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

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Same showdown, different day. Today I spun up fresh instances from Vultr and ran some benchmarks. Each instance was running Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 and all resided in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Without further ado, here's the results.

Overview

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:03:03 GMT Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:12:47 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 25
Storage Type SSD NVMe
Transfer (TB) 1 2

Head-to-head

Category winners from the latest benchmarks.

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

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

CPU

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Vendor GenuineIntel GenuineIntel
Model Name Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, no TSX, IBRS) Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
Clock Speed (MHz) 2,400.00 2,893.21
CPU Cache Size (KB) 16,384.00 16,384.00
BogoMips 4,799.99 5,786.41
Events per Second 747.20 996.04
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.23 0.9
Average Latency (ms) 1.34 1
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.19 2.28
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.61 1.23

Memory

Memory Read

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Operations per second 3,468,220.65 5,033,336.75
Mebibytes per second 3,386.93 4,915.37
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.53 2.35
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Operations per second 3,710,866.55 4,974,126.38
Mebibytes per second 3,623.89 4,857.55
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.76 2.06
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Reads per Second 1,891.00 3,864.86
Writes per Second 1,260.60 2,576.57
Fsyncs per Second 4,039.68 8,249.51
Read Mebibytes per Second 29.55 60.39
Written Mebibytes per Second 19.70 40.26
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.14 0.07
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.15 9.72
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.33 0.2

Mutex

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms) 2,212.92 1,702.68
Average Latency (ms) 2,218.18 1,717.74
Maximum Latency (ms) 2,222.25 1,727.27
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2,238.47 1,739.68

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 4,645.00 8,943.00
Queries per second 46,450.00 89,430.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.76 0.96
Average Latency (ms) 2.15 1.12
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.84 3.78
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.97 1.64

MySQL Write-only

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 3,815.00 9,273.00
Queries per second 38,150.00 92,730.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.64 0.74
Average Latency (ms) 2.62 1.08
Maximum Latency (ms) 21.48 9.47
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.55 1.52

MySQL Read/Write

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 1,258.00 3,689.00
Queries per second 12,580.00 36,890.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 3.82 1.93
Average Latency (ms) 7.94 2.71
Maximum Latency (ms) 2585.43 12.82
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 8.58 3.62

MySQL INSERT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 4,318.00 16,491.00
Queries per second 43,180.00 164,910.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.13 0.42
Average Latency (ms) 2.31 0.6
Maximum Latency (ms) 41.5 5.12
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 4.18 0.8

MySQL Bulk INSERT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 800,273.00 1,142,842.00
Queries per second 8,002,730.00 11,428,420.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.01 0.01
Maximum Latency (ms) 573.78 468.26
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 99,416.00 244,994.00
Queries per second 994,160.00 2,449,940.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.07 0.03
Average Latency (ms) 0.1 0.04
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.29 2.32
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.15 0.06

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 3,664.00 5,118.00
Queries per second 36,640.00 51,180.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.6 0.56
Average Latency (ms) 2.73 1.95
Maximum Latency (ms) 10.72 10.93
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 4.25 3.19

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 5,031.00 7,171.00
Queries per second 50,310.00 71,710.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.67 0.47
Average Latency (ms) 1.98 1.39
Maximum Latency (ms) 12.72 6.2
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.25 2.52

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 5,894.00 16,059.00
Queries per second 58,940.00 160,590.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.05 0.42
Average Latency (ms) 1.69 0.62
Maximum Latency (ms) 17.67 7.27
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.39 0.9

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 5,867.00 17,224.00
Queries per second 58,670.00 172,240.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.04 0.41
Average Latency (ms) 1.7 0.58
Maximum Latency (ms) 10.56 6.78
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.48 0.74

MySQL DELETE

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 27,369.00 153,176.00
Queries per second 273,690.00 1,531,760.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.07 0.03
Average Latency (ms) 0.36 0.06
Maximum Latency (ms) 22.97 4.21
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.86 0.11

Redis

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second 29,316.92 63,331.22
PING_MBULK per Second 27,233.12 66,357.00
SET per Second 23,980.81 64,020.48
GET per Second 27,925.16 65,789.48
INCR per Second 29,316.92 62,814.07
LPUSH per Second 26,260.50 64,557.78
RPUSH per Second 27,292.58 62,972.29
LPOP per Second 28,810.14 63,816.21
RPOP per Second 27,517.89 59,382.42
SADD per Second 28,776.98 61,842.92
HSET per Second 28,490.03 61,162.08
SPOP per Second 25,746.65 63,251.11
ZADD per Second 27,987.69 62,617.41
ZPOPMIN per Second 28,176.95 63,211.12
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 20,345.88 35,997.12
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 10,920.61 17,528.48
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 7,457.12 11,993.28
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 7,261.64 9,791.44
MSET (10 keys) per Second 29,188.56 54,377.38

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
PING_INLINE1.040.50
PING_MBULK1.100.47
SET1.290.50
GET1.080.48
INCR1.030.51
LPUSH1.170.50
RPUSH1.120.51
LPOP1.070.50
RPOP1.110.55
SADD1.050.52
HSET1.070.53
SPOP1.180.50
ZADD1.090.51
ZPOPMIN1.070.50
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)1.570.92
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)2.841.84
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)3.992.74
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)4.073.24
MSET (10 keys)1.150.74

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

The High Performance Intel (1 GB) instance from Vultr outperforms the Cloud Compute (1 GB) in nearly all benchmarks, with significantly higher Redis RPS metrics, such as the PING_INLINE achieving 63,331 RPS compared to 29,317 RPS, and superior MySQL bulk insert throughput at 112,791 TPS versus 79,241 TPS. This makes the High Performance Intel instance better suited for CPU-intensive workloads and high concurrency environments, despite a slightly higher monthly cost.

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