Windscribe speed test: the numbers, and the line they came from
A baseline first, then Windscribe on the nearest European server and on a long-distance US server, with the full league table of 11 VPNs.
- baseline 295 Mbps
- Europe 75% kept
- US 69% kept
The baseline, measured first
With Windscribe off, the line gave 295 Mbps down, 295 Mbps up and 4 ms ping.
Windscribe connected: Paris and New York
Same line, same machine, one run per route.
| Connection | Route | Download, Mbps | Upload, Mbps | Ping | Download kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No VPN (baseline) | – | 295.27 | 295.11 | 4 ms | 100% |
| Paris Jardin (WireGuard 443) | Nearest Europe | 221.95 | 178.23 | 44 ms | 75% |
| New York Big Apple (WireGuard 443) | Long-distance US | 203.32 | 179.68 | 108 ms | 69% |
How Windscribe compares with ten other VPNs
Ranked by nearest-European download. Bars are scaled to 300 Mbps, the line's ceiling.
| # | VPN | Europe, Mbps | Ping | US, Mbps | Ping | EU kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proton VPN | 262 | 42 ms | 126 | 174 ms | 89% |
| 2 | hide.me | 222 | 47 ms | 200 | 163 ms | 74% |
| 3 | Windscribe this site | 222 | 44 ms | 203 | 108 ms | 75% |
| 4 | NordVPN | 210 | 31 ms | 200 | 111 ms | 72% |
| 5 | Surfshark | 210 | 79 ms | 203 | 112 ms | 71% |
| 6 | LetsVPN | 207 | 42 ms | 202 | 181 ms | 70% |
| 7 | PrivadoVPN | 200 | 42 ms | 160 | 132 ms | 68% |
| 8 | PureVPN | 200 | 39 ms | 209 | 177 ms | 68% |
| 9 | CyberGhost | 194 | 42 ms | 210 | 126 ms | 66% |
| 10 | ExpressVPN | 181 | 35 ms | 160 | 112 ms | 62% |
| 11 | AdGuard VPN | 136 | 46 ms | 200 | 171 ms | 46% |
The 'European' route is each VPN's nearest European server to the tester, so the country differs between VPNs; the US route is New York for eight of eleven (Los Angeles for hide.me and PureVPN, San Jose for Proton VPN, city not recorded for LetsVPN).
What the numbers say
Four plain observations, each traceable to a capture above.
- On Paris, Windscribe kept 75.2% of baseline download (222 of 295 Mbps), rank #3 of 11.
- On New York, it kept 68.9% (203 Mbps), rank #3, with ping 108 ms (rank #1 for lowest ping).
- Ping rose by 40 ms on the European route and by 104 ms on the long-distance US route.
- Upload on the European route was 178 Mbps (60% of its baseline); on the US route 180 Mbps (61%).
Two things not to read into these numbers
A speed snapshot is easy to over-read.
Before you quote these numbers
- Different routes: the European server is a different country for each VPN and the protocols differ. Compare gaps, not single values.
- One run: a few percentage points of difference is within normal variation on any day.
Questions people ask
Short answers, based on our own captures and the data on this site.
How fast is Windscribe?
On the Paris route it delivered 222 Mbps down and 178 Mbps up at 44 ms, which is 75% of our 295 Mbps baseline. On the New York route it delivered 203 Mbps down (69%) at 108 ms.
Did you test Windscribe against the other VPNs on the same line?
Yes. All 11 VPNs were measured on the same connection, each with its own baseline taken first. Windscribe ranked #3 of 11 for download on the nearest-European route and #3 on the US route.
Is one speed test enough to rank VPNs?
No. It is a snapshot: one run per route on one day. Use the table to see the size of the gaps, not to crown a winner; a few percentage points is within normal day-to-day variation.
Why do the European servers differ between VPNs?
We used each VPN's nearest European server, so the country varies (for example Paris, London, Frankfurt or Marseille). Distance changes ping, so compare download kept and ping with that in mind.
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