How much does Vultr Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores) cost per month?

Vultr Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores) is $20.00/mo and includes 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB SSD of storage, and 3 TB of transfer.

How much does Vultr High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) cost per month?

Vultr High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) is $18.00/mo and includes 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe of storage, and 4 TB of transfer.

What are the specs of Vultr Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores)?

Vultr Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores) has 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB SSD of storage, and 3 TB of monthly transfer for $20.00/mo.

Vultr Cloud Compute 4 GB, 2 Cores ($20/mo) vs. Vultr High Performance AMD 2 GB, 2 Cores ($18/mo) Benchmarks

Welcome to another round of the VPS Showdown. Today I've spun up brand new instance from Vultr and did some benchmarking. Each instance was running Ubuntu 24.04 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 (4 GB, 2 Cores)	Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
Last Benchmarked	Sat, 30 May 2026 05:00:52 GMT	Sun, 31 May 2026 07:00:52 GMT
Linux Distro	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version	6.8.0-117-generic	6.8.0-117-generic
MySQL Version	8.0.45-0ubuntu0.24.04.1	8.0.45-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
Redis Version	7.0.15	7.0.15
Location	Newark, NJ	Newark, NJ
Monthly Price	$20.00	$18.00
RAM (GB)	4	2
CPU Cores	2	2
Storage (TB)	80	60
Storage Type	SSD	NVMe
Transfer (TB)	3	4

CPU

	Vultr – Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores)	Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
Vendor	GenuineIntel	AuthenticAMD
Model Name	Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX)	AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor
Clock Speed (MHz)	3,792.00	2,899.99
CPU Cache Size (KB)	16,384.00	1,024.00
BogoMips	7,583.99	5,799.98
Events per Second	1,581.00	4,648.14
Minimum Latency (ms)	0.62	0.2
Average Latency (ms)	0.63	0.21
Maximum Latency (ms)	1.25	1.26
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	0.67	0.23

Memory Read

	Vultr – Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores)	Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
Operations per second	7,740,670.12	7,548,502.85
Mebibytes per second	7,559.25	7,371.58
Minimum Latency (ms)	0	0
Average Latency (ms)	0	0
Maximum Latency (ms)	0.08	0.08
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	0	0

Memory Write

	Vultr – Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores)	Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
Operations per second	7,498,489.66	7,544,807.09
Mebibytes per second	7,322.74	7,367.98
Minimum Latency (ms)	0	0
Average Latency (ms)	0	0
Maximum Latency (ms)	0.24	0.12
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	0	0

File I/O

	Vultr – Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores)	Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
Reads per Second	7,862.01	5,114.79
Writes per Second	5,241.34	3,409.86
Fsyncs per Second	16,779.39	10,914.44
Read Mebibytes per Second	122.84	79.92
Written Mebibytes per Second	81.90	53.28
Minimum Latency (ms)	0	0
Average Latency (ms)	0.03	0.05
Maximum Latency (ms)	2.28	3.7
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	0.12	0.12

Mutex

	Vultr – Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores)	Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
Minimum Latency (ms)	520.27	574.03
Average Latency (ms)	548.31	637.47
Maximum Latency (ms)	569.21	663.74
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	569.67	657.93

MySQL Read-only

	Vultr – Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores)	Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second	10,390.00	9,622.00
Queries per second	103,900.00	96,220.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	0.87	0.73
Average Latency (ms)	0.96	1.04
Maximum Latency (ms)	2.8	2.22
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	1.06	1.12

MySQL Write-only

	Vultr – Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores)	Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second	10,176.00	9,585.00
Queries per second	101,760.00	95,850.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	0.66	0.8
Average Latency (ms)	0.98	1.04
Maximum Latency (ms)	2.82	2.18
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	1.27	1.32

MySQL Read/Write

	Vultr – Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores)	Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second	4,990.00	4,686.00
Queries per second	49,900.00	46,860.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	1.6	1.57
Average Latency (ms)	2	2.13
Maximum Latency (ms)	3.19	4.26
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	2.3	2.52

MySQL INSERT

	Vultr – Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores)	Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second	16,211.00	15,965.00
Queries per second	162,110.00	159,650.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	0.37	0.45
Average Latency (ms)	0.62	0.62
Maximum Latency (ms)	16.01	2.23
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	0.83	0.74

MySQL Bulk INSERT

	Vultr – Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores)	Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second	2,395,217.00	3,065,092.00
Queries per second	23,952,170.00	30,650,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	0	0
Average Latency (ms)	0	0
Maximum Latency (ms)	207.28	208.51
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	0	0

MySQL SELECT

	Vultr – Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores)	Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second	229,866.00	217,035.00
Queries per second	2,298,660.00	2,170,350.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	0.03	0.02
Average Latency (ms)	0.04	0.05
Maximum Latency (ms)	0.68	0.61
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	0.06	0.06

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

	Vultr – Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores)	Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second	11,703.00	14,818.00
Queries per second	117,030.00	148,180.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	0.26	0.24
Average Latency (ms)	0.85	0.67
Maximum Latency (ms)	2.08	1.94
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	1.1	0.86

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

	Vultr – Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores)	Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second	10,274.00	14,341.00
Queries per second	102,740.00	143,410.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	0.32	0.27
Average Latency (ms)	0.97	0.7
Maximum Latency (ms)	2.94	1.67
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	1.25	0.89

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

	Vultr – Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores)	Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second	16,308.00	14,864.00
Queries per second	163,080.00	148,640.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	0.39	0.47
Average Latency (ms)	0.61	0.67
Maximum Latency (ms)	1.69	2.36
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	0.81	0.87

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

	Vultr – Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores)	Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second	16,200.00	15,284.00
Queries per second	162,000.00	152,840.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	0.38	0.46
Average Latency (ms)	0.62	0.65
Maximum Latency (ms)	1.95	1.65
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	0.83	0.83

MySQL DELETE

	Vultr – Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores)	Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second	151,265.00	151,536.00
Queries per second	1,512,650.00	1,515,360.00
Minimum Latency (ms)	0.03	0.02
Average Latency (ms)	0.07	0.07
Maximum Latency (ms)	1.91	4.83
95th Percentile Latency (ms)	0.08	0.08

Redis

	Vultr – Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores)	Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
PING_INLINE per Second	87,642.41	55,991.04
PING_MBULK per Second	88,105.73	57,903.88
SET per Second	89,206.06	57,703.40
GET per Second	88,028.16	57,703.40
INCR per Second	90,497.73	57,372.34
LPUSH per Second	90,909.09	57,836.90
RPUSH per Second	90,909.09	58,173.36
LPOP per Second	89,847.26	58,343.06
RPOP per Second	89,605.73	58,343.06
SADD per Second	88,809.95	58,241.12
HSET per Second	90,334.23	58,858.15
SPOP per Second	90,090.09	58,892.82
ZADD per Second	91,240.88	57,504.31
ZPOPMIN per Second	90,415.91	57,870.37
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second	66,755.67	49,236.83
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second	35,435.86	34,818.94
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second	24,937.65	26,766.60
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second	22,831.05	24,207.21
MSET (10 keys) per Second	90,991.81	58,548.01

Redis Average Latency (ms)

	Vultr – Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores)	Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
PING_INLINE	0.30	0.48
PING_MBULK	0.29	0.44
SET	0.29	0.45
GET	0.29	0.45
INCR	0.29	0.45
LPUSH	0.29	0.44
RPUSH	0.28	0.44
LPOP	0.29	0.44
RPOP	0.29	0.44
SADD	0.29	0.44
HSET	0.29	0.44
SPOP	0.29	0.44
ZADD	0.28	0.45
ZPOPMIN	0.29	0.44
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)	0.39	0.53
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)	0.73	0.74
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)	1.03	0.95
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)	1.12	1.05
MSET (10 keys)	0.29	0.44

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

Comparing the two Vultr instances, the Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores) outperforms in most metrics with higher RPS rates, lower latencies, and better throughput across CPU, memory, file I/O, and database operations. The High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) lags slightly behind, with fewer RAM and cores, which affects its performance in complex tasks and larger data handling scenarios. While the AMD instance excels in certain aspects like mutex operations and has NVMe support, the Cloud Compute instance's superior overall performance makes it more suitable for CPU-intensive, I/O-heavy workloads and general-purpose computing tasks where higher RAM and better throughput are beneficial. For developers needing robust and efficient performance, the Cloud Compute instance is recommended.

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Vultr Cloud Compute (4 GB, 2 Cores) vs. Vultr High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)