Vultr Cloud Compute (1 GB) vs. Vultr Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Last updated on September 1, 2026
My friend, I'm so glad you're here! Today I spun up fresh instances from Vultr and ran some benchmarks. All instances were running Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 and were created in the New York area (or close to it). Let's get into the numbers.
Overview
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:03:03 GMT
Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:06:02 GMT
Linux Distro
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version
7.0.0-29-generic
7.0.0-29-generic
MySQL Version
8.4.11-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
8.4.11-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
Redis Version
8.0.5
8.0.5
Location
Newark, NJ
Newark, NJ
Monthly Price
$5.00
$10.00
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) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Memory (read MiB/s) Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Disk I/O (MiB/s) Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) MySQL (read/write tps) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Redis (GET/sec) Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Value (CPU events per $/mo) Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) takes 4 of 6 categories.
CPU
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vendor
GenuineIntel
GenuineIntel
Model Name
Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, no TSX, IBRS)
Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS)
Clock Speed (MHz)
2,400.00
2,593.90
CPU Cache Size (KB)
16,384.00
16,384.00
BogoMips
4,799.99
5,187.80
Events per Second
747.20
811.02
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.23
0.96
Average Latency (ms)
1.34
1.23
Maximum Latency (ms)
4.19
5.71
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.61
1.61
Memory
Memory Read
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Operations per second
3,468,220.65
2,932,814.92
Mebibytes per second
3,386.93
2,864.08
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
2.53
2.06
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Operations per second
3,710,866.55
3,012,810.64
Mebibytes per second
3,623.89
2,942.20
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.76
2.18
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Reads per Second
1,891.00
1,720.67
Writes per Second
1,260.60
1,147.11
Fsyncs per Second
4,039.68
3,681.86
Read Mebibytes per Second
29.55
26.89
Written Mebibytes per Second
19.70
17.92
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.14
0.15
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.15
13.92
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.33
0.55
Mutex
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
2,212.92
2,497.94
Average Latency (ms)
2,218.18
2,514.76
Maximum Latency (ms)
2,222.25
2,531.03
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2,238.47
2,539.17
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second
4,645.00
4,434.00
Queries per second
46,450.00
44,340.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.76
1.67
Average Latency (ms)
2.15
2.25
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.84
6.08
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.97
2.81
MySQL Write-only
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second
3,815.00
3,735.00
Queries per second
38,150.00
37,350.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.64
1.39
Average Latency (ms)
2.62
2.67
Maximum Latency (ms)
21.48
23.22
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.55
3.68
MySQL Read/Write
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second
1,258.00
1,945.00
Queries per second
12,580.00
19,450.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
3.82
3.65
Average Latency (ms)
7.94
5.13
Maximum Latency (ms)
2585.43
12.99
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
8.58
6.79
MySQL INSERT
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second
4,318.00
7,066.00
Queries per second
43,180.00
70,660.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.13
0.79
Average Latency (ms)
2.31
1.41
Maximum Latency (ms)
41.5
11.58
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
4.18
1.96
MySQL Bulk INSERT
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second
800,273.00
669,209.00
Queries per second
8,002,730.00
6,692,090.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.01
0.02
Maximum Latency (ms)
573.78
671.55
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second
99,416.00
122,191.00
Queries per second
994,160.00
1,221,910.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.07
0.05
Average Latency (ms)
0.1
0.08
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.29
2.56
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.15
0.12
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second
3,664.00
2,672.00
Queries per second
36,640.00
26,720.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.6
1.31
Average Latency (ms)
2.73
3.74
Maximum Latency (ms)
10.72
9.71
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
4.25
5.09
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second
5,031.00
2,421.00
Queries per second
50,310.00
24,210.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.67
1.47
Average Latency (ms)
1.98
4.13
Maximum Latency (ms)
12.72
8.77
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.25
5.88
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second
5,894.00
6,495.00
Queries per second
58,940.00
64,950.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.05
0.8
Average Latency (ms)
1.69
1.54
Maximum Latency (ms)
17.67
18.08
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.39
2.22
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second
5,867.00
6,851.00
Queries per second
58,670.00
68,510.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.04
0.75
Average Latency (ms)
1.7
1.46
Maximum Latency (ms)
10.56
14.81
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.48
2.03
MySQL DELETE
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second
27,369.00
45,040.00
Queries per second
273,690.00
450,400.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.07
0.05
Average Latency (ms)
0.36
0.22
Maximum Latency (ms)
22.97
16.88
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.86
1.34
Redis
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
29,316.92
27,419.80
PING_MBULK per Second
27,233.12
29,069.77
SET per Second
23,980.81
26,476.04
GET per Second
27,925.16
22,988.51
INCR per Second
29,316.92
23,618.33
LPUSH per Second
26,260.50
24,201.36
RPUSH per Second
27,292.58
25,252.53
LPOP per Second
28,810.14
25,568.91
RPOP per Second
27,517.89
25,227.04
SADD per Second
28,776.98
27,472.53
HSET per Second
28,490.03
25,207.96
SPOP per Second
25,746.65
28,320.59
ZADD per Second
27,987.69
26,838.43
ZPOPMIN per Second
28,176.95
27,824.15
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
20,345.88
14,322.54
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
10,920.61
7,071.64
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
7,457.12
4,639.51
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
7,261.64
4,115.40
MSET (10 keys) per Second
29,188.56
23,402.76
Redis Average Latency (ms)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
PING_INLINE 1.04 1.11 PING_MBULK 1.10 1.04 SET 1.29 1.16 GET 1.08 1.32 INCR 1.03 1.28 LPUSH 1.17 1.27 RPUSH 1.12 1.21 LPOP 1.07 1.21 RPOP 1.11 1.23 SADD 1.05 1.12 HSET 1.07 1.22 SPOP 1.18 1.09 ZADD 1.09 1.16 ZPOPMIN 1.07 1.10 LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) 1.57 2.14 LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) 2.84 4.07 LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) 3.99 6.04 LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) 4.07 6.75 MSET (10 keys) 1.15 1.58
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
The Vultr Cloud Compute (2 GB) instance wins overall due to its superior performance in Redis benchmarks, with notably higher RPS and lower latency compared to the 1 GB instance, particularly in commands like LPUSH and LRANGE. This instance provides significantly better CPU throughput and MySQL bulk insert TPS, making it the better choice for CPU-heavy and database-intensive applications, whereas the 1 GB instance would be more suitable for budget-conscious users requiring less headroom.
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