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Vultr Cloud Compute (1 GB) vs. Vultr High Performance AMD (2 GB)

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New day, new benchmarks. Today I've got brand new instances from Vultr and did some benchmarking. Each instance was running Ubuntu 26.04 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 – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:03:03 GMT Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:12:02 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 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-Milan Processor
Clock Speed (MHz) 2,400.00 2,900.00
CPU Cache Size (KB) 16,384.00 512.00
BogoMips 4,799.99 5,800.00
Events per Second 747.20 4,236.14
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.23 0.22
Average Latency (ms) 1.34 0.24
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.19 2.34
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.61 0.26

Memory

Memory Read

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Operations per second 3,468,220.65 7,367,539.15
Mebibytes per second 3,386.93 7,194.86
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.53 0.51
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Operations per second 3,710,866.55 7,232,726.42
Mebibytes per second 3,623.89 7,063.21
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.76 0.81
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Reads per Second 1,891.00 4,910.99
Writes per Second 1,260.60 3,273.99
Fsyncs per Second 4,039.68 10,478.27
Read Mebibytes per Second 29.55 76.73
Written Mebibytes per Second 19.70 51.16
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.14 0.05
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.15 6.86
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.33 0.12

Mutex

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms) 2,212.92 1,266.97
Average Latency (ms) 2,218.18 1,276.36
Maximum Latency (ms) 2,222.25 1,287.38
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2,238.47 1,280.93

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 4,645.00 13,615.00
Queries per second 46,450.00 136,150.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.76 0.67
Average Latency (ms) 2.15 0.73
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.84 2.51
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.97 0.84

MySQL Write-only

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 3,815.00 12,081.00
Queries per second 38,150.00 120,810.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.64 0.64
Average Latency (ms) 2.62 0.83
Maximum Latency (ms) 21.48 9.17
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.55 0.95

MySQL Read/Write

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 1,258.00 5,846.00
Queries per second 12,580.00 58,460.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 3.82 1.42
Average Latency (ms) 7.94 1.71
Maximum Latency (ms) 2585.43 9.83
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 8.58 1.93

MySQL INSERT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 4,318.00 18,517.00
Queries per second 43,180.00 185,170.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.13 0.42
Average Latency (ms) 2.31 0.54
Maximum Latency (ms) 41.5 7.24
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 4.18 0.63

MySQL Bulk INSERT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 800,273.00 2,249,592.00
Queries per second 8,002,730.00 22,495,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.01 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 573.78 194.18
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 99,416.00 360,565.00
Queries per second 994,160.00 3,605,650.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.07 0.02
Average Latency (ms) 0.1 0.03
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.29 0.81
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.15 0.04

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 3,664.00 11,291.00
Queries per second 36,640.00 112,910.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.6 0.22
Average Latency (ms) 2.73 0.88
Maximum Latency (ms) 10.72 2.32
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 4.25 1.14

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 5,031.00 13,877.00
Queries per second 50,310.00 138,770.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.67 0.24
Average Latency (ms) 1.98 0.72
Maximum Latency (ms) 12.72 1.67
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.25 0.94

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 5,894.00 18,476.00
Queries per second 58,940.00 184,760.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.05 0.43
Average Latency (ms) 1.69 0.54
Maximum Latency (ms) 17.67 11.13
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.39 0.64

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 5,867.00 18,856.00
Queries per second 58,670.00 188,560.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.04 0.44
Average Latency (ms) 1.7 0.53
Maximum Latency (ms) 10.56 7.71
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.48 0.61

MySQL DELETE

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second 27,369.00 235,558.00
Queries per second 273,690.00 2,355,580.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.07 0.02
Average Latency (ms) 0.36 0.04
Maximum Latency (ms) 22.97 6.96
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.86 0.07

Redis

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second 29,316.92 46,490.00
PING_MBULK per Second 27,233.12 46,253.47
SET per Second 23,980.81 47,258.98
GET per Second 27,925.16 47,103.16
INCR per Second 29,316.92 47,415.84
LPUSH per Second 26,260.50 47,961.63
RPUSH per Second 27,292.58 47,573.74
LPOP per Second 28,810.14 45,766.59
RPOP per Second 27,517.89 47,869.79
SADD per Second 28,776.98 47,528.52
HSET per Second 28,490.03 47,460.84
SPOP per Second 25,746.65 46,360.68
ZADD per Second 27,987.69 47,869.79
ZPOPMIN per Second 28,176.95 47,619.05
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 20,345.88 37,693.18
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 10,920.61 23,980.81
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 7,457.12 17,208.74
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 7,261.64 16,358.58
MSET (10 keys) per Second 29,188.56 47,236.65

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
PING_INLINE1.040.66
PING_MBULK1.100.65
SET1.290.66
GET1.080.66
INCR1.030.66
LPUSH1.170.66
RPUSH1.120.66
LPOP1.070.69
RPOP1.110.66
SADD1.050.65
HSET1.070.66
SPOP1.180.66
ZADD1.090.66
ZPOPMIN1.070.65
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)1.570.84
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)2.841.35
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)3.991.78
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)4.071.89
MSET (10 keys)1.150.71

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

The High Performance AMD (2 GB) instance from Vultr performs significantly better across all benchmark metrics, especially in CPU performance and memory operations, showing higher rates of events per second and higher throughput compared to the Cloud Compute (1 GB) instance. The AMD instance achieved a remarkable 4236.14 events per second in CPU benchmarks and delivered 76.73 MiB per second in read throughput, compared to the Cloud Compute instance's 747.2 events per second and 29.55 MiB per second in read throughput. This instance is optimal for use cases requiring high CPU and memory performance, such as high-load web servers or intensive data processing tasks.

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