Weekly benchmark report
VPN Benchmark Week — 2026-09-21
Data-driven report generated from QC-rankable benchmark measurements between 2026-09-21 and 2026-09-27. It describes observed results rather than claiming one provider is universally best.
Provider × protocol observations
| Provider | Protocol | Samples | Destinations | P10 | Median | P90 | Download | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NordVPN | OpenVPN TCP | 152 | 15 | 21.4% | 56.7% | 92.8% | 57.0 Mbps | 121.2 ms |
| NordVPN | NordLynx | 267 | 16 | 26.0% | 56.3% | 100.0% | 74.9 Mbps | 99.9 ms |
| NordVPN | OpenVPN UDP | 155 | 16 | 21.3% | 51.5% | 99.3% | 71.8 Mbps | 102.9 ms |
| ExpressVPN | Lightway UDP | 1,283 | 52 | 20.6% | 50.5% | 99.8% | 66.6 Mbps | 101.9 ms |
| ExpressVPN | OpenVPN UDP | 1,387 | 50 | 20.2% | 47.8% | 99.4% | 66.5 Mbps | 104.8 ms |
| ExpressVPN | OpenVPN TCP | 551 | 42 | 16.3% | 31.4% | 77.6% | 41.9 Mbps | 32.9 ms |