Do dearer Hetzner plans have faster cores?
Hetzner CPX22 gives the most speed per dollar of Hetzner’s 4 tested plans: a single-core score of 1,872 for $23.59 a month (ex VAT), 79 points per dollar. The dearer plans are no faster per core, 1,849 to 1,902; the extra money buys cores and memory. Read 31 Oct 2026 from VPSBenchmarks’ public test runs and Hetzner’s own prices.
How to read it Each dot is one Hetzner plan with public test runs: further right costs more, higher is a faster core. Teal dots are the plans no cheaper Hetzner plan beats on speed; the rest are coloured by speed per dollar, green the best third.
good value, top third by points per dollar among its 4 plansno cheaper plan is faster
Hetzner’s 4 tested plans
| Plan | Per month | Single-core | Multi-core | Points per $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPX222 runs · median of the last 12 months | $23.59ex VAT · $22.99 server + $0.60 IPv4 · read 31 Oct 2026 · hetzner.com · API | 1,872 | 3,419 | good value, top third79no cheaper Hetzner plan is faster |
| CPX326 runs · median of the last 12 months | $42.59ex VAT · $41.99 server + $0.60 IPv4 · read 31 Oct 2026 · hetzner.com · API | 1,849 | 5,240 | good value, top third43 |
| CPX424 runs · median of the last 12 months | $82.59ex VAT · $81.99 server + $0.60 IPv4 · read 31 Oct 2026 · hetzner.com · API | 1,900 | 8,903 | typical, middle third23no cheaper Hetzner plan is faster |
| CPX623 runs · median of the last 12 months | $153.59ex VAT · $152.99 server + $0.60 IPv4 · read 31 Oct 2026 · hetzner.com · API | 1,902 | 11,343 | poor value, bottom third12no cheaper Hetzner plan is faster |
good value, top thirdtypical, middle thirdpoor value, bottom third
Geekbench 6 medians of VPSBenchmarks’ public runs since 31 Oct 2025, read 31 Oct 2026, the property of Camino Cielo Cloud Services; a run counts only when its name, cores and memory match the plan · per month incl. IPv4
Drawn in context on Hetzner’s page, and on provider pages with public benchmark runs.