Vultr Cloud Compute (2 GB) vs. Vultr High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Fresh benchmarks coming at ya. Today I spun up fresh instances from Vultr and ran some benchmarks. Each instance was spun up with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 and were created in the New York area (or close to it). Enough talk. Here's the data.
Overview
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:06:02 GMT
Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:13:32 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
$12.00
RAM (GB)
2
2
CPU Cores
1
1
Storage (TB)
50
50
Storage Type
SSD
NVMe
Transfer (TB)
2
3
Head-to-head
Category winners from the latest benchmarks.
Category
Winner
CPU (events/sec)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Memory (read MiB/s)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Disk I/O (MiB/s)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
MySQL (read/write tps)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Redis (GET/sec)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Value (CPU events per $/mo)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB) takes 6 of 6 categories.
CPU
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Vendor
GenuineIntel
GenuineIntel
Model Name
Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS)
Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
Clock Speed (MHz)
2,593.90
2,893.21
CPU Cache Size (KB)
16,384.00
16,384.00
BogoMips
5,187.80
5,786.41
Events per Second
811.02
1,011.48
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.96
0.89
Average Latency (ms)
1.23
0.99
Maximum Latency (ms)
5.71
2.15
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.61
1.25
Memory
Memory Read
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second
2,932,814.92
5,186,399.33
Mebibytes per second
2,864.08
5,064.84
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
2.06
0.58
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second
3,012,810.64
5,103,338.99
Mebibytes per second
2,942.20
4,983.73
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
2.18
1.94
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Reads per Second
1,720.67
3,831.53
Writes per Second
1,147.11
2,554.36
Fsyncs per Second
3,681.86
8,179.23
Read Mebibytes per Second
26.89
59.87
Written Mebibytes per Second
17.92
39.91
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.15
0.07
Maximum Latency (ms)
13.92
2.28
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.55
0.21
Mutex
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
2,497.94
1,735.94
Average Latency (ms)
2,514.76
1,756.88
Maximum Latency (ms)
2,531.03
1,766.31
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2,539.17
1,771.29
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
4,434.00
8,164.00
Queries per second
44,340.00
81,640.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.67
0.99
Average Latency (ms)
2.25
1.22
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.08
7.57
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.81
1.67
MySQL Write-only
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
3,735.00
10,122.00
Queries per second
37,350.00
101,220.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.39
0.72
Average Latency (ms)
2.67
0.99
Maximum Latency (ms)
23.22
8.81
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.68
1.37
MySQL Read/Write
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
1,945.00
3,490.00
Queries per second
19,450.00
34,900.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
3.65
1.98
Average Latency (ms)
5.13
2.86
Maximum Latency (ms)
12.99
12.95
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
6.79
4.03
MySQL INSERT
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
7,066.00
15,691.00
Queries per second
70,660.00
156,910.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.79
0.42
Average Latency (ms)
1.41
0.63
Maximum Latency (ms)
11.58
6.6
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.96
0.87
MySQL Bulk INSERT
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
669,209.00
1,084,592.00
Queries per second
6,692,090.00
10,845,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.02
0.01
Maximum Latency (ms)
671.55
581.84
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
122,191.00
225,553.00
Queries per second
1,221,910.00
2,255,530.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.05
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.08
0.04
Maximum Latency (ms)
2.56
1.59
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.12
0.07
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
2,672.00
5,528.00
Queries per second
26,720.00
55,280.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.31
0.64
Average Latency (ms)
3.74
1.81
Maximum Latency (ms)
9.71
5.91
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
5.09
2.52
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
2,421.00
7,887.00
Queries per second
24,210.00
78,870.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.47
0.41
Average Latency (ms)
4.13
1.27
Maximum Latency (ms)
8.77
7.06
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
5.88
1.89
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
6,495.00
16,393.00
Queries per second
64,950.00
163,930.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.8
0.42
Average Latency (ms)
1.54
0.61
Maximum Latency (ms)
18.08
5.96
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.22
0.84
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
6,851.00
17,497.00
Queries per second
68,510.00
174,970.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.75
0.4
Average Latency (ms)
1.46
0.57
Maximum Latency (ms)
14.81
4.42
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.03
0.74
MySQL DELETE
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
45,040.00
145,609.00
Queries per second
450,400.00
1,456,090.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.05
0.03
Average Latency (ms)
0.22
0.07
Maximum Latency (ms)
16.88
4.46
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.34
0.12
Redis
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
27,419.80
64,892.93
PING_MBULK per Second
29,069.77
69,108.50
SET per Second
26,476.04
69,735.01
GET per Second
22,988.51
70,821.53
INCR per Second
23,618.33
63,371.36
LPUSH per Second
24,201.36
61,576.36
RPUSH per Second
25,252.53
64,808.82
LPOP per Second
25,568.91
61,842.92
RPOP per Second
25,227.04
61,312.08
SADD per Second
27,472.53
63,411.54
HSET per Second
25,207.96
63,331.22
SPOP per Second
28,320.59
63,371.36
ZADD per Second
26,838.43
63,979.53
ZPOPMIN per Second
27,824.15
65,231.57
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
14,322.54
36,456.43
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
7,071.64
17,639.79
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
4,639.51
11,498.22
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
4,115.40
9,613.54
MSET (10 keys) per Second
23,402.76
54,347.82
Redis Average Latency (ms)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE
1.11
0.49
PING_MBULK
1.04
0.46
SET
1.16
0.46
GET
1.32
0.45
INCR
1.28
0.51
LPUSH
1.27
0.52
RPUSH
1.21
0.50
LPOP
1.21
0.52
RPOP
1.23
0.53
SADD
1.12
0.50
HSET
1.22
0.51
SPOP
1.09
0.50
ZADD
1.16
0.50
ZPOPMIN
1.10
0.49
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
2.14
0.92
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
4.07
1.83
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
6.04
2.82
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
6.75
3.27
MSET (10 keys)
1.58
0.72
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
The High Performance Intel (2 GB) instance from Vultr outperforms the Cloud Compute (2 GB) in almost all benchmarks, especially in Redis benchmarks with significantly higher requests per second (rps) and lower latencies, such as the SET operation with 69735.01 rps compared to 26476.04 rps. Additionally, its MySQL bulk insert benchmark shows a higher transactions per second (tps) at 108353.15, compared to 64434.86. This instance is better suited for CPU-intensive and high-throughput use cases, whereas the Cloud Compute might be more appropriate for budget-conscious users needing less computational power.
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