⚡ Cloud & VPSUpdated: September 2, 2026
Cloud VPS Benchmark Analysis: Compute, RAM Speed & Network Throughput
Reviewed by Cloud Infrastructure & Hosting Architecture Editorial Board
Executive Summary
Scientific cloud benchmarks: evaluating Geekbench 6 single-core scores, sysbench CPU, fio disk latency, and speedtest bandwidth across major cloud providers.
Cloud VPS providers price similar CPU and RAM configurations at radically different price points. We tested standard $10–$15/mo instances using identical synthetic benchmarks.
1. Geekbench 6 & Storage I/O Benchmark Results
| Cloud Provider | Instance Spec ($10–$14/mo) | Geekbench 6 Single-Core | Geekbench 6 Multi-Core | fio 4K Random Write IOPS |
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| Hetzner Cloud (CPX21) | 3 vCPU (AMD EPYC), 4GB RAM | 2,140 | 5,820 | 145,000 IOPS |
| Vultr High Frequency | 1 vCPU (3.7GHz NVMe), 2GB RAM | 1,980 | 1,980 | 120,000 IOPS |
| DigitalOcean Premium | 1 vCPU (Intel/AMD), 2GB RAM | 1,820 | 1,820 | 85,000 IOPS |
| Akamai / Linode | 1 vCPU (Shared), 2GB RAM | 1,650 | 1,650 | 65,000 IOPS |
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