SurferCloud vs. LightNode VPS: 4TB traffic/120GB Disk/4core 8GB RAM

Some users need high-performance VPS plans with large traffic allowances. Currently, both SurferCloud and LightNode offer VPS plans with 4 cores, 8GB of RAM, and 4TB of monthly traffic. So, how do their performances compare? Here, we present a comprehensive comparison for your reference.

SurferCloud Plan Screenshot Example:

Configuration and Price Comparison:

For more details: SurferCloud: $32/mo VPS/4096 GB traffic/120 GB RSSD/8 GB RAM/4core/1x IPv4/30 Mbps port speed.

YABS:

This script automates the execution of the best benchmarking tools in the industry. Included are several tests to check the performance of critical areas of a server: disk performance with fio, network performance with iperf3, and CPU/memory performance with Geekbench.

SurferCloud

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#              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
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# https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
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Wed Aug 21 02:20:01 PDT 2024

Basic System Information:
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Uptime     : 0 days, 2 hours, 29 minutes
Processor  : Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
CPU cores  : 4 @ 2992.968 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
RAM        : 7.6 GiB
Swap       : 0.0 KiB
Disk       : 120.0 GiB
Distro     : CentOS Linux 7 (Core)
Kernel     : 4.19.188-10.el7.ucloud.x86_64
VM Type    : KVM
IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline

IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP        : Scloud Pte Ltd
ASN        : AS142002 Scloud Pte Ltd
Host       : Scloud Pte Ltd
Location   : Los Angeles, California (CA)
Country    : United States

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/vda1):
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Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 102.06 MB/s  (25.5k) | 214.24 MB/s   (3.3k)
Write      | 102.33 MB/s  (25.5k) | 215.36 MB/s   (3.3k)
Total      | 204.39 MB/s  (51.0k) | 429.61 MB/s   (6.7k)
           |                      |                     
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 206.10 MB/s    (402) | 204.12 MB/s    (199)
Write      | 217.05 MB/s    (423) | 217.71 MB/s    (212)
Total      | 423.15 MB/s    (825) | 421.83 MB/s    (411)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 30.9 Mbits/sec  | 50.4 Mbits/sec  | 137 ms         
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 31.1 Mbits/sec  | 49.5 Mbits/sec  | 142 ms         
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 29.9 Mbits/sec  | 48.4 Mbits/sec  | 235 ms         
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 30.2 Mbits/sec  | 49.5 Mbits/sec  | 186 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 31.9 Mbits/sec  | 52.1 Mbits/sec  | 1.84 ms        
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 32.1 Mbits/sec  | 50.5 Mbits/sec  | 62.5 ms        
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 30.0 Mbits/sec  | 50.1 Mbits/sec  | 169 ms  

LightNode

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Tue Aug 27 13:45:39 CST 2024

Basic System Information:
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Uptime     : 0 days, 1 hours, 56 minutes
Processor  : Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS)
CPU cores  : 4 @ 2494.140 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM        : 7.6 GiB
Swap       : 0.0 KiB
Disk       : 50.0 GiB
Distro     : CentOS Linux 7 (Core)
Kernel     : 3.10.0-1160.el7.x86_64
VM Type    : KVM
IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline

IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP        : Kaopu Cloud HK Limited
ASN        : AS138915 Kaopu Cloud HK Limited
Host       : Lightnode Limited
Location   : San Francisco, California (CA)
Country    : United States

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/vda1):
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Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 110.39 MB/s  (27.5k) | 819.61 MB/s  (12.8k)
Write      | 110.68 MB/s  (27.6k) | 823.92 MB/s  (12.8k)
Total      | 221.07 MB/s  (55.2k) | 1.64 GB/s    (25.6k)
           |                      |                     
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 1.23 GB/s     (2.4k) | 1.32 GB/s     (1.2k)
Write      | 1.30 GB/s     (2.5k) | 1.40 GB/s     (1.3k)
Total      | 2.54 GB/s     (4.9k) | 2.73 GB/s     (2.6k)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 97.1 Mbits/sec  | 88.1 Mbits/sec  | 130 ms         
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 97.1 Mbits/sec  | 90.5 Mbits/sec  | 141 ms         
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 90.9 Mbits/sec  | 74.2 Mbits/sec  | 230 ms         
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 92.8 Mbits/sec  | 80.7 Mbits/sec  | 202 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 104 Mbits/sec   | 97.3 Mbits/sec  | 8.32 ms        
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 101 Mbits/sec   | 93.5 Mbits/sec  | 63.3 ms        
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 93.9 Mbits/sec  | 68.3 Mbits/sec  | 172 ms