Linode Nanode (1 GB) vs. DigitalOcean Regular (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

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

CPU

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

Memory

Memory Read

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

Memory Write

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

File I/O

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

Mutex

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

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

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

MySQL Write-only

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

MySQL Read/Write

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

MySQL INSERT

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

MySQL Bulk INSERT

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

MySQL SELECT

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

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

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

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

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

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

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

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

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

MySQL DELETE

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

Redis

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

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
PING_INLINE0.921.04
PING_MBULK0.871.01
SET0.901.01
GET0.890.92
INCR0.901.01
LPUSH0.931.07
RPUSH0.911.08
LPOP0.911.09
RPOP0.901.10
SADD0.910.94
HSET0.910.93
SPOP0.890.94
ZADD0.900.98
ZPOPMIN0.890.94
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)1.281.90
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)2.144.27
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)2.915.92
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)3.407.23
MSET (10 keys)1.011.26

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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