VPS Showdown VPS Showdown

Vultr High Performance AMD (1 GB) vs. Vultr High Performance Intel (2 GB)

vs.

Same showdown, different day. Today I spun up fresh instances from Vultr and ran some benchmarks. Each instance was running Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 and all resided in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Let's get into the numbers.

Overview

Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:10:32 GMT Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:13:32 GMT
Linux Distro Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version 7.0.0-29-generic 7.0.0-29-generic
MySQL Version 8.4.11-0ubuntu0.26.04.1 8.4.11-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
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) 25 50
Storage Type NVMe NVMe
Transfer (TB) 2 3

Head-to-head

Category winners from the latest benchmarks.

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

Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) takes 5 of 6 categories.

CPU

Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Vendor AuthenticAMD GenuineIntel
Model Name AMD EPYC-Milan Processor Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
Clock Speed (MHz) 2,900.00 2,893.21
CPU Cache Size (KB) 512.00 16,384.00
BogoMips 5,799.99 5,786.41
Events per Second 4,265.16 1,011.48
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.22 0.89
Average Latency (ms) 0.23 0.99
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.35 2.15
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.25 1.25

Memory

Memory Read

Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second 7,464,475.78 5,186,399.33
Mebibytes per second 7,289.53 5,064.84
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.24 0.58
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second 7,463,313.82 5,103,338.99
Mebibytes per second 7,288.39 4,983.73
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.4 1.94
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Reads per Second 4,654.93 3,831.53
Writes per Second 3,103.29 2,554.36
Fsyncs per Second 9,940.75 8,179.23
Read Mebibytes per Second 72.73 59.87
Written Mebibytes per Second 48.49 39.91
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.06 0.07
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.31 2.28
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.12 0.21

Mutex

Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms) 1,248.49 1,735.94
Average Latency (ms) 1,255.90 1,756.88
Maximum Latency (ms) 1,259.96 1,766.31
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1,258.08 1,771.29

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 13,980.00 8,164.00
Queries per second 139,800.00 81,640.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.66 0.99
Average Latency (ms) 0.71 1.22
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.18 7.57
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.78 1.67

MySQL Write-only

Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 12,263.00 10,122.00
Queries per second 122,630.00 101,220.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.65 0.72
Average Latency (ms) 0.81 0.99
Maximum Latency (ms) 11.47 8.81
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.99 1.37

MySQL Read/Write

Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 6,080.00 3,490.00
Queries per second 60,800.00 34,900.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.41 1.98
Average Latency (ms) 1.64 2.86
Maximum Latency (ms) 21.2 12.95
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.82 4.03

MySQL INSERT

Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 18,710.00 15,691.00
Queries per second 187,100.00 156,910.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.43 0.42
Average Latency (ms) 0.53 0.63
Maximum Latency (ms) 8.01 6.6
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.61 0.87

MySQL Bulk INSERT

Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 2,336,967.00 1,084,592.00
Queries per second 23,369,670.00 10,845,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0.01
Maximum Latency (ms) 203.08 581.84
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 369,485.00 225,553.00
Queries per second 3,694,850.00 2,255,530.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.02 0.04
Average Latency (ms) 0.03 0.04
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.87 1.59
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.04 0.07

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 11,876.00 5,528.00
Queries per second 118,760.00 55,280.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.28 0.64
Average Latency (ms) 0.84 1.81
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.89 5.91
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.06 2.52

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 14,716.00 7,887.00
Queries per second 147,160.00 78,870.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.26 0.41
Average Latency (ms) 0.68 1.27
Maximum Latency (ms) 1.73 7.06
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.87 1.89

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 18,432.00 16,393.00
Queries per second 184,320.00 163,930.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.44 0.42
Average Latency (ms) 0.54 0.61
Maximum Latency (ms) 11.47 5.96
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.63 0.84

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 18,602.00 17,497.00
Queries per second 186,020.00 174,970.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.44 0.4
Average Latency (ms) 0.54 0.57
Maximum Latency (ms) 12.86 4.42
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.62 0.74

MySQL DELETE

Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 258,339.00 145,609.00
Queries per second 2,583,390.00 1,456,090.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.02 0.03
Average Latency (ms) 0.04 0.07
Maximum Latency (ms) 10.13 4.46
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.06 0.12

Redis

Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second 48,402.71 64,892.93
PING_MBULK per Second 47,326.08 69,108.50
SET per Second 48,192.77 69,735.01
GET per Second 47,801.15 70,821.53
INCR per Second 47,961.63 63,371.36
LPUSH per Second 45,085.66 61,576.36
RPUSH per Second 47,528.52 64,808.82
LPOP per Second 47,778.31 61,842.92
RPOP per Second 47,551.12 61,312.08
SADD per Second 47,483.38 63,411.54
HSET per Second 47,641.73 63,331.22
SPOP per Second 46,576.62 63,371.36
ZADD per Second 47,370.91 63,979.53
ZPOPMIN per Second 46,317.74 65,231.57
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 37,579.86 36,456.43
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 24,539.88 17,639.79
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 17,995.32 11,498.22
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 16,262.81 9,613.54
MSET (10 keys) per Second 47,192.07 54,347.82

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE0.640.49
PING_MBULK0.640.46
SET0.650.46
GET0.640.45
INCR0.650.51
LPUSH0.700.52
RPUSH0.660.50
LPOP0.660.52
RPOP0.660.53
SADD0.650.50
HSET0.660.51
SPOP0.660.50
ZADD0.670.50
ZPOPMIN0.660.49
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)0.840.92
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)1.321.83
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)1.702.82
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)1.923.27
MSET (10 keys)0.710.72

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

The High Performance Intel (2 GB) instance benchmarks significantly higher than the High Performance AMD (1 GB) instance across most metrics, particularly in Redis benchmarks where the Intel instance achieves an impressive 64,892.93 requests per second compared to AMD's 48,402.71, and in MySQL bulk insert operations with 108,353.15 transactions per second versus AMD's 232,383.14. These results suggest that the Intel instance is superior for CPU-intensive tasks, making it ideal for applications that require high processing power and low latency.

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.

You can also support me next time you shop on Amazon.

Providers & pricing

Vultr overviewVultr High Performance AMD (1 GB) pricing Vultr High Performance Intel (2 GB) pricing

Related comparisons

vs. DigitalOcean Regular (1 GB) vs. DigitalOcean Regular (1 GB) vs. DigitalOcean Regular (2 GB) vs. DigitalOcean Regular (2 GB) vs. DigitalOcean Premium Intel (1 GB) vs. DigitalOcean Premium Intel (1 GB) vs. DigitalOcean Premium Intel (2 GB) vs. DigitalOcean Premium Intel (2 GB)