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

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Welcome to another round of the VPS Showdown. Today I spun up fresh instances from Vultr and ran some benchmarks. Each instance was running 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 – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:35:06 GMT Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:36:36 GMT
Linux Distro Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version 7.0.0-27-generic 7.0.0-27-generic
MySQL Version 8.4.10-0ubuntu0.26.04.1 8.4.10-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
Redis Version 8.0.5 8.0.5
Location Newark, NJ Newark, NJ
Monthly Price $6.00 $12.00
RAM (GB) 1 2
CPU Cores 1 1
Storage (TB) 32 64
Storage Type NVMe NVMe
Transfer (TB) 1 2

Head-to-head

Category winners from the latest benchmarks.

CategoryWinner
CPU (events/sec)Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Memory (read MiB/s)Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Disk I/O (MiB/s)Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
MySQL (read/write tps)Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Redis (GET/sec)Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Value (CPU events per $/mo)Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB) takes 4 of 6 categories.

CPU

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Vendor GenuineIntel GenuineIntel
Model Name Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX) Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX)
Clock Speed (MHz) 3,791.97 3,792.05
CPU Cache Size (KB) 16,384.00 16,384.00
BogoMips 7,583.94 7,584.10
Events per Second 1,438.92 1,466.74
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.65 0.67
Average Latency (ms) 0.69 0.68
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.33 3.3
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.75 0.72

Memory

Memory Read

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second 7,522,138.15 7,681,495.84
Mebibytes per second 7,345.84 7,501.46
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.56 0.58
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second 7,678,825.83 7,602,534.50
Mebibytes per second 7,498.85 7,424.35
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.27 0.35
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Reads per Second 4,258.17 4,496.60
Writes per Second 2,838.78 2,997.70
Fsyncs per Second 9,093.60 9,593.60
Read Mebibytes per Second 66.53 70.26
Written Mebibytes per Second 44.36 46.84
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.06 0.06
Maximum Latency (ms) 9.54 2.12
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.19 0.18

Mutex

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms) 1,111.88 1,184.90
Average Latency (ms) 1,119.47 1,190.04
Maximum Latency (ms) 1,123.38 1,196.73
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1,129.24 1,191.92

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 10,279.00 9,469.00
Queries per second 102,790.00 94,690.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.9 0.89
Average Latency (ms) 0.97 1.06
Maximum Latency (ms) 11.36 5.85
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.06 2.03

MySQL Write-only

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 10,923.00 10,900.00
Queries per second 109,230.00 109,000.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.66 0.63
Average Latency (ms) 0.91 0.92
Maximum Latency (ms) 14.27 8.97
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.18 1.18

MySQL Read/Write

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 4,879.00 4,779.00
Queries per second 48,790.00 47,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.72 1.69
Average Latency (ms) 2.05 2.09
Maximum Latency (ms) 8.11 7.55
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.35 2.52

MySQL INSERT

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 18,630.00 19,198.00
Queries per second 186,300.00 191,980.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.37 0.37
Average Latency (ms) 0.54 0.52
Maximum Latency (ms) 14.53 4.58
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.69 0.65

MySQL Bulk INSERT

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 1,900,092.00 2,016,592.00
Queries per second 19,000,920.00 20,165,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.01 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 218.46 230.01
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 216,614.00 218,879.00
Queries per second 2,166,140.00 2,188,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.04 0.04
Average Latency (ms) 0.05 0.05
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.96 2
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.06 0.05

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 8,497.00 7,852.00
Queries per second 84,970.00 78,520.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.29 0.41
Average Latency (ms) 1.18 1.27
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.49 3.85
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.5 1.7

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 11,456.00 11,560.00
Queries per second 114,560.00 115,600.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.3 0.29
Average Latency (ms) 0.87 0.86
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.74 3.31
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.12 1.12

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 18,358.00 18,734.00
Queries per second 183,580.00 187,340.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.37 0.38
Average Latency (ms) 0.54 0.53
Maximum Latency (ms) 7.36 4.34
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.72 0.72

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 18,692.00 18,579.00
Queries per second 186,920.00 185,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.37 0.37
Average Latency (ms) 0.53 0.54
Maximum Latency (ms) 9.01 12.7
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.69 0.69

MySQL DELETE

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 158,377.00 154,977.00
Queries per second 1,583,770.00 1,549,770.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.04 0.04
Average Latency (ms) 0.06 0.06
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.24 4.05
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.09 0.09

Redis

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second 54,259.36 54,734.54
PING_MBULK per Second 53,504.55 53,475.94
SET per Second 54,854.64 54,288.82
GET per Second 54,288.82 54,914.88
INCR per Second 54,704.60 55,401.66
LPUSH per Second 53,050.40 53,792.36
RPUSH per Second 53,908.36 54,525.63
LPOP per Second 53,333.33 53,078.56
RPOP per Second 52,521.01 52,631.58
SADD per Second 52,994.17 54,436.58
HSET per Second 52,410.90 53,619.30
SPOP per Second 50,761.42 54,734.54
ZADD per Second 47,528.52 52,659.29
ZPOPMIN per Second 50,075.11 53,561.86
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 32,992.41 36,845.98
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 21,404.11 22,696.32
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 15,762.93 15,885.62
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 13,661.20 13,700.51
MSET (10 keys) per Second 51,519.84 50,968.40

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE0.560.56
PING_MBULK0.560.57
SET0.560.57
GET0.570.56
INCR0.560.56
LPUSH0.580.58
RPUSH0.570.57
LPOP0.580.59
RPOP0.590.59
SADD0.580.57
HSET0.590.58
SPOP0.600.56
ZADD0.650.59
ZPOPMIN0.610.57
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)0.960.84
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)1.521.44
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)2.062.04
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)2.402.35
MSET (10 keys)0.640.64

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

The Vultr High Frequency Intel (2 GB) instance narrowly edges out the Vultr High Frequency Intel (1 GB) instance based on benchmark results in key areas like Redis operations and MySQL bulk insert throughput. The 2 GB instance achieves higher Redis request rates per second (rps) across various commands, and its MySQL bulk insert throughput reaches 199,596 transactions per second (tps) compared to the 1 GB instance's 189,867 tps. Given these performance improvements, the 2 GB instance is better suited for workloads requiring higher RAM and CPU capabilities, such as complex database operations or memory-intensive applications.

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