Reference data — 2026-11-09

Reference indicators, not marketing numbers

Name: VPS reference performance benchmarks
Creator: CloudCompare
License: https://cloudcompare.zone/methodology

Compare single and multi-core CPU, disk throughput and IOPS, and latency from four cities — with the date and data centre for every sample. Rows marked 'measured by us' come from running the harness ourselves on a real plan, with the tool, version, CPU model, run count and spread shown alongside; the remaining rows are compiled reference indicators we did not run.

9 plans covered 4 latency targets 5 metrics per plan 0 measured by us 9 compiled indicator

We have not run our own measurements yet, so we do not show “best performance” cards. The values in the table below are compiled indicators from published tests, not run on our own infrastructure, and are not used to rank best performance.

Rows marked 'measured by us' come from running the CloudCompare harness on a real plan: sysbench for CPU events per second, dd for sequential disk throughput, fio for 4K random IOPS and ping for latency. Each such row lists its test date, data centre, tool and version, CPU model, run count and the largest spread between runs. All other rows are reference estimates compiled from published community benchmarks and provider specifications; we did not run them, and they are labelled as unverified when no source link exists. Shared vCPU performance depends on co-tenants, host generation and region, so treat every value as an indicator, not a guarantee.

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VPS provider performance table: single and multi-core CPU, disk, IOPS, and latency
Provider & plan	Location & date	CPU single	CPU multi	Disk read / write	IOPS	Latency Frankfurt	Latency Ashburn	Latency Singapore	Latency Riyadh
H Hetzner Cloud CX23 2 vCPU · 4 GB · NVMe	Falkenstein, Germany 2026-10-18 Compiled estimate — no source Tool and CPU model undocumented Europe	1,350 pts	2,600 pts	550 / 500	30,000	2 ms	86 ms	165 ms	68 ms
DO DigitalOcean Basic 2 vCPU / 4 GB 2 vCPU · 4 GB · SSD	Frankfurt, Germany 2026-10-12 Compiled estimate — no source Tool and CPU model undocumented Europe	1,100 pts	2,200 pts	400 / 350	20,000	1 ms	88 ms	172 ms	74 ms
V Vultr Cloud Compute 2 vCPU / 4 GB 2 vCPU · 4 GB · SSD	Amsterdam, Netherlands 2026-10-09 Compiled estimate — no source Tool and CPU model undocumented Europe	1,250 pts	2,500 pts	500 / 450	25,000	7 ms	82 ms	178 ms	80 ms
AL Akamai Linode Linode 4 GB 2 vCPU · 4 GB · SSD	Frankfurt, Germany 2026-10-14 Compiled estimate — no source Tool and CPU model undocumented Europe	1,200 pts	2,400 pts	480 / 430	24,000	2 ms	87 ms	170 ms	72 ms
C Contabo Cloud VPS 20 (Sep 2026) 6 vCPU · 12 GB · SSD	Nuremberg, Germany 2026-09-30 Compiled estimate — no source Tool and CPU model undocumented Europe	950 pts	5,200 pts	420 / 380	18,000	3 ms	90 ms	168 ms	71 ms
OVH OVHcloud VPS-2 4 vCPU · 4 GB · NVMe	Gravelines, France 2026-10-02 Compiled estimate — no source Tool and CPU model undocumented Europe	1,050 pts	3,800 pts	460 / 420	22,000	8 ms	84 ms	175 ms	77 ms
AWS AWS Lightsail Lightsail 4 GB 2 vCPU · 4 GB · SSD	Frankfurt, Germany 2026-09-25 Compiled estimate — no source Tool and CPU model undocumented Europe	1,000 pts	2,000 pts	450 / 400	20,000	2 ms	89 ms	166 ms	70 ms
HV Hostinger VPS KVM 1 1 vCPU · 4 GB · NVMe	Frankfurt, Germany 2026-10-06 Compiled estimate — no source Tool and CPU model undocumented Europe	1,150 pts	1,150 pts	900 / 850	45,000	2 ms	91 ms	174 ms	76 ms
O Oracle Cloud Always Free ARM 4 OCPU ARM · 24 GB · SSD	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 2026-10-20 Compiled estimate — no source Tool and CPU model undocumented Middle East	1,350 pts	4,800 pts	600 / 550	28,000	96 ms	178 ms	88 ms	14 ms

CPU: sysbench events per second for rows we measured, and a weighted reference index for compiled rows. MB/s is sequential throughput and IOPS is 4K random. Latency is the median of five pings from the server to a measurement host in each city; a dash means no anchor was available or the probe has not been run. Values shift with load and co-tenants on the host. Compiled estimate rows are excluded from best-performance cards and from performance ordering in the calculator.