DigitalOcean Regular (1 GB) vs. Linode Nanode (1 GB)

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My friend, I'm so glad you're here! Today I've spun up brand new instance from DigitalOcean and Linode and did some benchmarking. Each instance was spun up with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and were created in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Let's get into the numbers.

Overview

DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked Sun, 15 Jun 2025 09:00:28 GMT Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:00:24 GMT
Linux Distro Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version 6.8.0-51-generic 6.8.0-53-generic
MySQL Version 8.0.42-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 8.0.42-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
Redis Version 7.0.15 7.0.15
Location New York, NY Newark, NJ
Monthly Price $6.00 $5.00
RAM (GB) 1 1
CPU Cores 1 1
Storage (TB) 25 25
Storage Type SSD SSD
Transfer (TB) 1 1

CPU

DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Vendor GenuineIntel AuthenticAMD
Model Name DO-Regular AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
Clock Speed (MHz) 2,494.14 2,000.00
CPU Cache Size (KB) 4,096.00 512.00
BogoMips 4,988.27 3,999.99
Events per Second 781.12 1,686.45
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.92 0.28
Average Latency (ms) 1.28 0.58
Maximum Latency (ms) 5.15 12.98
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2 2.03

Memory

Memory Read

DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Operations per second 3,900,667.66 5,077,078.56
Mebibytes per second 3,809.25 4,958.08
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.74 7.56
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Operations per second 3,761,798.48 5,393,598.65
Mebibytes per second 3,673.63 5,267.19
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.85 4.02
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Reads per Second 1,948.26 2,577.27
Writes per Second 1,298.78 1,718.18
Fsyncs per Second 4,165.03 5,498.68
Read Mebibytes per Second 30.44 40.27
Written Mebibytes per Second 20.29 26.85
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.13 0.1
Maximum Latency (ms) 23.66 8.43
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.36 0.21

Mutex

DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms) 2,456.66 1,645.69
Average Latency (ms) 2,486.28 1,656.66
Maximum Latency (ms) 2,508.28 1,663.28
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2,493.86 1,678.14

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 2,813.00 6,062.00
Queries per second 28,130.00 60,620.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.61 1.29
Average Latency (ms) 3.55 1.65
Maximum Latency (ms) 26.05 13.09
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 6.09 2.66

MySQL Write-only

DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 2,303.00 4,275.00
Queries per second 23,030.00 42,750.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.57 1.32
Average Latency (ms) 4.33 2.34
Maximum Latency (ms) 26.31 20.46
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 8.13 3.89

MySQL Read/Write

DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 759.00 2,171.00
Queries per second 7,590.00 21,710.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 5.43 3.12
Average Latency (ms) 13.17 4.6
Maximum Latency (ms) 44.46 20.78
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 23.1 7.56

MySQL INSERT

DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 4,405.00 8,187.00
Queries per second 44,050.00 81,870.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.86 0.7
Average Latency (ms) 2.26 1.22
Maximum Latency (ms) 23.49 13.03
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.96 1.76

MySQL Bulk INSERT

DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 835,750.00 1,463,217.00
Queries per second 8,357,500.00 14,632,170.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.01 0.01
Maximum Latency (ms) 554.15 353.56
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 87,090.00 132,861.00
Queries per second 870,900.00 1,328,610.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.04 0.05
Average Latency (ms) 0.11 0.07
Maximum Latency (ms) 13.78 10.42
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.28 0.12

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 82.00 1,684.00
Queries per second 820.00 16,840.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 62.94 1.93
Average Latency (ms) 122.64 5.94
Maximum Latency (ms) 189.27 81.69
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 164.45 10.65

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 3,110.00 6,832.00
Queries per second 31,100.00 68,320.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.06 0.58
Average Latency (ms) 3.21 1.46
Maximum Latency (ms) 18.7 4.77
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 4.74 1.89

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 3,203.00 5,868.00
Queries per second 32,030.00 58,680.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.92 0.77
Average Latency (ms) 3.12 1.7
Maximum Latency (ms) 36.64 14.97
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 5.99 3.13

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 5,254.00 7,923.00
Queries per second 52,540.00 79,230.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.81 0.72
Average Latency (ms) 1.9 1.26
Maximum Latency (ms) 21.28 9.43
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.02 1.76

MySQL DELETE

DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second 5,710.00 10,209.00
Queries per second 57,100.00 102,090.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.05 0.06
Average Latency (ms) 1.75 0.98
Maximum Latency (ms) 40.56 13.88
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 3.43 1.86

Redis

DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second 31,645.57 36,416.61
PING_MBULK per Second 32,425.42 37,950.66
SET per Second 32,690.42 37,133.31
GET per Second 35,919.54 37,299.52
INCR per Second 32,776.14 36,982.25
LPUSH per Second 31,036.62 36,049.03
RPUSH per Second 30,349.01 36,724.20
LPOP per Second 30,721.96 36,845.98
RPOP per Second 30,193.24 36,927.62
SADD per Second 35,310.73 36,376.86
HSET per Second 35,855.14 36,778.23
SPOP per Second 35,174.11 37,105.75
ZADD per Second 33,944.33 37,313.43
ZPOPMIN per Second 35,026.27 37,271.71
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 19,102.20 26,378.27
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 8,449.51 15,992.32
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 6,010.34 11,449.51
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 4,945.60 9,921.62
MSET (10 keys) per Second 27,956.39 33,715.44

Redis Average Latency (ms)

DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
PING_INLINE1.040.92
PING_MBULK1.010.87
SET1.010.90
GET0.920.89
INCR1.010.90
LPUSH1.070.93
RPUSH1.080.91
LPOP1.090.91
RPOP1.100.90
SADD0.940.91
HSET0.930.91
SPOP0.940.89
ZADD0.980.90
ZPOPMIN0.940.89
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)1.901.28
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)4.272.14
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)5.922.91
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)7.233.40
MSET (10 keys)1.261.01

Conclusion

After analyzing the benchmark results for both DigitalOcean's Regular (1 GB) and Linode's Nanode (1 GB) instances, it's clear that each has its own strengths and performance characteristics. The DigitalOcean instance excels with higher Redis request rates per second and lower latencies across various Redis operations, indicating superior performance in memory-intensive tasks. It also shows better CPU and file I/O performance, making it a strong choice for CPU-bound and I/O-heavy workloads. Conversely, the Linode instance, powered by an AMD EPYC 7601 processor, demonstrates slightly higher throughput in file I/O operations and better MySQL performance in bulk inserts and OLTP operations, suggesting it might be better suited for workloads that benefit from higher throughput and more complex database operations. Given the benchmarks, DigitalOcean's instance is ideal for applications requiring high Redis performance, while Linode's instance is better for scenarios needing robust file I/O and complex database interactions.

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