20 TPS with 50 players. Measured, not promised.
Minecraft hosting on the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, the fastest consumer CPU available. From $8/mo. Instant setup. One-click modpacks. Real TPS numbers to back it up.
Your renewal price is your signup price, for the life of your service.
Real TPS on real workloads
We don't just tell you the CPU model. Here's what it actually does when the server is full.
| Scenario | Players | TPS |
|---|---|---|
| Vanilla Paper 1.21, survival world | 20 | 20.0 |
| Vanilla Paper 1.21, survival world | 50 | 20.0 |
| Better Than Wolves modpack | 20 | 20.0 |
| All The Mods 10 | 10 | 20.0 |
All TPS figures measured as the sustained average over 10 minutes with players distributed across loaded chunks. Hardware: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, 128GB DDR5, NVMe SSD, Charlotte NC. Benchmarks last re-run 2026-04-15.
What your server runs on.
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X. 5.7GHz boost, PassMark 65,857. The fastest consumer CPU available.
- DDR5 RAM. Fast and stable under heavy mod loads.
- NVMe Gen4 storage. Chunk generation and backups are bottlenecked by disk. Ours aren't slow.
- DDoS protection included. 4+ Tbps mitigation, always on, no extra charge.
Configure your server
Base Plan
4GB RAM with 2 included threads
Additional CPU Threads
+0 threads (+$3.00/each)
Included with your plan
$8.00/month
Total: 4GB RAM & 2 Threads
Not sure which plan?
Tell us about your server and we'll recommend a starting point.
Player Count 25+
Server Type
We recommend the:
Iron Configuration
Stone = 4-6GB · Iron = 8GB · Gold = 10-12GB · Diamond = 16-20GB · Emerald = 24GB · Netherite = 32GB
Minecraft hosting, 4GB plan
Same RAM, same tier. Hardware and support make the difference.
| Provider | Price | CPU |
|---|---|---|
Darkless | $8/mo | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (5.7GHz boost) |
Bloom.host | $10/mo | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X |
Shockbyte | $10/mo | Mixed / older Intel & Ryzen |
Apex Hosting | $10/mo | Mixed |
Prices accurate as of . Prices and specs collected from each competitor's public pricing page on the date shown. Providers may offer promos or newer tiers. Spot an error? Email hello@darkless.cloud and we'll fix it within 24 hours.
What makes this different.
9950X on every plan.
Not “up to”. Every plan, every tier. PassMark 65,857. The fastest single-thread CPU you can buy.
20.0
TPS across all plans
Measured at load, not promised in marketing.
Pterodactyl panel.
Industry standard. File manager, sub-users, scheduled tasks, console.
Server Splitter.
Split one plan into multiple servers. Survival, creative, lobby. Available on 6GB+.
12,000+ modpacks.
CurseForge, FTB, Technic, Modrinth. One click. Custom JAR support too.
Free migration from any host.
We'll move your world, plugins, configs, and player data. No charge, no downtime.
$2
per GB, per month
Flat pricing. No renewal hikes.
Your panel. Full control, no tickets.
Pterodactyl gives you everything you need without opening a support request.
- File manager, no FTP needed
- Sub-user access for co-admins
- Scheduled restarts, backups, commands
- One-click modpack and plugin installer
Moving from another host?
We'll move your world, plugins, configs, and player data. No charge, no downtime. We've done enough Minecraft migrations to know where the gotchas hide.
Talk to us →Straight answers.
From $8/mo. Online in minutes.
9950X hardware, Pterodactyl panel, one-click modpacks, 72-hour money-back guarantee.
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