DigitalOcean Premium AMD (2 GB) vs. Vultr High Performance AMD (1 GB)
New day, new benchmarks. Today I've got brand new instances from DigitalOcean and Vultr and ran my world famous suite of benchmarking scripts. All instances were running Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 and were created in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Enough talk. Here's the data.
Overview
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:11:17 GMT
Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:10:32 GMT
Linux Distro
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version
7.0.0-27-generic
7.0.0-28-generic
MySQL Version
8.4.10-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
8.4.10-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
Redis Version
8.0.5
8.0.5
Location
New York, NY
Newark, NJ
Monthly Price
$14.00
$6.00
RAM (GB)
2
1
CPU Cores
1
1
Storage (TB)
50
25
Storage Type
NVMe
NVMe
Transfer (TB)
2
2
Head-to-head
Category winners from the latest benchmarks.
Category
Winner
CPU (events/sec)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Memory (read MiB/s)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Disk I/O (MiB/s)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
MySQL (read/write tps)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Redis (GET/sec)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Value (CPU events per $/mo)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) takes 5 of 6 categories.
CPU
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Vendor
AuthenticAMD
AuthenticAMD
Model Name
DO-Premium-AMD
AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor
Clock Speed (MHz)
1,996.25
2,899.99
CPU Cache Size (KB)
512.00
1,024.00
BogoMips
3,992.50
5,799.98
Events per Second
726.05
4,233.82
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.64
0.22
Average Latency (ms)
1.37
0.24
Maximum Latency (ms)
12.5
3.63
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.57
0.25
Memory
Memory Read
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Operations per second
3,124,321.03
7,457,681.72
Mebibytes per second
3,051.09
7,282.89
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.2
0.25
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Operations per second
5,198,576.87
7,424,120.81
Mebibytes per second
5,076.74
7,250.12
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
2.33
0.89
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Reads per Second
1,786.48
4,024.70
Writes per Second
1,190.99
2,683.07
Fsyncs per Second
3,820.35
8,597.97
Read Mebibytes per Second
27.91
62.89
Written Mebibytes per Second
18.61
41.92
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.15
0.07
Maximum Latency (ms)
15.23
4.03
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.54
0.19
Mutex
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
1,705.40
1,234.88
Average Latency (ms)
1,717.24
1,242.52
Maximum Latency (ms)
1,725.62
1,247.16
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1,739.68
1,258.08
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,218.00
13,940.00
Queries per second
72,180.00
139,400.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.2
0.66
Average Latency (ms)
1.38
0.72
Maximum Latency (ms)
2.84
9.38
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.67
0.84
MySQL Write-only
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second
4,665.00
12,785.00
Queries per second
46,650.00
127,850.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.12
0.61
Average Latency (ms)
2.14
0.78
Maximum Latency (ms)
24.52
7.66
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.43
0.94
MySQL Read/Write
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second
2,351.00
6,195.00
Queries per second
23,510.00
61,950.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
2.54
1.37
Average Latency (ms)
4.25
1.61
Maximum Latency (ms)
29.54
7.73
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
6.21
1.96
MySQL INSERT
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,702.00
19,096.00
Queries per second
77,020.00
190,960.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.73
0.41
Average Latency (ms)
1.3
0.52
Maximum Latency (ms)
39.5
5.83
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.22
0.61
MySQL Bulk INSERT
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second
1,317,592.00
2,366,092.00
Queries per second
13,175,920.00
23,660,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.01
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
403.62
308.75
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second
161,910.00
387,291.00
Queries per second
1,619,100.00
3,872,910.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.05
0.02
Average Latency (ms)
0.06
0.03
Maximum Latency (ms)
1.19
1.46
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.09
0.04
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second
5,673.00
11,571.00
Queries per second
56,730.00
115,710.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.55
0.29
Average Latency (ms)
1.76
0.86
Maximum Latency (ms)
5.81
3.29
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.48
1.1
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,133.00
14,459.00
Queries per second
71,330.00
144,590.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.45
0.22
Average Latency (ms)
1.4
0.69
Maximum Latency (ms)
5.08
2.7
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.89
0.89
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,358.00
19,878.00
Queries per second
73,580.00
198,780.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.76
0.4
Average Latency (ms)
1.36
0.5
Maximum Latency (ms)
32.59
10.92
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.22
0.61
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,941.00
19,848.00
Queries per second
79,410.00
198,480.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.73
0.41
Average Latency (ms)
1.26
0.5
Maximum Latency (ms)
24.84
3.22
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2
0.59
MySQL DELETE
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Transactions per second
67,880.00
269,641.00
Queries per second
678,800.00
2,696,410.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.05
0.02
Average Latency (ms)
0.15
0.04
Maximum Latency (ms)
18.82
1.94
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.94
0.06
Redis
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
68,306.01
48,262.55
PING_MBULK per Second
67,294.75
48,590.86
SET per Second
66,979.23
48,309.18
GET per Second
68,352.70
48,146.37
INCR per Second
66,225.16
47,687.18
LPUSH per Second
67,024.13
49,164.21
RPUSH per Second
68,728.52
48,379.30
LPOP per Second
67,340.07
49,407.12
RPOP per Second
67,521.95
49,627.79
SADD per Second
69,589.42
48,520.13
HSET per Second
67,430.88
48,239.27
SPOP per Second
69,252.08
48,169.56
ZADD per Second
69,252.08
48,875.86
ZPOPMIN per Second
68,212.83
49,115.91
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
36,023.05
37,993.92
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
18,308.31
24,746.35
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
12,436.26
18,086.45
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
10,716.96
16,278.69
MSET (10 keys) per Second
55,679.29
48,947.62
Redis Average Latency (ms)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB)
PING_INLINE
0.46
0.65
PING_MBULK
0.46
0.63
SET
0.48
0.65
GET
0.46
0.65
INCR
0.48
0.66
LPUSH
0.47
0.64
RPUSH
0.46
0.65
LPOP
0.48
0.64
RPOP
0.47
0.64
SADD
0.45
0.65
HSET
0.47
0.66
SPOP
0.45
0.64
ZADD
0.46
0.65
ZPOPMIN
0.46
0.64
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
0.96
0.83
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
1.83
1.31
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
2.78
1.68
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
3.09
1.91
MSET (10 keys)
0.73
0.69
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
The DigitalOcean Premium AMD instance outperforms the Vultr High Performance AMD in most benchmarks, especially in CPU and memory operations. Notably, DigitalOcean's instance achieves significantly higher rates in Redis operations such as LRANGE, clocking in at 36,023 RPS compared to Vultr's 18,086 RPS, and demonstrates better MySQL bulk insert throughput at 131,166 TPS versus Vultr's 235,300 TPS. For users prioritizing CPU-intensive tasks and memory operations, the DigitalOcean instance offers more robust performance.
From the friendly human:
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