Fresh benchmarks coming at ya. Today I've spun up some brand new instance from DigitalOcean and Linode and ran some benchmarks. Each instance was running 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 Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Linode – (4 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Sat, 30 May 2026 03:00:52 GMT
Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:52 GMT
Linux Distro
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version
6.8.0-71-generic
6.8.0-111-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
$64.00
$24.00
RAM (GB)
8
4
CPU Cores
4
2
Storage (TB)
240
80
Storage Type
NVMe
SSD
Transfer (TB)
6
4
CPU
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Linode – (4 GB)
Vendor
GenuineIntel
AuthenticAMD
Model Name
DO-Premium-Intel
AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
Clock Speed (MHz)
2,494.14
2,000.00
CPU Cache Size (KB)
4,096.00
512.00
BogoMips
4,988.28
3,999.99
Events per Second
1,067.58
3,444.02
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.86
0.28
Average Latency (ms)
0.94
0.29
Maximum Latency (ms)
1.68
4.83
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.03
0.3
Memory
Memory Read
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Linode – (4 GB)
Operations per second
4,962,098.07
5,349,213.60
Mebibytes per second
4,845.80
5,223.84
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.1
3.16
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Linode – (4 GB)
Operations per second
5,005,918.51
5,332,401.09
Mebibytes per second
4,888.59
5,207.42
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.09
3.25
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Linode – (4 GB)
Reads per Second
9,396.04
3,325.24
Writes per Second
6,264.02
2,216.89
Fsyncs per Second
20,051.77
7,095.98
Read Mebibytes per Second
146.81
51.96
Written Mebibytes per Second
97.88
34.64
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.03
0.08
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.33
13.12
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.1
0.22
Mutex
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Linode – (4 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
381.71
864.93
Average Latency (ms)
452.26
931.61
Maximum Latency (ms)
498.45
968.34
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
502.20
960.30
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Linode – (4 GB)
Transactions per second
7,950.00
5,919.00
Queries per second
79,500.00
59,190.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.1
1.29
Average Latency (ms)
1.26
1.69
Maximum Latency (ms)
2.52
8
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.42
2.03
MySQL Write-only
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Linode – (4 GB)
Transactions per second
7,271.00
5,152.00
Queries per second
72,710.00
51,520.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.81
1.22
Average Latency (ms)
1.37
1.94
Maximum Latency (ms)
30.71
24.88
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.76
2.52
MySQL Read/Write
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Linode – (4 GB)
Transactions per second
3,565.00
2,609.00
Queries per second
35,650.00
26,090.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.94
2.83
Average Latency (ms)
2.8
3.83
Maximum Latency (ms)
10.67
8.83
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.75
4.74
MySQL INSERT
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Linode – (4 GB)
Transactions per second
13,100.00
7,493.00
Queries per second
131,000.00
74,930.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.45
0.73
Average Latency (ms)
0.76
1.33
Maximum Latency (ms)
8.99
15.06
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.06
1.86
MySQL Bulk INSERT
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Linode – (4 GB)
Transactions per second
1,637,967.00
1,754,467.00
Queries per second
16,379,670.00
17,544,670.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.01
0.01
Maximum Latency (ms)
312.48
418.75
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Linode – (4 GB)
Transactions per second
205,531.00
130,180.00
Queries per second
2,055,310.00
1,301,800.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.03
0.05
Average Latency (ms)
0.05
0.08
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.57
4.63
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.06
0.1
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Linode – (4 GB)
Transactions per second
7,411.00
8,212.00
Queries per second
74,110.00
82,120.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.43
0.33
Average Latency (ms)
1.35
1.22
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.18
11.27
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.73
2.3
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Linode – (4 GB)
Transactions per second
7,339.00
8,956.00
Queries per second
73,390.00
89,560.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.38
0.42
Average Latency (ms)
1.36
1.12
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.34
4.66
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.76
1.44
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Linode – (4 GB)
Transactions per second
12,452.00
7,381.00
Queries per second
124,520.00
73,810.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.47
0.81
Average Latency (ms)
0.8
1.35
Maximum Latency (ms)
5.95
8.43
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.14
1.76
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Linode – (4 GB)
Transactions per second
12,648.00
7,379.00
Queries per second
126,480.00
73,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.46
0.82
Average Latency (ms)
0.79
1.35
Maximum Latency (ms)
9.22
7.2
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.1
1.73
MySQL DELETE
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Linode – (4 GB)
Transactions per second
129,049.00
58,502.00
Queries per second
1,290,490.00
585,020.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.03
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.08
0.17
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.84
8.26
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.09
1.14
Redis
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Linode – (4 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
97,087.38
44,444.45
PING_MBULK per Second
105,263.16
42,158.52
SET per Second
97,465.88
43,725.41
GET per Second
94,966.77
43,084.88
INCR per Second
98,522.17
43,917.44
LPUSH per Second
102,564.10
44,169.61
RPUSH per Second
102,040.81
42,918.46
LPOP per Second
93,545.37
43,630.02
RPOP per Second
99,601.60
42,900.04
SADD per Second
103,519.66
43,066.32
HSET per Second
100,401.61
42,826.55
SPOP per Second
99,304.87
43,821.21
ZADD per Second
100,806.45
43,706.29
ZPOPMIN per Second
100,401.61
46,554.93
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
55,679.29
30,084.24
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
30,003.00
21,141.65
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
20,546.54
17,825.31
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
17,214.67
15,969.34
MSET (10 keys) per Second
93,109.87
45,578.85
Redis Average Latency (ms)
DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
Linode – (4 GB)
PING_INLINE
0.34
0.58
PING_MBULK
0.28
0.61
SET
0.36
0.59
GET
0.33
0.60
INCR
0.30
0.59
LPUSH
0.33
0.58
RPUSH
0.34
0.60
LPOP
0.47
0.59
RPOP
0.43
0.60
SADD
0.30
0.60
HSET
0.35
0.60
SPOP
0.33
0.59
ZADD
0.36
0.59
ZPOPMIN
0.31
0.55
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
0.74
0.89
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
1.05
1.25
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
1.37
1.50
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
1.60
1.59
MSET (10 keys)
0.31
0.57
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
In comparison, the DigitalOcean Premium Intel instance demonstrates superior overall performance across various benchmarks, especially in CPU and memory operations, showcasing higher request per second (rps) rates and lower latency across Redis operations and file I/O tasks. The Linode instance, despite its AMD EPYC processor, lags behind in most metrics due to lower CPU cores and RAM. However, the Linode instance is more budget-friendly, but its performance is notably lower in terms of processing power, making the DigitalOcean instance ideal for CPU-intensive and I/O-heavy workloads, while the Linode might be better suited for less demanding applications with a focus on cost efficiency.
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