UpCloud Balanced (1 GB) vs. Vultr High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Welcome to another round of the VPS Showdown. Today I've got brand new instances from UpCloud and Vultr and ran my world famous suite of benchmarking scripts. All instances were spun up with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 and were created in the New York area (or close to it). Time to see who showed up today.
Overview
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:42:22 GMT
Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:07:32 GMT
Linux Distro
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version
7.0.0-14-generic
7.0.0-28-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
Newark, NJ
Monthly Price
€7.00
$6.00
RAM (GB)
1
1
CPU Cores
1
1
Storage (TB)
25
32
Storage Type
SSD
NVMe
Transfer (TB)
1
1
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)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Redis (GET/sec)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Value (CPU events per $/mo)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB) takes 4 of 5 categories.
CPU
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vendor
AuthenticAMD
GenuineIntel
Model Name
AMD EPYC 9575F 64-Core Processor
Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX)
Clock Speed (MHz)
3,295.46
3,792.05
CPU Cache Size (KB)
512.00
16,384.00
BogoMips
6,590.91
7,584.09
Events per Second
5,281.40
1,418.80
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.17
0.67
Average Latency (ms)
0.19
0.7
Maximum Latency (ms)
5.63
3.97
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.21
0.74
Memory
Memory Read
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Operations per second
7,916,721.84
7,260,754.36
Mebibytes per second
7,731.17
7,090.58
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.56
1.81
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Operations per second
7,831,276.08
7,520,415.11
Mebibytes per second
7,647.73
7,344.16
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.33
0.36
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Reads per Second
3,918.58
4,675.97
Writes per Second
2,612.35
3,117.32
Fsyncs per Second
8,362.41
9,977.97
Read Mebibytes per Second
61.23
73.06
Written Mebibytes per Second
40.82
48.71
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.07
0.06
Maximum Latency (ms)
56.19
3.47
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.2
0.16
Mutex
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
1,149.76
1,149.56
Average Latency (ms)
1,155.73
1,155.82
Maximum Latency (ms)
1,166.28
1,161.84
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1,170.65
1,170.65
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
10,055.00
Queries per second
0.00
100,550.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0.89
Average Latency (ms)
0
0.99
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
3.72
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
1.16
MySQL Write-only
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
12,149.00
Queries per second
0.00
121,490.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0.64
Average Latency (ms)
0
0.82
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
8.53
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
1.03
MySQL Read/Write
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
4,295.00
Queries per second
0.00
42,950.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
1.71
Average Latency (ms)
0
2.33
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
9.32
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
2.76
MySQL INSERT
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
21,088.00
Queries per second
0.00
210,880.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0.37
Average Latency (ms)
0
0.47
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
6.56
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0.62
MySQL Bulk INSERT
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
1,783,592.00
Queries per second
0.00
17,835,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0.01
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
439.57
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
224,934.00
Queries per second
0.00
2,249,340.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0
0.04
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
1.18
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0.06
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
7,840.00
Queries per second
0.00
78,400.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0.48
Average Latency (ms)
0
1.27
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
3.92
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
1.67
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
10,489.00
Queries per second
0.00
104,890.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0.3
Average Latency (ms)
0
0.95
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
4.87
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
1.3
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
20,766.00
Queries per second
0.00
207,660.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0.37
Average Latency (ms)
0
0.48
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
4.23
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0.62
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
21,906.00
Queries per second
0.00
219,060.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0.37
Average Latency (ms)
0
0.46
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
2.93
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0.55
MySQL DELETE
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
0.00
164,853.00
Queries per second
0.00
1,648,530.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0
0.06
Maximum Latency (ms)
0
4.54
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0.09
Redis
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
45,871.56
52,246.60
PING_MBULK per Second
57,870.37
52,826.20
SET per Second
60,096.15
52,083.34
GET per Second
59,347.18
53,134.96
INCR per Second
58,997.05
52,603.89
LPUSH per Second
60,024.01
51,652.89
RPUSH per Second
59,206.63
51,282.05
LPOP per Second
59,952.04
50,684.23
RPOP per Second
59,206.63
51,361.07
SADD per Second
58,754.41
51,413.88
HSET per Second
58,275.06
51,308.36
SPOP per Second
59,559.26
51,948.05
ZADD per Second
61,312.08
50,787.20
ZPOPMIN per Second
61,050.06
51,124.75
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
45,392.64
35,650.62
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
25,859.84
21,385.80
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
16,854.88
15,246.23
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
17,455.05
13,271.40
MSET (10 keys) per Second
49,578.58
49,603.17
Redis Average Latency (ms)
UpCloud – Balanced (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
PING_INLINE
0.73
0.58
PING_MBULK
0.51
0.58
SET
0.51
0.59
GET
0.51
0.58
INCR
0.52
0.58
LPUSH
0.52
0.59
RPUSH
0.52
0.59
LPOP
0.52
0.61
RPOP
0.53
0.60
SADD
0.52
0.59
HSET
0.53
0.59
SPOP
0.50
0.58
ZADD
0.51
0.60
ZPOPMIN
0.50
0.59
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
0.72
0.87
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
1.24
1.51
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
1.89
2.11
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
1.79
2.47
MSET (10 keys)
0.71
0.66
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
The UpCloud Balanced instance (1 GB) outperforms the Vultr High Frequency Intel instance in most benchmarks, particularly in Redis operations where UpCloud records higher request per second (rps) rates and lower latencies across various commands like SET, GET, LPUSH, and ZADD. While Vultr excels in MySQL bulk inserts with a throughput of 177195.12 transactions per second (tps), UpCloud's overall benchmark results in CPU and memory operations suggest it is more suited for CPU-heavy workloads. Given the superior performance in most critical metrics, UpCloud would be a better choice for applications requiring high processing speed and efficiency.
From the friendly human:
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