DigitalOcean Premium AMD (2 GB) vs. Vultr High Performance Intel (1 GB)
My friend, I'm so glad you're here! Today I've got brand new instances from DigitalOcean and Vultr and did some benchmarking. Each instance was spun up with 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 Intel (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:38:52 GMT
Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:21 GMT
Linux Distro
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version
7.0.0-27-generic
7.0.0-27-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 Intel (1 GB)
Memory (read MiB/s)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Disk I/O (MiB/s)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
MySQL (read/write tps)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Redis (GET/sec)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Value (CPU events per $/mo)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB) takes 5 of 6 categories.
CPU
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Vendor
AuthenticAMD
GenuineIntel
Model Name
DO-Premium-AMD
Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
Clock Speed (MHz)
1,996.25
2,893.20
CPU Cache Size (KB)
512.00
16,384.00
BogoMips
3,992.49
5,786.40
Events per Second
730.16
1,049.60
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.64
0.9
Average Latency (ms)
1.37
0.95
Maximum Latency (ms)
18.59
4.73
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.52
1.12
Memory
Memory Read
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Operations per second
3,123,620.54
5,247,794.58
Mebibytes per second
3,050.41
5,124.80
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.07
2.07
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Operations per second
5,224,478.37
5,230,407.37
Mebibytes per second
5,102.03
5,107.82
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.4
1.11
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Reads per Second
2,012.74
4,064.54
Writes per Second
1,341.83
2,709.66
Fsyncs per Second
4,295.05
8,672.51
Read Mebibytes per Second
31.45
63.51
Written Mebibytes per Second
20.97
42.34
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.13
0.06
Maximum Latency (ms)
16.81
6.95
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.5
0.19
Mutex
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
1,660.48
1,611.76
Average Latency (ms)
1,679.64
1,623.75
Maximum Latency (ms)
1,687.90
1,635.20
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1,678.14
1,648.20
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,656.00
8,324.00
Queries per second
76,560.00
83,240.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.17
1.06
Average Latency (ms)
1.3
1.2
Maximum Latency (ms)
2.99
5.85
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.58
1.5
MySQL Write-only
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
4,129.00
9,781.00
Queries per second
41,290.00
97,810.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.14
0.77
Average Latency (ms)
2.42
1.02
Maximum Latency (ms)
19.52
10.58
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.75
1.39
MySQL Read/Write
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
2,409.00
4,006.00
Queries per second
24,090.00
40,060.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
2.42
2.02
Average Latency (ms)
4.15
2.49
Maximum Latency (ms)
75.42
8.48
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
6.55
3.13
MySQL INSERT
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
6,034.00
17,670.00
Queries per second
60,340.00
176,700.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.73
0.42
Average Latency (ms)
1.66
0.56
Maximum Latency (ms)
18.71
8.68
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.02
0.72
MySQL Bulk INSERT
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
1,346,717.00
1,317,592.00
Queries per second
13,467,170.00
13,175,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.01
0.01
Maximum Latency (ms)
407.38
320.74
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
164,009.00
214,470.00
Queries per second
1,640,090.00
2,144,700.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.05
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.06
0.05
Maximum Latency (ms)
1.58
3.23
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.09
0.07
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
5,968.00
5,913.00
Queries per second
59,680.00
59,130.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.61
0.53
Average Latency (ms)
1.67
1.69
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.83
6.4
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.22
2.22
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,381.00
8,048.00
Queries per second
73,810.00
80,480.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.52
0.5
Average Latency (ms)
1.35
1.24
Maximum Latency (ms)
2.7
3.52
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.79
1.7
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
6,407.00
17,291.00
Queries per second
64,070.00
172,910.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.77
0.44
Average Latency (ms)
1.56
0.58
Maximum Latency (ms)
18.26
7.39
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.66
0.75
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
6,751.00
18,069.00
Queries per second
67,510.00
180,690.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.74
0.41
Average Latency (ms)
1.48
0.55
Maximum Latency (ms)
15.32
5.51
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.48
0.7
MySQL DELETE
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
Transactions per second
62,091.00
154,947.00
Queries per second
620,910.00
1,549,470.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.05
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.16
0.06
Maximum Latency (ms)
26.3
9.7
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.08
0.11
Redis
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
71,225.07
45,766.59
PING_MBULK per Second
71,225.07
44,424.70
SET per Second
68,119.89
45,045.04
GET per Second
66,401.06
45,065.34
INCR per Second
70,077.09
46,663.56
LPUSH per Second
70,422.54
44,603.03
RPUSH per Second
68,965.52
46,146.75
LPOP per Second
68,259.38
44,903.46
RPOP per Second
66,445.18
44,523.60
SADD per Second
69,492.70
45,392.64
HSET per Second
66,445.18
46,468.40
SPOP per Second
69,930.07
47,036.69
ZADD per Second
71,428.57
45,682.96
ZPOPMIN per Second
71,174.38
45,871.56
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
38,819.88
31,387.32
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
18,768.77
17,470.30
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
12,822.16
12,192.15
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
10,741.14
10,672.36
MSET (10 keys) per Second
61,387.36
44,503.79
Redis Average Latency (ms)
DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (2 GB)
Vultr – High Performance Intel (1 GB)
PING_INLINE
0.45
0.67
PING_MBULK
0.44
0.67
SET
0.47
0.68
GET
0.48
0.68
INCR
0.45
0.66
LPUSH
0.46
0.69
RPUSH
0.46
0.67
LPOP
0.47
0.69
RPOP
0.49
0.70
SADD
0.46
0.68
HSET
0.49
0.67
SPOP
0.45
0.65
ZADD
0.45
0.68
ZPOPMIN
0.44
0.67
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
0.91
0.99
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
1.81
1.78
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
2.72
2.68
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
3.13
2.99
MSET (10 keys)
0.65
0.75
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
The DigitalOcean Premium AMD instance outperforms the Vultr High Performance Intel instance in most benchmarks, particularly in CPU-intensive tasks where it registers notably higher Redis RPS and MySQL TPS metrics. The DigitalOcean instance achieved up to 71,225 RPS for Redis SET operations and 134,435 TPS for MySQL bulk inserts, compared to Vultr's 45,045 RPS and 130,820 TPS respectively. While both instances show good I/O performance, DigitalOcean provides more robust CPU capabilities, making it better suited for CPU-heavy applications or services.
From the friendly human:
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