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

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My friend, I'm so glad you're here! Today I've spun up brand new instance from 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 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 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 01:00:52 GMT Mon, 09 Feb 2026 04:00:52 GMT
Linux Distro Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version 6.8.0-90-generic 6.8.0-90-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 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

CPU

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vendor GenuineIntel GenuineIntel
Model Name Intel Core Processor (Haswell, no TSX, IBRS) Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS)
Clock Speed (MHz) 2,400.00 2,593.94
CPU Cache Size (KB) 16,384.00 16,384.00
BogoMips 4,799.99 5,187.88
Events per Second 815.39 1,074.97
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.05 0.88
Average Latency (ms) 1.23 0.93
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.35 3.44
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.32 1.06

Memory

Memory Read

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Operations per second 4,056,132.83 3,538,923.30
Mebibytes per second 3,961.07 3,455.98
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.93 0.31
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Operations per second 4,076,721.57 3,652,500.05
Mebibytes per second 3,981.17 3,566.89
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.43 0.68
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Reads per Second 2,257.57 3,018.07
Writes per Second 1,505.05 2,011.98
Fsyncs per Second 4,819.34 6,445.37
Read Mebibytes per Second 35.27 47.16
Written Mebibytes per Second 23.52 31.44
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.12 0.09
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.11 63.4
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.29 0.23

Mutex

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms) 2,065.69 1,618.94
Average Latency (ms) 2,071.23 1,624.95
Maximum Latency (ms) 2,077.58 1,633.36
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2,082.91 1,618.78

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 4,753.00 5,645.00
Queries per second 47,530.00 56,450.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.8 1.63
Average Latency (ms) 2.1 1.77
Maximum Latency (ms) 8.07 3.8
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.26 1.93

MySQL Write-only

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 3,987.00 4,767.00
Queries per second 39,870.00 47,670.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.81 1.25
Average Latency (ms) 2.51 2.09
Maximum Latency (ms) 26.15 63.65
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.49 2.91

MySQL Read/Write

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 1,915.00 2,354.00
Queries per second 19,150.00 23,540.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 4.2 3.35
Average Latency (ms) 5.22 4.24
Maximum Latency (ms) 15.46 20.64
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 6.79 5.37

MySQL INSERT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 6,283.00 9,769.00
Queries per second 62,830.00 97,690.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.15 0.65
Average Latency (ms) 1.59 1.02
Maximum Latency (ms) 7.36 8.05
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.14 1.23

MySQL Bulk INSERT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 898,571.00 800,273.00
Queries per second 8,985,710.00 8,002,730.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.01 0.01
Maximum Latency (ms) 643.07 569.83
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 102,823.00 161,980.00
Queries per second 1,028,230.00 1,619,800.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.07 0.05
Average Latency (ms) 0.1 0.06
Maximum Latency (ms) 8.25 7.95
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.13 0.08

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 4,999.00 3,645.00
Queries per second 49,990.00 36,450.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.65 0.96
Average Latency (ms) 2 2.74
Maximum Latency (ms) 7.7 7.03
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.61 3.62

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 6,142.00 2,596.00
Queries per second 61,420.00 25,960.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.5 1.04
Average Latency (ms) 1.63 3.85
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.51 8.08
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.11 5.18

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 6,108.00 9,126.00
Queries per second 61,080.00 91,260.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.99 0.67
Average Latency (ms) 1.64 1.09
Maximum Latency (ms) 7.27 14.15
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.3 1.47

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 6,551.00 8,310.00
Queries per second 65,510.00 83,100.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.98 0.68
Average Latency (ms) 1.53 1.2
Maximum Latency (ms) 7.05 30.89
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.96 1.42

MySQL DELETE

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 40,352.00 80,792.00
Queries per second 403,520.00 807,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.07 0.05
Average Latency (ms) 0.25 0.12
Maximum Latency (ms) 11.03 9.12
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.5 0.32

Redis

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second 37,622.27 37,608.12
PING_MBULK per Second 38,008.36 38,008.36
SET per Second 38,138.82 35,599.86
GET per Second 38,022.81 37,078.23
INCR per Second 37,864.45 37,313.43
LPUSH per Second 37,850.11 36,549.71
RPUSH per Second 36,724.20 37,299.52
LPOP per Second 37,064.49 35,855.14
RPOP per Second 37,133.31 36,886.76
SADD per Second 38,270.19 36,258.16
HSET per Second 38,153.38 36,101.08
SPOP per Second 38,343.56 37,636.43
ZADD per Second 37,383.18 34,965.04
ZPOPMIN per Second 36,656.89 36,416.61
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 22,660.32 15,880.58
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 12,860.08 7,292.88
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 8,591.07 4,703.67
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 7,468.82 3,975.04
MSET (10 keys) per Second 33,955.86 27,716.19

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
PING_INLINE0.880.88
PING_MBULK0.870.86
SET0.880.93
GET0.880.89
INCR0.880.88
LPUSH0.890.90
RPUSH0.910.89
LPOP0.910.93
RPOP0.910.90
SADD0.870.91
HSET0.880.92
SPOP0.870.87
ZADD0.900.95
ZPOPMIN0.900.90
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)1.482.22
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)2.644.74
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)3.967.23
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)4.538.25
MSET (10 keys)1.041.29

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

The Vultr Cloud Compute (1 GB) instance shows impressive performance for basic Redis operations, achieving up to 36,819 requests per second for PING_MBULK and maintaining relatively low latencies across various operations, despite its single CPU core and 1 GB of RAM. In contrast, the Cloud Compute (2 GB) instance, though also performing admirably, shows slightly lower Redis performance metrics but demonstrates better throughput in CPU operations, file I/O, and memory operations, likely due to its slightly more advanced CPU model and double the RAM. Ideal use cases for the 1 GB instance might include lightweight web applications or services requiring frequent Redis interactions, while the 2 GB instance would be better suited for more resource-intensive applications, including those needing higher CPU and memory capacity for complex computations or data processing tasks.

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