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

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Welcome to another round of the VPS Showdown. Today I spun up fresh instances from Vultr and ran my world famous suite of benchmarking scripts. Each instance was running Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 and were created in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Enough talk. Here's the data.

Overview

Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:06:02 GMT Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:07:32 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 $10.00 $6.00
RAM (GB) 2 1
CPU Cores 1 1
Storage (TB) 50 32
Storage Type SSD NVMe
Transfer (TB) 2 1

Head-to-head

Category winners from the latest benchmarks.

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

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

CPU

Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vendor GenuineIntel GenuineIntel
Model Name Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS) Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX)
Clock Speed (MHz) 2,593.90 3,792.05
CPU Cache Size (KB) 16,384.00 16,384.00
BogoMips 5,187.80 7,584.09
Events per Second 811.02 1,436.31
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.96 0.67
Average Latency (ms) 1.23 0.7
Maximum Latency (ms) 5.71 2.3
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.61 0.74

Memory

Memory Read

Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Operations per second 2,932,814.92 7,256,990.82
Mebibytes per second 2,864.08 7,086.91
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.06 0.25
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Operations per second 3,012,810.64 7,404,343.90
Mebibytes per second 2,942.20 7,230.80
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.18 0.55
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Reads per Second 1,720.67 4,611.83
Writes per Second 1,147.11 3,074.55
Fsyncs per Second 3,681.86 9,847.36
Read Mebibytes per Second 26.89 72.06
Written Mebibytes per Second 17.92 48.04
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.15 0.06
Maximum Latency (ms) 13.92 15.14
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.55 0.15

Mutex

Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms) 2,497.94 1,126.89
Average Latency (ms) 2,514.76 1,134.74
Maximum Latency (ms) 2,531.03 1,139.62
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2,539.17 1,149.76

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 4,434.00 9,766.00
Queries per second 44,340.00 97,660.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.67 0.94
Average Latency (ms) 2.25 1.02
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.08 5.44
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.81 1.16

MySQL Write-only

Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 3,735.00 12,445.00
Queries per second 37,350.00 124,450.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.39 0.62
Average Latency (ms) 2.67 0.8
Maximum Latency (ms) 23.22 9.27
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.68 1.08

MySQL Read/Write

Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 1,945.00 5,049.00
Queries per second 19,450.00 50,490.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 3.65 1.67
Average Latency (ms) 5.13 1.98
Maximum Latency (ms) 12.99 9.4
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 6.79 2.43

MySQL INSERT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 7,066.00 21,580.00
Queries per second 70,660.00 215,800.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.79 0.36
Average Latency (ms) 1.41 0.46
Maximum Latency (ms) 11.58 4.92
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.96 0.56

MySQL Bulk INSERT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 669,209.00 1,900,092.00
Queries per second 6,692,090.00 19,000,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.02 0.01
Maximum Latency (ms) 671.55 240.35
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 122,191.00 210,450.00
Queries per second 1,221,910.00 2,104,500.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.05 0.04
Average Latency (ms) 0.08 0.05
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.56 0.97
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.12 0.06

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 2,672.00 8,142.00
Queries per second 26,720.00 81,420.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.31 0.37
Average Latency (ms) 3.74 1.23
Maximum Latency (ms) 9.71 3.35
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 5.09 1.86

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 2,421.00 11,378.00
Queries per second 24,210.00 113,780.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.47 0.29
Average Latency (ms) 4.13 0.88
Maximum Latency (ms) 8.77 6.18
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 5.88 1.14

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 6,495.00 21,383.00
Queries per second 64,950.00 213,830.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.8 0.37
Average Latency (ms) 1.54 0.47
Maximum Latency (ms) 18.08 4.39
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.22 0.62

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 6,851.00 21,598.00
Queries per second 68,510.00 215,980.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.75 0.36
Average Latency (ms) 1.46 0.46
Maximum Latency (ms) 14.81 11.24
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.03 0.62

MySQL DELETE

Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second 45,040.00 156,197.00
Queries per second 450,400.00 1,561,970.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.05 0.04
Average Latency (ms) 0.22 0.06
Maximum Latency (ms) 16.88 5.53
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.34 0.1

Redis

Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second 27,419.80 51,098.62
PING_MBULK per Second 29,069.77 50,890.59
SET per Second 26,476.04 50,632.91
GET per Second 22,988.51 50,813.01
INCR per Second 23,618.33 50,632.91
LPUSH per Second 24,201.36 50,942.43
RPUSH per Second 25,252.53 51,020.41
LPOP per Second 25,568.91 51,229.51
RPOP per Second 25,227.04 51,493.30
SADD per Second 27,472.53 51,840.33
HSET per Second 25,207.96 52,301.26
SPOP per Second 28,320.59 52,410.90
ZADD per Second 26,838.43 51,921.08
ZPOPMIN per Second 27,824.15 51,948.05
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 14,322.54 35,410.77
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 7,071.64 20,881.19
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 4,639.51 15,010.51
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 4,115.40 12,975.22
MSET (10 keys) per Second 23,402.76 49,701.79

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
PING_INLINE1.110.60
PING_MBULK1.040.59
SET1.160.60
GET1.320.60
INCR1.280.60
LPUSH1.270.60
RPUSH1.210.60
LPOP1.210.60
RPOP1.230.60
SADD1.120.59
HSET1.220.59
SPOP1.090.59
ZADD1.160.60
ZPOPMIN1.100.59
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)2.140.89
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)4.071.54
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)6.042.16
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)6.752.42
MSET (10 keys)1.580.66

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

The Vultr Cloud Compute (2 GB) instance benchmarks better in CPU and memory operations, outperforming the High Frequency Intel (1 GB) in Redis operations with higher requests per second and lower latencies, as well as in MySQL bulk insert tests with a throughput of 64434.86 TPS compared to 188840.73 TPS. The Cloud Compute instance also excels in memory operations with significantly higher read and write operations per second, making it better suited for CPU-heavy and memory-intensive tasks, while the High Frequency instance shows better I/O performance.

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