Speed
1.6×
faster than GitHub-hosted (ubuntu-latest)
4th of 9 by speed
Cost per job
−52%
vs GitHub-hosted (ubuntu-latest)
7th of 9; the same at 1,000 to 100,000 jobs a month
Lowest median time
1 / 12
workloads
Burst: 20 jobs at once
Failed runs
3 of 360
measured runs
vite 3 of 30. Counted, not replaced.
Speed on each workload
× faster than GitHub-hosted (ubuntu-latest) on the same workloadConfiguration
Managed · 2 vCPU / 8 GB- Measured configuration
- Blacksmith, 2 vCPU
- Size
- 2 vCPU / 8 GB
- Label or setup
blacksmith-2vcpu-ubuntu-2404- Price as measured
- $0.004 a minute, each job rounded up to a whole minute; list price on 2026-10-05 (source)
- Accelerators used
- Docker layer cache (useblacksmith/setup-docker-builder + build-push-action) on the container workload; actions/cache is served by Blacksmith's cache automatically.
- Definition
- providers/blacksmith2.json
Per workload
Green marks the lowest median time on the workload. The burst row covers all 20 jobs.| Workload | Median time | vs GitHub-hosted (ubuntu-latest) | p95 time | Mean cost | vs GitHub-hosted (ubuntu-latest) | Successful runs | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burst: 20 jobs at once | 97 s | 2.7x faster | 190 s | $0.166 | 67% lower | 30 of 30 | 1st |
| cli | 286 s | 1.3x faster | 323 s | $0.020 | 48% lower | 30 of 30 | 4th |
| codex-lint | 448 s | 2.0x faster | 748 s | $0.034 | 61% lower | 30 of 30 | 3rd |
| container | 386 s | 1.6x slower | 663 s | $0.031 | 15% higher | 30 of 30 | 9th |
| fd | 65 s | 1.4x faster | 81 s | $0.0055 | 54% lower | 30 of 30 | 4th |
| flask | 22 s | 1.0x faster | 36 s | $0.0040 | 33% lower | 30 of 30 | 5th |
| guava | 735 s | 1.6x faster | 875 s | $0.051 | 53% lower | 30 of 30 | 4th |
| monorepo | 177 s | 2.2x faster | 291 s | $0.014 | 65% lower | 30 of 30 | 2nd |
| pydantic | 103 s | 1.7x faster | 145 s | $0.0087 | 56% lower | 30 of 30 | 2nd |
| ts | 401 s | 2.0x faster | 570 s | $0.030 | 61% lower | 30 of 30 | 3rd |
| vite | 360 s | 1.7x faster | 511 s | $0.026 | 57% lower | 27 of 30 | 4th |
| vue | 76 s | 1.6x faster | 104 s | $0.0077 | 45% lower | 30 of 30 | 5th |
- Slower than GitHub-hosted (ubuntu-latest)
- container (1.6x slower)
- Burst queue, p95
- 16 s, against 31 s for GitHub-hosted (ubuntu-latest)
Indexes and 95% intervals
- Time index
- 0.645 (95% interval 0.606 to 0.759)
- Cost index
- 0.482 (0.435 to 0.537) at 100,000 jobs a month