When I run a uname -ar command on Vultr command line I see the following:
Linux my.vultr.account.com 4.12.10-coreos #1 SMP Tue Sep 5 20:29:13 UTC 2017 x86_64 Virtual CPU a7769a6388d5 GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
On DigitalOcean I get:
Linux master 4.11.11-coreos #1 SMP Tue Jul 18 23:06:59 UTC 2017 x86_64 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
I don't know what the difference means? Is virtual cpu worse/same/better than what I see in DigitalOcean output of "Intel(R) Xeon(R)"?
The real Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 is a CPU with 12 cores. Depending on your VPS configuration you get X amount of cores assigned from that CPU. Hence virtual CPUs.
Pertaining the specs of Vultr. The official response from Vultr support:
"We do not provide specific information on the CPUs we offer. They are all late-model Intel Xeon CPUs."
The a7769a6388d5 is a 2.4Ghz virtual CPU. According to:
wget freevps.us/downloads/bench.sh -O - -o /dev/null|bash
From there on it can be a diversity of 2.4GHz Intel E5 Xeon's from either V2, V3, V4 generation. You can get down to the bottom of it:
cat /proc/cpuinfo
Family 6 Model 61 Stepping 2 = Broadwell? etc.
Tip: CPU speed is not the best way to compare your VPS though. Focus more on I/O speed, datacenter location, uplink speed and ping times.