DigitalOcean Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) vs. Vultr High Performance Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores)
New day, new benchmarks. Today I've spun up brand new instance from DigitalOcean and Vultr to run some benchmarks on. All instances were running 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 Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Last Benchmarked | Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:00:52 GMT | Sun, 31 May 2026 03:00:52 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 | $48.00 |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 8 |
| CPU Cores | 4 | 4 |
| Storage (TB) | 240 | 180 |
| Storage Type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Transfer (TB) | 6 | 6 |
CPU
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | GenuineIntel | GenuineIntel |
| Model Name | DO-Premium-Intel | Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake) |
| Clock Speed (MHz) | 1,995.31 | 2,893.17 |
| CPU Cache Size (KB) | 4,096.00 | 16,384.00 |
| BogoMips | 3,990.61 | 5,786.33 |
| Events per Second | 2,100.00 | 1,164.11 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.46 | 0.83 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.48 | 0.86 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 0.77 | 1.81 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.49 | 0.9 |
Memory
Memory Read
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 4,031,036.30 | 5,268,671.27 |
| Mebibytes per second | 3,936.56 | 5,145.19 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 0.09 | 0.85 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
Memory Write
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 4,327,248.72 | 5,300,398.23 |
| Mebibytes per second | 4,225.83 | 5,176.17 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 0.18 | 0.29 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
File I/O
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Reads per Second | 1,848.36 | 8,120.73 |
| Writes per Second | 1,232.24 | 5,413.82 |
| Fsyncs per Second | 3,943.27 | 17,334.39 |
| Read Mebibytes per Second | 28.88 | 126.89 |
| Written Mebibytes per Second | 19.25 | 84.59 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.14 | 0.03 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 32.73 | 16.4 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.83 | 0.1 |
Mutex
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 496.91 | 197.88 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 678.09 | 357.16 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 755.25 | 411.19 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 759.88 | 411.96 |
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 5,172.00 | 7,388.00 |
| Queries per second | 51,720.00 | 73,880.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.28 | 1.14 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.93 | 1.35 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 8.32 | 3.22 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.61 | 1.7 |
MySQL Write-only
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 2,301.00 | 7,997.00 |
| Queries per second | 23,010.00 | 79,970.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.35 | 0.87 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 4.34 | 1.25 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 12.64 | 3.16 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 7.3 | 1.55 |
MySQL Read/Write
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 1,495.00 | 3,262.00 |
| Queries per second | 14,950.00 | 32,620.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 2.89 | 2.17 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 6.68 | 3.06 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 19.01 | 7.36 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 10.46 | 3.82 |
MySQL INSERT
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 3,010.00 | 12,898.00 |
| Queries per second | 30,100.00 | 128,980.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.11 | 0.44 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 3.32 | 0.77 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 14.62 | 11.56 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 6.09 | 1.04 |
MySQL Bulk INSERT
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 1,201,092.00 | 1,434,092.00 |
| Queries per second | 12,010,920.00 | 14,340,920.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 566.03 | 363.55 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
MySQL SELECT
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 157,927.00 | 190,206.00 |
| Queries per second | 1,579,270.00 | 1,902,060.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 2.99 | 2 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.09 | 0.07 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 5,434.00 | 6,349.00 |
| Queries per second | 54,340.00 | 63,490.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.45 | 0.37 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.84 | 1.57 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 14.81 | 3.86 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.71 | 2.11 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 6,582.00 | 7,578.00 |
| Queries per second | 65,820.00 | 75,780.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.57 | 0.33 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.52 | 1.32 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 5.15 | 3.34 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.66 | 1.79 |
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 3,033.00 | 12,520.00 |
| Queries per second | 30,330.00 | 125,200.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1 | 0.44 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 3.29 | 0.8 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 67.75 | 3.4 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 5.99 | 1.06 |
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 3,268.00 | 13,084.00 |
| Queries per second | 32,680.00 | 130,840.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.03 | 0.45 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 3.06 | 0.76 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 11.49 | 4.55 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 5.57 | 0.99 |
MySQL DELETE
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 24,924.00 | 116,263.00 |
| Queries per second | 249,240.00 | 1,162,630.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.4 | 0.09 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 26.64 | 3.79 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.81 | 0.12 |
Redis
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE per Second | 93,545.37 | 53,022.27 |
| PING_MBULK per Second | 87,796.30 | 58,139.54 |
| SET per Second | 93,457.94 | 58,309.04 |
| GET per Second | 94,250.71 | 59,453.03 |
| INCR per Second | 85,106.38 | 60,024.01 |
| LPUSH per Second | 95,057.03 | 58,997.05 |
| RPUSH per Second | 86,505.19 | 59,916.12 |
| LPOP per Second | 89,285.71 | 60,938.45 |
| RPOP per Second | 100,100.10 | 61,804.70 |
| SADD per Second | 90,661.83 | 62,189.05 |
| HSET per Second | 90,415.91 | 63,131.31 |
| SPOP per Second | 96,432.02 | 61,274.51 |
| ZADD per Second | 97,751.71 | 61,312.08 |
| ZPOPMIN per Second | 97,751.71 | 63,653.72 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second | 58,997.05 | 42,535.09 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second | 26,191.72 | 25,018.76 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second | 15,961.69 | 17,895.49 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second | 14,390.56 | 15,649.45 |
| MSET (10 keys) per Second | 73,152.89 | 61,199.51 |
Redis Average Latency (ms)
| DigitalOcean – Premium Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance Intel (8 GB, 4 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE | 0.28 | 0.49 |
| PING_MBULK | 0.31 | 0.44 |
| SET | 0.31 | 0.44 |
| GET | 0.28 | 0.43 |
| INCR | 0.31 | 0.43 |
| LPUSH | 0.29 | 0.44 |
| RPUSH | 0.32 | 0.43 |
| LPOP | 0.32 | 0.43 |
| RPOP | 0.27 | 0.42 |
| SADD | 0.32 | 0.47 |
| HSET | 0.29 | 0.45 |
| SPOP | 0.30 | 0.42 |
| ZADD | 0.31 | 0.43 |
| ZPOPMIN | 0.28 | 0.45 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) | 0.46 | 0.87 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) | 1.05 | 1.46 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) | 2.04 | 1.69 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) | 2.12 | 1.77 |
| MSET (10 keys) | 0.49 | 0.45 |
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
The DigitalOcean Premium Intel instance offers higher raw performance across most benchmarks, achieving better results in Redis operations, CPU events per second, and both read and write operations per second in file I/O, as well as providing slightly better throughput in both read and write operations. It also shows stronger performance in MySQL OLTP operations and overall thread fairness. On the other hand, the Vultr High Performance Intel instance has a slightly higher CPU clock speed, more L3 cache, and performs nearly equivalently in memory operations, though with a bit higher latency in some MySQL operations and thread handling. The DigitalOcean instance also comes at a higher monthly cost. Ideal use cases for the DigitalOcean instance would be CPU-intensive workloads or scenarios requiring higher I/O performance, while the Vultr instance may be suitable for slightly lower-budget setups that still need robust performance without requiring the absolute maximums seen on the DigitalOcean offering.
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