Vultr High Frequency Intel (1 GB) vs. Vultr High Performance Intel (2 GB)
New day, new benchmarks. 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 – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:35:06 GMT
Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:41:06 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 Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Memory (read MiB/s)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Disk I/O (MiB/s)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
MySQL (read/write tps)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Redis (GET/sec)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Value (CPU events per $/mo)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB) takes 5 of 6 categories.
CPU
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Vendor
GenuineIntel
GenuineIntel
Model Name
Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX)
Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
Clock Speed (MHz)
3,791.97
2,893.17
CPU Cache Size (KB)
16,384.00
16,384.00
BogoMips
7,583.94
5,786.33
Events per Second
1,438.92
1,021.39
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.65
0.89
Average Latency (ms)
0.69
0.98
Maximum Latency (ms)
4.33
2.88
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.75
1.12
Memory
Memory Read
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second
7,522,138.15
4,986,398.08
Mebibytes per second
7,345.84
4,869.53
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.56
0.86
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second
7,678,825.83
5,001,584.28
Mebibytes per second
7,498.85
4,884.36
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.27
0.71
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Reads per Second
4,258.17
5,577.48
Writes per Second
2,838.78
3,718.32
Fsyncs per Second
9,093.60
11,911.32
Read Mebibytes per Second
66.53
87.15
Written Mebibytes per Second
44.36
58.10
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.06
0.05
Maximum Latency (ms)
9.54
5.29
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.19
0.15
Mutex
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
1,111.88
1,709.06
Average Latency (ms)
1,119.47
1,721.94
Maximum Latency (ms)
1,123.38
1,728.31
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1,129.24
1,739.68
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
10,279.00
7,873.00
Queries per second
102,790.00
78,730.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.9
1.05
Average Latency (ms)
0.97
1.27
Maximum Latency (ms)
11.36
3.75
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.06
1.55
MySQL Write-only
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
10,923.00
9,331.00
Queries per second
109,230.00
93,310.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.66
0.77
Average Latency (ms)
0.91
1.07
Maximum Latency (ms)
14.27
6.46
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.18
1.47
MySQL Read/Write
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
4,879.00
3,770.00
Queries per second
48,790.00
37,700.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.72
2.02
Average Latency (ms)
2.05
2.65
Maximum Latency (ms)
8.11
13.8
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.35
3.3
MySQL INSERT
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
18,630.00
16,828.00
Queries per second
186,300.00
168,280.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.37
0.43
Average Latency (ms)
0.54
0.59
Maximum Latency (ms)
14.53
3.44
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.69
0.78
MySQL Bulk INSERT
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
1,900,092.00
1,201,092.00
Queries per second
19,000,920.00
12,010,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.01
0.01
Maximum Latency (ms)
218.46
343.87
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
216,614.00
197,771.00
Queries per second
2,166,140.00
1,977,710.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.04
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.05
0.05
Maximum Latency (ms)
4.96
2.68
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.06
0.08
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
8,497.00
5,632.00
Queries per second
84,970.00
56,320.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.29
0.64
Average Latency (ms)
1.18
1.77
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.49
5.59
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.5
2.35
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
11,456.00
7,779.00
Queries per second
114,560.00
77,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.3
0.41
Average Latency (ms)
0.87
1.28
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.74
3.5
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.12
1.73
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
18,358.00
17,005.00
Queries per second
183,580.00
170,050.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.37
0.43
Average Latency (ms)
0.54
0.59
Maximum Latency (ms)
7.36
4.03
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.72
0.81
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
18,692.00
17,369.00
Queries per second
186,920.00
173,690.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.37
0.42
Average Latency (ms)
0.53
0.57
Maximum Latency (ms)
9.01
3.59
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.69
0.75
MySQL DELETE
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
158,377.00
137,403.00
Queries per second
1,583,770.00
1,374,030.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.04
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.06
0.07
Maximum Latency (ms)
4.24
1.75
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.09
0.14
Redis
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
54,259.36
44,563.28
PING_MBULK per Second
53,504.55
44,014.08
SET per Second
54,854.64
44,782.80
GET per Second
54,288.82
43,440.48
INCR per Second
54,704.60
42,553.19
LPUSH per Second
53,050.40
44,702.73
RPUSH per Second
53,908.36
44,014.08
LPOP per Second
53,333.33
42,863.27
RPOP per Second
52,521.01
43,047.79
SADD per Second
52,994.17
44,345.89
HSET per Second
52,410.90
43,917.44
SPOP per Second
50,761.42
43,554.01
ZADD per Second
47,528.52
44,052.86
ZPOPMIN per Second
50,075.11
44,523.60
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
32,992.41
29,239.77
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
21,404.11
16,025.64
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
15,762.93
11,116.05
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
13,661.20
9,961.15
MSET (10 keys) per Second
51,519.84
40,783.04
Redis Average Latency (ms)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE
0.56
0.68
PING_MBULK
0.56
0.67
SET
0.56
0.68
GET
0.57
0.69
INCR
0.56
0.71
LPUSH
0.58
0.68
RPUSH
0.57
0.70
LPOP
0.58
0.72
RPOP
0.59
0.72
SADD
0.58
0.69
HSET
0.59
0.70
SPOP
0.60
0.70
ZADD
0.65
0.70
ZPOPMIN
0.61
0.68
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
0.96
1.08
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
1.52
1.96
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
2.06
2.86
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
2.40
3.15
MSET (10 keys)
0.64
0.80
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
The High Performance Intel (2 GB) instance from Vultr edges out the High Frequency Intel (1 GB) in overall performance, primarily due to its superior Redis benchmarks and CPU efficiency. The High Performance instance shows higher rates in Redis operations, such as a peak of 44782.8 requests per second (rps) for SET compared to 54854.64 rps in the High Frequency instance, and it demonstrates better CPU events per second at 1021.39 compared to 1438.92. For users requiring higher throughput and lower latency for database operations and CPU-intensive tasks, the High Performance Intel (2 GB) instance is the better choice.
From the friendly human:
If you found this VPS Showdown helpful in your search for a hosting provider, please consider supporting my efforts by signing up using my referral link for Vultr.
