Same showdown, different day. Today I've spun up brand new instance from DigitalOcean and did some benchmarking. Each instance was running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and were created in the New York area (or close to it). Time to see who showed up today.
Overview
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Last Benchmarked
Sun, 31 May 2026 03:00:52 GMT
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:00:52 GMT
Linux Distro
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version
6.8.0-71-generic
6.8.0-71-generic
MySQL Version
8.0.45-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
8.0.45-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
Redis Version
7.0.15
7.0.15
Location
New York, NY
New York, NY
Monthly Price
$21.00
$64.00
RAM (GB)
2
8
CPU Cores
2
4
Storage (TB)
60
240
Storage Type
NVMe
NVMe
Transfer (TB)
3
6
CPU
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Vendor
AuthenticAMD
GenuineIntel
Model Name
DO-Premium-AMD
DO-Premium-Intel
Clock Speed (MHz)
1,996.25
1,995.31
CPU Cache Size (KB)
512.00
4,096.00
BogoMips
3,992.50
3,990.61
Events per Second
1,599.39
2,100.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.59
0.46
Average Latency (ms)
0.62
0.48
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.82
0.77
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.67
0.49
Memory
Memory Read
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Operations per second
5,207,157.62
4,031,036.30
Mebibytes per second
5,085.11
3,936.56
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.2
0.09
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Operations per second
5,245,096.07
4,327,248.72
Mebibytes per second
5,122.16
4,225.83
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.13
0.18
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Reads per Second
1,715.61
1,848.36
Writes per Second
1,143.67
1,232.24
Fsyncs per Second
3,669.98
3,943.27
Read Mebibytes per Second
26.81
28.88
Written Mebibytes per Second
17.87
19.25
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.15
0.14
Maximum Latency (ms)
16.22
32.73
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.54
0.83
Mutex
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Minimum Latency (ms)
556.73
496.91
Average Latency (ms)
825.56
678.09
Maximum Latency (ms)
865.15
755.25
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
861.95
759.88
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Transactions per second
6,259.00
5,172.00
Queries per second
62,590.00
51,720.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.31
1.28
Average Latency (ms)
1.6
1.93
Maximum Latency (ms)
4.28
8.32
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.96
2.61
MySQL Write-only
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Transactions per second
3,970.00
2,301.00
Queries per second
39,700.00
23,010.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.36
1.35
Average Latency (ms)
2.52
4.34
Maximum Latency (ms)
11.04
12.64
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.55
7.3
MySQL Read/Write
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Transactions per second
2,013.00
1,495.00
Queries per second
20,130.00
14,950.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
3.03
2.89
Average Latency (ms)
4.96
6.68
Maximum Latency (ms)
24.99
19.01
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
6.91
10.46
MySQL INSERT
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Transactions per second
5,675.00
3,010.00
Queries per second
56,750.00
30,100.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.96
1.11
Average Latency (ms)
1.76
3.32
Maximum Latency (ms)
12.44
14.62
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.91
6.09
MySQL Bulk INSERT
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Transactions per second
1,463,217.00
1,201,092.00
Queries per second
14,632,170.00
12,010,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.01
0.01
Maximum Latency (ms)
443.24
566.03
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Transactions per second
125,762.00
157,927.00
Queries per second
1,257,620.00
1,579,270.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.05
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.08
0.06
Maximum Latency (ms)
1.37
2.99
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.11
0.09
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Transactions per second
7,556.00
5,434.00
Queries per second
75,560.00
54,340.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.51
0.45
Average Latency (ms)
1.32
1.84
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.33
14.81
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.79
2.71
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Transactions per second
6,802.00
6,582.00
Queries per second
68,020.00
65,820.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.57
0.57
Average Latency (ms)
1.47
1.52
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.15
5.15
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.96
2.66
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Transactions per second
5,367.00
3,033.00
Queries per second
53,670.00
30,330.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.96
1
Average Latency (ms)
1.86
3.29
Maximum Latency (ms)
13.89
67.75
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.71
5.99
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Transactions per second
5,465.00
3,268.00
Queries per second
54,650.00
32,680.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.97
1.03
Average Latency (ms)
1.83
3.06
Maximum Latency (ms)
15.94
11.49
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.76
5.57
MySQL DELETE
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Transactions per second
59,025.00
24,924.00
Queries per second
590,250.00
249,240.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.04
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.17
0.4
Maximum Latency (ms)
9.29
26.64
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.3
2.81
Redis
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
PING_INLINE per Second
52,631.58
93,545.37
PING_MBULK per Second
54,436.58
87,796.30
SET per Second
54,112.55
93,457.94
GET per Second
55,370.98
94,250.71
INCR per Second
54,141.85
85,106.38
LPUSH per Second
53,908.36
95,057.03
RPUSH per Second
53,792.36
86,505.19
LPOP per Second
52,938.06
89,285.71
RPOP per Second
54,141.85
100,100.10
SADD per Second
53,248.14
90,661.83
HSET per Second
53,908.36
90,415.91
SPOP per Second
52,521.01
96,432.02
ZADD per Second
53,850.30
97,751.71
ZPOPMIN per Second
54,259.36
97,751.71
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
39,093.04
58,997.05
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
24,962.56
26,191.72
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
18,402.65
15,961.69
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
15,748.03
14,390.56
MSET (10 keys) per Second
68,212.83
73,152.89
Redis Average Latency (ms)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
PING_INLINE
0.51
0.28
PING_MBULK
0.48
0.31
SET
0.48
0.31
GET
0.47
0.28
INCR
0.48
0.31
LPUSH
0.48
0.29
RPUSH
0.48
0.32
LPOP
0.49
0.32
RPOP
0.48
0.27
SADD
0.49
0.32
HSET
0.48
0.29
SPOP
0.49
0.30
ZADD
0.48
0.31
ZPOPMIN
0.48
0.28
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
0.68
0.46
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
1.08
1.05
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
1.45
2.04
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
1.82
2.12
MSET (10 keys)
0.39
0.49
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
Both instances from DigitalOcean show strong performance, but they cater to different needs. The Premium AMD instance offers solid performance with a focus on more compact resources, achieving high rates of Redis operations per second with low latencies, and demonstrating reliable file I/O and memory handling. Ideal for scenarios where you need a cost-effective solution with moderate CPU power and sufficient RAM. On the other hand, the Premium Intel instance excels with its four cores and 8GB of RAM, delivering superior throughput in all benchmarks, making it ideal for CPU-intensive, I/O-heavy workloads, or applications that require higher concurrency and scalability. The choice between these two should depend on the specific performance requirements and budget constraints of your project.
From the friendly human:
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