Speed
1.6×
faster than GitHub-hosted (ubuntu-latest)
3rd of 9 by speed
Cost per job
+39%
vs GitHub-hosted (ubuntu-latest)
9th of 9; the same at 1,000 to 100,000 jobs a month
Lowest median time
0 / 12
workloads
none of the workloads
Failed runs
3 of 360
measured runs
codex-lint 1 of 30; vite 2 of 30. Counted, not replaced.
Speed on each workload
× faster than GitHub-hosted (ubuntu-latest) on the same workloadConfiguration
Managed · 4 vCPU / 16 GB- Measured configuration
- GitHub-hosted, 4 vCPU
- Size
- 4 vCPU / 16 GB
- Label or setup
ubuntu-24.04 in a public repository (GitHub's free 4 vCPU / 16 GB standard runner), priced at the 4-core list price- Price as measured
- $0.012 a minute, each job rounded up to a whole minute; list price on 2026-10-05 (source)
- Definition
- providers/gh4.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 | 154 s | 1.7x faster | 179 s | $0.636 | 27% higher | 30 of 30 | 4th |
| cli | 192 s | 1.9x faster | 198 s | $0.045 | 15% higher | 30 of 30 | 2nd |
| codex-lint | 476 s | 1.9x faster | 511 s | $0.099 | 13% higher | 29 of 30 | 4th |
| container | 185 s | 1.3x faster | 215 s | $0.042 | 59% higher | 30 of 30 | 5th |
| fd | 66 s | 1.4x faster | 81 s | $0.019 | 60% higher | 30 of 30 | 5th |
| flask | 21 s | 1.1x faster | 24 s | $0.012 | 100% higher | 30 of 30 | 4th |
| guava | 946 s | 1.2x faster | 983 s | $0.181 | 66% higher | 30 of 30 | 8th |
| monorepo | 220 s | 1.7x faster | 235 s | $0.046 | 17% higher | 30 of 30 | 4th |
| pydantic | 154 s | 1.2x faster | 173 s | $0.033 | 69% higher | 30 of 30 | 6th |
| ts | 435 s | 1.8x faster | 548 s | $0.099 | 28% higher | 30 of 30 | 5th |
| vite | 288 s | 2.1x faster | 315 s | $0.060 | 1% lower | 28 of 30 | 2nd |
| vue | 67 s | 1.8x faster | 88 s | $0.020 | 43% higher | 30 of 30 | 3rd |
- Burst queue, p95
- 39 s, against 31 s for GitHub-hosted (ubuntu-latest)
Indexes and 95% intervals
- Time index
- 0.642 (95% interval 0.629 to 0.669)
- Cost index
- 1.387 (1.350 to 1.424) at 100,000 jobs a month
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