DigitalOcean Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) vs. Linode Nanode (1 GB)
New day, new benchmarks. Today I've spun up brand new instance from DigitalOcean and Linode and ran some benchmarks. All instances were 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 – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Last Benchmarked | Wed, 27 May 2026 23:00:52 GMT | Fri, 29 May 2026 15:00:53 GMT |
| Linux Distro | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 |
| Kernel Version | 6.8.0-71-generic | 6.8.0-111-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 | Newark, NJ |
| Monthly Price | $21.00 | $5.00 |
| RAM (GB) | 2 | 1 |
| CPU Cores | 2 | 1 |
| Storage (TB) | 60 | 25 |
| Storage Type | NVMe | SSD |
| Transfer (TB) | 3 | 1 |
CPU
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | AuthenticAMD | AuthenticAMD |
| Model Name | DO-Premium-AMD | AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core Processor |
| Clock Speed (MHz) | 1,996.25 | 2,300.00 |
| CPU Cache Size (KB) | 512.00 | 512.00 |
| BogoMips | 3,992.49 | 4,599.99 |
| Events per Second | 1,545.82 | 1,022.23 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.59 | 0.61 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.65 | 0.98 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 2.91 | 5.4 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.7 | 2.39 |
Memory
Memory Read
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 5,153,295.19 | 5,296,233.64 |
| Mebibytes per second | 5,032.51 | 5,172.10 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 0.31 | 3.05 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
Memory Write
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 4,996,673.96 | 5,154,651.90 |
| Mebibytes per second | 4,879.56 | 5,033.84 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 0.17 | 3.06 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
File I/O
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Reads per Second | 1,707.82 | 2,055.76 |
| Writes per Second | 1,138.54 | 1,370.51 |
| Fsyncs per Second | 3,652.73 | 4,389.22 |
| Read Mebibytes per Second | 26.68 | 32.12 |
| Written Mebibytes per Second | 17.79 | 21.41 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.15 | 0.13 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 9.1 | 12.79 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.54 | 0.35 |
Mutex
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 762.70 | 1,633.32 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 838.67 | 1,644.62 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 873.82 | 1,653.29 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 877.61 | 1,648.20 |
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 5,666.00 | 7,575.00 |
| Queries per second | 56,660.00 | 75,750.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.34 | 1.22 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.76 | 1.32 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 6.49 | 4.67 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.26 | 1.42 |
MySQL Write-only
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 3,824.00 | 5,800.00 |
| Queries per second | 38,240.00 | 58,000.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.48 | 1.15 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.61 | 1.72 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 15.94 | 12.35 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 3.75 | 2.39 |
MySQL Read/Write
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 1,990.00 | 2,955.00 |
| Queries per second | 19,900.00 | 29,550.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 3.13 | 2.64 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 5.02 | 3.38 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 22.46 | 22.69 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 6.79 | 4.41 |
MySQL INSERT
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 5,655.00 | 8,921.00 |
| Queries per second | 56,550.00 | 89,210.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.91 | 0.65 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.77 | 1.12 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 15.2 | 8.92 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.91 | 1.42 |
MySQL Bulk INSERT
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 1,463,217.00 | 1,288,467.00 |
| Queries per second | 14,632,170.00 | 12,884,670.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 415.49 | 398.24 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
MySQL SELECT
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 140,258.00 | 170,179.00 |
| Queries per second | 1,402,580.00 | 1,701,790.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.04 | 0.05 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.07 | 0.06 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 1.68 | 7.27 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.1 | 0.08 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 7,422.00 | 7,819.00 |
| Queries per second | 74,220.00 | 78,190.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.49 | 0.42 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.35 | 1.28 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 6.35 | 6.03 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.89 | 1.64 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 6,748.00 | 7,328.00 |
| Queries per second | 67,480.00 | 73,280.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.48 | 0.3 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.48 | 1.36 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 3.09 | 4.97 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2 | 1.76 |
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 5,283.00 | 8,603.00 |
| Queries per second | 52,830.00 | 86,030.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.87 | 0.69 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.89 | 1.16 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 18.21 | 6.97 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.76 | 1.7 |
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 5,677.00 | 7,719.00 |
| Queries per second | 56,770.00 | 77,190.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.01 | 0.65 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.76 | 1.29 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 14.98 | 54.76 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.61 | 1.73 |
MySQL DELETE
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 45,080.00 | 80,451.00 |
| Queries per second | 450,800.00 | 804,510.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.22 | 0.12 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 13.19 | 16.14 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.52 | 0.42 |
Redis
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE per Second | 63,897.76 | 44,052.86 |
| PING_MBULK per Second | 63,171.20 | 44,563.28 |
| SET per Second | 63,051.70 | 44,072.28 |
| GET per Second | 62,617.41 | 44,345.89 |
| INCR per Second | 62,617.41 | 42,535.09 |
| LPUSH per Second | 65,359.48 | 41,545.49 |
| RPUSH per Second | 64,516.13 | 37,299.52 |
| LPOP per Second | 64,557.78 | 43,327.55 |
| RPOP per Second | 62,266.50 | 43,103.45 |
| SADD per Second | 64,724.92 | 43,994.72 |
| HSET per Second | 62,111.80 | 43,956.04 |
| SPOP per Second | 60,679.61 | 44,130.62 |
| ZADD per Second | 61,050.06 | 42,390.84 |
| ZPOPMIN per Second | 49,925.11 | 43,159.26 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second | 39,231.07 | 28,843.38 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second | 22,588.66 | 15,153.81 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second | 16,509.82 | 10,595.47 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second | 14,821.40 | 9,122.42 |
| MSET (10 keys) per Second | 53,447.35 | 40,112.31 |
Redis Average Latency (ms)
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE | 0.41 | 0.78 |
| PING_MBULK | 0.41 | 0.77 |
| SET | 0.41 | 0.78 |
| GET | 0.41 | 0.77 |
| INCR | 0.41 | 0.80 |
| LPUSH | 0.40 | 0.82 |
| RPUSH | 0.40 | 0.90 |
| LPOP | 0.40 | 0.80 |
| RPOP | 0.42 | 0.80 |
| SADD | 0.40 | 0.78 |
| HSET | 0.42 | 0.79 |
| SPOP | 0.43 | 0.77 |
| ZADD | 0.43 | 0.81 |
| ZPOPMIN | 0.53 | 0.79 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) | 0.71 | 1.23 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) | 1.19 | 2.38 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) | 1.70 | 3.44 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) | 1.86 | 3.96 |
| MSET (10 keys) | 0.55 | 0.88 |
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
The DigitalOcean Premium AMD instance offers higher performance benchmarks in CPU-intensive tasks, Redis operations, and file I/O operations compared to the Linode Nanode. The DigitalOcean instance achieves higher requests per second (rps) and lower latencies across Redis operations, and demonstrates superior CPU, memory, and file I/O performance. The Linode instance, while more affordable, lags in these metrics, showcasing higher latencies and lower throughput. Given these benchmarks, the DigitalOcean instance would be better suited for CPU-heavy workloads, database operations, and I/O-intensive tasks, while the Linode instance might serve more budget-conscious users with less demanding workloads.
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