# Linode Linode 8GB

[Fremont, CA](https://rackcensus.com/locations/fremont-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in Fremont")

Benchmark complete

Finished Oct 21, 2026

Geekbench 7 single-core

893

Geekbench 7 multi-core

2,735

Disk 4K IOPS

39,676

fio random read and write, 50/50

Monthly price at test time

$48.00

57 multi-core points per dollar

Same price today

## Server

[Linode](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/linode-benchmarks)[Linode 8GB](https://rackcensus.com/plans/86cpgd-linode-linode-8gb-benchmarks?location=us-west)

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Provider

Linode

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Plan

Linode 8GB

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Location

Fremont, CA

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vCPU

4

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RAM

8 GB

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Storage

160 GB SSD

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Network

5 Gbps

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OS image

linode/ubuntu24.04

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Trigger

Scheduled

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Queued at

Oct 20, 2026, 01:54:00 UTC

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## CPU

| Version | Single-core | Multi-core | Result link |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Geekbench 7 | 893 | 2,735 | [Geekbench Browser](https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/681952) |

Scores from different Geekbench versions aren't comparable with each other. Charts only use Geekbench 7.

### Geekbench 7 workloads

| Workload | Single-core | Multi-core |
| --- | --- | --- |
| File Compression | 1,01826th of 41 | 2,52713th of 23 |
| Navigation | 98329th of 41 | Single-core only |
| HTML5 Browser | 82233rd of 41 | Single-core only |
| PDF Viewer | 95533rd of 41 | Single-core only |
| Photo Library | 82728th of 41 | 2,45114th of 23 |
| Clang | 87232nd of 41 | 3,10013th of 23 |
| Text Processing | 74635th of 41 | 2,74112th of 23 |
| Asset Compression | 89332nd of 41 | 3,25211th of 23 |
| HDR | 62937th of 41 | 2,14314th of 23 |
| Photo Editor | 1,12627th of 41 | 2,34115th of 23 |
| Ray Tracer | 90031st of 41 | 3,64511th of 23 |
| Structure from Motion | 1,07331st of 41 | Single-core only |
| Game Physics | 91431st of 41 | Single-core only |
| Video Encoder | 81933rd of 41 | Single-core only |
| Audio Encoder | 1,01129th of 41 | Single-core only |
| Video Player | 84131st of 41 | Single-core only |

Rank among the 41 runs with Geekbench 7 workload scores. Bars are relative to the best run. Geekbench doesn't run every workload multi-core, so some rows only have a single-core score.

## Disk

| Block size | Read | Write | Total |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 4K | 77.4 MB/s (19,812 IOPS) | 77.6 MB/s (19,864 IOPS) | 155 MB/s (39,676 IOPS) |
| 64K | 804.8 MB/s (12,877 IOPS) | 809.1 MB/s (12,944 IOPS) | 1.58 GB/s (25,821 IOPS) |
| 512K | 1.26 GB/s (2,572 IOPS) | 1.32 GB/s (2,709 IOPS) | 2.58 GB/s (5,281 IOPS) |
| 1M | 1.09 GB/s (1,118 IOPS) | 1.17 GB/s (1,193 IOPS) | 2.26 GB/s (2,311 IOPS) |

fio random read and write, 50/50, run by YABS against the boot disk.

## Network

### IPv4 transfer speed

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| Target | Protocol | Send | Receive |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Clouvider, Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | IPv4 | 5.39 Gbps | 8.27 Gbps |
| Clouvider, London, UK (10G) | IPv4 | 1.21 Gbps | 1.52 Gbps |
| Leaseweb, Singapore, SG (10G) | IPv4 | 960 Mbps | 1.33 Gbps |

Public iperf3 servers vary in capacity and availability. Compare a target only with itself over time.

## Application workloads

### PostgreSQL transactions
Measured

Durable transfers and indexed account lookups against a fixed relational dataset.

PostgreSQL transactions measurements| Repeat | Offered / s | transactions/s | p95 / p99 ms | Errors / dropped | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 100 | 100 | 5.89 / 8.38 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 500 | 496.19 | 5.49 / 31.87 | 0 / 686 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 1000 | 992.46 | 5.56 / 39.91 | 0 / 1356 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 3000 | 2932.17 | 5.96 / 136.75 | 0 / 12206 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 5.89 / 8.76 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 500 | 494.14 | 5.3 / 89.69 | 0 / 1055 | load generator fell behind |
| 2 | 1000 | 977.26 | 14.28 / 182.82 | 0 / 4092 | load generator fell behind |
| 2 | 3000 | 2910.96 | 7 / 168.76 | 0 / 16019 | latency limit exceeded |

p95 ≤ 50 ms · p99 ≤ 100 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### PostgreSQL large dataset
Failed

The same transaction mix against ten million accounts; the dataset never shrinks to fit a plan.

RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError:

p95 ≤ 100 ms · p99 ≤ 250 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### Redis cache
Measured

A mixed cache workload with 1 KiB values, expiration, misses and eviction.

Redis cache measurements| Repeat | Offered / s | operations/s | p95 / p99 ms | Errors / dropped | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 1000 | 1000 | 1.81 / 3.91 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 5000 | 4992.51 | 1.79 / 13.11 | 0 / 1343 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 10000 | 9841.42 | 1.73 / 30.27 | 0 / 27731 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 25000 | 23132.46 | 15.54 / 24.63 | 0 / 336136 | load generator saturated |
| 2 | 1000 | 1000 | 1.7 / 3.82 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 5000 | 4994.46 | 2.76 / 19.39 | 0 / 993 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 10000 | 9846.91 | 1.76 / 33.89 | 0 / 27543 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 25000 | 22876.54 | 15.54 / 24.89 | 0 / 381984 | load generator saturated |

p95 ≤ 10 ms · p99 ≤ 25 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### Redis persistent queue
Measured

Enqueue, consume and acknowledge payloads with append-only persistence.

Redis persistent queue measurements| Repeat | Offered / s | jobs/s | p95 / p99 ms | Errors / dropped | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 100 | 100 | 4.11 / 6.46 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 500 | 500 | 3.82 / 30.59 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 1000 | 991.99 | 7.24 / 310.48 | 0 / 1441 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 3000 | 2933.9 | 4.65 / 139.52 | 0 / 11894 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 4.7 / 7.75 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 500 | 500 | 3.82 / 20.43 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 1000 | 999.76 | 3.91 / 48.92 | 0 / 43 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 3000 | 2925.16 | 4.65 / 165.41 | 0 / 12773 | latency limit exceeded |

p95 ≤ 20 ms · p99 ≤ 50 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### Discourse community
Measured

Signed-in reading, search, posting and replies in a populated Rails forum.

Discourse community measurements| Repeat | Offered / s | journeys/s | p95 / p99 ms | Errors / dropped | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 2 | 1.96 | 332.95 / 576.24 | 8 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 1 | 5 | 4.69 | 353.5 / 1145.92 | 56 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 1 | 10 | 9.16 | 739.27 / 2001.3 | 146 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 1 | 25 | 22.57 | 6944.46 / 7671.11 | 432 / 0 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 2 | 1.96 | 360.62 / 754.15 | 8 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 4.69 | 431.55 / 1317.35 | 56 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 2 | 10 | 9.19 | 1192.49 / 2210.79 | 146 / 0 | error limit exceeded |
| 2 | 25 | 22.34 | 4526.75 / 5050.46 | 421 / 0 | latency limit exceeded |

p95 ≤ 1500 ms · p99 ≤ 3000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### n8n workflows
Measured

Webhook, transformation, branching and a verified final response.

n8n workflows measurements| Repeat | Offered / s | workflows/s | p95 / p99 ms | Errors / dropped | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 75.58 / 122.47 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 20 | 50.95 / 1740.93 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 49.94 | 3746.8 / 5000.45 | 0 / 11 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 100 | 58.5 | 6875.7 / 7013.92 | 490 / 6823 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 63.02 / 120.03 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 259.4 / 1440.86 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 49.47 | 3860.36 / 4437.53 | 0 / 0 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 63.54 | 4526.75 / 7013.92 | 202 / 6204 | latency limit exceeded |

p95 ≤ 1000 ms · p99 ≤ 2000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### n8n queue workers
Measured

Completed queued workflows including waiting time and worker execution.

n8n queue workers measurements| Repeat | Offered / s | workflows/s | p95 / p99 ms | Errors / dropped | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 99.18 / 149.65 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 20 | 157.34 / 458.16 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 50 | 1145.92 / 1904.12 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 100 | 75.36 | 4805.3 / 5691.12 | 0 / 4240 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 46.5 / 146.68 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 85.29 / 542.79 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 50 | 957.84 / 1848.09 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 77.73 | 4710.59 / 5469.01 | 0 / 3807 | latency limit exceeded |

p95 ≤ 2000 ms · p99 ≤ 4000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### Ghost publishing
Measured

Readers, authenticated draft creation, publishing and image uploads.

Ghost publishing measurements| Repeat | Offered / s | journeys/s | p95 / p99 ms | Errors / dropped | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 375.3 / 717.5 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 20 | 449.12 / 948.35 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 35.15 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 1367 / 1117 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 100 | 39.81 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 975 / 9646 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 353.5 / 402.45 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 435.88 / 636.63 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 37.84 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 1228 / 775 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 38.06 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 1354 / 9611 | latency limit exceeded |

p95 ≤ 1000 ms · p99 ≤ 2000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### Formbricks / Next.js
Failed

Public survey rendering, persisted responses and authenticated analysis.

RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError:

p95 ≤ 1000 ms · p99 ≤ 2000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### Elasticsearch search and ingestion
Measured

Full-text search, filtering and aggregations while new documents are indexed.

Elasticsearch search and ingestion measurements| Repeat | Offered / s | operations/s | p95 / p99 ms | Errors / dropped | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 10 | 10 | 148.16 / 929.64 | 0 / 0 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 50 | 50 | 11.15 / 20.01 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 100 | 100 | 10.33 / 23.39 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 250 | 250 | 8.48 / 33.55 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | 13.68 / 25.67 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 50 | 11.27 / 20.22 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 10.68 / 27.6 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 250 | 250 | 10.11 / 35.67 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |

p95 ≤ 250 ms · p99 ≤ 500 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### GitHub self-hosted runner
Failed

A pinned build and test workflow with separate cold and warm dependency caches.

ValueError: set RUNNER\_BENCHMARK\_REPOSITORY and RUNNER\_BENCHMARK\_REVISION to the repository and commit hosting benchmark-runner.yml

p95 ≤ 3600000 ms · p99 ≤ 3600000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

### Odoo Community sales
Failed

Customer lookup, sales order confirmation, stock operations and reporting.

RuntimeError: fixture command in rc-odoo failed: -packages/odoo/cli/shell.py", line 148, in shell self.console(local\_vars) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/cli/shell.py", line 82, in console exec(sys.stdin.read(), local\_vars) File "\<string\>", line 1, in \<module\> PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/tmp/rc-seed.py'

p95 ≤ 2000 ms · p99 ≤ 4000 ms · errors ≤ 1.0%

## Advertised vs. measured

| Spec | Advertised | Measured |
| --- | --- | --- |
| vCPU | 4 | 4 |
| CPU | Shared vCPU | 5.5% of busy CPU time stolen |
| RAM | 8 GB | 7.8 GiB |
| Storage | 160 GB SSD | 156.9 GiB |
| Architecture | x86\_64 | x86\_64 |
| Virtualization | KVM | KVM |

Guests usually report slightly less RAM and disk than advertised because of kernel reservations and filesystem overhead.

## Detected hardware

**CPU model:** AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core Processor

**CPU cores:** 4

**CPU frequency:** 2300 MHz

**AES-NI:** Yes

**VM-x/AMD-V:** No

**RAM reported:** 7.8 GiB

**Swap reported:** 496 MiB

**Disk reported:** 156.9 GiB

**Virtualization reported:** KVM

**CPU steal:** 5.5% of busy CPU time stolen

**Distro:** Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS

**Kernel:** 6.8.0-134-generic

**Architecture:** x86\_64

**IPv4 reachable:** Yes

**IPv6 reachable:** Yes

## Advertised at test time

**Plan:** Linode 8GB

**Product line:** Shared CPU

**Location:** Fremont, CA

**vCPU:** 4 shared vCPU

**Architecture:** x86\_64

**RAM:** 8 GB

**Storage:** 160 GB SSD

**Virtualization:** KVM

**Network:** 5 Gbps

**Transfer:** 5 TB

**Port 25:** On request

**Monthly price at test time:** $48.00

**Hourly price at test time:** $0.072

**YABS version:** v2026-09-20

**Ran at:** Oct 21, 2026, 00:10:16 UTC

**Parser version:** 5

## Run timeline

**Queued:** Oct 20, 2026, 01:54:00 UTC

**First update from the server:** Oct 21, 2026, 00:10:11 UTC

**Completed:** Oct 21, 2026, 04:58:49 UTC

**Server deleted:** Oct 21, 2026, 04:58:49 UTC

**Cost of this run:** $0.35

Tests 47 of 51 done Live output 1362 lines

Setup 4 cores, 7.8 GiB RAM 4 of 4Done

Disk (fio) 163 MB/s at 4k, 2.42 GB/s at 1m 5 of 5Done

Network, IPv4 (iperf3) Median 1.21 Gbit/s send, 1.52 Gbit/s receive, 1 retried 3 of 3Done

Geekbench 7, single-core Score 893 17 of 17Done

Geekbench 7, multi-core Score 2,735 9 of 9Done

Web apps 4 failed 8 of 12Some failed

TestResultTime

PostgreSQL transactions 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 29m 42s

PostgreSQL large dataset RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: Stopped RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: 2m 06s

Redis cache 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 28m 34s

Redis persistent queue 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 28m 24s

Discourse community 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 37m 35s

n8n workflows 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 31m 32s

n8n queue workers 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 31m 17s

Ghost publishing 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 32m 37s

Formbricks / Next.js RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: Stopped RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: 15m 19s

Elasticsearch search and ingestion 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 35m 56s

GitHub self-hosted runner ValueError: set RUNNER\_BENCHMARK\_REPOSITORY and RUNNER\_BENCHMARK\_REVISION to the repository and commit hosting benchmark-runner.yml Stopped ValueError: set RUNNER\_BENCHMARK\_REPOSITORY and RUNNER\_BENCHMARK\_REVISION to the repository and commit hosting benchmark-runner.yml 0s

Odoo Community sales Application workloads Stopped RuntimeError: fixture command in rc-odoo failed: -packages/odoo/cli/shell.py", line 148, in shell self.console(local\_vars) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/cli/shell.py", line 82, in console exec(sys.stdin.read(), local\_vars) File "\<string\>", line 1, in \<module\> PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/tmp/rc-seed.py' 1m 40s

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