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

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Same showdown, different day. Today I've spun up some brand new instance from Vultr and ran some benchmarks. All instances were running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and all resided in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Enough talk. Here's the data.

Overview

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked Mon, 12 Jan 2026 01:00:52 GMT Mon, 12 Jan 2026 05:00:51 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 8.0.44-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 8.0.44-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
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 2,593.90
CPU Cache Size (KB) 16,384.00 16,384.00
BogoMips 4,799.99 5,187.79
Events per Second 805.88 918.93
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.02 0.89
Average Latency (ms) 1.24 1.09
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.6 4.31
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.37 1.39

Memory

Memory Read

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Operations per second 4,121,312.27 3,131,236.30
Mebibytes per second 4,024.72 3,057.85
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.95 1.16
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Operations per second 4,116,548.02 3,233,842.60
Mebibytes per second 4,020.07 3,158.05
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.71 0.82
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Reads per Second 2,171.48 2,170.20
Writes per Second 1,447.66 1,446.80
Fsyncs per Second 4,641.45 4,639.94
Read Mebibytes per Second 33.93 33.91
Written Mebibytes per Second 22.62 22.61
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.12 0.12
Maximum Latency (ms) 14.98 10.23
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.31 0.39

Mutex

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms) 1,925.48 2,247.43
Average Latency (ms) 1,936.26 2,315.45
Maximum Latency (ms) 1,944.23 2,351.95
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1,938.16 2,362.72

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 4,956.00 4,168.00
Queries per second 49,560.00 41,680.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.69 1.64
Average Latency (ms) 2.02 2.39
Maximum Latency (ms) 9.9 6.75
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.22 3.07

MySQL Write-only

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 3,781.00 3,934.00
Queries per second 37,810.00 39,340.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.88 1.36
Average Latency (ms) 2.64 2.54
Maximum Latency (ms) 13.55 11.55
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.55 3.62

MySQL Read/Write

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 1,808.00 1,636.00
Queries per second 18,080.00 16,360.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 4.32 3.75
Average Latency (ms) 5.53 6.11
Maximum Latency (ms) 105.61 17.57
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 6.67 8.13

MySQL INSERT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 5,179.00 6,379.00
Queries per second 51,790.00 63,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.23 0.97
Average Latency (ms) 1.93 1.56
Maximum Latency (ms) 76.05 6.98
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.91 2.22

MySQL Bulk INSERT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 931,337.00 603,677.00
Queries per second 9,313,370.00 6,036,770.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.01 0.02
Maximum Latency (ms) 684.82 737.04
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 101,002.00 141,357.00
Queries per second 1,010,020.00 1,413,570.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.07 0.05
Average Latency (ms) 0.1 0.07
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.9 1.92
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.14 0.11

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 5,061.00 3,305.00
Queries per second 50,610.00 33,050.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.21 1.16
Average Latency (ms) 1.97 3.02
Maximum Latency (ms) 7.53 12.95
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.61 4.25

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 6,208.00 2,530.00
Queries per second 62,080.00 25,300.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.58 1.04
Average Latency (ms) 1.61 3.95
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.89 7.33
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.07 5.47

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 5,746.00 5,724.00
Queries per second 57,460.00 57,240.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.14 0.91
Average Latency (ms) 1.74 1.74
Maximum Latency (ms) 108.49 6.21
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.35 2.57

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 5,723.00 6,368.00
Queries per second 57,230.00 63,680.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.2 0.86
Average Latency (ms) 1.75 1.57
Maximum Latency (ms) 52.39 13.64
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.35 2.18

MySQL DELETE

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Transactions per second 34,076.00 45,880.00
Queries per second 340,760.00 458,800.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.07 0.05
Average Latency (ms) 0.29 0.22
Maximum Latency (ms) 44.14 6.41
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.7 1.44

Redis

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second 36,873.16 31,347.96
PING_MBULK per Second 39,062.50 31,084.86
SET per Second 37,650.61 27,739.25
GET per Second 37,327.36 27,548.21
INCR per Second 37,693.18 29,779.63
LPUSH per Second 36,153.29 27,693.16
RPUSH per Second 33,990.48 30,816.64
LPOP per Second 36,523.01 28,885.04
RPOP per Second 36,496.35 28,368.79
SADD per Second 36,913.99 31,756.11
HSET per Second 36,968.58 31,123.56
SPOP per Second 37,678.97 31,715.82
ZADD per Second 35,561.88 29,437.74
ZPOPMIN per Second 33,288.95 28,951.94
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 25,081.52 13,024.23
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 13,152.70 5,921.36
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 9,051.41 3,883.34
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 7,717.24 3,313.12
MSET (10 keys) per Second 34,867.50 25,000.00

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
PING_INLINE0.921.02
PING_MBULK0.871.02
SET0.901.15
GET0.911.14
INCR0.901.07
LPUSH0.941.15
RPUSH1.021.04
LPOP0.941.11
RPOP0.941.13
SADD0.931.01
HSET0.931.03
SPOP0.911.01
ZADD0.961.09
ZPOPMIN0.991.09
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)1.362.66
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)2.595.76
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)3.798.42
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)4.419.76
MSET (10 keys)1.021.42

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

In comparing the two Vultr instances, the Cloud Compute (1 GB) shows higher raw performance in most benchmarks, particularly in Redis operations, achieving up to 39,062.5 requests per second for inline pings and handling around 37,650.61 SET operations per second. The Cloud Compute (2 GB), however, features a more substantial RAM capacity and a slightly more advanced CPU model, resulting in more stable latency and better throughput in file I/O and memory operations. Given these metrics, the 1 GB instance excels in CPU-intensive, memory-bound workloads that can utilize a single core efficiently, whereas the 2 GB instance is more suited for tasks requiring higher RAM capacity and better file I/O performance, making it ideal for database-heavy and I/O-intensive applications.

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