Instance Type: Compute cx2
This plan belongs to the IBM Cloud Compute cx2 server line (VPC).
Instance Type Description
Compute profiles offer a core to RAM ratio 1 vCPU to 2 GiB of RAM ratio and are best for moderate to high web traffic workloads. Compute profiles are best for workloads with intensive CPU demands, such as high web traffic workloads, production batch processing, and front-end web servers.
Prices include a mandatory 100GB boot disk.
Instance Type Specifications
| Approximate Cost per vCPU | Between $29.00 and $32.00 |
| Approximate RAM per vCPU | 2.0GB |
| Hourly billing | yes |
| CPU type | INTEL |
| Shared CPU | yes |
| Storage included | yes |
See also all IBM Cloud instance types.
"cx2-2x4" Plan Specifications
| Provider | IBM Cloud |
|---|---|
| Plan URL | https://www.ibm.com/cloud/vpc/pricing |
| Price per month | $71.28 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: $65.91 Minimum continuous use for discount: 1 year |
| Disk GB | 100 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 0 |
| Maximum Network Speed | 3000 Mbps |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst. The grades below are those of the most recent trial run for this plan.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 37
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for IBM Cloud - cx2-2x4. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
| Yabs | Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
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| Review | Review | Review | Review | Review |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
Performance trials run on the cx2-2x4 plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the cx2-2x4 plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17 2023 | Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake) | Toronto, Canada | D |
| Aug 22 2020 | Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, IBRS) | Texas, USA | D |