UpCloud Balanced (1 GB) vs. UpCloud Balanced (2 GB)
Fresh benchmarks coming at ya. Today I spun up fresh instances from UpCloud and did some benchmarking. All instances were spun up with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 and all resided in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Time to see who showed up today.
Overview
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:42:22 GMT
Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:32:51 GMT
Linux Distro
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version
7.0.0-14-generic
7.0.0-14-generic
MySQL Version
8.4.10-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
8.4.10-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
Redis Version
8.0.5
8.0.5
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
Head-to-head
Category winners from the latest benchmarks.
Category
Winner
CPU (events/sec)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Memory (read MiB/s)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Disk I/O (MiB/s)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Redis (GET/sec)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Value (CPU events per $/mo)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) takes 5 of 5 categories.
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
3,295.48
CPU Cache Size (KB)
512.00
512.00
BogoMips
6,590.91
6,590.95
Events per Second
5,281.40
4,956.10
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.17
0.18
Average Latency (ms)
0.19
0.2
Maximum Latency (ms)
5.63
2.23
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.21
0.21
Memory
Memory Read
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Operations per second
7,916,721.84
7,348,809.99
Mebibytes per second
7,731.17
7,176.57
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.56
0.4
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Operations per second
7,831,276.08
7,078,785.07
Mebibytes per second
7,647.73
6,912.88
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.33
1.2
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Reads per Second
3,918.58
3,766.66
Writes per Second
2,612.35
2,511.11
Fsyncs per Second
8,362.41
8,036.14
Read Mebibytes per Second
61.23
58.85
Written Mebibytes per Second
40.82
39.24
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.07
0.07
Maximum Latency (ms)
56.19
19.19
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.2
0.24
Mutex
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
1,149.76
1,248.77
Average Latency (ms)
1,155.73
1,256.62
Maximum Latency (ms)
1,166.28
1,260.30
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1,170.65
1,258.08
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
16,759.00
Queries per second
0.00
167,590.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0.41
Average Latency (ms)
0
0.6
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
2.26
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0.75
MySQL Write-only
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
6,115.00
Queries per second
0.00
61,150.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0.73
Average Latency (ms)
0
1.63
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
30.18
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
2.76
MySQL Read/Write
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
4,692.00
Queries per second
0.00
46,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
1.24
Average Latency (ms)
0
2.13
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
23.43
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
2.86
MySQL INSERT
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
8,886.00
Queries per second
0.00
88,860.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0.5
Average Latency (ms)
0
1.12
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
26.84
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
1.93
MySQL Bulk INSERT
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
2,278,717.00
Queries per second
0.00
22,787,170.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
236.89
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
425,431.00
Queries per second
0.00
4,254,310.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0.02
Average Latency (ms)
0
0.02
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
1.3
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0.03
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
9,684.00
Queries per second
0.00
96,840.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0.29
Average Latency (ms)
0
1.03
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
5.24
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
1.37
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
15,489.00
Queries per second
0.00
154,890.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0.15
Average Latency (ms)
0
0.64
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
2.79
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0.99
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
10,759.00
Queries per second
0.00
107,590.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0.46
Average Latency (ms)
0
0.93
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
34.7
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
1.39
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
11,023.00
Queries per second
0.00
110,230.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0.45
Average Latency (ms)
0
0.91
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
33.4
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
1.32
MySQL DELETE
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
212,798.00
Queries per second
0.00
2,127,980.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0.02
Average Latency (ms)
0
0.05
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
19.8
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0.05
Redis
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
45,871.56
55,126.79
PING_MBULK per Second
57,870.37
54,794.52
SET per Second
60,096.15
55,710.31
GET per Second
59,347.18
55,340.34
INCR per Second
58,997.05
54,734.54
LPUSH per Second
60,024.01
52,994.17
RPUSH per Second
59,206.63
56,689.34
LPOP per Second
59,952.04
57,240.98
RPOP per Second
59,206.63
57,110.22
SADD per Second
58,754.41
55,401.66
HSET per Second
58,275.06
55,218.11
SPOP per Second
59,559.26
55,524.71
ZADD per Second
61,312.08
56,561.09
ZPOPMIN per Second
61,050.06
53,191.49
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
45,392.64
45,998.16
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
25,859.84
24,987.51
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
16,854.88
18,031.01
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
17,455.05
16,369.29
MSET (10 keys) per Second
49,578.58
54,884.74
Redis Average Latency (ms)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
PING_INLINE
0.73
0.54
PING_MBULK
0.51
0.53
SET
0.51
0.55
GET
0.51
0.55
INCR
0.52
0.56
LPUSH
0.52
0.58
RPUSH
0.52
0.54
LPOP
0.52
0.54
RPOP
0.53
0.54
SADD
0.52
0.55
HSET
0.53
0.56
SPOP
0.50
0.54
ZADD
0.51
0.55
ZPOPMIN
0.50
0.56
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
0.72
0.71
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
1.24
1.29
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
1.89
1.77
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
1.79
2.06
MSET (10 keys)
0.71
0.65
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
The UpCloud Balanced (1 GB) instance outperforms the Balanced (2 GB) in terms of both Redis benchmarks and CPU performance, clearly leading in operations per second and lower latency metrics. For example, the 1 GB instance achieves a higher requests per second (rps) in critical Redis operations like SET and GET, and also demonstrates superior CPU event handling with 5281.4 events per second versus 4956.1 for the 2 GB counterpart. Despite the additional RAM in the 2 GB instance, its performance in these benchmarks does not compensate for the lower scores, suggesting it's better suited for applications requiring heavier CPU usage and lower latency, rather than those needing more memory or I/O throughput.
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