DigitalOcean Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) vs. Vultr High Performance AMD (1 GB)
Fresh benchmarks coming at ya. Today I've spun up brand new instance from DigitalOcean and Vultr and ran my world famous suite of benchmarking scripts. All instances were running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and all resided in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Let's get into the numbers.
Overview
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Last Benchmarked | Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:00:52 GMT | Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:00:52 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 | $64.00 | $6.00 |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 1 |
| CPU Cores | 4 | 1 |
| Storage (TB) | 240 | 25 |
| Storage Type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Transfer (TB) | 6 | 2 |
CPU
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | GenuineIntel | AuthenticAMD |
| Model Name | DO-Premium-Intel | AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor |
| Clock Speed (MHz) | 1,995.31 | 2,899.99 |
| CPU Cache Size (KB) | 4,096.00 | 1,024.00 |
| BogoMips | 3,990.61 | 5,799.98 |
| Events per Second | 2,100.00 | 4,607.94 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.46 | 0.2 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.48 | 0.22 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 0.77 | 2.23 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.49 | 0.23 |
Memory
Memory Read
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 4,031,036.30 | 7,508,915.29 |
| Mebibytes per second | 3,936.56 | 7,332.93 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 0.09 | 0.25 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
Memory Write
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 4,327,248.72 | 7,508,384.17 |
| Mebibytes per second | 4,225.83 | 7,332.41 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 0.18 | 0.35 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
File I/O
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Reads per Second | 1,848.36 | 3,939.27 |
| Writes per Second | 1,232.24 | 2,626.18 |
| Fsyncs per Second | 3,943.27 | 8,404.57 |
| Read Mebibytes per Second | 28.88 | 61.55 |
| Written Mebibytes per Second | 19.25 | 41.03 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.14 | 0.07 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 32.73 | 1.8 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.83 | 0.19 |
Mutex
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 496.91 | 1,239.80 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 678.09 | 1,244.02 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 755.25 | 1,247.59 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 759.88 | 1,258.08 |
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 5,172.00 | 12,732.00 |
| Queries per second | 51,720.00 | 127,320.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.28 | 0.71 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.93 | 0.78 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 8.32 | 6.91 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.61 | 0.86 |
MySQL Write-only
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 2,301.00 | 9,794.00 |
| Queries per second | 23,010.00 | 97,940.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.35 | 0.68 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 4.34 | 1.02 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 12.64 | 5.77 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 7.3 | 1.42 |
MySQL Read/Write
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 1,495.00 | 5,010.00 |
| Queries per second | 14,950.00 | 50,100.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 2.89 | 1.59 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 6.68 | 1.99 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 19.01 | 6.02 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 10.46 | 2.48 |
MySQL INSERT
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 3,010.00 | 16,602.00 |
| Queries per second | 30,100.00 | 166,020.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.11 | 0.42 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 3.32 | 0.6 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 14.62 | 2.81 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 6.09 | 0.74 |
MySQL Bulk INSERT
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 1,201,092.00 | 2,395,217.00 |
| Queries per second | 12,010,920.00 | 23,952,170.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.01 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 566.03 | 282.45 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
MySQL SELECT
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 157,927.00 | 334,324.00 |
| Queries per second | 1,579,270.00 | 3,343,240.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.06 | 0.03 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 2.99 | 3.85 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.09 | 0.04 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 5,434.00 | 14,634.00 |
| Queries per second | 54,340.00 | 146,340.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.45 | 0.23 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.84 | 0.68 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 14.81 | 3.32 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.71 | 0.87 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 6,582.00 | 14,636.00 |
| Queries per second | 65,820.00 | 146,360.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.57 | 0.18 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.52 | 0.68 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 5.15 | 2.04 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.66 | 0.89 |
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 3,033.00 | 15,563.00 |
| Queries per second | 30,330.00 | 155,630.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1 | 0.42 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 3.29 | 0.64 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 67.75 | 2.29 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 5.99 | 0.94 |
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 3,268.00 | 15,941.00 |
| Queries per second | 32,680.00 | 159,410.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.03 | 0.42 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 3.06 | 0.63 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 11.49 | 5.22 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 5.57 | 0.89 |
MySQL DELETE
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 24,924.00 | 203,485.00 |
| Queries per second | 249,240.00 | 2,034,850.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.4 | 0.05 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 26.64 | 8.23 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.81 | 0.08 |
Redis
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE per Second | 93,545.37 | 42,265.43 |
| PING_MBULK per Second | 87,796.30 | 43,047.79 |
| SET per Second | 93,457.94 | 42,211.91 |
| GET per Second | 94,250.71 | 42,625.75 |
| INCR per Second | 85,106.38 | 42,918.46 |
| LPUSH per Second | 95,057.03 | 42,069.84 |
| RPUSH per Second | 86,505.19 | 37,285.61 |
| LPOP per Second | 89,285.71 | 42,354.93 |
| RPOP per Second | 100,100.10 | 42,247.57 |
| SADD per Second | 90,661.83 | 42,698.55 |
| HSET per Second | 90,415.91 | 42,826.55 |
| SPOP per Second | 96,432.02 | 42,265.43 |
| ZADD per Second | 97,751.71 | 42,607.59 |
| ZPOPMIN per Second | 97,751.71 | 42,955.32 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second | 58,997.05 | 32,320.62 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second | 26,191.72 | 22,163.12 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second | 15,961.69 | 16,268.10 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second | 14,390.56 | 14,566.64 |
| MSET (10 keys) per Second | 73,152.89 | 41,152.26 |
Redis Average Latency (ms)
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE | 0.28 | 0.78 |
| PING_MBULK | 0.31 | 0.77 |
| SET | 0.31 | 0.79 |
| GET | 0.28 | 0.78 |
| INCR | 0.31 | 0.78 |
| LPUSH | 0.29 | 0.80 |
| RPUSH | 0.32 | 0.92 |
| LPOP | 0.32 | 0.79 |
| RPOP | 0.27 | 0.79 |
| SADD | 0.32 | 0.78 |
| HSET | 0.29 | 0.78 |
| SPOP | 0.30 | 0.79 |
| ZADD | 0.31 | 0.79 |
| ZPOPMIN | 0.28 | 0.77 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) | 0.46 | 1.02 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) | 1.05 | 1.49 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) | 2.04 | 2.07 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) | 2.12 | 2.29 |
| MSET (10 keys) | 0.49 | 0.82 |
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
The DigitalOcean Premium Intel instance demonstrates superior performance across a wide range of benchmarks, with notably higher RPS rates for Redis operations and better overall throughput for file I/O and memory operations. The CPU and MySQL benchmarks also highlight its robustness, with lower latencies and higher thread fairness scores. In contrast, the Vultr High Performance AMD instance, while still competent, shows significantly lower performance in terms of CPU, memory, and I/O operations, reflected in its slower Redis response times and lower throughput rates. The DigitalOcean instance is ideal for CPU-intensive and I/O-heavy workloads, while the Vultr instance might be more suitable for simpler tasks or when cost is a primary concern due to its lower price and adequate performance for less demanding applications.
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