Vultr High Frequency Intel (1 GB) vs. Vultr High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Same showdown, different day. Today I've got brand new instances from Vultr and did some benchmarking. Each instance was running Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 and were created in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Without further ado, here's the results.
Overview
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:35:06 GMT
Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:36 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
50
Storage Type
NVMe
NVMe
Transfer (TB)
1
3
Head-to-head
Category winners from the latest benchmarks.
Category
Winner
CPU (events/sec)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Memory (read MiB/s)
Tie
Disk I/O (MiB/s)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
MySQL (read/write tps)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Redis (GET/sec)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Value (CPU events per $/mo)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) takes 3 of 6 categories.
CPU
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Vendor
GenuineIntel
AuthenticAMD
Model Name
Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX)
AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor
Clock Speed (MHz)
3,791.97
2,899.98
CPU Cache Size (KB)
16,384.00
1,024.00
BogoMips
7,583.94
5,799.96
Events per Second
1,438.92
4,293.15
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.65
0.22
Average Latency (ms)
0.69
0.23
Maximum Latency (ms)
4.33
2.33
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.75
0.24
Memory
Memory Read
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Operations per second
7,522,138.15
7,457,004.06
Mebibytes per second
7,345.84
7,282.23
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.56
2.17
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Operations per second
7,678,825.83
7,502,263.36
Mebibytes per second
7,498.85
7,326.43
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.27
0.28
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Reads per Second
4,258.17
3,916.21
Writes per Second
2,838.78
2,610.81
Fsyncs per Second
9,093.60
8,364.68
Read Mebibytes per Second
66.53
61.19
Written Mebibytes per Second
44.36
40.79
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.06
0.07
Maximum Latency (ms)
9.54
5.02
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.19
0.19
Mutex
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
1,111.88
1,237.81
Average Latency (ms)
1,119.47
1,242.33
Maximum Latency (ms)
1,123.38
1,247.99
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1,129.24
1,258.08
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
10,279.00
14,686.00
Queries per second
102,790.00
146,860.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.9
0.65
Average Latency (ms)
0.97
0.68
Maximum Latency (ms)
11.36
4.21
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.06
0.72
MySQL Write-only
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
10,923.00
12,995.00
Queries per second
109,230.00
129,950.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.66
0.63
Average Latency (ms)
0.91
0.77
Maximum Latency (ms)
14.27
7.62
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.18
0.89
MySQL Read/Write
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
4,879.00
6,399.00
Queries per second
48,790.00
63,990.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.72
1.38
Average Latency (ms)
2.05
1.56
Maximum Latency (ms)
8.11
12.47
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.35
1.73
MySQL INSERT
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
18,630.00
20,372.00
Queries per second
186,300.00
203,720.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.37
0.43
Average Latency (ms)
0.54
0.49
Maximum Latency (ms)
14.53
2.44
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.69
0.58
MySQL Bulk INSERT
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
1,900,092.00
2,482,592.00
Queries per second
19,000,920.00
24,825,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.01
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
218.46
190.53
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
216,614.00
387,870.00
Queries per second
2,166,140.00
3,878,700.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.04
0.02
Average Latency (ms)
0.05
0.03
Maximum Latency (ms)
4.96
0.88
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.06
0.03
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
8,497.00
11,757.00
Queries per second
84,970.00
117,570.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.29
0.24
Average Latency (ms)
1.18
0.85
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.49
3.03
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.5
1.08
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
11,456.00
14,693.00
Queries per second
114,560.00
146,930.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.3
0.22
Average Latency (ms)
0.87
0.68
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.74
1.93
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.12
0.87
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
18,358.00
19,964.00
Queries per second
183,580.00
199,640.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.37
0.43
Average Latency (ms)
0.54
0.5
Maximum Latency (ms)
7.36
13.81
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.72
0.59
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
18,692.00
20,341.00
Queries per second
186,920.00
203,410.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.37
0.41
Average Latency (ms)
0.53
0.49
Maximum Latency (ms)
9.01
3.29
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.69
0.58
MySQL DELETE
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
158,377.00
267,422.00
Queries per second
1,583,770.00
2,674,220.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.04
0.02
Average Latency (ms)
0.06
0.04
Maximum Latency (ms)
4.24
7.11
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.09
0.05
Redis
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
54,259.36
48,756.70
PING_MBULK per Second
53,504.55
48,402.71
SET per Second
54,854.64
49,164.21
GET per Second
54,288.82
49,091.80
INCR per Second
54,704.60
49,091.80
LPUSH per Second
53,050.40
48,923.68
RPUSH per Second
53,908.36
48,828.12
LPOP per Second
53,333.33
48,947.62
RPOP per Second
52,521.01
48,804.29
SADD per Second
52,994.17
48,971.59
HSET per Second
52,410.90
49,140.05
SPOP per Second
50,761.42
48,685.49
ZADD per Second
47,528.52
48,661.80
ZPOPMIN per Second
50,075.11
48,875.86
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
32,992.41
38,491.14
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
21,404.11
25,568.91
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
15,762.93
18,345.26
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
13,661.20
16,567.26
MSET (10 keys) per Second
51,519.84
48,426.15
Redis Average Latency (ms)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB)
PING_INLINE
0.56
0.63
PING_MBULK
0.56
0.62
SET
0.56
0.64
GET
0.57
0.63
INCR
0.56
0.63
LPUSH
0.58
0.63
RPUSH
0.57
0.63
LPOP
0.58
0.64
RPOP
0.59
0.64
SADD
0.58
0.63
HSET
0.59
0.63
SPOP
0.60
0.63
ZADD
0.65
0.64
ZPOPMIN
0.61
0.63
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
0.96
0.82
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
1.52
1.29
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
2.06
1.65
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
2.40
1.90
MSET (10 keys)
0.64
0.69
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
The Vultr High Performance AMD instance outperforms the High Frequency Intel instance across key benchmarks. Specifically, the AMD instance demonstrates higher Redis RPS across various commands and superior MySQL bulk insert TPS, which are critical for performance-sensitive applications. For users prioritizing high throughput and low latency, especially for CPU-intensive tasks, the AMD instance is the better choice despite its higher cost.
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