DigitalOcean Premium AMD (2 GB) vs. Linode Nanode (1 GB)
New day, new benchmarks. Today I've spun up brand new instance from DigitalOcean and Linode to run some benchmarks on. All instances were spun up with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and were created in the New York area (or close to it). Without further ado, here's the results.
Overview
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Thu, 28 May 2026 08:00:51 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
$14.00
$5.00
RAM (GB)
2
1
CPU Cores
1
1
Storage (TB)
50
25
Storage Type
NVMe
SSD
Transfer (TB)
2
1
CPU
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
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
3,992.50
4,599.99
Events per Second
754.19
1,022.23
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.59
0.61
Average Latency (ms)
1.32
0.98
Maximum Latency (ms)
5.75
5.4
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.61
2.39
Memory
Memory Read
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Operations per second
2,392,544.62
5,296,233.64
Mebibytes per second
2,336.47
5,172.10
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
4.03
3.05
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Operations per second
4,364,728.83
5,154,651.90
Mebibytes per second
4,262.43
5,033.84
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
10.88
3.06
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Reads per Second
1,820.26
2,055.76
Writes per Second
1,213.51
1,370.51
Fsyncs per Second
3,888.11
4,389.22
Read Mebibytes per Second
28.44
32.12
Written Mebibytes per Second
18.96
21.41
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.14
0.13
Maximum Latency (ms)
14.5
12.79
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.53
0.35
Mutex
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
1,844.09
1,633.32
Average Latency (ms)
1,857.20
1,644.62
Maximum Latency (ms)
1,870.06
1,653.29
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1,869.60
1,648.20
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
6,438.00
7,575.00
Queries per second
64,380.00
75,750.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.38
1.22
Average Latency (ms)
1.55
1.32
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.14
4.67
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.86
1.42
MySQL Write-only
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
3,793.00
5,800.00
Queries per second
37,930.00
58,000.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.4
1.15
Average Latency (ms)
2.63
1.72
Maximum Latency (ms)
13.82
12.35
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.96
2.39
MySQL Read/Write
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
1,766.00
2,955.00
Queries per second
17,660.00
29,550.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
3.3
2.64
Average Latency (ms)
5.66
3.38
Maximum Latency (ms)
30.17
22.69
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
8.43
4.41
MySQL INSERT
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
5,854.00
8,921.00
Queries per second
58,540.00
89,210.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.04
0.65
Average Latency (ms)
1.71
1.12
Maximum Latency (ms)
23.65
8.92
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.71
1.42
MySQL Bulk INSERT
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
1,230,217.00
1,288,467.00
Queries per second
12,302,170.00
12,884,670.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.01
0.01
Maximum Latency (ms)
485.8
398.24
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
141,064.00
170,179.00
Queries per second
1,410,640.00
1,701,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.06
0.05
Average Latency (ms)
0.07
0.06
Maximum Latency (ms)
1.58
7.27
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.1
0.08
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,129.00
7,819.00
Queries per second
71,290.00
78,190.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.53
0.42
Average Latency (ms)
1.4
1.28
Maximum Latency (ms)
5.74
6.03
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.86
1.64
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
6,802.00
7,328.00
Queries per second
68,020.00
73,280.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.3
0.3
Average Latency (ms)
1.47
1.36
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.1
4.97
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.96
1.76
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
5,192.00
8,603.00
Queries per second
51,920.00
86,030.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.87
0.69
Average Latency (ms)
1.92
1.16
Maximum Latency (ms)
20.6
6.97
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.13
1.7
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
5,800.00
7,719.00
Queries per second
58,000.00
77,190.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.93
0.65
Average Latency (ms)
1.72
1.29
Maximum Latency (ms)
20.68
54.76
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.61
1.73
MySQL DELETE
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
Transactions per second
41,373.00
80,451.00
Queries per second
413,730.00
804,510.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.06
0.05
Average Latency (ms)
0.24
0.12
Maximum Latency (ms)
15.98
16.14
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.52
0.42
Redis
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
37,481.26
44,052.86
PING_MBULK per Second
38,124.29
44,563.28
SET per Second
38,182.51
44,072.28
GET per Second
37,453.18
44,345.89
INCR per Second
37,481.26
42,535.09
LPUSH per Second
37,907.50
41,545.49
RPUSH per Second
38,971.16
37,299.52
LPOP per Second
37,750.09
43,327.55
RPOP per Second
37,119.52
43,103.45
SADD per Second
37,119.52
43,994.72
HSET per Second
36,049.03
43,956.04
SPOP per Second
38,774.72
44,130.62
ZADD per Second
37,230.08
42,390.84
ZPOPMIN per Second
38,971.16
43,159.26
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
24,981.27
28,843.38
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
14,003.64
15,153.81
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
9,899.03
10,595.47
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
8,346.55
9,122.42
MSET (10 keys) per Second
35,186.49
40,112.31
Redis Average Latency (ms)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
PING_INLINE
0.90
0.78
PING_MBULK
0.89
0.77
SET
0.90
0.78
GET
0.91
0.77
INCR
0.91
0.80
LPUSH
0.91
0.82
RPUSH
0.88
0.90
LPOP
0.92
0.80
RPOP
0.93
0.80
SADD
0.92
0.78
HSET
0.95
0.79
SPOP
0.88
0.77
ZADD
0.92
0.81
ZPOPMIN
0.87
0.79
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
1.39
1.23
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
2.55
2.38
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
3.59
3.44
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
4.24
3.96
MSET (10 keys)
1.01
0.88
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
The DigitalOcean Premium AMD (2 GB) instance provides solid performance for Redis operations, delivering high request rates and low latency, particularly for simple commands like SET and GET, while also handling more complex operations like LRANGE well but with increased latency. It shows comparable CPU performance and file I/O efficiency with robust memory handling. In contrast, the Linode Nanode (1 GB) instance, powered by a higher clock speed AMD processor, demonstrates exceptional Redis performance with extremely high request rates and low latencies, although it shows slightly lower file I/O performance and memory throughput than the DigitalOcean instance. The Linode instance might be better suited for high-traffic, low-latency Redis applications, while the DigitalOcean instance offers a balanced performance profile that is particularly useful for workloads requiring strong file I/O and memory handling capabilities.
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