Same showdown, different day. Today I've spun up brand new instance from Linode and UpCloud to run some benchmarks on. All instances were spun up with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and were created in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Enough talk. Here's the data.
Overview
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Sat, 12 Jul 2025 09:00:46 GMT
Sat, 12 Jul 2025 09:00:28 GMT
Linux Distro
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version
6.8.0-63-generic
6.8.0-53-generic
MySQL Version
8.0.42-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
8.0.42-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
Redis Version
7.0.15
7.0.15
Location
New York, NY
Newark, NJ
Monthly Price
€7.00
$5.00
RAM (GB)
1
1
CPU Cores
1
1
Storage (TB)
25
25
Storage Type
SSD
SSD
Transfer (TB)
1
1
CPU
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Vendor
AuthenticAMD
AuthenticAMD
Model Name
AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core Processor
AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
Clock Speed (MHz)
2,894.56
2,000.00
CPU Cache Size (KB)
512.00
512.00
BogoMips
5,789.12
3,999.99
Events per Second
1,598.32
2,012.93
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.6
0.28
Average Latency (ms)
0.63
0.5
Maximum Latency (ms)
1.77
9.33
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.65
1.82
Memory
Memory Read
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Operations per second
5,296,342.95
5,417,461.53
Mebibytes per second
5,172.21
5,290.49
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.66
2.57
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Operations per second
5,303,572.63
5,385,604.41
Mebibytes per second
5,179.27
5,259.38
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
1.11
6.44
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Reads per Second
2,673.39
2,528.27
Writes per Second
1,782.23
1,685.45
Fsyncs per Second
5,706.63
5,394.71
Read Mebibytes per Second
41.77
39.50
Written Mebibytes per Second
27.85
26.34
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.1
0.1
Maximum Latency (ms)
29.03
7.27
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.3
0.24
Mutex
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
1,591.88
1,751.52
Average Latency (ms)
1,598.83
1,772.85
Maximum Latency (ms)
1,605.31
1,793.42
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1,618.78
1,803.47
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,419.00
6,523.00
Queries per second
74,190.00
65,230.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.26
1.28
Average Latency (ms)
1.35
1.53
Maximum Latency (ms)
9.25
12.18
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.47
1.82
MySQL Write-only
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
4,494.00
4,733.00
Queries per second
44,940.00
47,330.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.44
1.2
Average Latency (ms)
2.22
2.11
Maximum Latency (ms)
140.18
10.77
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.02
3.07
MySQL Read/Write
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
2,493.00
2,432.00
Queries per second
24,930.00
24,320.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
2.77
2.98
Average Latency (ms)
4.01
4.11
Maximum Latency (ms)
43.94
14.87
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
5.37
5.37
MySQL INSERT
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
6,791.00
8,444.00
Queries per second
67,910.00
84,440.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.09
0.7
Average Latency (ms)
1.47
1.18
Maximum Latency (ms)
38.69
8.19
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.89
1.55
MySQL Bulk INSERT
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
1,171,967.00
1,201,092.00
Queries per second
11,719,670.00
12,010,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.01
0.01
Maximum Latency (ms)
456.94
479.91
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
177,998.00
134,921.00
Queries per second
1,779,980.00
1,349,210.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.05
0.05
Average Latency (ms)
0.06
0.07
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.8
7.73
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.07
0.1
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,899.00
8,634.00
Queries per second
78,990.00
86,340.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.45
0.39
Average Latency (ms)
1.27
1.16
Maximum Latency (ms)
26.56
7.28
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.61
1.52
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,696.00
9,365.00
Queries per second
76,960.00
93,650.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.48
0.4
Average Latency (ms)
1.3
1.07
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.7
7.81
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.67
1.42
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
6,305.00
7,509.00
Queries per second
63,050.00
75,090.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.89
0.71
Average Latency (ms)
1.59
1.33
Maximum Latency (ms)
94.06
9.37
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.3
1.89
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
6,627.00
7,643.00
Queries per second
66,270.00
76,430.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.96
0.85
Average Latency (ms)
1.51
1.31
Maximum Latency (ms)
90.52
9.33
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.03
1.73
MySQL DELETE
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
61,421.00
58,128.00
Queries per second
614,210.00
581,280.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.05
0.05
Average Latency (ms)
0.16
0.17
Maximum Latency (ms)
59.51
11.05
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.25
1.08
Redis
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
45,085.66
34,952.81
PING_MBULK per Second
45,641.26
36,324.01
SET per Second
44,843.05
34,916.20
GET per Second
45,413.26
35,385.70
INCR per Second
45,433.89
35,727.05
LPUSH per Second
45,433.89
35,174.11
RPUSH per Second
45,248.87
35,435.86
LPOP per Second
43,859.65
35,335.69
RPOP per Second
44,722.72
36,114.12
SADD per Second
45,703.84
36,231.88
HSET per Second
45,045.04
34,566.20
SPOP per Second
46,104.20
35,273.37
ZADD per Second
45,085.66
36,049.03
ZPOPMIN per Second
45,934.77
34,578.15
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
29,222.68
25,647.60
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
15,559.36
15,082.96
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
10,643.96
10,877.84
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
9,204.71
9,583.13
MSET (10 keys) per Second
40,338.84
32,331.07
Redis Average Latency (ms)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
PING_INLINE
0.76
0.94
PING_MBULK
0.75
0.91
SET
0.77
0.95
GET
0.76
0.93
INCR
0.76
0.93
LPUSH
0.76
0.94
RPUSH
0.76
0.94
LPOP
0.79
0.94
RPOP
0.77
0.92
SADD
0.76
0.91
HSET
0.77
0.96
SPOP
0.75
0.93
ZADD
0.77
0.92
ZPOPMIN
0.75
0.95
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
1.22
1.31
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
2.36
2.20
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
3.46
3.04
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
4.00
3.50
MSET (10 keys)
0.87
1.03
Conclusion
After analyzing the benchmark results for both Linode's Nanode (1 GB) and UpCloud's Balanced (1 GB) instances, it's clear that UpCloud's instance outperforms Linode's in most metrics, especially in Redis operations where it achieves higher requests per second and lower latencies across various commands. The UpCloud instance also shows better CPU performance with higher events per second and lower latency. However, Linode's instance excels in file I/O operations, with higher throughput and lower read and write latencies. In terms of ideal use cases, UpCloud would be better suited for CPU-intensive and I/O-bound workloads that benefit from higher throughput and lower latency, while Linode's instance might be more appropriate for scenarios where file I/O performance is a critical factor.
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