A 20 Gbps dedicated server costs from €1,169 a month with us, excluding VAT: a dual Xeon E5 2630 v3 with 16 cores and 128 GB of RAM on a guaranteed, unmetered 20 Gbps port. Three Xeon builds take the port, up to €1,259 for 44 cores. Below we work out who needs 20 Gbps and who does not.
What does a 20 Gbps dedicated server cost?
Twenty Gbps is offered on our three dual Xeon E5 servers, and only on those. Prices are monthly, in euros, exclude VAT and come from our live catalogue, checked on 2 November 2026. There is no setup fee, and the price is the same in all 11 countries we sell dedicated servers in.
| Server | Cores / threads | Clock | RAM | 10 Gbps | 20 Gbps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dual Xeon E5 2630 v3 | 16 / 32 | 2.4 GHz | 128 GB DDR4 | €669 | €1,169 |
| Dual Xeon E5 2690 v4 | 28 / 56 | 2.6 GHz | 128 GB DDR4 | €689 | €1,189 |
| Dual Xeon E5 2699 v4 | 44 / 88 | 2.2 GHz | 256 GB DDR4 | €759 | €1,259 |
On every one of the three, the step from 10 to 20 Gbps costs €500 a month. The whole spread between the 16 core and the 44 core server is only €90, because most of what you pay at this tier is the port, not the processor. Each server ships with a 240 GB SSD and has six drive bays for more.
Per Gbps, the cheapest 20 Gbps server works out at €58.45 a month, against €66.90 at 10 Gbps and €75.56 at 25 Gbps. If you want the full price ladder from 1 to 200 Gbps, our guide to how much a dedicated server costs has it.
How much traffic does a 20 Gbps port move in a month?
A 20 Gbps port carries 2,500 MB per second. Held flat out for a 30 day month, that is 6,480 TB, or 6.48 PB, in decimal units. Real servers never run at 100 % around the clock, so the useful question is what you move at your average utilisation, and what each terabyte then costs on the €1,169 server.
| Average use of the port | Average throughput | Transfer per 30 days | Cost per TB at €1,169 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 % | 5 Gbps | 1,620 TB | €0.72 |
| 50 % | 10 Gbps | 3,240 TB | €0.36 |
| 75 % | 15 Gbps | 4,860 TB | €0.24 |
| 100 % | 20 Gbps | 6,480 TB | €0.18 |
Look at the 50 % row. A 20 Gbps port averaging 10 Gbps moves exactly what a 10 Gbps port moves when it runs flat out, 3,240 TB. So if your average is well below 10 Gbps and your peaks stay below it too, the larger port buys nothing. Our post on whether a 10 Gbps server is worth it covers that tier in depth.
The port is unmetered and guaranteed. It is not shared with other customers, nothing is billed per terabyte, and there is no 95th percentile calculation at the end of the month.
Who needs a 20 Gbps dedicated server?
The trigger is almost always the peak, not the average. Traffic for video and downloads tends to bunch into a few hours of the evening or into a release day, and a port that is fine on average can still flat top for those hours. When your traffic graph shows a hard ceiling at 10 Gbps every evening, viewers are waiting and downloads are slowing, and that is when 20 Gbps earns its €500.
Video origin and live streaming
At 5 Mbps per 1080p stream, a 20 Gbps port feeds about 4,000 viewers at once, against 2,000 on 10 Gbps. At 25 Mbps per 4K stream, it is 800 against 400. Those are port figures, not a promise: disk, processor and the viewers' own connections all apply their own limits. Our guide to how many viewers a server can stream to goes through the bitrates.
Mirrors, patches and game downloads
A release day sends every client to the server at the same time. Moving 1 TB at line rate takes 6 minutes 40 seconds on 20 Gbps and 13 minutes 20 seconds on 10 Gbps, so the bigger port clears the queue in half the time. That work is mostly scheduling, so the cheapest 16 core server is usually enough.
CDN nodes and origin pulls
If you run your own edge nodes, the origin behind them has to refill every cache at once after a purge or a new release. A 20 Gbps origin feeding several 10 Gbps edges is a common shape. Our post on building your own CDN shows how to lay that out.
Is one 20 Gbps server better than two 10 Gbps servers?
It depends on whether you need two machines or one fast pipe. On the cheapest Xeon, two 10 Gbps servers cost €1,338 a month and one 20 Gbps server costs €1,169, so the single server saves €169 a month.
| One server on 20 Gbps | Two servers on 10 Gbps | |
|---|---|---|
| Per month (dual Xeon E5 2630 v3) | €1,169 | €1,338 |
| Total port capacity | 20 Gbps | 2 × 10 Gbps |
| Cores and RAM | 16 cores, 128 GB | 32 cores, 256 GB in total |
| Machines to patch and monitor | One | Two |
| If one machine fails | Service is down | Half the capacity stays up |
| Can serve a single 15 Gbps peak alone | Yes | Only when the traffic is split |
Pick the single server when the workload has one hot dataset that is hard to split, such as a live origin or a large library on one array. Pick two servers when you can balance traffic between them and you want the second machine for redundancy. The two can sit in different countries at the same price.
When should you skip 20 Gbps and go to 25 Gbps?
Twenty Gbps is the top port on the Xeon E5 line. There is no 25 Gbps option for those three servers, so moving beyond 20 Gbps means a new server on different hardware, not an upgrade of the one you have. We do not sell a 40 Gbps tier. After 20 Gbps the ladder continues at 25, 50, 100 and 200 Gbps.
| 25 Gbps server | Cores / threads | RAM | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dual Xeon Gold 6148 | 40 / 80 | 256 GB DDR4 | €1,889 |
| Single AMD EPYC 9254 | 24 / 48 | 128 GB DDR5 | €2,264 |
| Dual AMD EPYC 9254 | 48 / 96 | 256 GB DDR5 | €2,504 |
| Dual AMD EPYC 9554 | 128 / 256 | 512 GB DDR5 | €2,794 |
| Dual AMD EPYC 9754 | 256 / 512 | 1 TB DDR5 | €3,384 |
The entry to 25 Gbps is the Gold 6148 at €1,889, which is €720 more than the cheapest 20 Gbps server for 5 Gbps more port. That premium makes sense in two cases: your peaks already press against 20 Gbps, or the job needs DDR5 and NVMe, which only the EPYC servers have. Otherwise 20 Gbps is the better value. Our post on 25, 50, 100 and 200 Gbps costs covers the tiers above.
Plan the move ahead. Xeon servers in stock are typically online within about an hour, including the Gold 6148, while EPYC builds can take up to 14 days. Order the new server early, sync it, move the traffic and only then cancel the old one.
Which of the three 20 Gbps servers should you pick?
- Dual Xeon E5 2630 v3, €1,169. Static files, mirrors, downloads and proxied traffic, where the work is moving bytes rather than computing. Sixteen cores are plenty for that.
- Dual Xeon E5 2690 v4, €1,189. The highest clock of the three at 2.6 GHz, for live streaming with packaging or for TLS heavy traffic. Twelve extra cores cost only €20 a month more than the 2630 v3.
- Dual Xeon E5 2699 v4, €1,259. 44 cores and 256 GB of RAM, for many parallel sessions, a large page cache in memory or transcoding alongside delivery. Its clock is lower, so it buys width, not speed per core.
Storage is the other choice to make at order. A video library at this port speed usually wants more than the included 240 GB SSD. As an example, the 2699 v4 on 20 Gbps with 6 × 4 TB SSD comes to €1,538 a month, and the 2630 v3 with 6 × 2 TB SSD to €1,308. Every server also gets 100 Gbps of always on DDoS protection at no extra cost, with higher tiers on our DDoS protection page.
Questions people ask about 20 Gbps servers
Is a 20 Gbps dedicated server unmetered?
Yes. The 20 Gbps port is unmetered and guaranteed, with no traffic cap, no per terabyte charge and no 95th percentile billing. You can run it at full speed all month for the same €1,169 or more, depending on the server.
Where can I get a 20 Gbps dedicated server?
The three Xeon servers are listed in Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain and the United States, at the same price in each. If you need a specific city or building, ask us by live chat or ticket before you order.
Do you offer 40 Gbps dedicated servers?
No. Our tiers are 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100 and 200 Gbps. If you need more than 25 Gbps, the 50 Gbps tier starts at €2,889 on the Gold 6148.
How fast is a 20 Gbps server delivered?
All three are Xeon servers, which are typically online within about an hour when in stock. The estimate is shown at checkout.
Order a 20 Gbps server
All three builds are on the 20 Gbps dedicated servers page. If your peaks still fit inside 10 Gbps, the 10 Gbps servers save €500 a month on the same hardware, and if you are already past 20 Gbps, start with the 25 Gbps servers.