UpCloud Balanced (1 GB) vs. UpCloud Balanced (2 GB)
Fresh benchmarks coming at ya. Today I've spun up some brand new instance from UpCloud and did some benchmarking. Each instance was running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and all resided in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Enough talk. Here's the data.
Overview
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Last Benchmarked | Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:00:52 GMT | Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:00:52 GMT |
| Linux Distro | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 |
| Kernel Version | 6.8.0-87-generic | 6.8.0-87-generic |
| MySQL Version | 8.0.45-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 | 8.0.45-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 |
| Redis Version | 7.0.15 | 7.0.15 |
| Location | New York, NY | New York, NY |
| Monthly Price | €7.00 | €13.00 |
| RAM (GB) | 1 | 2 |
| CPU Cores | 1 | 1 |
| Storage (TB) | 25 | 50 |
| Storage Type | SSD | SSD |
| Transfer (TB) | 1 | 2 |
CPU
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | AuthenticAMD | AuthenticAMD |
| Model Name | AMD EPYC 9575F 64-Core Processor | AMD EPYC 9575F 64-Core Processor |
| Clock Speed (MHz) | 3,295.46 | 3,295.46 |
| CPU Cache Size (KB) | 512.00 | 512.00 |
| BogoMips | 6,590.91 | 6,590.91 |
| Events per Second | 5,269.12 | 5,399.71 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.17 | 0.17 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.19 | 0.18 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 0.78 | 2.71 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Memory
Memory Read
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 6,495,754.58 | 7,206,870.67 |
| Mebibytes per second | 6,343.51 | 7,037.96 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 5.62 | 116.02 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
Memory Write
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 6,653,943.56 | 7,158,274.90 |
| Mebibytes per second | 6,497.99 | 6,990.50 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 4.05 | 16.09 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
File I/O
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Reads per Second | 2,843.26 | 4,737.88 |
| Writes per Second | 1,895.51 | 3,158.59 |
| Fsyncs per Second | 6,077.14 | 10,114.68 |
| Read Mebibytes per Second | 44.43 | 74.03 |
| Written Mebibytes per Second | 29.62 | 49.35 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 130.72 | 19.44 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.29 | 0.2 |
Mutex
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1,405.90 | 1,258.83 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1,420.12 | 1,268.65 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 1,430.71 | 1,275.36 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1,427.08 | 1,280.93 |
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 20,293.00 | 24,599.00 |
| Queries per second | 202,930.00 | 245,990.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.32 | 0.3 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.49 | 0.41 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 6.79 | 1.61 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.62 | 0.56 |
MySQL Write-only
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 4,585.00 | 8,302.00 |
| Queries per second | 45,850.00 | 83,020.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.66 | 0.52 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.18 | 1.2 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 97.21 | 28.19 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 4.91 | 1.7 |
MySQL Read/Write
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 3,152.00 | 3,718.00 |
| Queries per second | 31,520.00 | 37,180.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.31 | 1.11 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 3.17 | 2.69 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 38.87 | 66.72 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 6.09 | 5.09 |
MySQL INSERT
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 7,436.00 | 11,372.00 |
| Queries per second | 74,360.00 | 113,720.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.44 | 0.38 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.34 | 0.88 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 47.68 | 38.06 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.96 | 1.21 |
MySQL Bulk INSERT
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 2,220,467.00 | 2,686,467.00 |
| Queries per second | 22,204,670.00 | 26,864,670.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 240.79 | 207.31 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
MySQL SELECT
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 716,229.00 | 745,575.00 |
| Queries per second | 7,162,290.00 | 7,455,750.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 3.14 | 122.06 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.02 | 0.02 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 8,118.00 | 13,685.00 |
| Queries per second | 81,180.00 | 136,850.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.23 | 0.11 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.23 | 0.73 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 12.44 | 5.31 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.79 | 1.21 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 13,131.00 | 16,998.00 |
| Queries per second | 131,310.00 | 169,980.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.2 | 0.15 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.76 | 0.59 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 4.01 | 1.78 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.14 | 0.89 |
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 6,728.00 | 8,749.00 |
| Queries per second | 67,280.00 | 87,490.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.51 | 0.38 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.48 | 1.14 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 42.6 | 144.45 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.43 | 1.93 |
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 5,255.00 | 10,868.00 |
| Queries per second | 52,550.00 | 108,680.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.51 | 0.36 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.9 | 0.92 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 42.38 | 216.49 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 4.18 | 1.27 |
MySQL DELETE
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 259,230.00 | 334,369.00 |
| Queries per second | 2,592,300.00 | 3,343,690.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 67.05 | 26.75 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.04 | 0.03 |
Redis
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE per Second | 87,719.30 | 148,148.14 |
| PING_MBULK per Second | 127,064.80 | 160,513.64 |
| SET per Second | 104,821.80 | 150,375.94 |
| GET per Second | 110,375.27 | 157,232.70 |
| INCR per Second | 125,786.16 | 157,232.70 |
| LPUSH per Second | 125,944.58 | 148,588.42 |
| RPUSH per Second | 133,511.34 | 156,250.00 |
| LPOP per Second | 134,228.19 | 156,985.86 |
| RPOP per Second | 128,534.70 | 149,031.30 |
| SADD per Second | 133,689.83 | 155,038.77 |
| HSET per Second | 127,713.92 | 153,609.83 |
| SPOP per Second | 142,247.52 | 154,798.75 |
| ZADD per Second | 143,884.89 | 148,809.53 |
| ZPOPMIN per Second | 152,905.20 | 132,100.39 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second | 77,041.60 | 76,161.46 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second | 31,836.99 | 30,111.41 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second | 20,064.21 | 24,378.35 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second | 19,708.32 | 16,294.61 |
| MSET (10 keys) per Second | 131,061.59 | 129,032.27 |
Redis Average Latency (ms)
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE | 0.43 | 0.22 |
| PING_MBULK | 0.26 | 0.21 |
| SET | 0.32 | 0.22 |
| GET | 0.30 | 0.21 |
| INCR | 0.27 | 0.22 |
| LPUSH | 0.27 | 0.23 |
| RPUSH | 0.25 | 0.22 |
| LPOP | 0.25 | 0.22 |
| RPOP | 0.26 | 0.23 |
| SADD | 0.25 | 0.21 |
| HSET | 0.26 | 0.22 |
| SPOP | 0.23 | 0.22 |
| ZADD | 0.24 | 0.23 |
| ZPOPMIN | 0.22 | 0.25 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) | 0.47 | 0.48 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) | 1.14 | 1.20 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) | 1.83 | 1.48 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) | 1.86 | 2.26 |
| MSET (10 keys) | 0.28 | 0.28 |
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
Based on the benchmark data, UpCloud's Balanced (2 GB) instance generally outperforms the Balanced (1 GB) in most metrics, indicating better performance in handling various workloads. The 2 GB instance shows higher throughput and lower latency in Redis operations, CPU processing, file I/O, memory operations, and MySQL database tasks compared to the 1 GB instance. This performance advantage makes the 2 GB instance more suitable for CPU-intensive, I/O-heavy workloads and applications that require higher memory capacity, whereas the 1 GB instance may be more appropriate for lighter workloads or development environments where lower cost is a priority. The higher cost of the 2 GB instance is justified by its superior performance metrics.
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