[Solvency]

Let's say you have a personal portfolio website. Single index.html file. Written entirely in vanilla HTML/CSS/JS with zero dependencies whatsoever. Project "pages" are fullscreen slideshows of high-rez images (3200x2000) etc. So basically a handcrafted static site.

Would buying a virtual server and running any one of these mini servers to run your site make it more performant than throwing it on a regular host like Dreamhost?

Like, does the simplicity in the server itself offer ANY speed/performance/latency advantages for a site that is ultimately showcasing big imagery for a folio?