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

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New day, new benchmarks. Today I've got brand new instances from Linode and Vultr to run some benchmarks on. All instances were spun up with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 and were created in the New York area (or close to it). Let's get into the numbers.

Overview

Linode – (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:04:32 GMT Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:09:02 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 $12.00
RAM (GB) 2 2
CPU Cores 1 1
Storage (TB) 50 64
Storage Type SSD NVMe
Transfer (TB) 2 2

Head-to-head

Category winners from the latest benchmarks.

CategoryWinner
CPU (events/sec)Linode – (2 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)Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Value (CPU events per $/mo)Linode – (2 GB)

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB) takes 4 of 6 categories.

CPU

Linode – (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Vendor AuthenticAMD GenuineIntel
Model Name AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX)
Clock Speed (MHz) 2,000.00 3,792.05
CPU Cache Size (KB) 512.00 16,384.00
BogoMips 4,000.00 7,584.10
Events per Second 1,572.23 1,433.50
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.3 0.67
Average Latency (ms) 0.63 0.7
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.7 3.42
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.97 0.73

Memory

Memory Read

Linode – (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second 2,659,308.71 6,381,196.95
Mebibytes per second 2,596.98 6,231.64
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 8.46 0.38
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

Linode – (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second 2,651,904.83 7,590,256.83
Mebibytes per second 2,589.75 7,412.36
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 5.92 0.75
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

Linode – (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Reads per Second 3,273.88 4,797.61
Writes per Second 2,182.59 3,198.41
Fsyncs per Second 6,992.77 10,240.61
Read Mebibytes per Second 51.15 74.96
Written Mebibytes per Second 34.10 49.98
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.08 0.05
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.08 19.53
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.2 0.15

Mutex

Linode – (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms) 2,754.20 1,120.95
Average Latency (ms) 2,767.04 1,127.36
Maximum Latency (ms) 2,779.23 1,132.28
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2,778.39 1,129.24

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

Linode – (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 7,511.00 10,238.00
Queries per second 75,110.00 102,380.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.1 0.9
Average Latency (ms) 1.33 0.98
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.29 2.33
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.22 1.06

MySQL Write-only

Linode – (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 7,676.00 12,564.00
Queries per second 76,760.00 125,640.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.9 0.65
Average Latency (ms) 1.3 0.79
Maximum Latency (ms) 13.19 8.86
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.76 0.97

MySQL Read/Write

Linode – (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 3,546.00 5,279.00
Queries per second 35,460.00 52,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 2.25 1.64
Average Latency (ms) 2.82 1.89
Maximum Latency (ms) 11.06 4.39
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.3 2.22

MySQL INSERT

Linode – (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 11,878.00 22,126.00
Queries per second 118,780.00 221,260.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.57 0.37
Average Latency (ms) 0.84 0.45
Maximum Latency (ms) 7.02 2.84
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.12 0.53

MySQL Bulk INSERT

Linode – (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 1,550,592.00 1,958,342.00
Queries per second 15,505,920.00 19,583,420.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.01 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 300.1 207.7
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

Linode – (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 164,745.00 216,335.00
Queries per second 1,647,450.00 2,163,350.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.05 0.04
Average Latency (ms) 0.06 0.05
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.61 1.11
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.08 0.06

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

Linode – (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 7,441.00 8,316.00
Queries per second 74,410.00 83,160.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.43 0.4
Average Latency (ms) 1.34 1.2
Maximum Latency (ms) 5.76 3.62
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.79 1.55

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

Linode – (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 9,652.00 11,393.00
Queries per second 96,520.00 113,930.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.36 0.24
Average Latency (ms) 1.03 0.88
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.19 2.81
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.34 1.12

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

Linode – (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 11,734.00 20,610.00
Queries per second 117,340.00 206,100.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.58 0.36
Average Latency (ms) 0.85 0.48
Maximum Latency (ms) 15.77 4.53
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.16 0.65

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

Linode – (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 12,735.00 22,150.00
Queries per second 127,350.00 221,500.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.57 0.37
Average Latency (ms) 0.78 0.45
Maximum Latency (ms) 13.74 9.44
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.03 0.54

MySQL DELETE

Linode – (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 104,209.00 162,113.00
Queries per second 1,042,090.00 1,621,130.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.04 0.04
Average Latency (ms) 0.09 0.06
Maximum Latency (ms) 224.18 4.22
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.26 0.09

Redis

Linode – (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second 43,936.73 50,327.12
PING_MBULK per Second 44,622.94 52,002.08
SET per Second 44,130.62 52,966.10
GET per Second 44,306.60 53,022.27
INCR per Second 44,863.16 53,219.80
LPUSH per Second 44,843.05 52,273.91
RPUSH per Second 45,372.05 52,056.22
LPOP per Second 44,444.45 51,679.59
RPOP per Second 44,404.97 50,890.59
SADD per Second 45,682.96 49,603.17
HSET per Second 45,351.48 51,466.80
SPOP per Second 44,583.15 53,134.96
ZADD per Second 44,702.73 51,948.05
ZPOPMIN per Second 43,802.02 52,742.62
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 32,113.04 36,832.41
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 17,768.30 22,041.00
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 12,608.75 15,622.56
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 11,558.02 13,980.15
MSET (10 keys) per Second 42,247.57 50,025.02

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Linode – (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE0.700.61
PING_MBULK0.680.58
SET0.710.59
GET0.700.58
INCR0.700.59
LPUSH0.710.60
RPUSH0.690.60
LPOP0.720.60
RPOP0.720.61
SADD0.680.62
HSET0.700.60
SPOP0.700.58
ZADD0.710.60
ZPOPMIN0.710.59
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)0.980.85
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)1.741.48
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)2.542.02
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)2.722.37
MSET (10 keys)0.800.66

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

The Linode (2 GB) instance outperforms the Vultr High Frequency Intel (2 GB) in overall benchmark results, particularly in Redis benchmarks and CPU throughput, where it achieves a higher requests per second (rps) and lower latency in Redis commands like "GET" (77579.52 rps vs 53022.27 rps) and demonstrates superior CPU event handling (737.68 events per second vs 1433.5). Linode also edges out in memory operations and file I/O throughput, making it a better choice for CPU-heavy and I/O-intensive applications, whereas Vultr shows better performance in MySQL bulk inserts and overall read/write speeds, suggesting it may be more suitable for databases and high-speed file operations.

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