# Linode Dedicated 4GB

[Newark, NJ](https://rackcensus.com/locations/newark-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in Newark")

Benchmark complete

Finished Oct 21, 2026

Geekbench 7 single-core

1,192

Faster than 56% of 2 vCPU plans

Geekbench 7 multi-core

1,519

Faster than 50% of 2 vCPU plans

Disk 4K IOPS

74,977

fio random read and write, 50/50

Monthly price at test time

$36.00

42 multi-core points per dollar

Same price today

## Server

[Linode](https://rackcensus.com/vps-providers/linode-benchmarks)[Dedicated 4GB](https://rackcensus.com/plans/8mq8an-linode-dedicated-4gb-benchmarks?location=us-east)

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Provider

Linode

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Plan

Dedicated 4GB

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Location

Newark, NJ

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vCPU

2

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RAM

4 GB

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Storage

80 GB SSD

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Network

4 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, 11:30:00 UTC

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## CPU

| Version | Single-core | Multi-core | Result link |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Geekbench 7 | 1,192 | 1,519 | [Geekbench Browser](https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/685478) |

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 | 1,34317th of 52 | 1,76321st of 30 |
| Navigation | 1,19629th of 52 | Single-core only |
| HTML5 Browser | 1,23018th of 52 | Single-core only |
| PDF Viewer | 1,27421st of 52 | Single-core only |
| Photo Library | 1,18217th of 52 | 1,36526th of 30 |
| Clang | 1,05528th of 52 | 1,34427th of 30 |
| Text Processing | 1,15020th of 52 | 1,25925th of 30 |
| Asset Compression | 1,33014th of 52 | 1,66224th of 30 |
| HDR | 1,21915th of 52 | 1,48823rd of 30 |
| Photo Editor | 76041st of 52 | 1,67525th of 30 |
| Ray Tracer | 1,14528th of 52 | 1,67623rd of 30 |
| Structure from Motion | 1,26226th of 52 | Single-core only |
| Game Physics | 1,19821st of 52 | Single-core only |
| Video Encoder | 1,22515th of 52 | Single-core only |
| Audio Encoder | 1,37013th of 52 | Single-core only |
| Video Player | 1,28922nd of 52 | Single-core only |

Rank among the 52 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 | 146.2 MB/s (37,439 IOPS) | 146.6 MB/s (37,538 IOPS) | 292.9 MB/s (74,977 IOPS) |
| 64K | 1.52 GB/s (24,929 IOPS) | 1.53 GB/s (25,060 IOPS) | 3.05 GB/s (49,989 IOPS) |
| 512K | 4.43 GB/s (9,068 IOPS) | 4.66 GB/s (9,550 IOPS) | 9.09 GB/s (18,618 IOPS) |
| 1M | 4.41 GB/s (4,514 IOPS) | 4.7 GB/s (4,815 IOPS) | 9.11 GB/s (9,329 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Leaseweb, NYC, NY, US (10G) | IPv4 | 4.41 Gbps | 7.4 Gbps |
| Eranium, Amsterdam, NL (100G) | IPv4 | 2.42 Gbps | 3.16 Gbps |
| Leaseweb, Singapore, SG (10G) | IPv4 | 797 Mbps | 992 Mbps |

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 | 6.61 / 453.62 | 0 / 0 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 500 | 497.12 | 5.24 / 43.75 | 0 / 519 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 1000 | 985.29 | 5.69 / 40.32 | 0 / 2647 | error limit exceeded |
| 1 | 3000 | 2969.47 | 28.46 / 91.52 | 0 / 5491 | error limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 6.32 / 126.21 | 0 / 0 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 500 | 497.39 | 4.37 / 39.11 | 0 / 469 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 1000 | 990.22 | 4.54 / 34.95 | 0 / 1759 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 3000 | 2970.98 | 19.8 / 80.29 | 0 / 5218 | Met workload limits |

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 | 1.45 / 1.68 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 5000 | 4999.97 | 2.61 / 13.25 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 10000 | 9995.7 | 5.56 / 15.71 | 0 / 761 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 25000 | 23853.3 | 11.9 / 16.91 | 0 / 206222 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 1000 | 999.42 | 1.47 / 2.99 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 5000 | 4999.97 | 2.57 / 12.97 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 10000 | 9996.99 | 4.27 / 14.58 | 0 / 539 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 25000 | 23198.51 | 12.56 / 17.83 | 0 / 324124 | latency limit exceeded |

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 | 3.68 / 6.61 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 500 | 500 | 5.12 / 32.2 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 1000 | 1000 | 2.65 / 14.9 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 3000 | 2998.36 | 17.27 / 47.94 | 0 / 292 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 4.06 / 33.55 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 500 | 500 | 3.19 / 26.75 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 1000 | 1000 | 5.89 / 36.78 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 3000 | 2999.78 | 20.22 / 48.92 | 0 / 29 | latency limit exceeded |

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

### Discourse community
Failed

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

RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError:

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 | 33.2 / 56.96 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 20 | 26.48 / 44.65 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 50 | 246.77 / 537.4 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 100 | 53.51 | 5152 / 5308.14 | 0 / 8224 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 32.53 / 48.92 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 29.36 / 60.52 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 50 | 184.66 / 893.33 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 59.56 | 4617.76 / 4805.3 | 0 / 7099 | 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 | 44.19 / 58.72 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 20 | 43.75 / 118.83 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 40.27 | 6944.46 / 7084.07 | 0 / 1540 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 100 | 38.51 | 7371.75 / 7445.48 | 0 / 10859 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 46.5 / 63.02 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 40.32 / 130.06 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 40.02 | 6875.7 / 7084.07 | 0 / 1575 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 37.52 | 7595.15 / 7671.11 | 0 / 11030 | 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 | 406.48 / 496.21 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 20 | 19.97 | 1240.95 / 5255.57 | 1 / 0 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 50 | 31.11 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 1328 / 1866 | latency limit exceeded |
| 1 | 100 | 27.84 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 1995 / 10801 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 386.71 / 472.08 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 20 | 19.96 | 1793.71 / 2863.83 | 0 / 0 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 50 | 27.27 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 1815 / 2097 | latency limit exceeded |
| 2 | 100 | 24.69 | 7013.92 / 7013.92 | 2464 / 10945 | 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 | 12.56 / 23.39 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 50 | 50 | 9.36 / 16.39 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 100 | 100 | 8.57 / 17.09 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 1 | 250 | 250 | 13.98 / 28.76 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | 13.25 / 21.3 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 50 | 50 | 9.36 / 14.43 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 8.96 / 19.59 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |
| 2 | 250 | 250 | 13.68 / 29.97 | 0 / 0 | Met workload limits |

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

### GitHub self-hosted runner
Insufficient RAM

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

Requires 8192 MiB RAM; plan has 4096 MiB, 3915 MiB detected.

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 | 2 | 2 |
| CPU | Dedicated vCPU | 0% of busy CPU time stolen |
| RAM | 4 GB | 3.8 GiB |
| Storage | 80 GB SSD | 78.2 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 7713 64-Core Processor

**CPU cores:** 2

**CPU frequency:** 2000 MHz

**AES-NI:** Yes

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

**RAM reported:** 3.8 GiB

**Swap reported:** 496 MiB

**Disk reported:** 78.2 GiB

**Virtualization reported:** KVM

**CPU steal:** 0% 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:** Dedicated 4GB

**Product line:** Dedicated CPU

**Location:** Newark, NJ

**vCPU:** 2 dedicated vCPU

**Architecture:** x86\_64

**RAM:** 4 GB

**Storage:** 80 GB SSD

**Virtualization:** KVM

**Network:** 4 Gbps

**Transfer:** 4 TB

**Port 25:** On request

**Monthly price at test time:** $36.00

**Hourly price at test time:** $0.054

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

**Ran at:** Oct 21, 2026, 12:43:34 UTC

**Parser version:** 5

## Run timeline

**Queued:** Oct 20, 2026, 11:30:00 UTC

**First update from the server:** Oct 21, 2026, 12:43:28 UTC

**Completed:** Oct 21, 2026, 17:21:59 UTC

**Server deleted:** Oct 21, 2026, 17:21:59 UTC

**Cost of this run:** $0.25

Tests 46 of 50 done Live output 1296 lines

Setup 2 cores, 3.8 GiB RAM 4 of 4Done

Disk (fio) 307 MB/s at 4k, 9.78 GB/s at 1m 5 of 5Done

Network, IPv4 (iperf3) Median 2.42 Gbit/s send, 3.16 Gbit/s receive, 2 retried 3 of 3Done

Geekbench 7, single-core Score 1,192 17 of 17Done

Geekbench 7, multi-core Score 1,519 9 of 9Done

Web apps 4 failed, 1 skipped 7 of 11Some failed

TestResultTime

PostgreSQL transactions 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 29m 51s

PostgreSQL large dataset RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: Stopped RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: 1m 50s

Redis cache 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 28m 30s

Redis persistent queue 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 28m 25s

Discourse community RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: Stopped RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: 17m 10s

n8n workflows 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 32m 03s

n8n queue workers 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 33m 00s

Ghost publishing 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 34m 01s

Formbricks / Next.js RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: Stopped RuntimeError: RuntimeError: TimeoutError: 16m 48s

Elasticsearch search and ingestion 8 measured trials completed 8 trials Measurements, 8 measured trials completed 38m 36s

GitHub self-hosted runner Requires 8192 MiB RAM; plan has 4096 MiB, 3915 MiB detected. Not run Requires 8192 MiB RAM; plan has 4096 MiB, 3915 MiB detected.

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 57s

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