET per Second
78,369.91
32,776.14
SPOP per Second
78,864.35
30,147.72
ZADD per Second
75,244.55
25,412.96
ZPOPMIN per Second
72,621.64
25,920.17
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
41,017.23
19,098.55
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
19,712.20
11,506.16
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
12,941.63
7,970.67
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
11,352.03
7,017.05
MSET (10 keys) per Second
65,104.17
30,165.91
Redis Average Latency (ms)
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
PING_INLINE
0.42
0.92
PING_MBULK
0.41
0.90
SET
0.42
0.92
GET
0.41
0.94
INCR
0.41
1.01
LPUSH
0.42
1.08
RPUSH
0.42
0.94
LPOP
0.43
0.95
RPOP
0.42
0.96
SADD
0.41
0.94
HSET
0.41
0.93
SPOP
0.40
1.01
ZADD
0.43
1.21
ZPOPMIN
0.43
1.16
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
0.87
1.65
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
1.70
2.64
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
2.66
3.64
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
2.98
4.12
MSET (10 keys)
0.64
1.10
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
Linode's 2 GB instance outperforms Vultr's 1 GB Cloud Compute in both Redis operations and CPU benchmarks, showing superior performance in metrics like higher RPS (Requests Per Second) rates and lower latencies in Redis commands. The Linode instance consistently outperforms the Vultr instance in Redis operations, with significantly higher RPS for operations like SET, GET, and INCR, and lower average latencies. For CPU performance, the Linode instance also leads with higher events per second and better thread fairness compared to the Vultr instance. Opt for the Linode instance if you need more CPU power and lower latency for database operations.
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