Coreload: GitHub Actions runners Coreload vs GitHub-hosted runners
The section "What GitHub publishes" quotes GitHub's own pages, with a link to each page and the date we read it. The other sections are ours.
Measured
Not yet measured. We publish a speed comparison only after we have run one, with the machine size on each side named.
Coreload's price
Coreload's per-minute price, published on the pricing page. coming soon See Pricing and Sizes.
What GitHub publishes
Quoted from GitHub's own pages, read 2026-11-03 (US Eastern), each with a link to its page. Where a page we read says nothing on a point, we say so.
| Machine | Rate (Per-minute rate (USD)) | Their words | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 vCPU · 8 GB | $0.006 | Linux 2-core (x64) actions_linux $0.006 Linux 2 8 GB 14 GB x64 ubuntu-latest | docs.github.com · docs.github.com |
| 4 vCPU · 16 GB | $0.012 | Linux 4-core linux_4_core $0.012 4 16 GB 150 GB x64, arm64 Ubuntu | docs.github.com · docs.github.com |
| 8 vCPU · 32 GB | $0.022 | Linux 8-core linux_8_core $0.022 8 32 GB 300 GB x64, arm64 Ubuntu | docs.github.com · docs.github.com |
| 16 vCPU · 64 GB | $0.042 | linux_16_core $0.042 16 64 GB 600 GB x64, arm64 Ubuntu | docs.github.com · docs.github.com |
| 32 vCPU · 128 GB | $0.082 | linux_32_core $0.082 32 128 GB 1200 GB x64, arm64 Ubuntu | docs.github.com · docs.github.com |
| 64 vCPU · 256 GB | $0.162 | Linux 64-core linux_64_core $0.162 64 256 GB 2040 GB x64 Ubuntu | docs.github.com · docs.github.com |
| 96 vCPU · 384 GB | $0.252 | Linux 96-core linux_96_core $0.252 96 384 GB 2040 GB x64 Ubuntu | docs.github.com · docs.github.com |
The rate, in their words: Per-minute rate (USD)
(source: docs.github.com)
- Billing granularity
GitHub rounds the minutes and partial minutes each job uses up to the nearest whole minute.
Source: docs.github.com- Free tier
expressed as a monetary amount, not a fixed number of minutes
The following usage remains free independently and does not reduce the included compute usage: Standard GitHub-hosted runners in public repositories.
Source: docs.github.com- CPU
- Not stated on this docs.github.com page when we read it.
- Regions
- Not stated on this docs.github.com page when we read it.
- Caching
Artifact and cache storage have separate allowances
Source: docs.github.com- Isolation
each GitHub-hosted runner is a new virtual machine (VM) hosted by GitHub
Single-CPU runners are hosted in a container on a shared VM
Source: docs.github.com- OS images
ubuntu-latest , ubuntu-24.04 , ubuntu-22.04 , ubuntu-26.04
Linux 1 5 GB 14 GB x64 ubuntu-slim
Source: docs.github.com- Limits
their cost can draw from the included compute usage for billing accounts on GitHub Team and GitHub Enterprise Cloud
Larger runners are billed for public repositories.
Source: docs.github.com