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Vultr Cloud Compute (1 GB) vs. Vultr High Frequency Intel (2 GB)

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Fresh benchmarks coming at ya. Today I've got brand new instances from Vultr and did some benchmarking. All instances were running Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 and were created in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Let's get into the numbers.

Overview

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:30:37 GMT Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:36:36 GMT
Linux Distro Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version 7.0.0-27-generic 7.0.0-27-generic
MySQL Version 8.4.10-0ubuntu0.26.04.1 8.4.10-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
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.

CategoryWinner
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) 2,394.45 3,792.05
CPU Cache Size (KB) 16,384.00 16,384.00
BogoMips 4,788.90 7,584.10
Events per Second 704.30 1,466.74
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.23 0.67
Average Latency (ms) 1.42 0.68
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.04 3.3
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.73 0.72

Memory

Memory Read

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second 3,595,908.88 7,681,495.84
Mebibytes per second 3,511.63 7,501.46
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.61 0.58
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second 3,455,305.83 7,602,534.50
Mebibytes per second 3,374.32 7,424.35
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.29 0.35
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Reads per Second 1,878.82 4,496.60
Writes per Second 1,252.51 2,997.70
Fsyncs per Second 4,014.75 9,593.60
Read Mebibytes per Second 29.36 70.26
Written Mebibytes per Second 19.57 46.84
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.14 0.06
Maximum Latency (ms) 11.08 2.12
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.4 0.18

Mutex

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms) 2,084.67 1,184.90
Average Latency (ms) 2,093.52 1,190.04
Maximum Latency (ms) 2,098.38 1,196.73
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2,082.91 1,191.92

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 4,684.00 9,469.00
Queries per second 46,840.00 94,690.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.71 0.89
Average Latency (ms) 2.13 1.06
Maximum Latency (ms) 9.23 5.85
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.02 2.03

MySQL Write-only

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 3,785.00 10,900.00
Queries per second 37,850.00 109,000.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.46 0.63
Average Latency (ms) 2.64 0.92
Maximum Latency (ms) 33.7 8.97
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.82 1.18

MySQL Read/Write

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 2,104.00 4,779.00
Queries per second 21,040.00 47,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 3.41 1.69
Average Latency (ms) 4.75 2.09
Maximum Latency (ms) 10.72 7.55
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 6.91 2.52

MySQL INSERT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 7,970.00 19,198.00
Queries per second 79,700.00 191,980.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.8 0.37
Average Latency (ms) 1.25 0.52
Maximum Latency (ms) 22.57 4.58
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.7 0.65

MySQL Bulk INSERT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 734,741.00 2,016,592.00
Queries per second 7,347,410.00 20,165,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.01 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 700.22 230.01
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 107,531.00 218,879.00
Queries per second 1,075,310.00 2,188,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.07 0.04
Average Latency (ms) 0.09 0.05
Maximum Latency (ms) 1.82 2
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.13 0.05

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 3,796.00 7,852.00
Queries per second 37,960.00 78,520.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.93 0.41
Average Latency (ms) 2.63 1.27
Maximum Latency (ms) 7.47 3.85
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.82 1.7

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 5,117.00 11,560.00
Queries per second 51,170.00 115,600.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.67 0.29
Average Latency (ms) 1.95 0.86
Maximum Latency (ms) 5.04 3.31
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.19 1.12

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 7,164.00 18,734.00
Queries per second 71,640.00 187,340.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.82 0.38
Average Latency (ms) 1.39 0.53
Maximum Latency (ms) 28.24 4.34
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.03 0.72

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 7,738.00 18,579.00
Queries per second 77,380.00 185,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.78 0.37
Average Latency (ms) 1.29 0.54
Maximum Latency (ms) 17.75 12.7
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.76 0.69

MySQL DELETE

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 52,919.00 154,977.00
Queries per second 529,190.00 1,549,770.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.07 0.04
Average Latency (ms) 0.19 0.06
Maximum Latency (ms) 26.33 4.05
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.04 0.09

Redis

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second 28,835.06 54,734.54
PING_MBULK per Second 30,778.70 53,475.94
SET per Second 28,918.45 54,288.82
GET per Second 28,669.72 54,914.88
INCR per Second 30,656.04 55,401.66
LPUSH per Second 30,911.90 53,792.36
RPUSH per Second 26,968.72 54,525.63
LPOP per Second 30,618.49 53,078.56
RPOP per Second 31,123.56 52,631.58
SADD per Second 30,358.23 54,436.58
HSET per Second 29,299.74 53,619.30
SPOP per Second 30,627.87 54,734.54
ZADD per Second 30,358.23 52,659.29
ZPOPMIN per Second 31,367.63 53,561.86
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 22,138.59 36,845.98
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 11,909.01 22,696.32
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 7,708.32 15,885.62
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 7,203.57 13,700.51
MSET (10 keys) per Second 30,312.21 50,968.40

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE1.040.56
PING_MBULK0.960.57
SET1.050.57
GET1.050.56
INCR0.980.56
LPUSH0.980.58
RPUSH1.150.57
LPOP1.000.59
RPOP0.980.59
SADD0.990.57
HSET1.030.58
SPOP0.970.56
ZADD1.000.59
ZPOPMIN0.950.57
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)1.440.84
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)2.621.44
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)3.842.04
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)4.052.35
MSET (10 keys)1.070.64

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

The High Frequency Intel (2 GB) instance from Vultr outperforms the Cloud Compute (1 GB) in most benchmarks, driven by higher Redis operations per second and better MySQL throughput. For example, the High Frequency Intel instance achieves 54,734.54 RPS for Redis PING_INLINE compared to the Cloud Compute's 28,835.06 RPS, and it provides 70.26 MB/s read throughput versus Cloud Compute's 29.36 MB/s. This makes the High Frequency Intel ideal for CPU-heavy and memory-intensive workloads, while the Cloud Compute would suit lower resource requirements or more budget-conscious applications.

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