Google Compute Engine g1-small, September 22nd 2014
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We have run a full suite of performance tests on the g1-small VPS plan of Google Compute Engine. VPSBenchmarks bought, setup the server and started the tests.
On this page, you'll find:
- Price and specifications for the g1-small plan.
- The grades that summarize its performance in 5 categories based on the benchmarks results.
- Links to the detailed benchmarks results that can be compared to other providers and other plans.
| Provider | Plan | Monthly price | Short term surcharge | Hourly billing | Num CPU cores | Memory (GB) | Disk space (GB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Compute Engine | g1-small | $13.13 | On-demand price: $18.50/month (+40%). Applies up to 30 days. |
Yes |
1 (burstable) |
1.7 | 10 |
Note: the CPU details Frequency is the frequency observed at the start of the trial. It may vary as the trial progresses.
Warning: storage costs are not included in the price above.
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in the price above.
Test Results
- Web Runs: performance of a web application running on the server with locally generated load. Latencies and max request rate.
- Sysbench: CPU, disk IO and memory speed tests.
- Endurance: output over time of a long running cpu intensive application.
- Network Transfers: maximum HTTP download and upload speeds between the VPS and servers located nearby.
- Yabs: test suite that includes Geekbench CPU tests, Fio for disk IO and Iperf3 for network transfers.