VPS & Cloud Benchmarks
Real performance data from provisioned instances. No marketing numbers. Tested with sysbench, fio, and iperf3.
View testing methodology →CPU Score
sysbench — higher is better
Disk IOPS
fio random 4K — higher is better
Sequential Read
fio read MB/s — higher is better
| Provider / Plan | Region | CPU Score | Disk IOPS | Seq Read | Price/mo | Tested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hetzner Cloud CX32 4 vCPU · 8GB RAM · NVME | Nuremberg, Germany | 9,400 | 48,000 | 2,400 | €8.25/mo | 2026-04-01 internal | |
| DigitalOcean Premium AMD 4GB 2 vCPU · 4GB RAM · NVME | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 5,200 | 55,000 | 2,800 | €28/mo | 2026-04-01 internal | |
| Hetzner Cloud CX22 2 vCPU · 4GB RAM · NVME | Nuremberg, Germany | 4,820 | 42,000 | 2,100 | €4.35/mo | 2026-04-01 internal | |
| UpCloud Simple 2-2GB 2 vCPU · 2GB RAM · NVME | Helsinki, Finland | 4,600 | 62,000 | 2,800 | €14/mo | 2026-04-01 internal | |
| Vultr High Frequency 2GB 1 vCPU · 2GB RAM · NVME | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 4,100 | 38,000 | 1,800 | €12/mo | 2026-04-01 cloudperf | |
| DigitalOcean Basic 2GB 1 vCPU · 2GB RAM · SSD | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2,200 | 8,400 | 560 | €12/mo | 2026-04-01 internal | |
| Linode (Akamai) Nanode 1GB 1 vCPU · 1GB RAM · SSD | Frankfurt, Germany | 1,800 | 14,000 | 800 | €5/mo | 2026-04-01 vpsbenchmarks |