Vultr Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) vs. Vultr High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Fresh benchmarks coming at ya. Today I've spun up some brand new instance from Vultr and ran some benchmarks. Each instance was spun up with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and were created in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Without further ado, here's the results.
Overview
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Last Benchmarked | Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:00:52 GMT | Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:00:52 GMT |
| Linux Distro | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 |
| Kernel Version | 6.8.0-107-generic | 6.8.0-107-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 | $40.00 | $24.00 |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 4 |
| CPU Cores | 4 | 2 |
| Storage (TB) | 160 | 100 |
| Storage Type | SSD | NVMe |
| Transfer (TB) | 4 | 5 |
CPU
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | GenuineIntel | AuthenticAMD |
| Model Name | Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS) | AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor |
| Clock Speed (MHz) | 2,593.90 | 3,250.02 |
| CPU Cache Size (KB) | 16,384.00 | 1,024.00 |
| BogoMips | 5,187.80 | 6,500.03 |
| Events per Second | 1,034.72 | 4,139.70 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.88 | 0.22 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.96 | 0.24 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 4.17 | 2.3 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.18 | 0.27 |
Memory
Memory Read
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 3,899,848.11 | 6,384,949.59 |
| Mebibytes per second | 3,808.45 | 6,235.30 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 1.16 | 1.06 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
Memory Write
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 3,892,215.48 | 6,463,195.23 |
| Mebibytes per second | 3,800.99 | 6,311.71 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 1.22 | 0.65 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
File I/O
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Reads per Second | 3,639.96 | 6,410.78 |
| Writes per Second | 2,426.64 | 4,273.85 |
| Fsyncs per Second | 7,775.52 | 13,688.92 |
| Read Mebibytes per Second | 56.87 | 100.17 |
| Written Mebibytes per Second | 37.92 | 66.78 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.07 | 0.04 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 27.8 | 12.76 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.24 | 0.14 |
Mutex
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 297.90 | 829.08 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 459.99 | 880.59 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 530.08 | 921.34 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 530.08 | 926.33 |
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 4,685.00 | 8,493.00 |
| Queries per second | 46,850.00 | 84,930.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.28 | 0.86 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.13 | 1.18 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 6.82 | 3.6 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.81 | 1.47 |
MySQL Write-only
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 4,112.00 | 7,390.00 |
| Queries per second | 41,120.00 | 73,900.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.29 | 0.85 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.43 | 1.35 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 11.97 | 7.03 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 3.25 | 1.86 |
MySQL Read/Write
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 1,644.00 | 3,730.00 |
| Queries per second | 16,440.00 | 37,300.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 3.45 | 1.79 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 6.08 | 2.68 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 41.14 | 19.46 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 8.43 | 3.43 |
MySQL INSERT
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 5,109.00 | 11,228.00 |
| Queries per second | 51,090.00 | 112,280.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.85 | 0.46 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.95 | 0.89 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 30.24 | 10.08 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.57 | 1.23 |
MySQL Bulk INSERT
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 964,103.00 | 2,133,092.00 |
| Queries per second | 9,641,030.00 | 21,330,920.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.01 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 571.85 | 269.3 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
MySQL SELECT
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 126,707.00 | 175,252.00 |
| Queries per second | 1,267,070.00 | 1,752,520.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.08 | 0.06 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 2.86 | 1.58 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.11 | 0.09 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 4,348.00 | 11,692.00 |
| Queries per second | 43,480.00 | 116,920.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.57 | 0.26 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.29 | 0.85 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 8.96 | 4.23 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 3.36 | 1.27 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 3,809.00 | 10,810.00 |
| Queries per second | 38,090.00 | 108,100.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.71 | 0.19 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.62 | 0.92 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 10.56 | 5.82 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 4.74 | 1.37 |
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 5,588.00 | 10,619.00 |
| Queries per second | 55,880.00 | 106,190.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.95 | 0.5 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.79 | 0.94 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 24.03 | 6.61 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.52 | 1.32 |
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 5,653.00 | 9,811.00 |
| Queries per second | 56,530.00 | 98,110.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.03 | 0.5 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.77 | 1.02 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 14.17 | 14.97 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.52 | 1.52 |
MySQL DELETE
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 36,427.00 | 103,619.00 |
| Queries per second | 364,270.00 | 1,036,190.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.27 | 0.1 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 32.09 | 12.74 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.58 | 0.17 |
Redis
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE per Second | 46,296.29 | 56,401.58 |
| PING_MBULK per Second | 47,281.32 | 66,006.60 |
| SET per Second | 47,846.89 | 67,980.97 |
| GET per Second | 47,483.38 | 67,934.78 |
| INCR per Second | 46,468.40 | 65,061.81 |
| LPUSH per Second | 48,638.13 | 65,919.58 |
| RPUSH per Second | 45,126.35 | 64,432.99 |
| LPOP per Second | 42,517.01 | 58,139.54 |
| RPOP per Second | 46,750.82 | 67,613.25 |
| SADD per Second | 45,977.01 | 55,617.35 |
| HSET per Second | 45,808.52 | 56,753.69 |
| SPOP per Second | 43,630.02 | 55,096.42 |
| ZADD per Second | 46,598.32 | 54,824.56 |
| ZPOPMIN per Second | 46,641.79 | 55,834.73 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second | 26,281.21 | 48,285.85 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second | 13,104.44 | 28,034.76 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second | 8,483.20 | 21,968.37 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second | 7,532.39 | 19,538.88 |
| MSET (10 keys) per Second | 46,253.47 | 56,497.18 |
Redis Average Latency (ms)
| Vultr – Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE | 0.57 | 0.48 |
| PING_MBULK | 0.55 | 0.39 |
| SET | 0.55 | 0.39 |
| GET | 0.55 | 0.39 |
| INCR | 0.58 | 0.40 |
| LPUSH | 0.55 | 0.39 |
| RPUSH | 0.58 | 0.40 |
| LPOP | 0.62 | 0.46 |
| RPOP | 0.58 | 0.39 |
| SADD | 0.57 | 0.47 |
| HSET | 0.57 | 0.47 |
| SPOP | 0.59 | 0.48 |
| ZADD | 0.56 | 0.48 |
| ZPOPMIN | 0.56 | 0.47 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) | 1.07 | 0.61 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) | 2.29 | 1.01 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) | 3.68 | 1.27 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) | 4.28 | 1.41 |
| MSET (10 keys) | 0.70 | 0.48 |
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
After analyzing the benchmark results for both Vultr instances, it's clear that the Cloud Compute (8 GB, 4 Cores) excels in memory operations, Redis performance, and overall CPU tasks, likely due to the higher number of cores and larger RAM. However, the High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores) instance, while having fewer resources, shines in terms of raw CPU speed, better thread fairness in file I/O operations, and superior Redis performance, probably because of its AMD EPYC processor. For developers needing high memory throughput and CPU efficiency for complex tasks, the Cloud Compute instance is optimal. Conversely, if a project prioritizes faster raw CPU performance, especially for single-threaded applications, or requires lower latency in file I/O, the High Performance AMD instance might be more suitable.
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