Netcup VPS 500 G12 Review: Nuremberg, Germany
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I recently provisioned a Netcup VPS 500 G12 in Nuremberg, Germany. I ran hardware, IP, and network tests using xykt's Check.Place script. The screenshots are posted as-is, with a few notes on what stood out to me before each one.
Hardware
- KVM, AMD EPYC Genoa (Zen 4) with 2 cores, 3.8G RAM, 125G disk, running Debian 12
- Geekbench 5 single-core 891, multi-core 1638
- Disk 4K Q1 read/write 23.4 / 16.0 MB/s, 1M Q8 sequential read/write 4136 / 2362 MB/s
- VT-x/AMD-V is not passed through, so nested virtualization is unavailable
IP Quality
IPv4: AS197540 netcup GmbH, registered and used in Germany, with a native German IP. Only Scamalytics gave it a risk score of 21 (medium risk); all other ratings were low risk. TikTok, Disney+, Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video, Reddit, and ChatGPT were all accessible.
IPv6: Also a native German IP, though Maxmind geolocates it to Vienna. TikTok failed and Prime Video was blocked; everything else worked.
Outbound port 25 is blocked on both stacks. To self-host a mail server, you'll need to ask Netcup to unblock it first.
Network
This IPv4 /22 is a new block registered on 2026-07-17. Return routes to China's three major carriers:
- China Telecom: Arelion → 163
- China Unicom: Arelion → 4837
- China Mobile: Core-Backbone (AS201011) → CMI; Guangzhou China Mobile uses RETN → CMI
TCP latency to all three carriers is mostly around 200~300ms. There are no optimized routes—just typical direct connectivity from Europe. International connectivity is its strong point: Frankfurt 4ms, Amsterdam 9ms, London 15ms; toward Asia, Hong Kong 202ms, Singapore 167ms, Tokyo 261ms, and Los Angeles 153ms.
Detailed return routes:
Summary
A good fit for hosting services in Europe, relaying traffic, or serving as a European node. Direct access from China is usable, but nothing more. I wrote a separate comparison of its international connectivity with OVH on the US West Coast: netcup Nuremberg vs OVH US West Coast (Hillsboro): International Connectivity Test Comparison.
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If you have the same VPS 500, or a VPS in another netcup location (Vienna or Mannheim), feel free to post your test results in the original thread. Comparing them side by side makes the results more useful.
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