Linode Linode (2 GB) vs. Vultr Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Welcome to another round of the VPS Showdown. Today I spun up fresh instances from Linode and Vultr and ran my world famous suite of benchmarking scripts. All instances were running Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 and all resided in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Enough talk. Here's the data.
Overview
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:04:32 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
$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)
Linode – (2 GB)
Memory (read MiB/s)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Disk I/O (MiB/s)
Linode – (2 GB)
MySQL (read/write tps)
Linode – (2 GB)
Redis (GET/sec)
Linode – (2 GB)
Value (CPU events per $/mo)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Linode – (2 GB) takes 4 of 6 categories.
CPU
Linode – (2 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
1,572.23
747.20
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.3
1.23
Average Latency (ms)
0.63
1.34
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.7
4.19
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.97
1.61
Memory
Memory Read
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Operations per second
2,659,308.71
3,468,220.65
Mebibytes per second
2,596.98
3,386.93
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
8.46
2.53
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Operations per second
2,651,904.83
3,710,866.55
Mebibytes per second
2,589.75
3,623.89
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
5.92
0.76
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Reads per Second
3,273.88
1,891.00
Writes per Second
2,182.59
1,260.60
Fsyncs per Second
6,992.77
4,039.68
Read Mebibytes per Second
51.15
29.55
Written Mebibytes per Second
34.10
19.70
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.08
0.14
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.08
6.15
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.2
0.33
Mutex
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
2,754.20
2,212.92
Average Latency (ms)
2,767.04
2,218.18
Maximum Latency (ms)
2,779.23
2,222.25
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2,778.39
2,238.47
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,511.00
4,645.00
Queries per second
75,110.00
46,450.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.1
1.76
Average Latency (ms)
1.33
2.15
Maximum Latency (ms)
4.29
6.84
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.22
2.97
MySQL Write-only
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,676.00
3,815.00
Queries per second
76,760.00
38,150.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.9
1.64
Average Latency (ms)
1.3
2.62
Maximum Latency (ms)
13.19
21.48
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.76
3.55
MySQL Read/Write
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
3,546.00
1,258.00
Queries per second
35,460.00
12,580.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
2.25
3.82
Average Latency (ms)
2.82
7.94
Maximum Latency (ms)
11.06
2585.43
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.3
8.58
MySQL INSERT
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
11,878.00
4,318.00
Queries per second
118,780.00
43,180.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.57
1.13
Average Latency (ms)
0.84
2.31
Maximum Latency (ms)
7.02
41.5
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.12
4.18
MySQL Bulk INSERT
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
1,550,592.00
800,273.00
Queries per second
15,505,920.00
8,002,730.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.01
0.01
Maximum Latency (ms)
300.1
573.78
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
164,745.00
99,416.00
Queries per second
1,647,450.00
994,160.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.05
0.07
Average Latency (ms)
0.06
0.1
Maximum Latency (ms)
2.61
3.29
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.08
0.15
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,441.00
3,664.00
Queries per second
74,410.00
36,640.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.43
0.6
Average Latency (ms)
1.34
2.73
Maximum Latency (ms)
5.76
10.72
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.79
4.25
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
9,652.00
5,031.00
Queries per second
96,520.00
50,310.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.36
0.67
Average Latency (ms)
1.03
1.98
Maximum Latency (ms)
4.19
12.72
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.34
3.25
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
11,734.00
5,894.00
Queries per second
117,340.00
58,940.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.58
1.05
Average Latency (ms)
0.85
1.69
Maximum Latency (ms)
15.77
17.67
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.16
2.39
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
12,735.00
5,867.00
Queries per second
127,350.00
58,670.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.57
1.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.78
1.7
Maximum Latency (ms)
13.74
10.56
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.03
2.48
MySQL DELETE
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
104,209.00
27,369.00
Queries per second
1,042,090.00
273,690.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.04
0.07
Average Latency (ms)
0.09
0.36
Maximum Latency (ms)
224.18
22.97
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.26
1.86
Redis
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
43,936.73
29,316.92
PING_MBULK per Second
44,622.94
27,233.12
SET per Second
44,130.62
23,980.81
GET per Second
44,306.60
27,925.16
INCR per Second
44,863.16
29,316.92
LPUSH per Second
44,843.05
26,260.50
RPUSH per Second
45,372.05
27,292.58
LPOP per Second
44,444.45
28,810.14
RPOP per Second
44,404.97
27,517.89
SADD per Second
45,682.96
28,776.98
HSET per Second
45,351.48
28,490.03
SPOP per Second
44,583.15
25,746.65
ZADD per Second
44,702.73
27,987.69
ZPOPMIN per Second
43,802.02
28,176.95
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
32,113.04
20,345.88
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
17,768.30
10,920.61
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
12,608.75
7,457.12
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
11,558.02
7,261.64
MSET (10 keys) per Second
42,247.57
29,188.56
Redis Average Latency (ms)
Linode – (2 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
PING_INLINE
0.70
1.04
PING_MBULK
0.68
1.10
SET
0.71
1.29
GET
0.70
1.08
INCR
0.70
1.03
LPUSH
0.71
1.17
RPUSH
0.69
1.12
LPOP
0.72
1.07
RPOP
0.72
1.11
SADD
0.68
1.05
HSET
0.70
1.07
SPOP
0.70
1.18
ZADD
0.71
1.09
ZPOPMIN
0.71
1.07
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
0.98
1.57
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
1.74
2.84
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
2.54
3.99
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
2.72
4.07
MSET (10 keys)
0.80
1.15
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
The Linode instance outperforms the Vultr instance across most benchmarks. Notably, the Linode instance shows higher Redis RPS rates and lower latencies for both Redis commands and MySQL operations, indicating superior performance for database-intensive tasks. For CPU-heavy applications, the Linode instance, powered by an AMD EPYC 7642 processor, delivers better throughput and lower average latency compared to the Vultr instance's Intel Core processor. Given these results, the Linode instance is recommended for workloads that demand high CPU and memory efficiency, while the Vultr instance may be more suitable for lower-demand, cost-sensitive applications.
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