UpCloud Balanced (1 GB) vs. Linode Nanode (1 GB)

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New day, new benchmarks. Today I've spun up brand new instance from Linode and UpCloud to run some benchmarks on. Each instance was spun up with 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

UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:00:58 GMT Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:00:52 GMT
Linux Distro Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version 6.8.0-111-generic 6.8.0-111-generic
MySQL Version 8.0.46-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 8.0.46-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
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 9575F 64-Core Processor AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
Clock Speed (MHz) 3,295.46 2,000.00
CPU Cache Size (KB) 512.00 512.00
BogoMips 6,590.91 4,000.00
Events per Second 5,705.40 1,605.64
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.16 0.28
Average Latency (ms) 0.18 0.61
Maximum Latency (ms) 1.27 15.02
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.19 2.86

Memory

Memory Read

UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Operations per second 8,056,617.47 2,578,716.87
Mebibytes per second 7,867.79 2,518.28
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.28 8.61
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Operations per second 7,635,465.92 5,134,212.89
Mebibytes per second 7,456.51 5,013.88
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.72 7.28
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Reads per Second 4,880.21 2,103.79
Writes per Second 3,253.44 1,402.53
Fsyncs per Second 10,411.32 4,497.88
Read Mebibytes per Second 76.25 32.87
Written Mebibytes per Second 50.83 21.91
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.05 0.12
Maximum Latency (ms) 25.28 9.57
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.19 0.3

Mutex

UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms) 1,094.52 2,611.09
Average Latency (ms) 1,098.99 2,623.26
Maximum Latency (ms) 1,105.13 2,632.60
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1,109.09 2,632.28

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 27,863.00 7,182.00
Queries per second 278,630.00 71,820.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.28 1.22
Average Latency (ms) 0.36 1.39
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.23 8.56
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.5 1.64

MySQL Write-only

UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 8,234.00 5,215.00
Queries per second 82,340.00 52,150.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.51 1.25
Average Latency (ms) 1.21 1.91
Maximum Latency (ms) 109.78 9.94
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.7 2.71

MySQL Read/Write

UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 5,658.00 2,358.00
Queries per second 56,580.00 23,580.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.02 2.86
Average Latency (ms) 1.77 4.24
Maximum Latency (ms) 29.92 16.4
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.43 6.91

MySQL INSERT

UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 10,677.00 7,570.00
Queries per second 106,770.00 75,700.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.4 0.75
Average Latency (ms) 0.93 1.32
Maximum Latency (ms) 51.91 11.85
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.32 1.89

MySQL Bulk INSERT

UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 3,065,346.00 1,201,092.00
Queries per second 30,653,460.00 12,010,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0.01
Maximum Latency (ms) 175.55 577.85
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 904,699.00 152,163.00
Queries per second 9,046,990.00 1,521,630.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.01 0.05
Average Latency (ms) 0.01 0.07
Maximum Latency (ms) 1.15 7.75
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.02 0.09

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 18,275.00 9,119.00
Queries per second 182,750.00 91,190.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.16 0.37
Average Latency (ms) 0.55 1.09
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.14 6.43
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.81 1.44

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 18,836.00 8,501.00
Queries per second 188,360.00 85,010.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.15 0.35
Average Latency (ms) 0.53 1.17
Maximum Latency (ms) 1.6 8.45
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.77 2.22

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 9,429.00 7,551.00
Queries per second 94,290.00 75,510.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.41 0.7
Average Latency (ms) 1.06 1.32
Maximum Latency (ms) 70.38 10.76
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.52 2

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 10,777.00 7,901.00
Queries per second 107,770.00 79,010.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.4 0.7
Average Latency (ms) 0.93 1.26
Maximum Latency (ms) 41.92 10.46
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.37 1.79

MySQL DELETE

UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 318,714.00 60,656.00
Queries per second 3,187,140.00 606,560.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.01 0.05
Average Latency (ms) 0.03 0.16
Maximum Latency (ms) 74.81 11.78
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.03 1.12

Redis

UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second 174,216.03 37,467.22
PING_MBULK per Second 171,232.88 37,664.79
SET per Second 170,357.75 37,160.91
GET per Second 179,856.11 37,608.12
INCR per Second 180,180.17 37,271.71
LPUSH per Second 168,634.06 37,037.04
RPUSH per Second 174,216.03 35,997.12
LPOP per Second 171,526.58 35,511.36
RPOP per Second 170,940.17 34,542.32
SADD per Second 166,666.66 36,913.99
HSET per Second 166,666.66 37,230.08
SPOP per Second 168,634.06 37,821.48
ZADD per Second 171,232.88 37,936.27
ZPOPMIN per Second 175,746.92 37,551.63
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 89,206.06 26,910.66
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 42,444.82 15,573.90
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 25,866.53 11,301.99
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 21,070.38 9,987.02
MSET (10 keys) per Second 145,137.88 34,867.50

Redis Average Latency (ms)

UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
PING_INLINE0.190.88
PING_MBULK0.190.88
SET0.200.89
GET0.180.87
INCR0.190.87
LPUSH0.200.88
RPUSH0.190.90
LPOP0.200.92
RPOP0.200.94
SADD0.200.88
HSET0.200.88
SPOP0.200.87
ZADD0.200.87
ZPOPMIN0.190.88
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)0.401.25
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)0.832.18
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)1.382.95
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)1.713.39
MSET (10 keys)0.250.96

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

The UpCloud Balanced instance with its higher clock speed AMD EPYC 9575F processor shows superior performance in Redis benchmarks with higher RPS rates and lower latencies, indicating faster processing speeds, especially in set and get operations, whereas the Linode Nanode instance provides more stable latency and fairness across all metrics but falls behind in throughput rates. In CPU benchmarks, UpCloud also outperforms with more events per second and lower latencies, and has better file IO performance with higher throughput and lower average latencies. Memory benchmarks suggest UpCloud excels in both read and write operations with higher operation rates and throughput, while Linode's mutex and thread benchmarks demonstrate more consistent thread fairness and lower max latencies. For users prioritizing higher throughput and lower latency for database operations and file IO, the UpCloud Balanced instance is more suitable, while Linode’s Nanode might be preferable for workloads requiring more predictable thread performance and less maximum latency spikes.

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