DigitalOcean Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) vs. Vultr High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
Welcome to another round of the VPS Showdown. Today I've spun up some brand new instance from DigitalOcean and Vultr and ran some benchmarks. All instances were spun up with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and all resided in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Enough talk. Here's the data.
Overview
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Last Benchmarked | Thu, 28 May 2026 17:00:52 GMT | Sun, 31 May 2026 07:00:52 GMT |
| Linux Distro | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 |
| Kernel Version | 6.8.0-71-generic | 6.8.0-117-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 | $56.00 | $18.00 |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 2 |
| CPU Cores | 4 | 2 |
| Storage (TB) | 160 | 60 |
| Storage Type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Transfer (TB) | 5 | 4 |
CPU
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3,992.49 | 5,799.98 |
| Events per Second | 1,426.65 | 4,648.14 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.7 | 0.21 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 1.36 | 1.26 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.74 | 0.23 |
Memory
Memory Read
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 4,443,762.02 | 7,548,502.85 |
| Mebibytes per second | 4,339.61 | 7,371.58 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 0.17 | 0.08 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
Memory Write
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 4,622,449.59 | 7,544,807.09 |
| Mebibytes per second | 4,514.11 | 7,367.98 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 0.22 | 0.12 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
File I/O
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Reads per Second | 1,418.14 | 5,114.79 |
| Writes per Second | 945.43 | 3,409.86 |
| Fsyncs per Second | 3,028.37 | 10,914.44 |
| Read Mebibytes per Second | 22.16 | 79.92 |
| Written Mebibytes per Second | 14.77 | 53.28 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.18 | 0.05 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 39.56 | 3.7 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.7 | 0.12 |
Mutex
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 444.21 | 574.03 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 494.97 | 637.47 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 533.21 | 663.74 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 530.08 | 657.93 |
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 4,649.00 | 9,622.00 |
| Queries per second | 46,490.00 | 96,220.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.55 | 0.73 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.15 | 1.04 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 4.4 | 2.22 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.76 | 1.12 |
MySQL Write-only
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 2,579.00 | 9,585.00 |
| Queries per second | 25,790.00 | 95,850.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.73 | 0.8 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 3.87 | 1.04 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 44.6 | 2.18 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 6.32 | 1.32 |
MySQL Read/Write
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 1,022.00 | 4,686.00 |
| Queries per second | 10,220.00 | 46,860.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 4.03 | 1.57 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 9.78 | 2.13 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 61.58 | 4.26 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 25.28 | 2.52 |
MySQL INSERT
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 4,127.00 | 15,965.00 |
| Queries per second | 41,270.00 | 159,650.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.12 | 0.45 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.42 | 0.62 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 22.15 | 2.23 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 3.96 | 0.74 |
MySQL Bulk INSERT
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 1,055,467.00 | 3,065,092.00 |
| Queries per second | 10,554,670.00 | 30,650,920.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.01 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 737.23 | 208.51 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
MySQL SELECT
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 100,797.00 | 217,035.00 |
| Queries per second | 1,007,970.00 | 2,170,350.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.1 | 0.05 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 1.57 | 0.61 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.14 | 0.06 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 6,518.00 | 14,818.00 |
| Queries per second | 65,180.00 | 148,180.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.49 | 0.24 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.53 | 0.67 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 8.14 | 1.94 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.18 | 0.86 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 5,908.00 | 14,341.00 |
| Queries per second | 59,080.00 | 143,410.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.74 | 0.27 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.69 | 0.7 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 3.26 | 1.67 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.3 | 0.89 |
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 2,248.00 | 14,864.00 |
| Queries per second | 22,480.00 | 148,640.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.21 | 0.47 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 4.44 | 0.67 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 64.97 | 2.36 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 12.98 | 0.87 |
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 3,518.00 | 15,284.00 |
| Queries per second | 35,180.00 | 152,840.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.33 | 0.46 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.84 | 0.65 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 107.96 | 1.65 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 4.74 | 0.83 |
MySQL DELETE
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 14,245.00 | 151,536.00 |
| Queries per second | 142,450.00 | 1,515,360.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.7 | 0.07 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 70.06 | 4.83 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 3.07 | 0.08 |
Redis
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE per Second | 63,734.86 | 55,991.04 |
| PING_MBULK per Second | 50,968.40 | 57,903.88 |
| SET per Second | 46,970.41 | 57,703.40 |
| GET per Second | 46,816.48 | 57,703.40 |
| INCR per Second | 47,281.32 | 57,372.34 |
| LPUSH per Second | 47,258.98 | 57,836.90 |
| RPUSH per Second | 48,685.49 | 58,173.36 |
| LPOP per Second | 50,479.56 | 58,343.06 |
| RPOP per Second | 49,925.11 | 58,343.06 |
| SADD per Second | 47,664.44 | 58,241.12 |
| HSET per Second | 47,080.98 | 58,858.15 |
| SPOP per Second | 48,053.82 | 58,892.82 |
| ZADD per Second | 47,846.89 | 57,504.31 |
| ZPOPMIN per Second | 47,709.93 | 57,870.37 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second | 33,467.20 | 49,236.83 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second | 18,716.08 | 34,818.94 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second | 13,513.51 | 26,766.60 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second | 12,751.85 | 24,207.21 |
| MSET (10 keys) per Second | 56,947.61 | 58,548.01 |
Redis Average Latency (ms)
| DigitalOcean – Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE | 0.41 | 0.48 |
| PING_MBULK | 0.51 | 0.44 |
| SET | 0.55 | 0.45 |
| GET | 0.56 | 0.45 |
| INCR | 0.56 | 0.45 |
| LPUSH | 0.55 | 0.44 |
| RPUSH | 0.54 | 0.44 |
| LPOP | 0.52 | 0.44 |
| RPOP | 0.52 | 0.44 |
| SADD | 0.55 | 0.44 |
| HSET | 0.55 | 0.44 |
| SPOP | 0.55 | 0.44 |
| ZADD | 0.56 | 0.45 |
| ZPOPMIN | 0.54 | 0.44 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) | 0.80 | 0.53 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) | 1.52 | 0.74 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) | 1.95 | 0.95 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) | 2.11 | 1.05 |
| MSET (10 keys) | 0.49 | 0.44 |
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
Upon comparing the benchmark results from DigitalOcean's Premium AMD (8 GB, 4 Cores) and Vultr's High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores), it is clear that DigitalOcean's instance excels in CPU-intensive tasks and memory operations with higher performance and lower latency across various metrics. Vultr's instance, despite having lower CPU and memory resources, shows competitive performance in Redis operations and has slightly better file I/O throughput and lower latency, suggesting it might be more suitable for workloads that are less CPU-demanding but require frequent file operations or lower latency in Redis operations. DigitalOcean's higher RAM and core count, combined with superior performance in memory-related benchmarks, make it a better choice for memory-intensive applications or those requiring more CPU power, whereas Vultr's lower cost and competitive Redis and file I/O performance make it an attractive option for less demanding applications focused on these areas.
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