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_INLINE
0.19
0.88
PING_MBULK
0.19
0.88
SET
0.20
0.89
GET
0.18
0.87
INCR
0.19
0.87
LPUSH
0.20
0.88
RPUSH
0.19
0.90
LPOP
0.20
0.92
RPOP
0.20
0.94
SADD
0.20
0.88
HSET
0.20
0.88
SPOP
0.20
0.87
ZADD
0.20
0.87
ZPOPMIN
0.19
0.88
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
0.40
1.25
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
0.83
2.18
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
1.38
2.95
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
1.71
3.39
MSET (10 keys)
0.25
0.96
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.
From the friendly human:
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