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Hetzner

German cloud & dedicated hosting, famously aggressive price/performance.

www.hetzner.com60 fresh-host observations

CPU all-core vs. monthly price

3 / 3 plans

Cross-host P50 against the net monthly price (EUR, excluding VAT — tax depends on the buyer, not the provider). Ringed dots sit on the efficient frontier: no cheaper measured plan is faster on this metric. Points are deliberately never connected.

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Ringed dots are on the efficient frontier for this metric.Faded points need 10 independent fresh hosts before ranking.

Performance history

Every campaign is a separate point in time. Old hardware is retained, never averaged into a newer campaign, so generation changes remain visible.

2 dated cohorts

Composite over time

P50 per campaign · index

ccx13 · nbg1cpx22 · fsn1cpx22 · hel1cpx22 · nbg1cpx22 · sincx23 · nbg1

The first campaign is the baseline. A trend appears after the same plan and region are measured again under a new campaign ID.

MeasuredPlan / regionHardware observedEvidence

24 Jul 2026 UTCccx13 · nbg1AMD EPYC-Milan Processor10 hosts

24 Jul 2026 UTCcpx22 · sinAMD EPYC-Genoa Processor10 hosts

24 Jul 2026 UTCcpx22 · hel1AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor10 hosts

24 Jul 2026 UTCcpx22 · fsn1AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor10 hosts

24 Jul 2026 UTCcx23 · nbg1Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX)10 hosts

24 Jul 2026 UTCcpx22 · nbg1AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor10 hosts

24 Jul 2026 UTCccx13 · nbg1AMD EPYC-Milan Processor10 hosts

24 Jul 2026 UTCcx23 · nbg1AMD EPYC-Rome Processor10 hosts

24 Jul 2026 UTCcpx22 · sinAMD EPYC-Genoa Processor10 hosts

24 Jul 2026 UTCcpx22 · hel1AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor10 hosts

24 Jul 2026 UTCcpx22 · nbg1AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor10 hosts

24 Jul 2026 UTCcpx22 · fsn1AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor10 hosts

Location comparison

Same provider and plan, fresh hosts in each region. Location results never mix into the global table: only the strongest region median for each plan represents the provider there.

cpx224 regions

values are P50 · tails shown inline

Region	Hosts	Perf. index	CPU 1-core	CPU all-core	4K read	Network latency
hel1best median24 Jul 2026 UTC	10	88.1	P50 1,756 · P10 1,674	P50 3,560 · P10 3,519	P50 25.5K · P10 21.7K	P50 5.68 · P90 6.52 · P99 6.72
fsn124 Jul 2026 UTC	10	84.4	P50 1,742 · P10 1,724	P50 3,564 · P10 3,493	P50 24K · P10 21.2K	P50 9.61 · P90 10.1 · P99 10.3
nbg124 Jul 2026 UTC	10	83.7	P50 1,759 · P10 1,734	P50 3,559 · P10 3,540	P50 25K · P10 21.9K	P50 8.07 · P90 8.59 · P99 8.71
sin24 Jul 2026 UTC	10	83.1	P50 1,732 · P10 1,631	P50 3,557 · P10 3,360	P50 21K · P10 15.5K	P50 5.54 · P90 6.37 · P99 6.64

cx23

cheapcloud-vpsnbg1measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC€5.99/mo · €0.0096/hranked · 10 hostsCompare in Compute →

Performance

68.9

Value index

100.0

Independent hosts

Raw runs

CPU: Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX)
Cores: 2
Memory: 4 GiB
OS / arch: linux/amd64
Kernel: 6.8.0-117-generic
CLI: 0.2.0-dev
host_strategy: hetzner-spread-placement-group
os_image: ubuntu-24.04
pricing_as_of: 2026-07-24
pricing_basis: server+primary-ipv4-net-excl-vat

cpu

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
multi_core_hash	3,027MB/s	2,060	486	3,130	3,176	−15%
scaling_efficiency	100%	102	97.9	107	116	−1%
single_core_hash	1,374MB/s	993	250	1,543	1,554	−23%

SHA-256 over 64 KiB buffers; uses CPU crypto extensions where available

disk

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
fsync_latency_p50	1.03ms	1.00	0.71	1.31	1.34	−2843%
rand_read_4k	15.7KIOPS	16.2K	12.9K	21K	21.1K	−78%
seq_read	2,435MB/s	2,515	2,061	2,954	3,236	−30%
seq_write	1,177MB/s	1,203	853	1,698	1,743	−27%

reads bypass the page cache (direct I/O) · test file: 1024 MiB, random reads at queue depth 4

memory

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
copy_bandwidth	12.2GB/s	9.85	3.00	15.3	16.2	−50%
random_access_latency	133ns	134	114	150	169	−27%

bandwidth counts bytes copied (read+write traffic is ~2x)

network

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
download	2,036Mbps	2,019	1,809	2,277	2,284	−6%
latency_p50	8.07ms	8.03	7.72	8.34	8.56	−72%
upload	364Mbps	412	307	564	593	−12%

latency excludes server processing time (Cloudflare Server-Timing) · measured against Cloudflare edge FRA

steal

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
consistency_cv	15.8%	13.9	2.60	24.7	29.7	−422%
cpu_steal	0.00%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	best
p99_over_p50	1.55ratio	1.58	1.15	2.25	2.30	−53%
unit_time_p50	15.6ms	14.3	8.37	19.6	20.1	−108%

consistency_cv near 0% and p99_over_p50 near 1.0 indicate a quiet host; high values suggest noisy neighbors or throttling

ccx13

dedicatedcloud-vpsnbg1measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC€43.49/mo · €0.0697/hranked · 10 hostsCompare in Compute →

Performance

89.2

Value index

17.8

Independent hosts

Raw runs

CPU: AMD EPYC-Milan Processor
Cores: 2
Memory: 8 GiB
OS / arch: linux/amd64
Kernel: 6.8.0-90-generic
CLI: 0.2.0-dev
host_strategy: hetzner-spread-placement-group
os_image: ubuntu-24.04
pricing_as_of: 2026-07-24
pricing_basis: server+primary-ipv4-net-excl-vat

cpu

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
multi_core_hash	3,460MB/s	3,388	3,374	3,466	3,467	−3%
scaling_efficiency	96.8%	94.9	94.5	97.0	97.3	−4%
single_core_hash	1,788MB/s	1,785	1,779	1,790	1,790	best

SHA-256 over 64 KiB buffers; uses CPU crypto extensions where available

disk

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
fsync_latency_p50	0.62ms	0.54	0.21	0.71	0.72	−1671%
rand_read_4k	23.9KIOPS	24.5K	21.5K	26.5K	32.6K	−66%
seq_read	2,223MB/s	2,401	1,916	3,106	3,408	−36%
seq_write	1,241MB/s	1,230	1,194	1,279	1,298	−23%

reads bypass the page cache (direct I/O) · test file: 1024 MiB, random reads at queue depth 4

memory

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
copy_bandwidth	24.5GB/s	24.4	23.5	25.1	26.5	best
random_access_latency	105ns	106	94.2	117	118	best

bandwidth counts bytes copied (read+write traffic is ~2x)

network

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
download	2,174Mbps	2,086	1,701	2,516	2,596	best
latency_p50	7.79ms	7.74	7.34	8.10	8.17	−66%
upload	369Mbps	406	298	562	595	−11%

latency excludes server processing time (Cloudflare Server-Timing) · measured against Cloudflare edge FRA

steal

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
consistency_cv	11.2%	11.2	10.6	11.5	12.5	−269%
cpu_steal	0.00%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	best
p99_over_p50	1.01ratio	1.08	1.01	1.11	1.53	best
unit_time_p50	7.51ms	7.54	7.42	7.64	7.91	best

consistency_cv near 0% and p99_over_p50 near 1.0 indicate a quiet host; high values suggest noisy neighbors or throttling

cpx22

mediumcloud-vpsfsn1measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC€19.99/mo · €0.0320/hranked · 10 hostsCompare in Compute →

Performance

84.4

Value index

36.7

Independent hosts

Raw runs

CPU: AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor
Cores: 2
Memory: 4 GiB
OS / arch: linux/amd64
Kernel: 6.8.0-117-generic
CLI: 0.2.0-dev
host_strategy: hetzner-spread-placement-group
os_image: ubuntu-24.04
pricing_as_of: 2026-07-24
pricing_basis: server+primary-ipv4-net-excl-vat

cpu

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
multi_core_hash	3,564MB/s	3,547	3,493	3,567	3,570	−-0%
scaling_efficiency	102%	102	100	103	103	−-0%
single_core_hash	1,742MB/s	1,744	1,724	1,769	1,775	−3%

SHA-256 over 64 KiB buffers; uses CPU crypto extensions where available

disk

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
fsync_latency_p50	0.72ms	0.53	0.15	0.79	0.81	−1957%
rand_read_4k	24KIOPS	26.2K	21.2K	34.9K	35.1K	−66%
seq_read	2,664MB/s	3,361	1,842	6,700	6,718	−23%
seq_write	1,282MB/s	1,300	1,209	1,396	1,431	−20%

reads bypass the page cache (direct I/O) · test file: 1024 MiB, random reads at queue depth 4

memory

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
copy_bandwidth	24.3GB/s	24.4	23.5	25.0	26.0	−1%
random_access_latency	114ns	120	111	142	143	−9%

bandwidth counts bytes copied (read+write traffic is ~2x)

network

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
download	1,939Mbps	1,892	1,575	2,195	2,339	−11%
latency_p50	9.61ms	9.61	9.06	10.1	10.3	−105%
upload	401Mbps	410	326	534	555	−3%

latency excludes server processing time (Cloudflare Server-Timing) · measured against Cloudflare edge FRA

steal

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
consistency_cv	15.4%	12.8	2.07	18.3	21.2	−410%
cpu_steal	0.00%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	best
p99_over_p50	1.75ratio	1.66	1.04	2.33	2.38	−73%
unit_time_p50	7.55ms	9.92	7.37	19.2	19.5	−1%

consistency_cv near 0% and p99_over_p50 near 1.0 indicate a quiet host; high values suggest noisy neighbors or throttling

cpx22

mediumcloud-vpshel1measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC€19.99/mo · €0.0320/hranked · 10 hostsCompare in Compute →

Performance

88.1

Value index

38.3

Independent hosts

Raw runs

CPU: AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor
Cores: 2
Memory: 4 GiB
OS / arch: linux/amd64
Kernel: 6.8.0-117-generic
CLI: 0.2.0-dev
host_strategy: hetzner-spread-placement-group
os_image: ubuntu-24.04
pricing_as_of: 2026-07-24
pricing_basis: server+primary-ipv4-net-excl-vat

cpu

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
multi_core_hash	3,560MB/s	3,531	3,519	3,571	3,587	best
scaling_efficiency	101%	102	99.9	103	104	best
single_core_hash	1,756MB/s	1,734	1,674	1,775	1,789	−2%

SHA-256 over 64 KiB buffers; uses CPU crypto extensions where available

disk

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
fsync_latency_p50	0.73ms	0.79	0.52	1.18	1.23	−2000%
rand_read_4k	25.5KIOPS	25.2K	21.7K	27.3K	30.5K	−64%
seq_read	2,774MB/s	2,724	2,168	3,277	3,530	−20%
seq_write	1,240MB/s	1,236	1,072	1,374	1,456	−23%

reads bypass the page cache (direct I/O) · test file: 1024 MiB, random reads at queue depth 4

memory

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
copy_bandwidth	23.8GB/s	23.6	22.5	24.3	24.5	−3%
random_access_latency	118ns	121	113	127	152	−12%

bandwidth counts bytes copied (read+write traffic is ~2x)

network

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
download	2,091Mbps	1,967	1,595	2,287	2,321	−4%
latency_p50	5.68ms	5.67	4.78	6.52	6.72	−21%
upload	413Mbps	414	321	549	596	best

latency excludes server processing time (Cloudflare Server-Timing) · measured against Cloudflare edge HEL

steal

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
consistency_cv	13.6%	14.1	11.6	17.5	19.5	−351%
cpu_steal	0.00%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	best
p99_over_p50	1.67ratio	1.80	1.38	2.26	2.43	−65%
unit_time_p50	7.70ms	11.1	7.53	19.4	19.9	−2%

consistency_cv near 0% and p99_over_p50 near 1.0 indicate a quiet host; high values suggest noisy neighbors or throttling

cpx22

mediumcloud-vpsnbg1measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC€19.99/mo · €0.0320/hranked · 10 hostsCompare in Compute →

Performance

83.7

Value index

36.4

Independent hosts

Raw runs

CPU: AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor
Cores: 2
Memory: 4 GiB
OS / arch: linux/amd64
Kernel: 6.8.0-101-generic
CLI: 0.2.0-dev
host_strategy: hetzner-spread-placement-group
os_image: ubuntu-24.04
pricing_as_of: 2026-07-24
pricing_basis: server+primary-ipv4-net-excl-vat

cpu

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
multi_core_hash	3,559MB/s	3,557	3,540	3,569	3,570	−0%
scaling_efficiency	101%	101	100	102	103	−0%
single_core_hash	1,759MB/s	1,759	1,734	1,777	1,782	−2%

SHA-256 over 64 KiB buffers; uses CPU crypto extensions where available

disk

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
fsync_latency_p50	0.82ms	0.81	0.70	0.92	0.95	−2257%
rand_read_4k	25KIOPS	24.2K	21.9K	26.4K	26.4K	−64%
seq_read	2,846MB/s	2,783	1,998	3,257	3,466	−18%
seq_write	1,263MB/s	1,274	1,227	1,316	1,365	−21%

reads bypass the page cache (direct I/O) · test file: 1024 MiB, random reads at queue depth 4

memory

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
copy_bandwidth	21.4GB/s	22.3	20.6	24.6	24.6	−13%
random_access_latency	119ns	119	109	127	130	−14%

bandwidth counts bytes copied (read+write traffic is ~2x)

network

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
download	2,028Mbps	2,005	1,720	2,155	2,625	−7%
latency_p50	8.07ms	8.10	7.68	8.59	8.71	−72%
upload	391Mbps	399	321	465	613	−5%

latency excludes server processing time (Cloudflare Server-Timing) · measured against Cloudflare edge FRA

steal

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
consistency_cv	15.6%	15.0	10.9	18.7	22.2	−415%
cpu_steal	0.00%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	best
p99_over_p50	1.92ratio	1.75	1.02	2.32	2.52	−90%
unit_time_p50	7.64ms	7.62	7.46	7.76	7.76	−2%

consistency_cv near 0% and p99_over_p50 near 1.0 indicate a quiet host; high values suggest noisy neighbors or throttling

cpx22

mediumcloud-vpssinmeasured 24 Jul 2026 UTC€26.99/mo · €0.0433/hranked · 10 hostsCompare in Compute →

Performance

83.1

Value index

26.8

Independent hosts

Raw runs

CPU: AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor
Cores: 2
Memory: 4 GiB
OS / arch: linux/amd64
Kernel: 6.8.0-117-generic
CLI: 0.2.0-dev
host_strategy: hetzner-spread-placement-group
os_image: ubuntu-24.04
pricing_as_of: 2026-07-24
pricing_basis: server+primary-ipv4-net-excl-vat

cpu

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
multi_core_hash	3,557MB/s	3,391	3,360	3,572	3,574	−0%
scaling_efficiency	102%	102	101	103	104	−-1%
single_core_hash	1,732MB/s	1,657	1,631	1,760	1,770	−3%

SHA-256 over 64 KiB buffers; uses CPU crypto extensions where available

disk

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
fsync_latency_p50	0.80ms	0.75	0.52	0.90	1.28	−2171%
rand_read_4k	21KIOPS	20K	15.5K	21.6K	22.1K	−70%
seq_read	2,097MB/s	2,159	1,909	2,491	2,778	−40%
seq_write	1,306MB/s	1,248	1,164	1,354	1,409	−19%

reads bypass the page cache (direct I/O) · test file: 1024 MiB, random reads at queue depth 4

memory

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
copy_bandwidth	23.4GB/s	22.6	21.3	23.9	24.1	−4%
random_access_latency	129ns	133	116	146	169	−23%

bandwidth counts bytes copied (read+write traffic is ~2x)

network

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
download	1,621Mbps	1,579	1,167	1,997	2,058	−25%
latency_p50	5.54ms	5.72	5.17	6.37	6.64	−18%
upload	368Mbps	358	271	452	505	−11%

latency excludes server processing time (Cloudflare Server-Timing) · measured against Cloudflare edge SIN

steal

measured 24 Jul 2026 UTC

Metric	P50	Mean	P10	P90	P99	vs best
consistency_cv	12.5%	13.4	8.33	18.2	18.5	−312%
cpu_steal	0.00%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	best
p99_over_p50	1.73ratio	1.83	1.45	2.39	2.44	−72%
unit_time_p50	13.7ms	13.3	7.41	19.0	19.3	−83%

consistency_cv near 0% and p99_over_p50 near 1.0 indicate a quiet host; high values suggest noisy neighbors or throttling