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Vultr Cloud Compute (1 GB) vs. Vultr High Frequency Intel (1 GB)

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Welcome to another round of the VPS Showdown. Today I've got brand new instances from Vultr and ran some benchmarks. All instances were running Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 and were created in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Time to see who showed up today.

Overview

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:03:03 GMT Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:07:32 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 $6.00
RAM (GB) 1 1
CPU Cores 1 1
Storage (TB) 25 32
Storage Type SSD NVMe
Transfer (TB) 1 1

Head-to-head

Category winners from the latest benchmarks.

CategoryWinner
CPU (events/sec)Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Memory (read MiB/s)Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Disk I/O (MiB/s)Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
MySQL (read/write tps)Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Redis (GET/sec)Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Value (CPU events per $/mo)Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) takes 6 of 6 categories.

CPU

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vendor GenuineIntel GenuineIntel
Model Name Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, no TSX, IBRS) Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX)
Clock Speed (MHz) 2,400.00 3,792.05
CPU Cache Size (KB) 16,384.00 16,384.00
BogoMips 4,799.99 7,584.09
Events per Second 747.20 1,436.31
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.23 0.67
Average Latency (ms) 1.34 0.7
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.19 2.3
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.61 0.74

Memory

Memory Read

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Operations per second 3,468,220.65 7,256,990.82
Mebibytes per second 3,386.93 7,086.91
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.53 0.25
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Operations per second 3,710,866.55 7,404,343.90
Mebibytes per second 3,623.89 7,230.80
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.76 0.55
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Reads per Second 1,891.00 4,611.83
Writes per Second 1,260.60 3,074.55
Fsyncs per Second 4,039.68 9,847.36
Read Mebibytes per Second 29.55 72.06
Written Mebibytes per Second 19.70 48.04
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.14 0.06
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.15 15.14
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.33 0.15

Mutex

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms) 2,212.92 1,126.89
Average Latency (ms) 2,218.18 1,134.74
Maximum Latency (ms) 2,222.25 1,139.62
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2,238.47 1,149.76

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 4,645.00 9,766.00
Queries per second 46,450.00 97,660.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.76 0.94
Average Latency (ms) 2.15 1.02
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.84 5.44
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.97 1.16

MySQL Write-only

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 3,815.00 12,445.00
Queries per second 38,150.00 124,450.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.64 0.62
Average Latency (ms) 2.62 0.8
Maximum Latency (ms) 21.48 9.27
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.55 1.08

MySQL Read/Write

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 1,258.00 5,049.00
Queries per second 12,580.00 50,490.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 3.82 1.67
Average Latency (ms) 7.94 1.98
Maximum Latency (ms) 2585.43 9.4
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 8.58 2.43

MySQL INSERT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 4,318.00 21,580.00
Queries per second 43,180.00 215,800.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.13 0.36
Average Latency (ms) 2.31 0.46
Maximum Latency (ms) 41.5 4.92
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 4.18 0.56

MySQL Bulk INSERT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 800,273.00 1,900,092.00
Queries per second 8,002,730.00 19,000,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.01 0.01
Maximum Latency (ms) 573.78 240.35
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 99,416.00 210,450.00
Queries per second 994,160.00 2,104,500.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.07 0.04
Average Latency (ms) 0.1 0.05
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.29 0.97
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.15 0.06

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 3,664.00 8,142.00
Queries per second 36,640.00 81,420.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.6 0.37
Average Latency (ms) 2.73 1.23
Maximum Latency (ms) 10.72 3.35
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 4.25 1.86

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 5,031.00 11,378.00
Queries per second 50,310.00 113,780.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.67 0.29
Average Latency (ms) 1.98 0.88
Maximum Latency (ms) 12.72 6.18
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.25 1.14

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 5,894.00 21,383.00
Queries per second 58,940.00 213,830.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.05 0.37
Average Latency (ms) 1.69 0.47
Maximum Latency (ms) 17.67 4.39
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.39 0.62

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 5,867.00 21,598.00
Queries per second 58,670.00 215,980.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.04 0.36
Average Latency (ms) 1.7 0.46
Maximum Latency (ms) 10.56 11.24
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.48 0.62

MySQL DELETE

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 27,369.00 156,197.00
Queries per second 273,690.00 1,561,970.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.07 0.04
Average Latency (ms) 0.36 0.06
Maximum Latency (ms) 22.97 5.53
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.86 0.1

Redis

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second 29,316.92 51,098.62
PING_MBULK per Second 27,233.12 50,890.59
SET per Second 23,980.81 50,632.91
GET per Second 27,925.16 50,813.01
INCR per Second 29,316.92 50,632.91
LPUSH per Second 26,260.50 50,942.43
RPUSH per Second 27,292.58 51,020.41
LPOP per Second 28,810.14 51,229.51
RPOP per Second 27,517.89 51,493.30
SADD per Second 28,776.98 51,840.33
HSET per Second 28,490.03 52,301.26
SPOP per Second 25,746.65 52,410.90
ZADD per Second 27,987.69 51,921.08
ZPOPMIN per Second 28,176.95 51,948.05
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 20,345.88 35,410.77
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 10,920.61 20,881.19
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 7,457.12 15,010.51
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 7,261.64 12,975.22
MSET (10 keys) per Second 29,188.56 49,701.79

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
PING_INLINE1.040.60
PING_MBULK1.100.59
SET1.290.60
GET1.080.60
INCR1.030.60
LPUSH1.170.60
RPUSH1.120.60
LPOP1.070.60
RPOP1.110.60
SADD1.050.59
HSET1.070.59
SPOP1.180.59
ZADD1.090.60
ZPOPMIN1.070.59
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)1.570.89
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)2.841.54
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)3.992.16
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)4.072.42
MSET (10 keys)1.150.66

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

The Vultr High Frequency Intel (1 GB) instance outperforms the Cloud Compute (1 GB) in most benchmarks, especially in CPU-intensive tasks where it registers significantly higher rates per second in Redis operations like PING_INLINE (51,098.62 RPS vs 29,316.92 RPS) and SET (50,632.91 RPS vs 23,980.81 RPS). It also excels in MySQL bulk insert operations with a TPS of 188,840.73 compared to 79,241.38. Despite similar memory and file IO performance, the High Frequency instance is ideal for CPU-heavy and high-transaction workloads, while the Cloud Compute may be more suited for budget-conscious users needing basic performance.

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