Dedicated VPS Plans (AMD EPYC)
GoZen’s dedicated VPS tier gives you physical CPU cores, not shared vCPUs. Here’s what that means and when you need it.
GoZen Host offers two VPS tiers: standard VPS (shared vCPU) and Dedicated VPS (dedicated AMD EPYC 9645 CPU cores). The hardware difference is significant, and it matters for specific workloads.
Shared vCPU vs Dedicated CPU
On a standard VPS, your CPU cores are shared (sometimes called “burstable”). You get a guaranteed baseline, but you’re sharing physical cores with other VPS instances on the same host. If the host is busy, your CPU performance can vary.
On a Dedicated VPS, your CPU cores are physically assigned to your server. No one else uses them. Your performance is consistent regardless of what other servers on the host are doing.
| Factor | Shared vCPU | Dedicated CPU |
|---|---|---|
| CPU allocation | Time-shared physical cores | Physically reserved cores |
| Performance consistency | Varies under load | Constant |
| Burst capability | Can spike above baseline temporarily | Already at maximum |
| Best for | Websites, blogs, light apps | Databases, encoding, CI/CD, high-traffic apps |
| Price | Lower | Higher |
When You Need Dedicated CPU
Shared vCPU is fine for most websites. You need dedicated cores when your workload is consistently CPU-bound:
- High-traffic WordPress/WooCommerce - hundreds of concurrent users generating PHP requests
- Database-heavy applications - complex queries on large datasets (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
- Video/audio transcoding - FFmpeg, media processing pipelines
- CI/CD runners - build servers that compile code
- Game servers - Minecraft, game backends, real-time multiplayer
- Data processing - ETL jobs, analytics, machine learning inference
- Custom applications - any workload where consistent CPU throughput matters more than cost
If your server’s CPU usage is regularly above 70% sustained on a shared VPS, you’ll see measurable improvement on dedicated cores.
AMD EPYC 9645
GoZen’s Dedicated VPS plans run on AMD EPYC 9645 processors (Turin generation):
- Architecture: Zen 5
- Base clock: High single-threaded performance
- Cores: Up to 128 cores per processor
- Cache: Large L3 cache for database workloads
- Memory: DDR5 with high bandwidth
In practical terms: these are current-generation datacenter processors, not repurposed consumer hardware. The per-core performance is significantly higher than older Xeon or EPYC generations.
What’s Included
Every GoZen Dedicated VPS plan includes:
- Dedicated CPU cores - physically reserved, not shared
- Guaranteed RAM - DDR5, dedicated allocation
- NVMe storage - same fast storage as all GoZen plans
- Full root access - install anything, configure anything
- DDoS protection - network-level protection included
- Choice of OS - Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, CentOS Stream
Managed Option
You can add managed support to your Dedicated VPS. This includes everything in the Managed VPS scope: OS updates, security patches, cPanel/WHM, monitoring, backups, and cPGuard.
Without managed support, you get the hardware and network. Server administration is your responsibility.
Choosing the Right Tier
| Your Situation | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Blog or small business site, low traffic | Shared hosting |
| Growing site, need more control | Standard VPS (shared vCPU) |
| High traffic, consistent CPU usage | Dedicated VPS |
| Multiple high-traffic sites, reseller | Dedicated VPS + managed |
| Maximum performance, full isolation | Dedicated server |
Monitoring CPU on Dedicated VPS
Since you have dedicated cores, monitoring is straightforward:
# Real-time CPU usage
htop
# Average load over time
uptime
# Per-process CPU usage
top -o %CPU
On a dedicated VPS, htop shows your actual physical cores. 100% usage on a core means you’re fully utilizing that core - not that you’re being throttled.
For ongoing monitoring, see Monitoring Your Server.
What to Do Next
- Managed VPS - What’s Included - add managed support to your dedicated VPS
- First Boot: Initial Server Setup - secure your new server
- Choosing an Operating System - pick the right Linux distribution
Last updated 07 Apr 2026, 00:00 +0200.