DigitalOcean Regular (1 GB) vs. DigitalOcean Regular (2 GB)
My friend, I'm so glad you're here! Today I've spun up some brand new instance from DigitalOcean and ran some benchmarks. All instances were spun up with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and were created in the New York area (or close to it). Enough talk. Here's the data.
Overview
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Sun, 24 May 2026 06:00:51 GMT
Fri, 22 May 2026 05:00:52 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)
2,494.17
2,494.15
CPU Cache Size (KB)
4,096.00
4,096.00
BogoMips
4,988.33
4,988.29
Events per Second
544.64
398.12
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.91
0.92
Average Latency (ms)
1.83
2.5
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.05
22.31
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.3
4.1
Memory
Memory Read
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Operations per second
3,884,147.58
2,591,826.91
Mebibytes per second
3,793.11
2,531.08
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
4.21
4.57
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Operations per second
3,855,342.89
3,638,844.12
Mebibytes per second
3,764.98
3,553.56
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
4.09
12.23
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Reads per Second
1,941.53
2,346.24
Writes per Second
1,294.36
1,564.09
Fsyncs per Second
4,148.23
5,009.57
Read Mebibytes per Second
30.34
36.66
Written Mebibytes per Second
20.22
24.44
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.13
0.11
Maximum Latency (ms)
14.04
49.76
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.37
0.3
Mutex
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
2,442.65
2,712.08
Average Latency (ms)
2,474.33
2,762.77
Maximum Latency (ms)
2,494.37
2,780.50
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2,493.86
2,778.39
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
5,075.00
4,679.00
Queries per second
50,750.00
46,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.28
1.22
Average Latency (ms)
1.97
2.13
Maximum Latency (ms)
7.01
6.89
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.52
2.66
MySQL Write-only
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
3,624.00
3,197.00
Queries per second
36,240.00
31,970.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.32
1.31
Average Latency (ms)
2.75
3.13
Maximum Latency (ms)
14.77
29.45
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
4.25
5.67
MySQL Read/Write
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
1,703.00
1,556.00
Queries per second
17,030.00
15,560.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
3.52
3.18
Average Latency (ms)
5.86
6.42
Maximum Latency (ms)
19.13
33.39
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
7.98
10.46
MySQL INSERT
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
6,947.00
5,648.00
Queries per second
69,470.00
56,480.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.67
0.54
Average Latency (ms)
1.43
1.76
Maximum Latency (ms)
10.58
13.01
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.11
3.19
MySQL Bulk INSERT
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
898,571.00
996,869.00
Queries per second
8,985,710.00
9,968,690.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.01
0.01
Maximum Latency (ms)
604.32
525.61
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
134,023.00
124,852.00
Queries per second
1,340,230.00
1,248,520.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.04
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.07
0.08
Maximum Latency (ms)
1.96
9.62
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.12
0.12
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
3,981.00
4,252.00
Queries per second
39,810.00
42,520.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.66
0.74
Average Latency (ms)
2.51
2.35
Maximum Latency (ms)
9.61
9.55
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.55
3.36
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
4,240.00
4,873.00
Queries per second
42,400.00
48,730.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.76
0.74
Average Latency (ms)
2.35
2.05
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.72
4.76
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.36
3.02
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
5,672.00
4,048.00
Queries per second
56,720.00
40,480.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.73
0.82
Average Latency (ms)
1.76
2.47
Maximum Latency (ms)
15.81
31.37
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.97
4.91
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
6,657.00
5,847.00
Queries per second
66,570.00
58,470.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.61
0.59
Average Latency (ms)
1.5
1.71
Maximum Latency (ms)
11.94
74.78
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.3
2.97
MySQL DELETE
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Transactions per second
57,603.00
52,118.00
Queries per second
576,030.00
521,180.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.04
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.17
0.19
Maximum Latency (ms)
18.88
21.92
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.04
1.12
Redis
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
36,496.35
42,918.46
PING_MBULK per Second
39,447.73
42,535.09
SET per Second
38,804.81
38,124.29
GET per Second
37,835.79
38,729.67
INCR per Second
38,491.14
40,144.52
LPUSH per Second
40,617.39
34,164.67
RPUSH per Second
35,893.75
34,106.41
LPOP per Second
37,664.79
38,986.36
RPOP per Second
38,774.72
35,473.57
SADD per Second
38,182.51
36,576.45
HSET per Second
34,352.46
32,195.75
SPOP per Second
34,246.57
34,952.81
ZADD per Second
36,954.91
32,102.73
ZPOPMIN per Second
40,338.84
32,404.41
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
20,593.08
17,787.26
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
8,546.28
9,151.64
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
5,492.39
6,067.22
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
5,337.03
4,847.31
MSET (10 keys) per Second
32,362.46
34,566.20
Redis Average Latency (ms)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
PING_INLINE
0.91
0.79
PING_MBULK
0.84
0.79
SET
0.87
0.86
GET
0.88
0.85
INCR
0.87
0.83
LPUSH
0.83
0.97
RPUSH
0.93
0.97
LPOP
0.90
0.87
RPOP
0.87
0.94
SADD
0.88
0.90
HSET
0.97
1.03
SPOP
0.96
0.93
ZADD
0.91
1.03
ZPOPMIN
0.83
1.00
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
1.75
2.02
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
4.18
3.97
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
6.48
5.94
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
6.65
7.35
MSET (10 keys)
1.09
1.03
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
Upon examining the benchmark data, the DigitalOcean Regular (2 GB) instance provides slightly better performance across most metrics compared to the Regular (1 GB) instance. The (2 GB) variant shows higher requests per second in Redis benchmarks and better throughput for file I/O operations, indicating enhanced memory bandwidth and I/O capabilities, which are crucial for I/O-intensive applications. The CPU metrics show similar trends with slightly lower latency and higher throughput for the (2 GB) instance, though the difference is marginal. Given the extra RAM and comparable CPU performance, the (2 GB) instance is better suited for applications that benefit from higher memory, such as database servers or applications requiring high throughput and low latency, whereas the (1 GB) instance might suffice for less demanding tasks with lighter memory and CPU requirements.
From the friendly human:
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