Vultr Cloud Compute (1 GB) vs. Vultr High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Welcome to another round of the VPS Showdown. Today I've got brand new instances from Vultr to run some benchmarks on. All instances were spun up with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 and were created in the New York area (or close to it). Enough talk. Here's the data.
Overview
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:03:03 GMT
Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:09:02 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
$12.00
RAM (GB)
1
2
CPU Cores
1
1
Storage (TB)
25
64
Storage Type
SSD
NVMe
Transfer (TB)
1
2
Head-to-head
Category winners from the latest benchmarks.
Category
Winner
CPU (events/sec)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Memory (read MiB/s)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Disk I/O (MiB/s)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
MySQL (read/write tps)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Redis (GET/sec)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Value (CPU events per $/mo)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB) takes 5 of 6 categories.
CPU
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Vendor
GenuineIntel
GenuineIntel
Model Name
Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, no TSX, IBRS)
Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX)
Clock Speed (MHz)
2,400.00
3,792.05
CPU Cache Size (KB)
16,384.00
16,384.00
BogoMips
4,799.99
7,584.10
Events per Second
747.20
1,433.50
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.23
0.67
Average Latency (ms)
1.34
0.7
Maximum Latency (ms)
4.19
3.42
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.61
0.73
Memory
Memory Read
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second
3,468,220.65
6,381,196.95
Mebibytes per second
3,386.93
6,231.64
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
2.53
0.38
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second
3,710,866.55
7,590,256.83
Mebibytes per second
3,623.89
7,412.36
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.76
0.75
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Reads per Second
1,891.00
4,797.61
Writes per Second
1,260.60
3,198.41
Fsyncs per Second
4,039.68
10,240.61
Read Mebibytes per Second
29.55
74.96
Written Mebibytes per Second
19.70
49.98
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.14
0.05
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.15
19.53
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.33
0.15
Mutex
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
2,212.92
1,120.95
Average Latency (ms)
2,218.18
1,127.36
Maximum Latency (ms)
2,222.25
1,132.28
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2,238.47
1,129.24
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
4,645.00
10,238.00
Queries per second
46,450.00
102,380.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.76
0.9
Average Latency (ms)
2.15
0.98
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.84
2.33
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.97
1.06
MySQL Write-only
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
3,815.00
12,564.00
Queries per second
38,150.00
125,640.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.64
0.65
Average Latency (ms)
2.62
0.79
Maximum Latency (ms)
21.48
8.86
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.55
0.97
MySQL Read/Write
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
1,258.00
5,279.00
Queries per second
12,580.00
52,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
3.82
1.64
Average Latency (ms)
7.94
1.89
Maximum Latency (ms)
2585.43
4.39
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
8.58
2.22
MySQL INSERT
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
4,318.00
22,126.00
Queries per second
43,180.00
221,260.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.13
0.37
Average Latency (ms)
2.31
0.45
Maximum Latency (ms)
41.5
2.84
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
4.18
0.53
MySQL Bulk INSERT
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
800,273.00
1,958,342.00
Queries per second
8,002,730.00
19,583,420.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.01
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
573.78
207.7
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
99,416.00
216,335.00
Queries per second
994,160.00
2,163,350.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.07
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.1
0.05
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.29
1.11
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.15
0.06
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
3,664.00
8,316.00
Queries per second
36,640.00
83,160.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.6
0.4
Average Latency (ms)
2.73
1.2
Maximum Latency (ms)
10.72
3.62
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
4.25
1.55
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
5,031.00
11,393.00
Queries per second
50,310.00
113,930.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.67
0.24
Average Latency (ms)
1.98
0.88
Maximum Latency (ms)
12.72
2.81
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.25
1.12
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
5,894.00
20,610.00
Queries per second
58,940.00
206,100.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.05
0.36
Average Latency (ms)
1.69
0.48
Maximum Latency (ms)
17.67
4.53
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.39
0.65
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
5,867.00
22,150.00
Queries per second
58,670.00
221,500.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.04
0.37
Average Latency (ms)
1.7
0.45
Maximum Latency (ms)
10.56
9.44
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.48
0.54
MySQL DELETE
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
27,369.00
162,113.00
Queries per second
273,690.00
1,621,130.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.07
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.36
0.06
Maximum Latency (ms)
22.97
4.22
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.86
0.09
Redis
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
29,316.92
50,327.12
PING_MBULK per Second
27,233.12
52,002.08
SET per Second
23,980.81
52,966.10
GET per Second
27,925.16
53,022.27
INCR per Second
29,316.92
53,219.80
LPUSH per Second
26,260.50
52,273.91
RPUSH per Second
27,292.58
52,056.22
LPOP per Second
28,810.14
51,679.59
RPOP per Second
27,517.89
50,890.59
SADD per Second
28,776.98
49,603.17
HSET per Second
28,490.03
51,466.80
SPOP per Second
25,746.65
53,134.96
ZADD per Second
27,987.69
51,948.05
ZPOPMIN per Second
28,176.95
52,742.62
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
20,345.88
36,832.41
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
10,920.61
22,041.00
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
7,457.12
15,622.56
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
7,261.64
13,980.15
MSET (10 keys) per Second
29,188.56
50,025.02
Redis Average Latency (ms)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE
1.04
0.61
PING_MBULK
1.10
0.58
SET
1.29
0.59
GET
1.08
0.58
INCR
1.03
0.59
LPUSH
1.17
0.60
RPUSH
1.12
0.60
LPOP
1.07
0.60
RPOP
1.11
0.61
SADD
1.05
0.62
HSET
1.07
0.60
SPOP
1.18
0.58
ZADD
1.09
0.60
ZPOPMIN
1.07
0.59
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
1.57
0.85
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
2.84
1.48
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
3.99
2.02
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
4.07
2.37
MSET (10 keys)
1.15
0.66
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
The Vultr High Frequency Intel (2 GB) instance decisively outperforms the Cloud Compute (1 GB) in most benchmarks, particularly in Redis operations where it achieves significantly higher requests per second, for example, the SET operation reaches 52966.1 rps compared to the Cloud Compute's 23980.81 rps. For CPU-intensive tasks, the High Frequency Intel instance also leads, showcasing 1433.5 events per second versus the Cloud Compute's 747.2. This performance advantage makes the High Frequency Intel instance ideal for applications requiring high CPU and memory throughput, whereas the Cloud Compute would better suit more budget-conscious users needing lower specifications.
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