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

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My friend, I'm so glad you're here! Today I've got brand new instances from Vultr to run some benchmarks on. 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 (2 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:36 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 $12.00 $12.00
RAM (GB) 2 2
CPU Cores 1 1
Storage (TB) 50 50
Storage Type NVMe NVMe
Transfer (TB) 3 3

Head-to-head

Category winners from the latest benchmarks.

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

Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) takes 5 of 6 categories.

CPU

Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Vendor AuthenticAMD GenuineIntel
Model Name AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
Clock Speed (MHz) 2,899.98 2,893.17
CPU Cache Size (KB) 1,024.00 16,384.00
BogoMips 5,799.96 5,786.33
Events per Second 4,293.15 1,021.39
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.22 0.89
Average Latency (ms) 0.23 0.98
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.33 2.88
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.24 1.12

Memory

Memory Read

Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second 7,457,004.06 4,986,398.08
Mebibytes per second 7,282.23 4,869.53
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.17 0.86
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second 7,502,263.36 5,001,584.28
Mebibytes per second 7,326.43 4,884.36
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.28 0.71
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Reads per Second 3,916.21 5,577.48
Writes per Second 2,610.81 3,718.32
Fsyncs per Second 8,364.68 11,911.32
Read Mebibytes per Second 61.19 87.15
Written Mebibytes per Second 40.79 58.10
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.07 0.05
Maximum Latency (ms) 5.02 5.29
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.19 0.15

Mutex

Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms) 1,237.81 1,709.06
Average Latency (ms) 1,242.33 1,721.94
Maximum Latency (ms) 1,247.99 1,728.31
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1,258.08 1,739.68

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 14,686.00 7,873.00
Queries per second 146,860.00 78,730.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.65 1.05
Average Latency (ms) 0.68 1.27
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.21 3.75
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.72 1.55

MySQL Write-only

Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 12,995.00 9,331.00
Queries per second 129,950.00 93,310.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.63 0.77
Average Latency (ms) 0.77 1.07
Maximum Latency (ms) 7.62 6.46
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.89 1.47

MySQL Read/Write

Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 6,399.00 3,770.00
Queries per second 63,990.00 37,700.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.38 2.02
Average Latency (ms) 1.56 2.65
Maximum Latency (ms) 12.47 13.8
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.73 3.3

MySQL INSERT

Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 20,372.00 16,828.00
Queries per second 203,720.00 168,280.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.43 0.43
Average Latency (ms) 0.49 0.59
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.44 3.44
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.58 0.78

MySQL Bulk INSERT

Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 2,482,592.00 1,201,092.00
Queries per second 24,825,920.00 12,010,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0.01
Maximum Latency (ms) 190.53 343.87
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 387,870.00 197,771.00
Queries per second 3,878,700.00 1,977,710.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.02 0.04
Average Latency (ms) 0.03 0.05
Maximum Latency (ms) 0.88 2.68
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.03 0.08

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 11,757.00 5,632.00
Queries per second 117,570.00 56,320.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.24 0.64
Average Latency (ms) 0.85 1.77
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.03 5.59
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.08 2.35

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 14,693.00 7,779.00
Queries per second 146,930.00 77,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.22 0.41
Average Latency (ms) 0.68 1.28
Maximum Latency (ms) 1.93 3.5
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.87 1.73

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 19,964.00 17,005.00
Queries per second 199,640.00 170,050.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.43 0.43
Average Latency (ms) 0.5 0.59
Maximum Latency (ms) 13.81 4.03
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.59 0.81

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 20,341.00 17,369.00
Queries per second 203,410.00 173,690.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.41 0.42
Average Latency (ms) 0.49 0.57
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.29 3.59
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.58 0.75

MySQL DELETE

Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second 267,422.00 137,403.00
Queries per second 2,674,220.00 1,374,030.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.02 0.04
Average Latency (ms) 0.04 0.07
Maximum Latency (ms) 7.11 1.75
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.05 0.14

Redis

Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second 48,756.70 44,563.28
PING_MBULK per Second 48,402.71 44,014.08
SET per Second 49,164.21 44,782.80
GET per Second 49,091.80 43,440.48
INCR per Second 49,091.80 42,553.19
LPUSH per Second 48,923.68 44,702.73
RPUSH per Second 48,828.12 44,014.08
LPOP per Second 48,947.62 42,863.27
RPOP per Second 48,804.29 43,047.79
SADD per Second 48,971.59 44,345.89
HSET per Second 49,140.05 43,917.44
SPOP per Second 48,685.49 43,554.01
ZADD per Second 48,661.80 44,052.86
ZPOPMIN per Second 48,875.86 44,523.60
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 38,491.14 29,239.77
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 25,568.91 16,025.64
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 18,345.26 11,116.05
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 16,567.26 9,961.15
MSET (10 keys) per Second 48,426.15 40,783.04

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB) Vultr – High Performance Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE0.630.68
PING_MBULK0.620.67
SET0.640.68
GET0.630.69
INCR0.630.71
LPUSH0.630.68
RPUSH0.630.70
LPOP0.640.72
RPOP0.640.72
SADD0.630.69
HSET0.630.70
SPOP0.630.70
ZADD0.640.70
ZPOPMIN0.630.68
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)0.821.08
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)1.291.96
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)1.652.86
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)1.903.15
MSET (10 keys)0.690.80

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

The Vultr High Performance AMD instance edges out the High Performance Intel instance with higher benchmarks across the board. Notably, the AMD instance performs significantly better in Redis commands, achieving higher requests per second and lower latencies such as 48757 RPS for PING_INLINE compared to the Intel's 44563. The CPU performance also favors the AMD with a higher events per second count at 4293 versus Intel's 1021.39. For applications requiring high CPU and memory performance, the AMD instance is the superior choice, offering better suitability for CPU-intensive tasks and memory-bound workloads.

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