UpCloud Balanced (2 GB) vs. Vultr High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
New day, new benchmarks. Today I've spun up brand new instance from UpCloud and Vultr and ran my world famous suite of benchmarking scripts. Each instance was spun up with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and were created in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Enough talk. Here's the data.
Overview
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Wed, 13 May 2026 07:00:52 GMT
Mon, 11 May 2026 09:00:53 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
Newark, NJ
Monthly Price
€13.00
$12.00
RAM (GB)
2
2
CPU Cores
1
1
Storage (TB)
50
64
Storage Type
SSD
NVMe
Transfer (TB)
2
2
CPU
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Vendor
AuthenticAMD
GenuineIntel
Model Name
AMD EPYC 9575F 64-Core Processor
Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX)
Clock Speed (MHz)
3,295.48
3,791.92
CPU Cache Size (KB)
512.00
16,384.00
BogoMips
6,590.95
7,583.83
Events per Second
5,025.21
1,623.96
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.18
0.59
Average Latency (ms)
0.2
0.62
Maximum Latency (ms)
5.35
2.57
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.22
0.64
Memory
Memory Read
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second
5,932,400.60
8,028,253.00
Mebibytes per second
5,793.36
7,840.09
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
2.22
0.2
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second
6,706,599.41
8,022,601.15
Mebibytes per second
6,549.41
7,834.57
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
1.56
0.27
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Reads per Second
3,214.64
4,917.69
Writes per Second
2,143.03
3,278.46
Fsyncs per Second
6,864.71
10,498.56
Read Mebibytes per Second
50.23
76.84
Written Mebibytes per Second
33.48
51.23
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.08
0.05
Maximum Latency (ms)
20.14
1.69
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.31
0.18
Mutex
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
1,349.13
1,065.51
Average Latency (ms)
1,353.60
1,070.36
Maximum Latency (ms)
1,361.99
1,075.66
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1,352.03
1,069.86
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
19,090.00
10,713.00
Queries per second
190,900.00
107,130.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.31
0.87
Average Latency (ms)
0.52
0.93
Maximum Latency (ms)
5.34
2.63
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.64
0.99
MySQL Write-only
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
3,974.00
10,055.00
Queries per second
39,740.00
100,550.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.87
0.68
Average Latency (ms)
2.51
0.99
Maximum Latency (ms)
38.67
10.38
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
5
1.27
MySQL Read/Write
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
2,830.00
4,079.00
Queries per second
28,300.00
40,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.29
1.82
Average Latency (ms)
3.53
2.45
Maximum Latency (ms)
56.72
6.54
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
6.32
3.13
MySQL INSERT
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
4,647.00
17,789.00
Queries per second
46,470.00
177,890.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.61
0.38
Average Latency (ms)
2.15
0.56
Maximum Latency (ms)
28.58
11.67
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
4.41
0.7
MySQL Bulk INSERT
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
2,249,592.00
2,238,676.00
Queries per second
22,495,920.00
22,386,760.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
207.34
213.8
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
645,161.00
237,541.00
Queries per second
6,451,610.00
2,375,410.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.01
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.02
0.04
Maximum Latency (ms)
2.26
1.17
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.02
0.05
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
8,546.00
11,395.00
Queries per second
85,460.00
113,950.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.13
0.29
Average Latency (ms)
1.17
0.88
Maximum Latency (ms)
172.57
3.62
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.58
1.1
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
11,562.00
11,591.00
Queries per second
115,620.00
115,910.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.22
0.3
Average Latency (ms)
0.86
0.86
Maximum Latency (ms)
4.07
2.45
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.27
1.12
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
4,711.00
16,080.00
Queries per second
47,110.00
160,800.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.73
0.38
Average Latency (ms)
2.12
0.62
Maximum Latency (ms)
30.41
2.37
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.96
0.83
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
5,393.00
16,743.00
Queries per second
53,930.00
167,430.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.48
0.38
Average Latency (ms)
1.85
0.6
Maximum Latency (ms)
39
2.12
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.43
0.77
MySQL DELETE
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
101,195.00
154,529.00
Queries per second
1,011,950.00
1,545,290.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.01
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.1
0.06
Maximum Latency (ms)
39.3
5
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.17
0.09
Redis
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
130,208.34
55,617.35
PING_MBULK per Second
130,208.34
57,077.62
SET per Second
130,890.05
56,369.79
GET per Second
129,198.97
56,753.69
INCR per Second
128,534.70
56,753.69
LPUSH per Second
128,040.97
55,834.73
RPUSH per Second
126,582.27
56,085.25
LPOP per Second
124,688.28
55,340.34
RPOP per Second
127,226.46
55,648.30
SADD per Second
129,198.97
56,211.35
HSET per Second
133,511.34
55,648.30
SPOP per Second
139,275.77
55,928.41
ZADD per Second
130,039.02
55,340.34
ZPOPMIN per Second
129,701.68
55,772.45
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
55,524.71
37,936.27
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
28,785.26
21,083.70
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
18,942.98
14,682.13
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
17,038.68
12,987.01
MSET (10 keys) per Second
108,225.10
52,056.22
Redis Average Latency (ms)
UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE
0.25
0.58
PING_MBULK
0.25
0.56
SET
0.26
0.57
GET
0.26
0.56
INCR
0.26
0.56
LPUSH
0.26
0.57
RPUSH
0.27
0.57
LPOP
0.27
0.58
RPOP
0.27
0.58
SADD
0.26
0.57
HSET
0.26
0.58
SPOP
0.24
0.57
ZADD
0.26
0.58
ZPOPMIN
0.26
0.57
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
0.66
0.91
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
1.27
1.66
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
1.95
2.44
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
2.16
2.79
MSET (10 keys)
0.34
0.66
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
The UpCloud Balanced instance excels in memory-intensive operations and provides superior throughput and lower latency for Redis commands, especially in bulk operations, which indicates stronger performance in CPU-bound and RAM-intensive tasks. The Vultr High Frequency Intel instance, while slightly behind in Redis performance metrics, demonstrates comparable CPU and memory throughput and features NVMe storage which can enhance I/O operations. Therefore, the UpCloud instance is recommended for workloads that require high RAM and CPU efficiency, like real-time analytics and memory-heavy applications, whereas the Vultr instance would be more suitable for general-purpose usage with benefits in I/O operations and slightly lower pricing.
From the friendly human:
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