Weekly benchmark report
VPN Benchmark Week — 2026-09-21
Data-driven report generated from QC-rankable benchmark measurements between 2026-09-21 and 2026-09-21. It describes observed results rather than claiming one provider is universally best.
Provider × protocol observations
| Provider | Protocol | Samples | Destinations | P10 | Median | P90 | Download | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ExpressVPN | Lightway UDP | 260 | 41 | 28.5% | 65.1% | 100.0% | 75.9 Mbps | 62.3 ms |
| NordVPN | OpenVPN TCP | 20 | 12 | 16.4% | 57.0% | 77.4% | 57.1 Mbps | 132.1 ms |
| NordVPN | OpenVPN UDP | 23 | 13 | 21.6% | 48.2% | 98.6% | 64.7 Mbps | 118.2 ms |
| NordVPN | NordLynx | 36 | 8 | 25.3% | 44.1% | 100.0% | 71.7 Mbps | 106.8 ms |
| ExpressVPN | OpenVPN UDP | 157 | 44 | 25.1% | 43.6% | 89.3% | 68.3 Mbps | 111.5 ms |
| ExpressVPN | OpenVPN TCP | 57 | 30 | 17.8% | 27.9% | 70.4% | 41.5 Mbps | 37.7 ms |