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RS 1000 G12 · 4 dedicated cores · 8 GB

Root Server

netcup RS 1000 G12 costs $12.40/mo for 4 vCPU, 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB NVMe, cheaper than 83% of the 524 VPS plans we track, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Price

$12.40/mo

billed €10.75/mo

$1.55 per GB RAM

Cheaper than 83% of tracked offers

Specs vs the whole index

RAM
8 GB> 31% of offers
vCPU
4 dedicated> 41% of offers
Disk
256 GB NVMe> 77% of offers
Bandwidth
Unmetered

Excl. VAT: net derived from the advertised €12.79 incl. 19% VAT · starting-at price on a 1- or 12-month term (12-month saves up to 16%) · unlimited traffic (fair use, temporary throttling above daily volume) · AMD EPYC 9645

Value score

95/100

RAM · 8 GB
8.0
vCPU · 4
6.0
Disk · 256 GB NVMe
10.2
Traffic · unmetered, as 10 TB
3.0
27.2 points ÷ $12.40
2.20 per $

1 point per GB of RAM, 1.5 per vCPU, 1 per 25 GB of disk up to 500 GB (SSD × 0.8, HDD × 0.4), and 0.3 per TB of traffic up to 20 TB.

The score ranks 2.20 points per dollar against the 524 tracked VPS plans, whose median is 0.43. A higher score means more machine for the money.

Data provenance

netcup · Live web · server-rendered plan cards on netcup.com/en/server/vps + /en/server/root-server

Fetched 16 Sept 2026

Prices exclude VAT. Always confirm on the provider's site.

Where this sits in the market

At $12.40/mo, RS 1000 G12 · 4 dedicated cores · 8 GB is cheaper than 83% of the 524 VPS plans in our index. It delivers 8 GB of RAM at $1.55/GB, 71% below the $5.42/GB market median. Its value score of 95/100 ranks it #21 among VPS plans that include a disk, and it is the 3rd cheapest of netcup's 9 tracked plans.

Open models this box runs comfortably · CPU inference

how we compute this →

Largest two per lineup that fit 8 GB with 20% headroom at Q4_K_M and an 8K context; speeds are bandwidth-bound estimates for 4 dedicated vCPU.

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