UpCloud Balanced (1 GB) vs. UpCloud Balanced (2 GB)
New day, new benchmarks. Today I've spun up some brand new instance from UpCloud to run some benchmarks on. Each instance was spun up with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and were created in the New York area (or close to it). Enough talk. Here's the data.
Overview
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Last Benchmarked | Fri, 22 May 2026 11:00:52 GMT | Fri, 22 May 2026 20:00:52 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 | 8.0.45-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 | 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) | 3,295.45 | 3,295.48 |
| CPU Cache Size (KB) | 512.00 | 512.00 |
| BogoMips | 6,590.90 | 6,590.95 |
| Events per Second | 5,248.20 | 5,184.23 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.18 | 0.18 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.19 | 0.19 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 1.79 | 2.2 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Memory
Memory Read
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 6,801,282.43 | 6,253,678.71 |
| Mebibytes per second | 6,641.88 | 6,107.11 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 2.29 | 1.13 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
Memory Write
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 5,773,502.12 | 6,822,765.29 |
| Mebibytes per second | 5,638.19 | 6,662.86 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 3.02 | 1.32 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
File I/O
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Reads per Second | 3,347.40 | 3,327.49 |
| Writes per Second | 2,231.60 | 2,218.33 |
| Fsyncs per Second | 7,151.99 | 7,103.34 |
| Read Mebibytes per Second | 52.30 | 51.99 |
| Written Mebibytes per Second | 34.87 | 34.66 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.08 | 0.08 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 45.95 | 33.03 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.25 | 0.3 |
Mutex
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1,448.88 | 1,340.32 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1,453.66 | 1,352.26 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 1,458.86 | 1,359.54 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1,453.01 | 1,352.03 |
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 186.00 | 19,841.00 |
| Queries per second | 1,860.00 | 198,410.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.33 | 0.31 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 54.83 | 0.5 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 1519.77 | 3.28 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 320.17 | 0.63 |
MySQL Write-only
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 7.00 | 4,617.00 |
| Queries per second | 70.00 | 46,170.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1299.84 | 0.88 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1584.29 | 2.16 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 1904.57 | 45.97 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1903.57 | 3.62 |
MySQL Read/Write
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 1.00 | 2,842.00 |
| Queries per second | 10.00 | 28,420.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 16296.58 | 1.3 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 16296.58 | 3.51 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 16296.58 | 55.44 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 16224.31 | 6.09 |
MySQL INSERT
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 92.00 | 5,944.00 |
| Queries per second | 920.00 | 59,440.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.47 | 0.53 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 110.5 | 1.68 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 255.29 | 85.68 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 204.11 | 2.86 |
MySQL Bulk INSERT
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 2,307,842.00 | 2,103,967.00 |
| Queries per second | 23,078,420.00 | 21,039,670.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 293.41 | 260.86 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
MySQL SELECT
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 613,969.00 | 703,876.00 |
| Queries per second | 6,139,690.00 | 7,038,760.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 211.08 | 33.41 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.02 | 0.02 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 36.00 | 9,961.00 |
| Queries per second | 360.00 | 99,610.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 132 | 0.22 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 280.61 | 1 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 683.5 | 7.65 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 411.96 | 1.39 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 33.00 | 13,645.00 |
| Queries per second | 330.00 | 136,450.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 107.87 | 0.19 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 311.59 | 0.73 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 710.24 | 2.85 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 493.24 | 1.06 |
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 756.00 | 5,638.00 |
| Queries per second | 7,560.00 | 56,380.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.6 | 0.57 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 13.32 | 1.77 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 591.87 | 63.76 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 82.96 | 3.07 |
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 22.00 | 5,804.00 |
| Queries per second | 220.00 | 58,040.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 288.94 | 0.49 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 468.04 | 1.72 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 695.61 | 141.2 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 612.21 | 2.86 |
MySQL DELETE
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 128.00 | 101,513.00 |
| Queries per second | 1,280.00 | 1,015,130.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 18.77 | 0.01 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 77.86 | 0.1 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 170.32 | 55.52 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 116.8 | 0.15 |
Redis
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE per Second | 93,370.68 | 131,061.59 |
| PING_MBULK per Second | 114,285.71 | 135,501.36 |
| SET per Second | 72,254.34 | 134,408.59 |
| GET per Second | 57,636.89 | 122,399.02 |
| INCR per Second | 114,547.53 | 115,207.38 |
| LPUSH per Second | 54,054.05 | 120,627.27 |
| RPUSH per Second | 121,951.22 | 122,249.38 |
| LPOP per Second | 76,745.97 | 128,534.70 |
| RPOP per Second | 102,145.05 | 125,156.45 |
| SADD per Second | 89,445.44 | 131,406.05 |
| HSET per Second | 93,720.71 | 128,865.98 |
| SPOP per Second | 92,081.03 | 140,252.45 |
| ZADD per Second | 81,900.09 | 131,406.05 |
| ZPOPMIN per Second | 99,601.60 | 137,931.03 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second | 48,473.10 | 71,123.76 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second | 17,497.81 | 30,940.59 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second | 14,285.71 | 19,342.36 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second | 10,760.79 | 16,627.87 |
| MSET (10 keys) per Second | 91,074.68 | 110,619.47 |
Redis Average Latency (ms)
| UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) | UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE | 0.40 | 0.25 |
| PING_MBULK | 0.30 | 0.24 |
| SET | 0.55 | 0.25 |
| GET | 0.70 | 0.27 |
| INCR | 0.30 | 0.29 |
| LPUSH | 0.74 | 0.28 |
| RPUSH | 0.29 | 0.27 |
| LPOP | 0.51 | 0.27 |
| RPOP | 0.35 | 0.27 |
| SADD | 0.42 | 0.26 |
| HSET | 0.40 | 0.26 |
| SPOP | 0.40 | 0.24 |
| ZADD | 0.44 | 0.26 |
| ZPOPMIN | 0.37 | 0.24 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) | 0.80 | 0.52 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) | 2.31 | 1.18 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) | 2.73 | 1.89 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) | 3.65 | 2.21 |
| MSET (10 keys) | 0.43 | 0.33 |
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
When comparing the two UpCloud instances, the "Balanced (1 GB)" performs more efficiently in specific metrics such as Redis operations, with higher requests per second (rps) and lower average latencies for commands like PING, SET, and GET. However, the "Balanced (2 GB)" excels in CPU performance, offering more events per second and lower average latency in CPU benchmarks, as well as superior file I/O throughput and read/write operations per second. Additionally, the "Balanced (2 GB)" shows better performance in MySQL bulk insert operations and OLTP tasks. Given these results, the "Balanced (1 GB)" is ideal for applications that require high Redis throughput and lower latency, while the "Balanced (2 GB)" is better suited for workloads demanding higher CPU, file I/O, and MySQL performance. For developers and sysadmins, the choice should depend on whether the application prioritizes Redis operations or CPU/IO-intensive tasks.
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