DigitalOcean Regular (1 GB) vs. DigitalOcean Regular (2 GB)
Fresh benchmarks coming at ya. Today I've spun up some brand new instance from DigitalOcean and did some benchmarking. All instances were running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and were created in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Let's get into the numbers.
Overview
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 06:00:52 GMT
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 07:00:52 GMT
Linux Distro
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version
6.8.0-71-generic
6.8.0-71-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
New York, NY
Monthly Price
$6.00
$12.00
RAM (GB)
1
2
CPU Cores
1
1
Storage (TB)
25
50
Storage Type
SSD
SSD
Transfer (TB)
1
2
CPU
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vendor
GenuineIntel
GenuineIntel
Model Name
DO-Regular
DO-Regular
Clock Speed (MHz)
2,294.61
2,294.61
CPU Cache Size (KB)
4,096.00
4,096.00
BogoMips
4,589.21
4,589.21
Events per Second
387.61
389.78
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.99
0.98
Average Latency (ms)
2.57
2.55
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.65
7.98
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
4.33
4.33
Memory
Memory Read
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Operations per second
2,159,653.01
1,547,541.20
Mebibytes per second
2,109.04
1,511.27
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.81
3.45
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Operations per second
3,104,196.36
1,523,105.20
Mebibytes per second
3,031.44
1,487.41
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.47
4.04
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Reads per Second
764.77
1,754.26
Writes per Second
509.85
1,169.51
Fsyncs per Second
1,635.99
3,742.73
Read Mebibytes per Second
11.95
27.41
Written Mebibytes per Second
7.97
18.27
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.34
0.15
Maximum Latency (ms)
141.7
18.54
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.21
0.46
Mutex
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
2,605.86
2,262.31
Average Latency (ms)
2,616.99
2,287.89
Maximum Latency (ms)
2,630.24
2,304.90
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2,632.28
2,320.55
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
3,580.00
4,681.00
Queries per second
35,800.00
46,810.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.7
1.25
Average Latency (ms)
2.79
2.13
Maximum Latency (ms)
20.85
4.53
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.36
2.52
MySQL Write-only
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
1,094.00
2,048.00
Queries per second
10,940.00
20,480.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
4.94
3.05
Average Latency (ms)
9.14
4.88
Maximum Latency (ms)
173.39
30.8
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
13.46
6.79
MySQL Read/Write
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
812.00
1,377.00
Queries per second
8,120.00
13,770.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
7.49
4.44
Average Latency (ms)
12.31
7.26
Maximum Latency (ms)
54.05
41.93
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
17.01
9.22
MySQL INSERT
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
1,557.00
3,386.00
Queries per second
15,570.00
33,860.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
3.96
1.76
Average Latency (ms)
6.41
2.95
Maximum Latency (ms)
36.41
11.95
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
9.73
4.1
MySQL Bulk INSERT
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
636,443.00
734,741.00
Queries per second
6,364,430.00
7,347,410.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.02
0.01
Maximum Latency (ms)
841.96
703.05
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
106,875.00
140,620.00
Queries per second
1,068,750.00
1,406,200.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.04
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.09
0.07
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.01
1.3
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.15
0.1
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
2,896.00
3,289.00
Queries per second
28,960.00
32,890.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.53
1.03
Average Latency (ms)
3.45
3.03
Maximum Latency (ms)
14.99
11.03
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
4.49
4.1
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
2,687.00
2,711.00
Queries per second
26,870.00
27,110.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.95
1.14
Average Latency (ms)
3.72
3.68
Maximum Latency (ms)
7.93
11.35
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
5.47
5.28
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
1,241.00
3,308.00
Queries per second
12,410.00
33,080.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
4.3
1.66
Average Latency (ms)
8.06
3.02
Maximum Latency (ms)
160.26
23.26
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
13.95
4.41
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
1,307.00
3,140.00
Queries per second
13,070.00
31,400.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
4.05
1.71
Average Latency (ms)
7.66
3.18
Maximum Latency (ms)
98.17
32.44
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
12.52
4.65
MySQL DELETE
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
6,422.00
22,528.00
Queries per second
64,220.00
225,280.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.06
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
1.56
0.44
Maximum Latency (ms)
49.19
18.85
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
7.84
2.76
Redis
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
30,284.68
37,037.04
PING_MBULK per Second
32,573.29
39,016.78
SET per Second
30,293.85
37,230.08
GET per Second
29,904.30
37,664.79
INCR per Second
27,932.96
36,832.41
LPUSH per Second
28,571.43
37,636.43
RPUSH per Second
30,571.69
43,975.38
LPOP per Second
30,193.24
43,327.55
RPOP per Second
30,321.41
43,103.45
SADD per Second
32,289.31
44,150.11
HSET per Second
31,959.09
42,973.79
SPOP per Second
32,299.74
44,385.27
ZADD per Second
33,057.85
42,900.04
ZPOPMIN per Second
31,969.31
44,286.98
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
13,513.51
20,563.44
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
6,263.70
9,268.70
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
4,185.15
4,470.87
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
3,583.97
3,868.17
MSET (10 keys) per Second
25,614.75
27,389.76
Redis Average Latency (ms)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
PING_INLINE
1.09
0.90
PING_MBULK
1.00
0.85
SET
1.09
0.91
GET
1.10
0.89
INCR
1.16
0.91
LPUSH
1.15
0.89
RPUSH
1.08
0.77
LPOP
1.10
0.78
RPOP
1.10
0.78
SADD
1.03
0.76
HSET
1.04
0.79
SPOP
1.02
0.75
ZADD
1.03
0.79
ZPOPMIN
1.03
0.75
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
2.68
1.76
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
5.61
4.00
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
8.12
7.73
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
9.50
8.92
MSET (10 keys)
1.44
1.35
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
Upon analyzing the benchmark results of both DigitalOcean instances, it's evident that the Regular (2 GB) instance outperforms the Regular (1 GB) in most categories, especially in Redis operations, where it shows higher requests per second (rps) and lower latency across various commands. It also performs better in file I/O operations with higher throughput and lower average latency. However, both instances have similar CPU performance and memory handling, with slight differences in latencies that don't significantly impact overall performance. The Regular (2 GB) instance is ideal for CPU-intensive and I/O-heavy workloads due to its increased RAM, which will likely result in better handling of memory-intensive tasks and larger datasets, making it a more suitable choice for applications requiring higher resource allocation and performance.
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