⚡ Vultr Frankfurt VPS Benchmark — 2025 Quick Review
VPS Specs at a glance
- CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.4 GHz (1 core)
- RAM: 1 GB
- Disk: 55 GB SSD
- Swap: 512 MB
- OS: Debian 12 (64-bit)
- Kernel: 6.1.0-18-amd64
- Virtualization: KVM
- TCP Congestion Control: BBR
- Location: Frankfurt, Germany 🇩🇪
- IPv4: 149.28.200.57
Disk I/O Performance
| Run | Speed (MB/s) |
|---|---|
| 1st | 98 |
| 2nd | 103 |
| 3rd | 101 |
| Average | 100.7 |
Stable ~100 MB/s on SSD-backed storage, good for most small to medium workloads.
Network Speed & Latency Highlights
| Location | Upload Mbps | Download Mbps | Latency (ms) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfurt 🇩🇪 | 940.16 | 953.82 | 0.48 |
| Amsterdam 🇳🇱 | 905.44 | 918.21 | 5.19 |
| London 🇬🇧 | 820.35 | 831.44 | 8.31 |
| New York 🇺🇸 | 145.62 | 160.83 | 107.11 |
| Toronto 🇨🇦 | 138.22 | 154.77 | 101.26 |
| Dallas 🇺🇸 | 130.18 | 148.32 | 124.39 |
| Los Angeles 🇺🇸 | 125.76 | 139.52 | 148.27 |
| Singapore 🇸🇬 | 70.25 | 82.13 | 210.15 |
| Tokyo 🇯🇵 | 72.66 | 87.75 | 237.88 |
| Sydney 🇦🇺 | 55.17 | 66.55 | 260.39 |
Unsurprisingly, super low latency and blazing speed in Frankfurt and nearby Europe. Asia-Pacific and US have decent speeds but much higher ping.
Verdict — Who is this VPS good for?
- Great fit for:
- Hosting EU/DE/central Europe websites, APIs, and apps
- VPN, proxies, and lightweight dev/test servers
- Small-scale databases, caching layers
- Less ideal for:
- Memory-heavy applications (only 1GB RAM)
- Ultra low-latency apps outside Europe
- Big data or heavy I/O workloads (SSD speed is good but not top tier)
Summary
For a simple €5/month VPS in Frankfurt, you get solid European network performance, stable disk I/O around 100 MB/s, and a modern Debian 12 environment with latest Linux kernel. This setup is ideal if your target users are in Europe and you need a reliable server with quick network response times.
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