UpCloud Balanced (2 GB) vs. Vultr High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores)
My friend, I'm so glad you're here! Today I've spun up brand new instance from UpCloud and Vultr to run some benchmarks on. All instances were running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and were created in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Without further ado, here's the results.
Overview
| UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Last Benchmarked | Wed, 13 May 2026 07:00:52 GMT | Tue, 12 May 2026 03:00:52 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 | Newark, NJ |
| Monthly Price | €13.00 | $48.00 |
| RAM (GB) | 2 | 8 |
| CPU Cores | 1 | 4 |
| Storage (TB) | 50 | 180 |
| Storage Type | SSD | NVMe |
| Transfer (TB) | 2 | 6 |
CPU
| UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | AuthenticAMD | AuthenticAMD |
| Model Name | AMD EPYC 9575F 64-Core Processor | AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor |
| Clock Speed (MHz) | 3,295.48 | 2,900.01 |
| CPU Cache Size (KB) | 512.00 | 1,024.00 |
| BogoMips | 6,590.95 | 5,800.01 |
| Events per Second | 5,025.21 | 4,660.86 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.18 | 0.21 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.2 | 0.21 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 5.35 | 0.52 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.22 | 0.22 |
Memory
Memory Read
| UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 5,932,400.60 | 7,566,222.56 |
| Mebibytes per second | 5,793.36 | 7,388.89 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 2.22 | 0.05 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
Memory Write
| UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 6,706,599.41 | 7,552,490.67 |
| Mebibytes per second | 6,549.41 | 7,375.48 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 1.56 | 0.6 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
File I/O
| UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Reads per Second | 3,214.64 | 8,517.51 |
| Writes per Second | 2,143.03 | 5,678.37 |
| Fsyncs per Second | 6,864.71 | 18,177.50 |
| Read Mebibytes per Second | 50.23 | 133.09 |
| Written Mebibytes per Second | 33.48 | 88.72 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.08 | 0.03 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 20.14 | 0.61 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.31 | 0.1 |
Mutex
| UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1,349.13 | 165.23 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1,353.60 | 285.68 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 1,361.99 | 342.72 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1,352.03 | 344.08 |
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
| UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 19,090.00 | 10,922.00 |
| Queries per second | 190,900.00 | 109,220.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.31 | 0.75 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.52 | 0.92 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 5.34 | 1.51 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.64 | 1.03 |
MySQL Write-only
| UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 3,974.00 | 9,482.00 |
| Queries per second | 39,740.00 | 94,820.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.87 | 0.73 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.51 | 1.05 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 38.67 | 2.45 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 5 | 1.23 |
MySQL Read/Write
| UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 2,830.00 | 4,832.00 |
| Queries per second | 28,300.00 | 48,320.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.29 | 1.55 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 3.53 | 2.07 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 56.72 | 3.55 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 6.32 | 2.35 |
MySQL INSERT
| UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 4,647.00 | 15,179.00 |
| Queries per second | 46,470.00 | 151,790.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.61 | 0.45 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.15 | 0.66 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 28.58 | 13.61 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 4.41 | 0.81 |
MySQL Bulk INSERT
| UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 2,249,592.00 | 3,006,842.00 |
| Queries per second | 22,495,920.00 | 30,068,420.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 207.34 | 190.09 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
MySQL SELECT
| UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 645,161.00 | 235,314.00 |
| Queries per second | 6,451,610.00 | 2,353,140.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.02 | 0.04 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 2.26 | 0.31 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.02 | 0.05 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
| UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 8,546.00 | 15,165.00 |
| Queries per second | 85,460.00 | 151,650.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.13 | 0.24 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.17 | 0.66 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 172.57 | 2.07 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.58 | 0.84 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
| UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 11,562.00 | 14,400.00 |
| Queries per second | 115,620.00 | 144,000.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.22 | 0.17 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.86 | 0.69 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 4.07 | 1.68 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.27 | 0.9 |
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
| UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 4,711.00 | 14,535.00 |
| Queries per second | 47,110.00 | 145,350.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.73 | 0.47 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.12 | 0.69 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 30.41 | 2.07 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 3.96 | 0.86 |
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
| UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 5,393.00 | 14,543.00 |
| Queries per second | 53,930.00 | 145,430.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.48 | 0.44 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.85 | 0.69 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 39 | 1.81 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 3.43 | 0.84 |
MySQL DELETE
| UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 101,195.00 | 154,046.00 |
| Queries per second | 1,011,950.00 | 1,540,460.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.1 | 0.06 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 39.3 | 3.82 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.17 | 0.08 |
Redis
| UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE per Second | 130,208.34 | 62,695.92 |
| PING_MBULK per Second | 130,208.34 | 65,274.15 |
| SET per Second | 130,890.05 | 58,343.06 |
| GET per Second | 129,198.97 | 58,616.65 |
| INCR per Second | 128,534.70 | 57,803.47 |
| LPUSH per Second | 128,040.97 | 57,636.89 |
| RPUSH per Second | 126,582.27 | 58,616.65 |
| LPOP per Second | 124,688.28 | 57,504.31 |
| RPOP per Second | 127,226.46 | 57,670.13 |
| SADD per Second | 129,198.97 | 58,173.36 |
| HSET per Second | 133,511.34 | 58,513.75 |
| SPOP per Second | 139,275.77 | 58,445.36 |
| ZADD per Second | 130,039.02 | 58,513.75 |
| ZPOPMIN per Second | 129,701.68 | 57,438.25 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second | 55,524.71 | 48,123.20 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second | 28,785.26 | 33,806.62 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second | 18,942.98 | 26,109.66 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second | 17,038.68 | 23,369.95 |
| MSET (10 keys) per Second | 108,225.10 | 59,488.40 |
Redis Average Latency (ms)
| UpCloud – Balanced (2 GB) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE | 0.25 | 0.41 |
| PING_MBULK | 0.25 | 0.39 |
| SET | 0.26 | 0.44 |
| GET | 0.26 | 0.44 |
| INCR | 0.26 | 0.45 |
| LPUSH | 0.26 | 0.45 |
| RPUSH | 0.27 | 0.44 |
| LPOP | 0.27 | 0.45 |
| RPOP | 0.27 | 0.45 |
| SADD | 0.26 | 0.44 |
| HSET | 0.26 | 0.44 |
| SPOP | 0.24 | 0.44 |
| ZADD | 0.26 | 0.44 |
| ZPOPMIN | 0.26 | 0.45 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) | 0.66 | 0.53 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) | 1.27 | 0.76 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) | 1.95 | 0.97 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) | 2.16 | 1.08 |
| MSET (10 keys) | 0.34 | 0.43 |
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
When comparing the benchmark performance of the UpCloud Balanced (2 GB) instance and the Vultr High Performance AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) instance, the UpCloud instance provides slightly higher throughput and lower latency in Redis operations, particularly in simple commands like SET, GET, and INCR, showcasing an impressive rps of around 130,000 to 140,000 for these operations. The Vultr instance, while still performing very well, lags slightly behind with an rps of about 58,000 to 65,000 for similar operations. CPU performance is comparable across both instances, though the Vultr instance has a higher clock speed. File I/O operations also favor the UpCloud instance with slightly lower latency and higher throughput in reads and writes. Memory operations show similar latencies, but Vultr edges out in terms of total operations per second and data transfer rates. Given these metrics, the UpCloud instance is better suited for workloads that benefit from lower Redis latencies and higher throughput, while the Vultr instance offers more RAM and may be better for memory-intensive or I/O-heavy tasks, particularly those needing more cores and higher data transfer speeds.
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