VPN BENCHMARK REPORTS · EVIDENCE IN CONTEXT

VPN Benchmark Week — 2026-09-14

Explore the published provider and protocol measurements for 2026-09-14. Read speed retention alongside sample counts, destination coverage and latency before interpreting a difference.

YOUR NEXT STEP

The reporting window comes first

An ongoing period may gain more data. The source window shown below describes the measurements currently included, not a guarantee about your own connection.

THIS REPORT AT A GLANCE

The evidence behind this period

Published window2026-09-14 → 2026-09-20UTC where specified by the source

Measured setups6Provider × protocol rows

Providers in this report2Coverage differs by setup

NordVPN

ExpressVPN

Published source context: Data-driven report generated from QC-rankable benchmark measurements between 2026-09-14 and 2026-09-20. It describes observed results rather than claiming one provider is universally best.

PROVIDER × PROTOCOL RESULTS

Inspect the measured setups

Filter by provider or search for a protocol. Each row describes a measured setup; read its sample and destination counts before comparing the median.

ProviderFind a setup

6 published setups

VPN Benchmark Week — 2026-09-14 — published measurements
Provider	Protocol	Samples	Destinations	P10	Median	P90	Download	Latency
NordVPN	NordLynx	2,020	60	26.8%	56.5%	98.0%	58.7 Mbps	114.0 ms
NordVPN	OpenVPN UDP	1,301	58	25.7%	52.5%	96.1%	56.3 Mbps	109.6 ms
NordVPN	OpenVPN TCP	1,635	58	20.3%	50.0%	90.7%	47.9 Mbps	144.1 ms
ExpressVPN	Lightway UDP	3,892	52	28.0%	49.9%	99.2%	63.8 Mbps	112.0 ms
ExpressVPN	OpenVPN UDP	3,708	52	23.4%	47.6%	98.1%	61.6 Mbps	110.1 ms
ExpressVPN	OpenVPN TCP	3,002	57	5.6%	16.7%	64.8%	17.0 Mbps	105.3 ms

Figures are reproduced from the report source without recomputing or reranking them. A destination count does not identify the countries included.

MAKE THE FIGURES USEFUL

What should you look at first?

Start with the window

Read the UTC reporting dates. A weekly report can capture a short-lived change; a monthly report can smooth it out.

Read the spread

The median is the midpoint. P10 and P90 show how widely the measured results vary; a single headline misses that variation.

Check the coverage

Sample totals and destination counts differ between setups. Pooled report rows do not automatically form a matched-route comparison.

KEEP THE COMPARISON FAIR

A larger median is a question worth exploring

Different routes, source locations and sample mixes can produce different aggregates. Use the table to identify a setup to investigate, then move to a matched-source comparison.