Same showdown, different day. Today I've got brand new instances from DigitalOcean to run some benchmarks on. Each instance was spun up with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 and all resided in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Let's get into the numbers.
Overview
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:09:47 GMT
Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:11:18 GMT
Linux Distro
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version
7.0.0-31-generic
7.0.0-31-generic
MySQL Version
8.4.11-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
8.4.11-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
Redis Version
8.0.5
8.0.5
Location
New York, NY
New York, NY
Monthly Price
$7.00
$14.00
RAM (GB)
1
2
CPU Cores
1
1
Storage (TB)
25
50
Storage Type
NVMe
NVMe
Transfer (TB)
1
2
Head-to-head
Category winners from the latest benchmarks.
Category
Winner
CPU (events/sec)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
Memory (read MiB/s)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
Disk I/O (MiB/s)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
MySQL (read/write tps)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Redis (GET/sec)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Value (CPU events per $/mo)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
Evenly matched across 6 categories.
CPU
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vendor
AuthenticAMD
AuthenticAMD
Model Name
DO-Premium-AMD
DO-Premium-AMD
Clock Speed (MHz)
1,996.25
1,996.25
CPU Cache Size (KB)
512.00
512.00
BogoMips
3,992.49
3,992.49
Events per Second
1,098.91
708.66
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.72
0.65
Average Latency (ms)
0.91
1.41
Maximum Latency (ms)
4.09
10.44
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.12
2.61
Memory
Memory Read
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Operations per second
4,162,799.09
3,392,467.16
Mebibytes per second
4,065.23
3,312.96
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.5
3.02
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Operations per second
4,248,501.02
5,222,214.40
Mebibytes per second
4,148.93
5,099.82
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.58
1.39
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Reads per Second
1,259.91
1,898.43
Writes per Second
839.91
1,265.62
Fsyncs per Second
2,696.32
4,052.28
Read Mebibytes per Second
19.69
29.66
Written Mebibytes per Second
13.12
19.78
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.21
0.14
Maximum Latency (ms)
48.77
22.66
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.67
0.49
Mutex
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
2,291.63
1,638.91
Average Latency (ms)
2,304.59
1,646.82
Maximum Latency (ms)
2,317.78
1,653.32
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2,320.55
1,648.20
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
4,879.00
7,225.00
Queries per second
48,790.00
72,250.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.37
1.16
Average Latency (ms)
2.05
1.38
Maximum Latency (ms)
42.95
5.03
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.76
1.82
MySQL Write-only
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
2,925.00
4,858.00
Queries per second
29,250.00
48,580.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.54
1.06
Average Latency (ms)
3.41
2.06
Maximum Latency (ms)
22.27
18.55
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
5.18
2.97
MySQL Read/Write
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
1,482.00
2,569.00
Queries per second
14,820.00
25,690.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
3.5
2.53
Average Latency (ms)
6.74
3.89
Maximum Latency (ms)
25.47
31.93
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
10.27
5.57
MySQL INSERT
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
4,894.00
7,028.00
Queries per second
48,940.00
70,280.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.88
0.73
Average Latency (ms)
2.04
1.42
Maximum Latency (ms)
17.26
14.53
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.62
2.48
MySQL Bulk INSERT
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
1,026,342.00
1,346,717.00
Queries per second
10,263,420.00
13,467,170.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.01
0.01
Maximum Latency (ms)
488.41
407.94
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
126,782.00
163,275.00
Queries per second
1,267,820.00
1,632,750.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.06
0.05
Average Latency (ms)
0.08
0.06
Maximum Latency (ms)
1.76
1
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.11
0.09
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
3,979.00
5,941.00
Queries per second
39,790.00
59,410.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.87
0.51
Average Latency (ms)
2.51
1.68
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.34
4
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.62
2.22
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
5,301.00
7,397.00
Queries per second
53,010.00
73,970.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.6
0.39
Average Latency (ms)
1.88
1.35
Maximum Latency (ms)
13.82
5.62
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.66
1.79
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
3,963.00
7,797.00
Queries per second
39,630.00
77,970.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.02
0.76
Average Latency (ms)
2.52
1.28
Maximum Latency (ms)
40.61
11.43
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
4.57
2.03
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
4,192.00
7,389.00
Queries per second
41,920.00
73,890.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.07
0.72
Average Latency (ms)
2.38
1.35
Maximum Latency (ms)
19.27
15.13
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
4.18
2.22
MySQL DELETE
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Transactions per second
37,116.00
53,947.00
Queries per second
371,160.00
539,470.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.06
0.05
Average Latency (ms)
0.27
0.18
Maximum Latency (ms)
22.61
17.82
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.7
1.12
Redis
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
54,259.36
69,300.07
PING_MBULK per Second
53,106.74
69,637.88
SET per Second
54,495.91
69,156.30
GET per Second
56,980.06
70,077.09
INCR per Second
52,938.06
64,557.78
LPUSH per Second
49,825.61
66,889.63
RPUSH per Second
51,124.75
68,259.38
LPOP per Second
51,072.52
63,938.62
RPOP per Second
50,327.12
66,844.91
SADD per Second
52,083.34
67,430.88
HSET per Second
45,537.34
70,028.02
SPOP per Second
52,826.20
67,430.88
ZADD per Second
48,402.71
64,184.86
ZPOPMIN per Second
52,083.34
59,737.16
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
28,710.88
38,417.21
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
12,250.40
18,416.21
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
7,739.94
12,968.49
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
6,953.14
10,951.70
MSET (10 keys) per Second
41,101.52
59,630.29
Redis Average Latency (ms)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
PING_INLINE
0.59
0.46
PING_MBULK
0.59
0.45
SET
0.59
0.46
GET
0.56
0.45
INCR
0.61
0.49
LPUSH
0.65
0.48
RPUSH
0.63
0.47
LPOP
0.65
0.51
RPOP
0.65
0.48
SADD
0.62
0.47
HSET
0.71
0.46
SPOP
0.60
0.47
ZADD
0.67
0.50
ZPOPMIN
0.61
0.53
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
1.21
0.91
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
2.68
1.80
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
3.95
2.63
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
4.40
3.01
MSET (10 keys)
0.97
0.68
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
The Premium AMD (2 GB) instance from DigitalOcean excels overall with stronger benchmark results in both Redis performance and MySQL throughput compared to the Premium AMD (1 GB) instance. The 2 GB instance handles Redis operations with higher requests per second (rps) and lower latencies, such as 69300.07 rps for PING_INLINE versus 54259.36 in the 1 GB instance, and MySQL bulk inserts reach 132562.15 transactions per second (tps) compared to 102423.8 tps. This makes the 2 GB instance better suited for CPU-heavy and memory-intensive applications where higher performance and larger RAM are beneficial.
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