Vultr Cloud Compute (1 GB) vs. Vultr Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Fresh benchmarks coming at ya. 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 all resided in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Let's get into the numbers.
Overview
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) | Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Last Benchmarked | Thu, 21 May 2026 23:00:52 GMT | Sat, 23 May 2026 11:00:52 GMT |
| Linux Distro | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 |
| Kernel Version | 6.8.0-117-generic | 6.8.0-117-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 | $40.00 |
| RAM (GB) | 1 | 8 |
| CPU Cores | 1 | 4 |
| Storage (TB) | 25 | 160 |
| Storage Type | SSD | SSD |
| Transfer (TB) | 1 | 4 |
CPU
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) | Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | GenuineIntel | GenuineIntel |
| Model Name | Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, no TSX, IBRS) | Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS) |
| Clock Speed (MHz) | 2,394.45 | 2,593.90 |
| CPU Cache Size (KB) | 16,384.00 | 16,384.00 |
| BogoMips | 4,788.90 | 5,187.80 |
| Events per Second | 859.04 | 1,100.82 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.14 | 0.88 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.16 | 0.91 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 2.42 | 1.56 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.25 | 0.97 |
Memory
Memory Read
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) | Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 4,179,696.98 | 3,685,781.23 |
| Mebibytes per second | 4,081.74 | 3,599.40 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 0.23 | 1.03 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
Memory Write
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) | Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 4,151,553.00 | 3,590,629.63 |
| Mebibytes per second | 4,054.25 | 3,506.47 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 0.59 | 1.16 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
File I/O
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) | Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Reads per Second | 2,403.90 | 4,999.39 |
| Writes per Second | 1,602.60 | 3,332.93 |
| Fsyncs per Second | 5,132.41 | 10,670.47 |
| Read Mebibytes per Second | 37.56 | 78.12 |
| Written Mebibytes per Second | 25.04 | 52.08 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.11 | 0.05 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 3.04 | 37.52 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.32 | 0.18 |
Mutex
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) | Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 2,066.64 | 369.37 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2,071.43 | 416.22 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 2,075.26 | 441.77 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2,082.91 | 442.73 |
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) | Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 5,409.00 | 5,144.00 |
| Queries per second | 54,090.00 | 51,440.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.74 | 1.72 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.85 | 1.94 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 13.71 | 7.67 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2 | 2.35 |
MySQL Write-only
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) | Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 4,997.00 | 5,108.00 |
| Queries per second | 49,970.00 | 51,080.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.47 | 1.15 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2 | 1.96 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 10.54 | 12.52 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.61 | 2.71 |
MySQL Read/Write
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) | Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 2,422.00 | 2,247.00 |
| Queries per second | 24,220.00 | 22,470.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 3.55 | 3.08 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 4.13 | 4.45 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 12.42 | 29.7 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 4.82 | 5.28 |
MySQL INSERT
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) | Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 9,166.00 | 7,630.00 |
| Queries per second | 91,660.00 | 76,300.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.71 | 0.71 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.09 | 1.31 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 6.03 | 29.81 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.39 | 1.55 |
MySQL Bulk INSERT
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) | Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 937,763.00 | 898,571.00 |
| Queries per second | 9,377,630.00 | 8,985,710.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 661.15 | 505.86 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
MySQL SELECT
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) | Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 117,346.00 | 149,465.00 |
| Queries per second | 1,173,460.00 | 1,494,650.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.07 | 0.05 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.08 | 0.07 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 7.11 | 1.22 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.11 | 0.09 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) | Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 5,731.00 | 4,249.00 |
| Queries per second | 57,310.00 | 42,490.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.62 | 0.83 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.74 | 2.35 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 6.81 | 6.6 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.18 | 3.02 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) | Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 6,416.00 | 2,637.00 |
| Queries per second | 64,160.00 | 26,370.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.47 | 0.94 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.56 | 3.79 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 4.83 | 6.3 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2 | 5.09 |
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) | Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 8,258.00 | 7,166.00 |
| Queries per second | 82,580.00 | 71,660.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.72 | 0.7 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.21 | 1.39 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 35.33 | 28.84 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.79 | 1.79 |
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) | Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 8,930.00 | 7,661.00 |
| Queries per second | 89,300.00 | 76,610.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.71 | 0.7 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.12 | 1.3 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 20.29 | 33.97 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.39 | 1.58 |
MySQL DELETE
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) | Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 50,174.00 | 69,690.00 |
| Queries per second | 501,740.00 | 696,900.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.07 | 0.05 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.2 | 0.14 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 18.49 | 27.73 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.1 | 0.87 |
Redis
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) | Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE per Second | 36,643.46 | 54,436.58 |
| PING_MBULK per Second | 37,230.08 | 48,828.12 |
| SET per Second | 36,724.20 | 51,572.98 |
| GET per Second | 36,982.25 | 48,239.27 |
| INCR per Second | 36,941.26 | 52,328.62 |
| LPUSH per Second | 36,483.04 | 45,454.54 |
| RPUSH per Second | 37,091.99 | 49,751.24 |
| LPOP per Second | 36,643.46 | 53,390.28 |
| RPOP per Second | 36,764.71 | 53,648.07 |
| SADD per Second | 37,523.45 | 48,285.85 |
| HSET per Second | 36,995.93 | 51,493.30 |
| SPOP per Second | 37,565.74 | 52,910.05 |
| ZADD per Second | 37,009.62 | 53,504.55 |
| ZPOPMIN per Second | 34,916.20 | 53,590.57 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second | 23,557.13 | 28,645.09 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second | 12,960.08 | 13,131.98 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second | 9,176.00 | 8,529.51 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second | 7,776.65 | 7,479.99 |
| MSET (10 keys) per Second | 31,017.37 | 49,212.60 |
Redis Average Latency (ms)
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) | Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE | 0.89 | 0.47 |
| PING_MBULK | 0.88 | 0.53 |
| SET | 0.90 | 0.50 |
| GET | 0.89 | 0.54 |
| INCR | 0.89 | 0.49 |
| LPUSH | 0.91 | 0.58 |
| RPUSH | 0.89 | 0.52 |
| LPOP | 0.91 | 0.49 |
| RPOP | 0.90 | 0.48 |
| SADD | 0.88 | 0.54 |
| HSET | 0.89 | 0.53 |
| SPOP | 0.87 | 0.49 |
| ZADD | 0.90 | 0.48 |
| ZPOPMIN | 0.96 | 0.48 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) | 1.40 | 0.91 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) | 2.57 | 1.94 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) | 3.74 | 3.00 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) | 4.36 | 3.43 |
| MSET (10 keys) | 1.09 | 0.77 |
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
Comparing the Vultr Cloud Compute (1 GB) and Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) instances, the 8 GB instance shows significantly better performance across the board, especially in CPU-intensive tasks, memory operations, and file I/O, with substantially higher RPS rates and lower latencies for Redis benchmarks. The higher RAM and CPU count enable it to handle complex operations and larger datasets more efficiently. The 1 GB instance, while capable, is more suited to lighter tasks due to its limited resources. For users requiring substantial computational power, memory bandwidth, and I/O throughput, the 8 GB instance is the clear choice, whereas the 1 GB instance may be better for simpler applications or as a cost-effective solution for minimal workloads.
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