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Vultr Cloud Compute (1 GB) vs. Vultr Cloud Compute (2 GB)

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Fresh benchmarks coming at ya. Today I spun up fresh instances from Vultr to run some benchmarks on. Each instance was running Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 and all resided in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Without further ado, here's the results.

Overview

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:30:37 GMT Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:33:36 GMT
Linux Distro Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version 7.0.0-27-generic 7.0.0-27-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 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.

CategoryWinner
CPU (events/sec)Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Memory (read MiB/s)Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Disk I/O (MiB/s)Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
MySQL (read/write tps)Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Redis (GET/sec)Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Value (CPU events per $/mo)Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) takes 6 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 Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX)
Clock Speed (MHz) 2,394.45 3,791.94
CPU Cache Size (KB) 16,384.00 16,384.00
BogoMips 4,788.90 7,583.88
Events per Second 704.30 1,435.42
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.23 0.67
Average Latency (ms) 1.42 0.7
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.04 4.15
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.73 0.74

Memory

Memory Read

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Operations per second 3,595,908.88 7,568,455.18
Mebibytes per second 3,511.63 7,391.07
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.61 0.36
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Operations per second 3,455,305.83 7,598,419.58
Mebibytes per second 3,374.32 7,420.33
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.29 0.68
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Reads per Second 1,878.82 4,001.75
Writes per Second 1,252.51 2,667.80
Fsyncs per Second 4,014.75 8,546.24
Read Mebibytes per Second 29.36 62.53
Written Mebibytes per Second 19.57 41.68
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.14 0.07
Maximum Latency (ms) 11.08 24.03
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.4 0.2

Mutex

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms) 2,084.67 1,145.72
Average Latency (ms) 2,093.52 1,154.58
Maximum Latency (ms) 2,098.38 1,160.32
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2,082.91 1,170.65

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 4,684.00 9,706.00
Queries per second 46,840.00 97,060.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.71 0.91
Average Latency (ms) 2.13 1.03
Maximum Latency (ms) 9.23 2.49
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.02 1.18

MySQL Write-only

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 3,785.00 7,666.00
Queries per second 37,850.00 76,660.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.46 0.67
Average Latency (ms) 2.64 1.3
Maximum Latency (ms) 33.7 158.72
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.82 1.42

MySQL Read/Write

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 2,104.00 3,938.00
Queries per second 21,040.00 39,380.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 3.41 1.82
Average Latency (ms) 4.75 2.54
Maximum Latency (ms) 10.72 51.37
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 6.91 3.13

MySQL INSERT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 7,970.00 18,012.00
Queries per second 79,700.00 180,120.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.8 0.39
Average Latency (ms) 1.25 0.55
Maximum Latency (ms) 22.57 44.86
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.7 0.73

MySQL Bulk INSERT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 734,741.00 1,870,967.00
Queries per second 7,347,410.00 18,709,670.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.01 0.01
Maximum Latency (ms) 700.22 225.74
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 107,531.00 213,062.00
Queries per second 1,075,310.00 2,130,620.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.07 0.04
Average Latency (ms) 0.09 0.05
Maximum Latency (ms) 1.82 1.04
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.13 0.06

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 3,796.00 7,351.00
Queries per second 37,960.00 73,510.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.93 0.41
Average Latency (ms) 2.63 1.36
Maximum Latency (ms) 7.47 5.95
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.82 2.14

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 5,117.00 9,954.00
Queries per second 51,170.00 99,540.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.67 0.27
Average Latency (ms) 1.95 1
Maximum Latency (ms) 5.04 4.46
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.19 1.58

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 7,164.00 16,749.00
Queries per second 71,640.00 167,490.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.82 0.38
Average Latency (ms) 1.39 0.6
Maximum Latency (ms) 28.24 83.31
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.03 0.8

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 7,738.00 17,638.00
Queries per second 77,380.00 176,380.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.78 0.38
Average Latency (ms) 1.29 0.57
Maximum Latency (ms) 17.75 77.2
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.76 0.75

MySQL DELETE

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 52,919.00 145,888.00
Queries per second 529,190.00 1,458,880.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.07 0.04
Average Latency (ms) 0.19 0.07
Maximum Latency (ms) 26.33 4.51
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.04 0.1

Redis

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second 28,835.06 50,838.84
PING_MBULK per Second 30,778.70 50,761.42
SET per Second 28,918.45 52,192.07
GET per Second 28,669.72 52,383.45
INCR per Second 30,656.04 52,938.06
LPUSH per Second 30,911.90 51,813.47
RPUSH per Second 26,968.72 51,572.98
LPOP per Second 30,618.49 50,968.40
RPOP per Second 31,123.56 50,479.56
SADD per Second 30,358.23 51,308.36
HSET per Second 29,299.74 49,925.11
SPOP per Second 30,627.87 50,890.59
ZADD per Second 30,358.23 50,505.05
ZPOPMIN per Second 31,367.63 50,968.40
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 22,138.59 34,399.72
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 11,909.01 20,016.01
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 7,708.32 14,332.81
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 7,203.57 12,966.80
MSET (10 keys) per Second 30,312.21 49,603.17

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
PING_INLINE1.040.61
PING_MBULK0.960.60
SET1.050.59
GET1.050.59
INCR0.980.59
LPUSH0.980.60
RPUSH1.150.60
LPOP1.000.61
RPOP0.980.61
SADD0.990.60
HSET1.030.62
SPOP0.970.60
ZADD1.000.61
ZPOPMIN0.950.60
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)1.440.91
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)2.621.61
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)3.842.25
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)4.052.52
MSET (10 keys)1.070.67

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

The Vultr Cloud Compute (2 GB) instance outperforms the Cloud Compute (1 GB) in most benchmarks, particularly in Redis SET operations with 52,192 requests per second compared to 28,918 for the lower-tier instance, and in CPU performance with 1,435.42 events per second versus 704.3. For applications prioritizing high throughput and lower latency, especially those with significant database interaction, the 2 GB instance is the better choice due to its superior performance metrics.

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