CPU Optimized VPS benchmarks
Dedicated CPU plans with 2 GB of RAM or less per vCPU. More cores per dollar for builds, encoding, and other compute-bound work.
CPU Optimized VPS plans
Every CPU Optimized plan| Provider | Plan | Product line | vCPU | RAM | Storage | Network | Transfer | Monthly price | Hourly price | Benchmarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudzy | High Performance VPS 1 vCPU / 1 GB | High Performance VPS | 1 dedicated vCPU | 1 GB | 25 GB NVMe | 10 Gbps | 1 TB | $6.95 | $0.0096 | 0 |
| Cloudzy | High Performance VPS 1 vCPU / 2 GB | High Performance VPS | 1 dedicated vCPU | 2 GB | 60 GB NVMe | 10 Gbps | 3 TB | $14.95 | $0.021 | 0 |
| Kamatera | 1D 1GB 20GB | Type D Dedicated | 1 dedicated vCPU | 1 GB | 20 GB SSD | 5 TB | $19.00 | $0.026 | 0 | |
| Kamatera | 1D 2GB 40GB | Type D Dedicated | 1 dedicated vCPU | 2 GB | 40 GB SSD | 5 TB | $28.00 | $0.038 | 0 | |
| Vultr | Optimized Cloud CPU AMD 1 vCPU / 2 GB | Optimized Cloud CPU | 1 dedicated vCPU | 2 GB | 25 GB NVMe | 4.1 TB | $28.00 | $0.038 | 0 | |
| Cloudzy | High Performance VPS 2 vCPU / 4 GB | High Performance VPS | 2 dedicated vCPU | 4 GB | 120 GB NVMe | 10 Gbps | 5 TB | $28.95 | $0.040 | 0 |
| Linode | Dedicated 4GB | Dedicated CPU | 2 dedicated vCPU | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | 4 Gbps | 4 TB | $36.00 | $0.054 | 0 |
| Scaleway | POP2-HC-2C-4G | Specialized | 2 dedicated vCPU | 4 GB | 400 Mbps | Unmetered | €38.84 EUR | €0.053 EUR | 0 | |
| Vultr | Optimized Cloud CPU AMD 2 vCPU / 4 GB | Optimized Cloud CPU | 2 dedicated vCPU | 4 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 5.12 TB | $40.00 | $0.055 | 0 | |
| DigitalOcean | CPU-Optimized 2 vCPU / 4 GB | CPU-Optimized | 2 dedicated vCPU | 4 GB | 25 GB SSD | 2 Gbps | 4 TB | $42.00 | $0.063 | 2 |
| Amazon Lightsail | Compute Optimized Large 2 vCPU / 4 GB, 2.5 TB transfer | Compute Optimized | 2 dedicated vCPU | 4 GB | 160 GB SSD | 2.56 TB | $42.00 | $0.057 | 0 | |
| Amazon Lightsail | Compute Optimized Large 2 vCPU / 4 GB, 5 TB transfer | Compute Optimized | 2 dedicated vCPU | 4 GB | 160 GB SSD | 5.12 TB | $42.00 | $0.057 | 0 | |
| Scaleway | COMPUTE3-X2C-4G | Specialized | 2 dedicated vCPU | 4 GB | 500 Mbps | Unmetered | €42.71 EUR | €0.059 EUR | 0 | |
| Linode | G7 Dedicated 4x2 | Dedicated CPU | 2 dedicated vCPU | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | 4 Gbps | 4 TB | $43.00 | $0.065 | 0 |
| Linode | Premium 4GB | Premium CPU | 2 dedicated vCPU | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | 4 Gbps | 4 TB | $43.00 | $0.065 | 0 |
| Vultr | Optimized Cloud CPU AMD 2 vCPU / 4 GB | Optimized Cloud CPU | 2 dedicated vCPU | 4 GB | 75 GB NVMe | 5.12 TB | $45.00 | $0.062 | 0 | |
| DigitalOcean | CPU-Optimized 2x SSD 2 vCPU / 4 GB | CPU-Optimized 2x SSD | 2 dedicated vCPU | 4 GB | 50 GB SSD | 2 Gbps | 4 TB | $47.00 | $0.070 | 0 |
| Cloudzy | High Performance VPS 4 vCPU / 8 GB | High Performance VPS | 4 dedicated vCPU | 8 GB | 240 GB NVMe | 10 Gbps | 7 TB | $52.95 | $0.074 | 0 |
| Kamatera | 2D 2GB 40GB | Type D Dedicated | 2 dedicated vCPU | 2 GB | 40 GB SSD | 5 TB | $53.00 | $0.073 | 0 | |
| DigitalOcean | v5 General Purpose 2 vCPU / 4 GB | v5 General Purpose | 2 dedicated vCPU | 4 GB | 30 GB SSD | 4 Gbps | 4 TB | $56.75 | $0.076 | 0 |
| DigitalOcean | v5 General Purpose 2 vCPU / 4 GB | v5 General Purpose | 2 dedicated vCPU | 4 GB | 50 GB SSD | 4 Gbps | 4 TB | $58.79 | $0.079 | 0 |
| DigitalOcean | v5 General Purpose 2 vCPU / 4 GB | v5 General Purpose | 2 dedicated vCPU | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | 4 Gbps | 4 TB | $61.84 | $0.083 | 0 |
| DigitalOcean | CPU Intensive 5x SSD 2 vCPU / 4 GB | CPU Intensive 5x SSD | 2 dedicated vCPU | 4 GB | 125 GB SSD | 2 Gbps | 4 TB | $62.00 | $0.092 | 0 |
| Kamatera | 2D 4GB 80GB | Type D Dedicated | 2 dedicated vCPU | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | 5 TB | $70.00 | $0.096 | 0 | |
| Linode | Dedicated 8GB | Dedicated CPU | 4 dedicated vCPU | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 5 Gbps | 5 TB | $72.00 | $0.11 | 0 |
| Scaleway | POP2-HC-4C-8G | Specialized | 4 dedicated vCPU | 8 GB | 800 Mbps | Unmetered | €77.67 EUR | €0.11 EUR | 0 | |
| Vultr | Optimized Cloud CPU AMD 4 vCPU / 8 GB | Optimized Cloud CPU | 4 dedicated vCPU | 8 GB | 75 GB NVMe | 6.14 TB | $80.00 | $0.11 | 0 | |
| DigitalOcean | CPU-Optimized 4 vCPU / 8 GB | CPU-Optimized | 4 dedicated vCPU | 8 GB | 50 GB SSD | 2 Gbps | 5 TB | $84.00 | $0.13 | 0 |
| Amazon Lightsail | Compute Optimized Xlarge 4 vCPU / 8 GB, 3 TB transfer | Compute Optimized | 4 dedicated vCPU | 8 GB | 320 GB SSD | 3.07 TB | $84.00 | $0.11 | 0 | |
| Amazon Lightsail | Compute Optimized Xlarge 4 vCPU / 8 GB, 6 TB transfer | Compute Optimized | 4 dedicated vCPU | 8 GB | 320 GB SSD | 6.14 TB | $84.00 | $0.11 | 0 | |
| Scaleway | COMPUTE3-X4C-8G | Specialized | 4 dedicated vCPU | 8 GB | 1 Gbps | Unmetered | €85.41 EUR | €0.12 EUR | 0 | |
| Linode | G7 Dedicated 8x4 | Dedicated CPU | 4 dedicated vCPU | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 5 Gbps | 5 TB | $86.00 | $0.13 | 0 |
| Linode | Premium 8GB | Premium CPU | 4 dedicated vCPU | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 5 Gbps | 5 TB | $86.00 | $0.13 | 0 |
| Vultr | Optimized Cloud CPU AMD 4 vCPU / 8 GB | Optimized Cloud CPU | 4 dedicated vCPU | 8 GB | 150 GB NVMe | 6.14 TB | $90.00 | $0.12 | 0 | |
| DigitalOcean | CPU-Optimized 2x SSD 4 vCPU / 8 GB | CPU-Optimized 2x SSD | 4 dedicated vCPU | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | 2 Gbps | 5 TB | $94.00 | $0.14 | 0 |
| Cloudzy | High Performance VPS 8 vCPU / 16 GB | High Performance VPS | 8 dedicated vCPU | 16 GB | 350 GB NVMe | 10 Gbps | 10 TB | $99.95 | $0.14 | 0 |
| DigitalOcean | Premium Intel 4 vCPU / 8 GB | Premium Intel | 4 dedicated vCPU | 8 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 10 Gbps | 5 TB | $109.00 | $0.16 | 0 |
| DigitalOcean | v5 General Purpose 4 vCPU / 8 GB | v5 General Purpose | 4 dedicated vCPU | 8 GB | 30 GB SSD | 8 Gbps | 5 TB | $110.44 | $0.15 | 0 |
| DigitalOcean | v5 General Purpose 4 vCPU / 8 GB | v5 General Purpose | 4 dedicated vCPU | 8 GB | 50 GB SSD | 8 Gbps | 5 TB | $112.48 | $0.15 | 0 |
| DigitalOcean | v5 General Purpose 4 vCPU / 8 GB | v5 General Purpose | 4 dedicated vCPU | 8 GB | 80 GB SSD | 8 Gbps | 5 TB | $115.53 | $0.16 | 0 |
| Scaleway | POP2-HC-6C-12G | Specialized | 6 dedicated vCPU | 12 GB | 1.2 Gbps | Unmetered | €116.51 EUR | €0.16 EUR | 0 | |
| Kamatera | 4D 4GB 80GB | Type D Dedicated | 4 dedicated vCPU | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | 5 TB | $120.00 | $0.16 | 0 | |
| DigitalOcean | Premium Intel 4 vCPU / 8 GB | Premium Intel | 4 dedicated vCPU | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 10 Gbps | 5 TB | $122.00 | $0.18 | 0 |
| DigitalOcean | CPU Intensive 5x SSD 4 vCPU / 8 GB | CPU Intensive 5x SSD | 4 dedicated vCPU | 8 GB | 250 GB SSD | 2 Gbps | 5 TB | $124.00 | $0.18 | 0 |
| Scaleway | COMPUTE3-X6C-12G | Specialized | 6 dedicated vCPU | 12 GB | 1.5 Gbps | Unmetered | €128.16 EUR | €0.18 EUR | 0 | |
| Linode | Dedicated 16GB | Dedicated CPU | 8 dedicated vCPU | 16 GB | 320 GB SSD | 6 Gbps | 6 TB | $144.00 | $0.22 | 0 |
| Kamatera | 4D 8GB 150GB | Type D Dedicated | 4 dedicated vCPU | 8 GB | 150 GB SSD | 5 TB | $145.00 | $0.20 | 0 | |
| Scaleway | POP2-HC-8C-16G | Specialized | 8 dedicated vCPU | 16 GB | 1.6 Gbps | Unmetered | €155.34 EUR | €0.21 EUR | 0 | |
| Vultr | Optimized Cloud CPU AMD 8 vCPU / 16 GB | Optimized Cloud CPU | 8 dedicated vCPU | 16 GB | 150 GB NVMe | 7.17 TB | $160.00 | $0.22 | 0 | |
| DigitalOcean | CPU Optimized - Premium Intel 5x SSD 4 vCPU / 8 GB | CPU Optimized - Premium Intel 5x SSD | 4 dedicated vCPU | 8 GB | 250 GB NVMe | 10 Gbps | 5 TB | $161.00 | $0.24 | 0 |
1 dedicated vCPU
1 GB
25 GB NVMe
1 TB transfer
$14.95/mo
1 dedicated vCPU
2 GB
60 GB NVMe
3 TB transfer
$19.00/mo
1 dedicated vCPU
1 GB
20 GB SSD
5 TB transfer
$28.00/mo
1 dedicated vCPU
2 GB
40 GB SSD
5 TB transfer
$28.00/mo
1 dedicated vCPU
2 GB
25 GB NVMe
4.1 TB transfer
$28.95/mo
2 dedicated vCPU
4 GB
120 GB NVMe
5 TB transfer
$36.00/mo
2 dedicated vCPU
4 GB
80 GB SSD
4 TB transfer
€38.84 EUR/mo
2 dedicated vCPU
4 GB
Unmetered transfer
$40.00/mo
2 dedicated vCPU
4 GB
50 GB NVMe
5.12 TB transfer
$42.00/mo
2 dedicated vCPU
4 GB
25 GB SSD
4 TB transfer
2 dedicated vCPU
4 GB
160 GB SSD
2.56 TB transfer
2 dedicated vCPU
4 GB
160 GB SSD
5.12 TB transfer
€42.71 EUR/mo
2 dedicated vCPU
4 GB
Unmetered transfer
$43.00/mo
2 dedicated vCPU
4 GB
80 GB SSD
4 TB transfer
$43.00/mo
2 dedicated vCPU
4 GB
80 GB SSD
4 TB transfer
$45.00/mo
2 dedicated vCPU
4 GB
75 GB NVMe
5.12 TB transfer
2 dedicated vCPU
4 GB
50 GB SSD
4 TB transfer
$52.95/mo
4 dedicated vCPU
8 GB
240 GB NVMe
7 TB transfer
$53.00/mo
2 dedicated vCPU
2 GB
40 GB SSD
5 TB transfer
$56.75/mo
2 dedicated vCPU
4 GB
30 GB SSD
4 TB transfer
$58.79/mo
2 dedicated vCPU
4 GB
50 GB SSD
4 TB transfer
$61.84/mo
2 dedicated vCPU
4 GB
80 GB SSD
4 TB transfer
2 dedicated vCPU
4 GB
125 GB SSD
4 TB transfer
$70.00/mo
2 dedicated vCPU
4 GB
80 GB SSD
5 TB transfer
$72.00/mo
4 dedicated vCPU
8 GB
160 GB SSD
5 TB transfer
€77.67 EUR/mo
4 dedicated vCPU
8 GB
Unmetered transfer
$80.00/mo
4 dedicated vCPU
8 GB
75 GB NVMe
6.14 TB transfer
$84.00/mo
4 dedicated vCPU
8 GB
50 GB SSD
5 TB transfer
4 dedicated vCPU
8 GB
320 GB SSD
3.07 TB transfer
4 dedicated vCPU
8 GB
320 GB SSD
6.14 TB transfer
€85.41 EUR/mo
4 dedicated vCPU
8 GB
Unmetered transfer
$86.00/mo
4 dedicated vCPU
8 GB
160 GB SSD
5 TB transfer
$86.00/mo
4 dedicated vCPU
8 GB
160 GB SSD
5 TB transfer
$90.00/mo
4 dedicated vCPU
8 GB
150 GB NVMe
6.14 TB transfer
4 dedicated vCPU
8 GB
100 GB SSD
5 TB transfer
$99.95/mo
8 dedicated vCPU
16 GB
350 GB NVMe
10 TB transfer
$109.00/mo
4 dedicated vCPU
8 GB
50 GB NVMe
5 TB transfer
$110.44/mo
4 dedicated vCPU
8 GB
30 GB SSD
5 TB transfer
$112.48/mo
4 dedicated vCPU
8 GB
50 GB SSD
5 TB transfer
$115.53/mo
4 dedicated vCPU
8 GB
80 GB SSD
5 TB transfer
€116.51 EUR/mo
6 dedicated vCPU
12 GB
Unmetered transfer
$120.00/mo
4 dedicated vCPU
4 GB
80 GB SSD
5 TB transfer
$122.00/mo
4 dedicated vCPU
8 GB
100 GB NVMe
5 TB transfer
$124.00/mo
4 dedicated vCPU
8 GB
250 GB SSD
5 TB transfer
€128.16 EUR/mo
6 dedicated vCPU
12 GB
Unmetered transfer
$144.00/mo
8 dedicated vCPU
16 GB
320 GB SSD
6 TB transfer
$145.00/mo
4 dedicated vCPU
8 GB
150 GB SSD
5 TB transfer
€155.34 EUR/mo
8 dedicated vCPU
16 GB
Unmetered transfer
$160.00/mo
8 dedicated vCPU
16 GB
150 GB NVMe
7.17 TB transfer
4 dedicated vCPU
8 GB
250 GB NVMe
5 TB transfer