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Vultr Cloud Compute (1 GB) vs. Vultr High Performance AMD (2 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 spun up with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 and were created in the New York area (or close to it). Without further ado, here's the results.

Overview

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:03:02 GMT Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:12:02 GMT
Linux Distro Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version 7.0.0-28-generic 7.0.0-28-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 50
Storage Type SSD NVMe
Transfer (TB) 1 3

Head-to-head

Category winners from the latest benchmarks.

CategoryWinner
CPU (events/sec)Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Memory (read MiB/s)Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Disk I/O (MiB/s)Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
MySQL (read/write tps)Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Redis (GET/sec)Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Value (CPU events per $/mo)Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)

Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) takes 6 of 6 categories.

CPU

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Vendor GenuineIntel AuthenticAMD
Model Name Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, no TSX, IBRS) AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor
Clock Speed (MHz) 2,400.00 2,900.00
CPU Cache Size (KB) 16,384.00 1,024.00
BogoMips 4,799.99 5,800.00
Events per Second 763.23 4,289.74
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.11 0.22
Average Latency (ms) 1.31 0.23
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.63 3.69
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.44 0.25

Memory

Memory Read

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Operations per second 3,905,870.09 7,477,695.15
Mebibytes per second 3,814.33 7,302.44
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.72 0.24
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Operations per second 3,886,921.83 7,480,195.03
Mebibytes per second 3,795.82 7,304.88
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.73 0.26
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Reads per Second 1,890.03 3,878.89
Writes per Second 1,259.95 2,585.89
Fsyncs per Second 4,040.16 8,276.45
Read Mebibytes per Second 29.53 60.61
Written Mebibytes per Second 19.69 40.40
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.14 0.07
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.59 2.04
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.35 0.19

Mutex

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms) 2,141.87 1,267.92
Average Latency (ms) 2,158.92 1,275.63
Maximum Latency (ms) 2,165.16 1,281.79
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2,159.29 1,280.93

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 5,168.00 14,172.00
Queries per second 51,680.00 141,720.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.65 0.64
Average Latency (ms) 1.93 0.7
Maximum Latency (ms) 12.8 3.22
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.22 0.78

MySQL Write-only

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 3,072.00 12,730.00
Queries per second 30,720.00 127,300.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.58 0.62
Average Latency (ms) 3.71 0.78
Maximum Latency (ms) 3416.63 4.66
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.07 0.94

MySQL Read/Write

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 2,195.00 6,314.00
Queries per second 21,950.00 63,140.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 3.59 1.39
Average Latency (ms) 4.55 1.58
Maximum Latency (ms) 11.62 7.43
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 5.28 1.76

MySQL INSERT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 6,793.00 20,594.00
Queries per second 67,930.00 205,940.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.03 0.39
Average Latency (ms) 1.47 0.48
Maximum Latency (ms) 42.94 3.1
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.89 0.57

MySQL Bulk INSERT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 931,337.00 2,395,217.00
Queries per second 9,313,370.00 23,952,170.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.01 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 595.92 192.09
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 112,159.00 364,617.00
Queries per second 1,121,590.00 3,646,170.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.07 0.02
Average Latency (ms) 0.09 0.03
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.1 0.91
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.13 0.04

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 4,115.00 11,020.00
Queries per second 41,150.00 110,200.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.76 0.31
Average Latency (ms) 2.43 0.91
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.44 3.29
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.25 1.18

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 5,698.00 14,569.00
Queries per second 56,980.00 145,690.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.65 0.22
Average Latency (ms) 1.75 0.69
Maximum Latency (ms) 5.36 2.01
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.35 0.89

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 6,594.00 19,450.00
Queries per second 65,940.00 194,500.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1 0.42
Average Latency (ms) 1.51 0.51
Maximum Latency (ms) 26.54 10.16
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.07 0.61

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 6,477.00 19,900.00
Queries per second 64,770.00 199,000.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.02 0.4
Average Latency (ms) 1.54 0.5
Maximum Latency (ms) 33.4 10.32
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.18 0.59

MySQL DELETE

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 48,339.00 265,546.00
Queries per second 483,390.00 2,655,460.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.06 0.02
Average Latency (ms) 0.21 0.04
Maximum Latency (ms) 22.17 2.58
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.34 0.06

Redis

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second 33,288.95 48,146.37
PING_MBULK per Second 33,704.08 47,460.84
SET per Second 33,456.00 49,140.05
GET per Second 32,010.24 48,332.53
INCR per Second 30,147.72 47,080.98
LPUSH per Second 28,232.64 48,449.61
RPUSH per Second 32,552.08 47,961.63
LPOP per Second 32,414.91 46,794.57
RPOP per Second 32,195.75 47,103.16
SADD per Second 32,278.89 47,984.64
HSET per Second 32,776.14 47,961.63
SPOP per Second 30,147.72 46,838.41
ZADD per Second 25,412.96 48,947.62
ZPOPMIN per Second 25,920.17 47,619.05
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 19,098.55 38,226.30
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 11,506.16 24,906.60
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 7,970.67 18,073.38
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 7,017.05 16,404.20
MSET (10 keys) per Second 30,165.91 48,262.55

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
PING_INLINE0.920.63
PING_MBULK0.900.63
SET0.920.63
GET0.940.62
INCR1.010.65
LPUSH1.080.64
RPUSH0.940.65
LPOP0.950.68
RPOP0.960.66
SADD0.940.64
HSET0.930.65
SPOP1.010.64
ZADD1.210.64
ZPOPMIN1.160.63
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)1.650.82
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)2.641.30
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)3.641.69
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)4.121.95
MSET (10 keys)1.100.69

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

The Vultr High Performance AMD (2 GB) instance decisively outperforms the Vultr Cloud Compute (1 GB) instance, particularly in CPU benchmarks where it achieves a significant 4289.74 events per second compared to the 763.23 of its lower-spec counterpart, underscoring its superior performance in compute-intensive tasks. This instance is ideal for CPU-heavy applications, such as complex computations, intensive data processing, and high-performance server workloads, where the enhanced processing power translates to better overall system efficiency and responsiveness.

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