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Ubicloud Premium Runners are powered by AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D CPUs, high-performance gaming processors optimized for single-thread speed and fast CI execution, priced at just 1/3th the cost of GitHub-hosted runners. They’re ideal for large monorepos, test-heavy workflows, or any job that benefits from high CPU clock speeds. Ubicloud Premium Runners

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How to enable Premium Runners

Premium Runners are enabled by default. If you haven’t changed this setting, your jobs are already running on our premium fleet.
Premium Runners are enabled at the account level, and we route your jobs to our premium fleet automatically. No changes needed in your workflow files. When the premium fleet is busy, jobs fall back to standard runners so they don’t sit in the queue. To check the setting, or to turn premium off if you’d rather optimize for cost:
  1. Go to the Ubicloud Console
  2. Navigate to GitHub Runners → Settings
  3. Toggle on Enable Premium Runners
With the toggle on, your jobs run on high-performance CPUs. Use Premium Runners

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Why Faster Builds Matter

Build and test jobs don’t just consume compute, they block developer time. When a developer pushes code and waits 15–20 minutes for CI to complete, that’s time spent:
  • Waiting to merge a pull request
  • Context-switching to other work
  • Losing momentum on the task at hand
Now multiply that across an engineering team. Even saving 3–5 minutes per job adds up to:
  • Dozens of hours per week in recovered dev time
  • Fewer PRs left idle due to slow feedback
  • Faster iteration on features and bug fixes
  • Higher team velocity, fewer productivity stalls
Example: If your team runs 1,000 jobs/week and Premium Runners cut job time by 4 minutes on average, that’s over 66 hours of developer time saved every month.
Ubicloud Premium Runners aren’t just about faster CI, they’re about giving your engineers back their time so they can build, ship, and move faster.