Instance Type: General Purpose - b3
This plan belongs to the OVHcloud General Purpose - b3 server line (Public Cloud).
Instance Type Description
With General Purpose instances, you can get projects up and running, stress-free and with all the scalability options open to you. These instances have a balanced ratio of 4 GB RAM per high-end AMD EPYC vCPU, to cover nearly all of your standard use cases.
Instance Type Specifications
| Approximate Cost per vCPU | $9.94 |
| Approximate RAM per vCPU | 4GB |
| Hourly billing | yes |
| CPU type | AMD |
| Shared CPU | yes |
| Storage included | yes |
See also all OVHcloud instance types.
"b3-16" Plan Specifications
| Provider | OVHcloud |
|---|---|
| Plan URL | https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-ie/public-cloud/general-purpose/ |
| Price per month | 56.00€ ($65.52) |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Hourly Billing | Yes: 0.1023€/hour |
| Disk GB | 100 |
| Num Cores | 4 |
| Memory GB | 16 |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | Unlimited |
| Maximum Network Speed | 1000 Mbps |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Badges of Quality
Badges are awards granted to VPS plans that meet certain quality criteria.
| Meets Bandwidth Specs | OVHcloud - b3-16 delivers all the bandwidth advertised in its specifications | |
|---|---|---|
| Twenty Requests Per Core | OVHcloud - b3-16 serves more than 20 HTTP requests per second per vCPU | |
| Over 1300 Geekbench6 Score | OVHcloud - b3-16 serves got a Geekbench6 single core score over 1300 |
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 from the latest public performance trial run on this plan, started on Jul 11 2025.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 66
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for OVHcloud - b3-16. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
| Yabs | Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review | Review | Review | Review | Review |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
Performance trials run on the b3-16 plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the b3-16 plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11 2025 | AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor | Amsterdam, Netherlands | C |
| Jul 06 2024 | AMD EPYC-Milan Processor | Roubaix, France | B |