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Every dedicated server and VPS offer mapped to a transparent performance score, so "quad-core" can't hide its age. Sorted by Perf/$ — performance per dollar.

1354 live offers18 providers rankings not for saleformula publicevery price timestamped

As of 2026-08-30, CompareGeeks tracks 1354 server offers from 18 providers; the median value is 2.7 cg-index points per dollar per month.

Dedicated servers

Real hardware — exact CPU model, RAM generation, disk type. The flagship lane.

775 offers, best value 18.1 pts/$ →

VPS / cloud servers

Virtual servers compared on vCPU family, contention honesty, and real specs.

579 offers, best value 33.3 pts/$ →

Best value right now — dedicated

Top 10 by Perf/$ across all tracked providers. Click any column to re-sort.

Perf/$CPUcg-indexPrice/moRAMStorageBandwidthLocationsProvider
18.1
Xeon E5-1650 v26C/12T · 2013 253 €11.99 ≈$14 32GB ECC Kimsufi
verified under 1h ago
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15.3
Core i5-1350014C/20T · 2023 1,019 €57.30 ≈$67 64GB DDR4 2×512GB NVMe Unmetered
1Gbps port
Falkenstein DE, Helsinki FI Hetzner
verified 1h ago
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15.0
Xeon E5-1620 v24C/8T · 2013 174 €9.99 ≈$12 32GB ECC Kimsufi
verified under 1h ago
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14.0
2× Xeon E5-2680 v324C/48T total · 2014 895 €54.99 ≈$64 64GB DDR4 ECC 2×480GB SSD Kimsufi
verified under 1h ago
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13.8
2× Xeon Gold 613032C/64T total · 2017 1,311 $95.00 128GB DDR4 2TB NVMe Unmetered
10Gbps port
Kansas City MO Wholesale Internet
verified 1h ago
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13.7
EPYC 7351P16C/32T · 2017 622 €38.99 ≈$45 128GB DDR4 ECC 2×4TB SSD Kimsufi
verified under 1h ago
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13.2
EPYC 745124C/48T · 2017 954 €61.99 ≈$72 128GB DDR4 ECC 2×4TB SSD Kimsufi
verified under 1h ago
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13.2
Ryzen 7 5800H8C/16T · 2021 592 $45.00 32GB DDR4 1TB NVMe Unmetered
1Gbps port
Kansas City MO Wholesale Internet
verified 1h ago
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12.8
2× Xeon E5-2696 v336C/72T total · 2015 1,343 $105.00 128GB DDR4 2×2TB SSD Unmetered
1Gbps port
Kansas City MO Wholesale Internet
verified 1h ago
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12.1
Ryzen 9 9900X12C/24T · 2024 1,414 €99.99 ≈$116 64GB 2×512GB NVMe OVHcloud
verified under 1h ago
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Some links may earn us a commission — it never affects rankings or scores (disclosure). Perf/$ = cg-index v1.0 points per US dollar per month; an estimate computed from public spec facts — see the exact formula.

Best value right now — VPS

Perf/$CPUcg-indexPrice/moRAMStorageBandwidthLocationsProvider
33.3
1 vCPU · generic shared (shared) 17 €0.44 ≈$1 1GB Paris FR, Amsterdam NL, Warsaw PL Scaleway
verified under 1h ago
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13.5
4 vCPU · generic shared (shared) 67 €4.25 ≈$5 8GB 75GB NVMe Unmetered
0.5Gbps port
OVHcloud
verified under 1h ago
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12.5
4 vCPU · generic shared (shared) 67 €4.60 ≈$5 8GB 75GB NVMe Unmetered
0.5Gbps port
OVHcloud
verified under 1h ago
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12.3
4 vCPU · generic shared (shared) 67 €4.67 ≈$5 8GB 75GB NVMe Unmetered
0.5Gbps port
OVHcloud
verified under 1h ago
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11.7
4 vCPU · generic shared (shared) 67 €4.93 ≈$6 8GB 75GB NVMe Unmetered
0.5Gbps port
OVHcloud
verified under 1h ago
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11.6
6 vCPU · generic shared (shared) 101 €7.48 ≈$9 12GB 100GB NVMe Unmetered
1Gbps port
OVHcloud
verified under 1h ago
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11.6
6 vCPU · generic shared (shared) 101 €7.50 ≈$9 12GB 200GB SSD Unmetered
0.3Gbps port
Eu, UK, US +4 Contabo
verified 1h ago
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11.5
4 vCPU · generic shared (shared) 67 €5.00 ≈$6 8GB 75GB NVMe Unmetered
0.5Gbps port
OVHcloud
verified under 1h ago
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11.4
4 vCPU · generic shared (shared) 67 €5.06 ≈$6 8GB 75GB NVMe Unmetered
0.5Gbps port
OVHcloud
verified under 1h ago
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11.1
6 vCPU · generic shared (shared) 101 €7.82 ≈$9 12GB 100GB NVMe Unmetered
1Gbps port
OVHcloud
verified under 1h ago
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Some links may earn us a commission — it never affects rankings or scores (disclosure). Perf/$ = cg-index v1.0 points per US dollar per month; an estimate computed from public spec facts — see the exact formula.

How this works: we collect prices and specs from providers' public pages, map every CPU to a transparent spec-based score (cg-index v1.0 — the formula is public and versioned), and rank by points-per-dollar. Providers cannot pay to move up. Providers with no affiliate program are listed anyway.