Vultr High Frequency Intel (2 GB, 2 Cores) vs. Vultr High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)

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New day, new benchmarks. Today I've spun up brand new instance from Vultr and did some benchmarking. All instances were running 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 – High Frequency Intel (2 GB, 2 Cores) Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Last Benchmarked Sun, 31 May 2026 13:00:55 GMT Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:00:52 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 $18.00 $24.00
RAM (GB) 2 4
CPU Cores 2 2
Storage (TB) 80 100
Storage Type NVMe NVMe
Transfer (TB) 3 5

CPU

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB, 2 Cores) Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Vendor GenuineIntel AuthenticAMD
Model Name Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX) AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor
Clock Speed (MHz) 3,791.98 2,900.00
CPU Cache Size (KB) 16,384.00 1,024.00
BogoMips 7,583.95 5,800.00
Events per Second 1,552.05 4,640.69
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.62 0.2
Average Latency (ms) 0.64 0.22
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.61 2.06
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.69 0.22

Memory

Memory Read

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB, 2 Cores) Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Operations per second 7,875,668.83 7,477,512.86
Mebibytes per second 7,691.08 7,302.26
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.12 1.14
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB, 2 Cores) Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Operations per second 7,729,812.11 7,470,053.68
Mebibytes per second 7,548.64 7,294.97
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.16 0.58
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB, 2 Cores) Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Reads per Second 4,671.85 7,520.15
Writes per Second 3,114.56 5,013.44
Fsyncs per Second 9,976.90 16,053.19
Read Mebibytes per Second 73.00 117.50
Written Mebibytes per Second 48.67 78.33
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.06 0.03
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.76 2.8
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.17 0.11

Mutex

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB, 2 Cores) Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Minimum Latency (ms) 543.27 636.97
Average Latency (ms) 554.74 656.50
Maximum Latency (ms) 563.70 673.16
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 559.50 669.89

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB, 2 Cores) Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 10,621.00 9,956.00
Queries per second 106,210.00 99,560.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.86 0.72
Average Latency (ms) 0.94 1
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.5 3.1
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.03 1.1

MySQL Write-only

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB, 2 Cores) Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 10,229.00 9,961.00
Queries per second 102,290.00 99,610.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.64 0.68
Average Latency (ms) 0.98 1
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.08 11.2
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.23 1.3

MySQL Read/Write

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB, 2 Cores) Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 5,072.00 4,604.00
Queries per second 50,720.00 46,040.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.59 1.75
Average Latency (ms) 1.97 2.17
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.94 5.22
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.39 2.57

MySQL INSERT

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB, 2 Cores) Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 16,038.00 15,661.00
Queries per second 160,380.00 156,610.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.38 0.44
Average Latency (ms) 0.62 0.64
Maximum Latency (ms) 13.18 12.49
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.8 0.78

MySQL Bulk INSERT

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB, 2 Cores) Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 2,424,342.00 2,948,592.00
Queries per second 24,243,420.00 29,485,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 205.81 209.33
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB, 2 Cores) Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 241,313.00 219,418.00
Queries per second 2,413,130.00 2,194,180.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.03 0.02
Average Latency (ms) 0.04 0.05
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.76 3.83
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.05 0.06

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB, 2 Cores) Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 12,080.00 14,794.00
Queries per second 120,800.00 147,940.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.21 0.25
Average Latency (ms) 0.83 0.68
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.31 6.34
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.04 0.87

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB, 2 Cores) Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 10,527.00 14,380.00
Queries per second 105,270.00 143,800.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.16 0.25
Average Latency (ms) 0.95 0.69
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.25 1.69
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.23 0.9

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB, 2 Cores) Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 17,123.00 14,781.00
Queries per second 171,230.00 147,810.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.38 0.45
Average Latency (ms) 0.58 0.68
Maximum Latency (ms) 2 2.23
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.78 0.9

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB, 2 Cores) Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 16,979.00 15,048.00
Queries per second 169,790.00 150,480.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.38 0.46
Average Latency (ms) 0.59 0.66
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.13 3.7
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.8 0.84

MySQL DELETE

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB, 2 Cores) Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)
Transactions per second 156,424.00 156,902.00
Queries per second 1,564,240.00 1,569,020.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.03 0.02
Average Latency (ms) 0.06 0.06
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.87 7.04
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.07 0.08

Redis

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB, 2 Cores) Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)
PING_INLINE per Second 88,652.48 61,500.61
PING_MBULK per Second 89,605.73 57,770.08
SET per Second 90,171.33 57,803.47
GET per Second 90,579.71 58,275.06
INCR per Second 90,744.10 58,343.06
LPUSH per Second 90,497.73 57,803.47
RPUSH per Second 90,415.91 58,275.06
LPOP per Second 90,909.09 58,377.11
RPOP per Second 90,661.83 58,275.06
SADD per Second 90,252.70 57,903.88
HSET per Second 90,415.91 57,670.13
SPOP per Second 89,928.05 57,273.77
ZADD per Second 90,415.91 58,719.91
ZPOPMIN per Second 90,009.01 57,504.31
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 66,533.60 50,000.00
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 36,179.45 33,489.62
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 26,239.83 26,130.13
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 22,547.91 24,467.83
MSET (10 keys) per Second 88,105.73 57,240.98

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB, 2 Cores) Vultr – High Performance AMD (4 GB, 2 Cores)
PING_INLINE0.300.43
PING_MBULK0.290.45
SET0.290.45
GET0.290.44
INCR0.280.44
LPUSH0.290.45
RPUSH0.290.44
LPOP0.280.44
RPOP0.280.44
SADD0.290.45
HSET0.290.45
SPOP0.290.45
ZADD0.290.44
ZPOPMIN0.290.45
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)0.390.52
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)0.710.77
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)0.970.99
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)1.141.04
MSET (10 keys)0.300.45

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

When comparing the Vultr High Frequency Intel instance and the Vultr High Performance AMD instance, both configurations show impressive performance, yet they differ in specific areas. The Intel instance excels in handling Redis commands with higher request rates per second (rps) and lower latency for most operations, though it lags slightly in longer list range operations. The AMD instance provides better overall CPU performance, with slightly higher events per second and lower average latencies, but it trails behind in raw Redis command execution rates and slightly higher latencies for some Redis operations. The AMD instance also outperforms in memory read operations with higher throughput. Both instances provide excellent file I/O performance, with low average latencies and high throughput. Ideal use cases for the Intel instance would be environments favoring higher Redis throughput, while the AMD instance would be better suited for workloads benefiting from higher overall CPU efficiency and better memory performance, making it ideal for CPU-intensive and memory-heavy applications.

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