A 2 Gbps unmetered dedicated server costs from €259 a month with us and a 5 Gbps one from €519, excluding VAT, both on a dual Xeon E5 2630 v3 with a guaranteed port. Over a 30 day month, 2 Gbps can move 648 TB and 5 Gbps 1,620 TB. Here is how to tell which one your traffic needs.
What does a 2 Gbps or 5 Gbps unmetered dedicated server cost?
Both tiers are offered on seven of our eight servers: the three dual Xeon E5 machines and the four AMD EPYC machines. Prices are monthly, in euros, exclude VAT and come from our live catalogue, checked on 5 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 | RAM | 1 Gbps | 2 Gbps | 5 Gbps | 10 Gbps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dual Xeon E5 2630 v3 | 16 / 32 | 128 GB DDR4 | €209 | €259 | €519 | €659 |
| Dual Xeon E5 2690 v4 | 28 / 56 | 128 GB DDR4 | €229 | €279 | €539 | €679 |
| Dual Xeon E5 2699 v4 | 44 / 88 | 256 GB DDR4 | €299 | €349 | €609 | €749 |
| Single AMD EPYC 9254 | 24 / 48 | 128 GB DDR5 | €449 | €529 | €759 | €1,169 |
| Dual AMD EPYC 9254 | 48 / 96 | 256 GB DDR5 | €679 | €759 | €999 | €1,399 |
| Dual AMD EPYC 9554 | 128 / 256 | 512 GB DDR5 | €959 | €1,039 | €1,279 | €1,679 |
| Dual AMD EPYC 9754 | 256 / 512 | 1 TB DDR5 | €1,519 | €1,599 | €1,839 | €2,239 |
The 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps columns are there for context, because the middle tiers only make sense next to their neighbours. Every port in the table is guaranteed and unmetered: it is not shared with other customers, nothing is billed per terabyte, and there is no 95th percentile calculation. Our guide to what a dedicated server costs covers the rest of the ladder.
How much traffic do 2 Gbps and 5 Gbps move in a month?
In decimal units, 1 Gbps is 125 MB per second. Held flat out for 30 days, that is 324 TB. The middle tiers scale from there.
| Port | Ceiling per 30 days | 1080p viewers at 5 Mbps | Time to send 1 TB | Cost per TB at full use, cheapest server |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Gbps | 324 TB | 200 | 2 h 13 min | €0.65 |
| 2 Gbps | 648 TB | 400 | 1 h 7 min | €0.40 |
| 5 Gbps | 1,620 TB | 1,000 | 27 min | €0.32 |
The ceiling is what the port could carry at 100 % for a whole month. No real server runs like that, so treat it as the upper bound and work from your own average and peak. Viewer counts are port figures at a typical 1080p bitrate, before disk, processor and the viewers' own connections apply their limits.
When have you outgrown a 1 Gbps port?
The month total is the wrong number to look at on its own. A 1 Gbps port can move 324 TB in theory, but traffic is not flat. It bunches into evenings, release days and live events, and the port fills at the peak long before the monthly total looks large.
To turn a monthly volume into an average rate, multiply the terabytes by 8 million million bits and divide by the 2,592,000 seconds in 30 days. These are worked examples, not measurements of any customer.
| Example monthly transfer | Average rate | Peak if traffic runs twice the average | Port that fits the peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| 150 TB | about 463 Mbps | about 926 Mbps | 1 Gbps, close to full |
| 250 TB | about 772 Mbps | about 1.5 Gbps | 2 Gbps |
| 400 TB | about 1.2 Gbps | about 2.5 Gbps | 5 Gbps |
| 600 TB | about 1.9 Gbps | about 3.7 Gbps | 5 Gbps |
The factor of two is an assumption for the example. Use your own graphs. If you already run a server, the signs are easy to spot: the traffic graph flattens at the same height every evening, downloads slow at the busiest hour, and viewers report buffering at the same time each day. Those are a port at its ceiling, and they mean it is time to move up.
Our guide to the unmetered 1 Gbps server covers what that tier handles comfortably, and the post on how many viewers a server can stream to does the same maths for video.
2 Gbps or 5 Gbps: which one should you pick?
On the Xeon servers, the step from 1 to 2 Gbps costs only €50 a month. That is the cheapest way to double a port anywhere in our range, and it is the obvious first move for a server whose peaks have started to touch 1 Gbps.
The step from 2 to 5 Gbps is bigger: €260 a month on the Xeon servers and €240 on the EPYC servers. It pays when your peak is above about 1.6 Gbps, which is 80 % of a 2 Gbps port, or when you expect growth within the year and do not want to change port twice.
- Pick 2 Gbps for a busy website or shop with large media, a game server network with downloads, a VPN or proxy service with a few hundred users, or a backup target that receives nightly copies.
- Pick 5 Gbps for video delivery to around a thousand viewers at once, a download mirror, a CDN edge node in a single country, or a server that receives large uploads from many clients at the same time.
If you are unsure, start on 2 Gbps and watch the evening peak for a few weeks. If you expect to grow, ask us before you order how a later move to a faster port would work for the server you pick. Our post on which port upgrade pays off shows where each step breaks even.
Is 5 Gbps worth it, or should you go straight to 10 Gbps?
This is where the Xeon and EPYC price lists diverge. On a Xeon server, 10 Gbps costs only €140 a month more than 5 Gbps, so 5 Gbps is rarely the best buy there: on the 2630 v3 you pay €519 for 5 Gbps or €659 for twice the port. On the EPYC servers the same step costs €400, which makes 5 Gbps the sensible middle tier on that hardware.
| Step | Xeon E5 servers | AMD EPYC servers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 Gbps | €50 more | €80 more |
| 2 to 5 Gbps | €260 more | €240 more |
| 5 to 10 Gbps | €140 more | €400 more |
So the rule is simple. On a Xeon server, choose between 2 Gbps and 10 Gbps, and take 5 Gbps only if the extra €140 really matters this month. On an EPYC server, 5 Gbps is a fair stop between 2 and 10. The 10 Gbps servers start at €659, and if you are already past 10 Gbps, our post on the 20 Gbps dedicated server covers the next step.
Which server should sit behind a 2 or 5 Gbps port?
At these speeds the processor is rarely what limits a delivery workload. Serving files, proxying traffic or relaying a stream uses little CPU per gigabit, so the 16 core dual Xeon E5 2630 v3 is enough for most of them. Move up the list when the server also does real work:
- Dual Xeon E5 2690 v4 for TLS heavy traffic, stream packaging or game servers, at €20 a month more than the 2630 v3 on the same port.
- Dual Xeon E5 2699 v4 for many sites or containers on one machine, with 44 cores and 256 GB of RAM.
- AMD EPYC 9254, single or dual when the job needs DDR5 and NVMe, such as databases or build farms that also send a lot of data.
Xeon servers in stock are typically online within about an hour, and EPYC builds can take up to 14 days, with the estimate shown at checkout. Every server includes an IPv4 address, and a /29 with five usable addresses costs €8 a month more.
Questions people ask about 2 Gbps and 5 Gbps servers
Is a 2 Gbps dedicated server really unmetered?
Yes. The port is guaranteed and unmetered, with no traffic cap and no per terabyte charge. You can run it at 2 Gbps all month for the same price, from €259 on the dual Xeon E5 2630 v3.
Do 2 Gbps and 5 Gbps servers include DDoS protection?
Yes. Every dedicated server includes 100 Gbps of always on mitigation at layers 3 and 4, and up to five attacks a month above that are still mitigated. Higher tiers start at €156.45 a month for 500 Gbps.
What is the cheapest 5 Gbps dedicated server?
The dual Xeon E5 2630 v3 at €519 a month excluding VAT, with 16 cores, 128 GB of RAM and a 240 GB SSD. The cheapest 5 Gbps EPYC is the single EPYC 9254 at €769.
Where are 2 Gbps and 5 Gbps servers available?
In all 11 countries we offer: Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain and the United States, at the same price in each.
Order a 2 Gbps or 5 Gbps server
Every server for the middle tiers is listed on the 2 Gbps dedicated servers and 5 Gbps dedicated servers pages. Pick the server first, then the port, and add drives or an IPv4 subnet only if the project needs them.